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Provided by Tae Yong Seo
Mr. Tae-Yong Seo is a partner at Shin & Kim. Mr. Seo’s main areas of practice include international/domestic securities offerings, PEF consulting, corporate restructuring, investigation on unfair trading of capital market, accounting supervision and general corporate legal affairs.
Mr. Seo also worked as a foreign associate in the Hong Kong office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and experienced capital market transactions.
Foreign Associate, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Hong Kong (2007-2008)
Shin & Kim LLC (2001-Present)
Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1999-2001)
[Professional Affiliations]
Member, Postal service Management Evaluation Committee, Korea Post (2023-Present)
Member, Examination Committee for Listing on KOSDAQ Market, Korea Exchange (2020-2022)
Legal Advisor, Korea Exchange (2019-Present)
Legal Advisor, Credit Finance Association (2017-Present)
Member, Alternative Investment Committee, Government Employees Pension Service (2017-2019)
Member, Risk Management Committee of the Mutual Benefit System for Small and Micro Business Owners, Korea Federation of SMEs (2015-2018)
Member, Derivatives Market Development Committee, Korea Exchange (2015-2017)
Member, Listing Committee of KOSDAQ Market, Korea Exchange (2012-2014)
Korean Bar
The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides – Capital Markets 2025: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides – Capital Markets 2023: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
Law Business Research – The Private Equity Review 2022 (11th edition) Part I, Fundraising: Korea chapter (Co-authored)
Law Business Research – The Private Equity Review 2019 (8th edition) Part I, Fundraising: Korea chapter (Co-authored)
University of Southern California Law School
LL.M.
2006 - 2007
Seoul National University College of Social Science
B.A.
1990 - 1997
Securities Issuance: Advised on IPOs for Samsung Life, Samsung SDS, Netmarble Games, ING Life and Kakao Bank, Kendall Square REITs, etc.
Private Equity Fund: Advised on the establishment of PEFs and transaction structures for IMM Private Equity, Mirae Asset Management, JKL Partners, Dominus Partners, Q Capital, and other leading domestic PEs
Corporate restructuring: Advised on workout for SK Networks and on voluntary arrangements for Korean Cable & System’s, etc.
Investigation of unfair trading in the capital market: Advised on response to more than 20 unfair trading investigations
Response to Listing Maintenance: Advised on substantial review of around ten cases of listing eligibility of listed companies on the KOSPI and KOSDAQ market
Provided by Chambers
Tae Yong Seo focuses his practice on equity capital markets and has extensive experience assisting clients with public offerings on KOSPI and KOSDAQ, including complex and novel listings and capital raises. He is well equipped to act for both issuers and underwriters.
Provided by Chambers
He communicates very quickly and accurately. He even followed up to ask for feedback, demonstrating strong post-engagement responsiveness.
Tae Yong always considers the customer's point of view and provides prompt and practical advice. He's one of the most skilled capital markets lawyers.
He communicates very quickly and accurately. He even followed up to ask for feedback, demonstrating strong post-engagement responsiveness.
Tae Yong always considers the customer's point of view and provides prompt and practical advice. He's one of the most skilled capital markets lawyers.