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Wook Jin Lee
Work Department
Corporate and Commercial
Position
Partner
Career
Wook Jin is a transactional lawyer who advises listed issuers, private businesses, private equity fund managers and high net worth individuals on the full suite of transactional and corporate advisory matters.
His expertise includes advising on mergers and acquisitions (including takeovers of NZX-listed companies, and private equity investment and divestment transactions), joint venture arrangements, corporate governance considerations, and equity capital raising transactions. He also advises on competitive processes, business-critical commercial contracts, and compliance with New Zealand company and financial markets legislation and the NZX Listing Rules.
Wook Jin has experience working across a wide spectrum of sectors, including electricity, technology, telecommunications, hospitality and insurance. He is fluent in Korean and particularly well positioned to advise Korean corporate clients on their cross-border investment transactions.
His clients praise Wook Jin for his service ethic and ability to work closely with the key stakeholders to deliver successful commercial outcomes in a pragmatic and timely manner. Wook Jin has been recognised as a ‘Rising Star’ lawyer in the 2018 and 2019 editions of AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers.
Languages
English, Korean
Memberships
New Zealand Law Society
NZ Private Capital
Korea New Zealand Business Council
Education
University of Canterbury, Bachelor of Laws, 2007
University of Canterbury, Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours), 2007
Lawyer Rankings
New Zealand > Corporate and M&A
The ‘client-focused’ team at Dentons New Zealand leverages the firm’s expansive global network to advise on complex cross-border M&A transactions and is actively involved in a range of domestic acquisitions and joint ventures. Auckland-based practice head Chris Parke has notable expertise in the insurance, infrastructure, TMT, healthcare and food sectors. The ‘outstanding’ David Shillson
is praised for his ‘breadth of experience and depth of expertise.’ Wook Jin Lee, who is ‘smart, commercial and savvy’, regularly acts for listed issuers, private businesses, and private equity fund managers on the full spectrum of corporate deals and capital markets transactions. The team is strengthened by the arrival of tax partner Bruce Bernachhi. Heida Donegan departed.