Jong Koo Park > Kim & Chang > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile
Kim & Chang Offices
39 SAJIK-RO 8-GIL
JONGNO-GU
SEOUL 03170
South Korea
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Jong Koo Park
Work Department
Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Corporate Governance & Shareholder Disputes; Foreign Direct Investment; Shareholder Activism; Corporate Finance; Corporate & M&A Litigation
Career
Jong Koo Park is recognized as a preeminent M&A and Private Equity lawyer in Korea.
He has an exceptional track record in advising high profile transactions since the Korean M&A market began to flourish in the late 1990s. Many of these transactions were the first of their kind in Korea.
His recognitions include being named one of the leading M&A lawyers in Korea by renowned global media such as Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, IFLR, Asia Business Law Journal and Asialaw Leading lawyers.
Mr. Park is admitted to practice in Korea and New York.
Languages
Korean and English
Memberships
Admitted to bar, Korea, 1988; New York, 2000
Education
Michigan Law School (LL.M., 1996)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1988)
College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1985)
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Corporate and M&A: local firms
(Leading individuals)Recommended as ‘the best law firm’ in South Korea by some, Kim & Chang‘s team handles the full depth and breath of corporate and M&A work, from multi-jurisdictional merger fillings, outbound sales of Korean companies, and working on Korea’s first continuation fund transaction. The team is led by experienced senior partner Kyung Taek Jung, while Jong Koo Park also handles heavyweight deals. Jong Hyun Park works on outbound co-investments, while colleague Shin Kwon Lim advises on large-scale infrastructure related transactions. Another noted key member is Joon B. Kim.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and M&A: local firms South Korea
- Leading individuals South Korea > Corporate and M&A: local firms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- Insurance: local firms
- Intellectual property: local firms
- International arbitration
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Regulatory: compliance and investigations: local firms
- Shipping: local firms
- Tax: local firms
- TMT: local firms