Youngjin Sohn

Practice Areas

Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, International Practice, Corporate Governance & Shareholder Disputes, Anti-Corruption & Corporate Compliance, and Antitrust & Competition.

Career

Youngjin Sohn is a senior foreign attorney at Kim & Chang. He advises on various corporate matters focusing on international practice, including cross-border mergers & acquisitions, securities offerings and other corporate transactions, including corporate governance matters. He also advises clients on enforcement actions and compliance. Mr. Sohn has extensive experience with corporate matters involving Korean companies, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions and international capital markets transactions.

Professional Memberships

New York Bar; Solicitor, Hong Kong SAR.

Publications

“Principal Issues in M&A from Acquirer’s Perspective,” Korean Journal of International Trade and Business Law, Vol.20, No.2 (Korean International Trade Law Association, 2011);

“Securities Laws for Korean Issuers: Accessing the International Capital Markets,” Korean Business Law: The Legal Landscape and Beyond (Co-author, Carolina Academic Press, 2010).

Personal

Columbia University School of Law (J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1996);

University of California, Los Angeles (M.B.A., 1989);

Seoul National University (B.A., magna cum laude, Business Administration, 1986).