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Lee & Ko Represented CJ Consortium in the Acquisition of Shares of Korea Express
On July 15, 2011, CJ Consortium (consisting of CJ GLS and CJ Cheiljedang Corp.) acquired 8,590,000 shares (37.62% ownership interest) in Korea Express from Asiana Airlines and Daewoo Engineering & Construction at a purchase price of KRW 1.845 billion.
Lee & Ko Ranks #1 in M&A Transaction Representation in the Asian Region
Thomson Reuters, an internationally renowned M&A market surveyor, released its law firm ranking for M&A legal representation as of September 30, 2011.
Asialaw Profiles Gives Lee & Ko High Ranking in All 9 Legal Practice Areas Reviewed
The 2012 edition of “Asialaw Profiles,” a legal publication devoted to analyzing the global legal market and assessing the relative strengths of major law firms in the market, has placed Lee & Ko within the group of highly ranked law firms for all categories of legal practice covered by the Asialaw Profiles survey.
IFLR1000 2012 Edition Gives Lee & Ko High Rankings in All 5 Legal Practice
Areas Reviewed
In the recently published IFLR1000 (a law firm review and ranking publication of the Legal Media Group), Lee & Ko has received top (Band 1) ranking in the areas of Banking & Finance, M&A and Capital Markets. The IFLR1000 also ranked Lee & Ko highly (Band 2) in the areas of Competition and Restructuring & Insolvency.
Financing of STX's Acquisition of Canadian Gas Fields
Lee & Ko successfully represented Korea Finance Corporation and the Export-Import Bank of Korea in the financing of KRW174 billion for STX's acquisition of a 100% interest in gas fields in the Maxhamish area of British Columbia, Canada from Encana Corporation, the largest natural gas company in Canada.