LAWYER PROFILE

Young Ju Kim

Global 2026

Yoon & Yang LLC

Ranked in 1 practice area

Corporate/M&A

South Korea

1 year ranked

About

Provided by Yoon & Yang LLC

Global

Practice Areas

M&A

Investment Funds

Foreign Investment

Corporate Law

Finance ∙ Capital Markets

Financial Company M&A

Acquisition Financing

Career

2025-present Yoon & Yang LLC

2018-25 LAB Partners

2016-18 KL Partners

2014 Latham & Watkins (Hong Kong)

2009-16 Shin & Kim LLC

2006-09 Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Air Force

Professional Memberships

Admitted to bar, Korea (2006)

Publications

Korea Chapter, Cloud Computing 2020, Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2019. 10.)

Korean M&A: a budding market for PE and VC funds, IFLR (Co-author, 2019. 9.)

South Korea: Cross-Border Financing Report 2015, IFLR (Co-author, 2015. 10.)

Experience

2025-present Yoon & Yang LLC

2018-25 LAB Partners

2016-18 KL Partners

2014 Latham & Watkins (Hong Kong)

2009-16 Shin & Kim LLC

2006-09 Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Air Force

Education

Korea University College of Law

(LL.B.)

2001

Korea University Graduate School of Law

(LL.M. course completion)

2005

Judicial Research & Training Institute

2006

UCLA School of Law

LL.M.

2014

Awards

Leading Individual (Energy and Infrastructure)

IFLR1000

2015

Leading Individual (Energy and Infrastructure)

IFLR1000

2016

Lawyer of the Year (Corporate/M&A)

Legal Times

2019

Highly regarded (M&A)

IFLR1000

2020

Highly regarded (M&A)

IFLR1000

2025

Leading Individual (Corporate/M&A)

Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific

2026

Leading Individual (Corporate/M&A)

Chambers and Partners Global

2026

Languages Spoken

Korean and English

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Global Guide

Corporate/M&A - South Korea

Up and Coming

Individual Editorial

Kim Youngju provides extensive transactional and regulatory advice in private equity (PE), venture capital (VC), capital markets regulation, mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and corporate finance. He has experience in complex cross-border transactions and large-scale investment projects.

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