Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Mergers and acquisitions, Public mergers and acquisitions, Corporate, Corporate governance, Joint ventures and investments

Partner, Paris

Sung-Hyuk Kwon is a Partner in the Corporate team in Paris.

His practice focuses on M&A and private capital transactions, with particular expertise in the energy, infrastructure and TMT sectors. He advises both strategic investors and financial sponsors — listed and unlisted companies — on the full spectrum of corporate transactions, including public and private M&A, complex multi-jurisdictional carve-outs, joint ventures and capital markets operations.

Over the years, Sung-Hyuk has developed a recognised expertise in complex cross-border carve-out transactions, where coordinating across multiple jurisdictions, workstreams and advisors is as critical as the legal work itself. His clients range from major listed corporates and infrastructure funds to institutional investors, family offices and entrepreneurs.

Sung-Hyuk is a member of the firm’s Korea Practice Group and is fluent in French, English and Korean. He is one of the few M&A practitioners in Paris with native Korean language capability, and acts as a key connection point for clients seeking advice on Europe-Korea and Europe-Asia transactions — a corridor he sees as one of the most dynamic in the current M&A landscape.

He is also actively developing his practice in technology M&A, with a focus on AI infrastructure, digital platforms and tech-enabled industrials.