Young Jay Ro > 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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Young Jay Ro
Work Department
Mergers & Acquisitions; Capital Markets; Acquisition Finance; Structured Finance; Private Equity
Career
Young Jay Ro is an attorney in the M&A, Private Equity and Acquisition Finance Practices at Kim & Chang. He also practices in the areas of corporate governance, capital market and foreign direct investment.
Since joining the firm in 1988, he has advised a wide range of clients in the areas of M&A, capital market and finance transactions (including corporate, acquisition and structured financing). He has extensively advised major private equity funds, financial institutions and multinational corporations on both financial and corporate matters. He also has broad experience in providing specialized tax planning advice and resolution of tax disputes.
Mr. Ro has been recognized as a leading lawyer in the Corporate/M&A sector by various domestic and international media, including Euromoney, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Asia Business Law Journal, and Chambers Global. He has been selected as a leading lawyer, leading individual, A-List Korea’s Top 100 Lawyer, and Hall of Fame Lawyer, among others.
Mr. Ro received his LL.M. from Yale Law School in 1993 and his LL.B. from Seoul National University College of Law in 1982. He attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 1984. He is admitted to the New York bar and the Korean bar.
Languages
Korean and English
Memberships
Admitted to bar, Korea, 1984; New York, 1994
Education
Yale Law School (LL.M., 1993)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1984)
College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1982)
Lawyer Rankings
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