Tong-Gun Lee

Practice Areas

Mr. Tong-Gun Lee is a partner at Shin & Kim. Mr. Lee’s practice focuses on inbound and outbound M&As, joint ventures and private equity transactions. Mr. Lee has been a major player in the most notable M&A transactions over the years. He has also advised on high-profile hostile takeover litigation and disputes. His vast experience in friendly and hostile M&A transactions and disputes has earned him a reputation as a top-notch, “go-to” M&A attorney for sophisticated documentation and brilliant negotiation. He has been distinguished as a leading corporate/M&A lawyer by Chambers, Asialaw Profiles, Legal 500 and Legal Times. He has acted for reputable private equity houses, including IMM, H&Q, Mirae Asset PE and Skylake, as well as strategic investors such as SK Group, Lotte Group, Hanwha Group, OCI, FILA and Novelis. He has authored numerous articles concerning M&A for international publications and lectured at the Judicial Research & Training Institute and Seoul National University.

Career

Partner, Shin & Kim; Member, Coordinating Committee for the Creditor Financial Institutions (2009); Lecturer, Judicial Research & Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea (2008-present) International Lawyer, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York (2006-07); Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Public Prosecutors' Office (2003).

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar.

Publications

Shareholders Agreement(Voting Agreement), The Outline of Corporate Act, 4th edition, March, 2022 (Co-authored); The Private Equity Review (11th edition) Part II, Investing - "Korea" chapter, Law Business Research, 2022 (Co-authored); The Private Equity Review (8th edition) Part II, Investing - "Korea" chapter, Law Business Research, 2019 (Co-authored); Issues Relating to Shareholders Agreement – Mainly From a Drafting Point of View, BFL Vol. 67, September, 2014 (Co-authored); Putting the squeeze on shareholders, Asialaw Korea Annual Review, 2013 (Co-authored); Putting on the squeeze, IFLR, November, 2012 (Co-authored), etc.

Education