Sangman Kim

Practice Areas

M&A

Foreign Investment

Corporate Governance

Investment Funds

Acquisition Financing

Compliance

Bankruptcy ∙ Corporate Rehabilitation

Healthcare

Corporate Law

Management Rights Disputes

Career

Sangman Kim is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC and his main practice areas include M&A, domestic and overseas investment, private equity funds, venture capitals, establishment of joint venture, corporate governance, corporate restructuring and healthcare.

Mr. Kim has provided legal advice in extensive issues including M&As, domestic and overseas investment, private equity funds and venture capital, establishment of joint venture, acquisition financing, corporate governance, compliance and corporate law, etc. and represented domestic and foreign clients in litigations involving restructuring-related matters including workout, rehabilitation, bankruptcy and restructuring, etc. Based on such experience, Mr. Kim provides practical and comprehensive legal services tailored to the nature of each sector, e.g. healthcare, IT, finance, and manufacturing, etc.

Mr. Kim was named as the Notable Practitioner by Asialaw from 2020 through 2022, and the Best Lawyer in the M&A field by Hankyung Business in 2021.

Professional Memberships

Admitted to bar, Korea (2008)

Publications

Imported food safety management in South Korea – Practical Law Multi-jurisdictional Guide (Co-author, 2016)

Research on the validity of an embedded defense used as a defense substitution to hostile takeovers: Is the embedded defense valid in the U.S. or Korean law? – Master Graduation Thesis (2013)

Study on the Defensive Tactics against Hostile M&A - With the Emphasis on the Poison Pill,” University of Seoul Graduate School of Law, LL.M. Thesis, 2008