LAWYER PROFILE

Myoung Chul Kwak

Global 2026

Lee & Ko

Ranked in 1 practice area

Banking & Finance: Domestic Firms

South Korea

4 years ranked

About

Provided by Lee & Ko

Practice Areas

Acquisition and Leveraged finance.

Career

Myoung Chul Kwak is a leader of the acquisition and leveraged finance group at Lee & Ko. His practice focuses on a wide range of banking and finance matters, especially representing various domestic and foreign banks and financial institutions on a variety of high profile transactions for acquisition and leveraged finance. Prior to joining Lee & Ko in 2001, Mr. Kwak worked as an accountant for Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has been recognized as a Notable practitioner for the past 5+ years by IFLR 1000 for Banking & Finance Area. He was also named a Leading Lawyer by Legal 500, and a Notable practitioner by Asialaw for Banking & Finance in 2022.

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar Association, Seoul Bar Association, the Korean Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Personal

Yonsei University (B.A. in Business Administration, 1994) and New York University School of Law (LLM in International Taxation, 2008).

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Global Guide

Banking & Finance: Domestic Firms - South Korea

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Kwak Myoung Chul specialises in acquisition finance, project finance and structured finance. He frequently assists domestic commercial and investment banks with leveraged and acquisition finance, as well as pre-IPO finance transactions.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

He always comes up with simple and effective solutions to complex problems.
Banking & Finance: Domestic FirmsChambers Global Guide
He understands the legal structure of transactions as well as the financial logic behind them and proposes legally sound and commercially realistic solutions.
Banking & Finance: Domestic FirmsChambers Global Guide