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Provided by Young Ju Kim
M&A
Investment Funds
Foreign Investment
Corporate Law
Finance ∙ Capital Markets
Financial Company M&A
Acquisition Financing
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
Admitted to bar, Korea (2006)
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.)
Korean and English
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
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
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
Provided by Chambers
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.