Kim & Chang

Mergers & Acquisitions; Corporate Governance & Shareholder Disputes; Technology, Media & Telecommunications; Intellectual Property; Private Equity; Privacy & Data Security; IP Transactions; Games, Resorts & Entertainment; Metaverse, Blockchain & Digital Assets

Jung-Chull Lee is a foreign attorney at Kim & Chang. His practice covers a broad range of legal matters, including corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, privacy and cybersecurity, regulatory compliance and intellectual property.

As a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, Mr. Lee advises multinational corporations and financial investors on various matters, such as mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financings, private equity, foreign direct investment, public offerings, private placements, corporate governance, and strategic partnerships and joint ventures.

He is also a member of Kim & Chang’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications (“TMT”) Practice and Privacy & Data Security Practice, where he has extensive experience advising multinational corporations on regulatory compliance, privacy and data protection, and investigations conducted by government authorities, including the Personal Information Protection Commission and the Korea Communications Commission.

Mr. Lee also handles technology and intellectual property transactions for a wide range of software, electronics, telecommunications, cloud computing, digital media, Internet, e-commerce, social networking, clean technology and life sciences companies, including intellectual property license agreements, technology development agreements, and strategic intellectual property asset purchases and sales.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Lee worked at prominent law firms in New York and Silicon Valley for 11 years, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financings, private equity investments, private transactions, international securities offerings and technology and IP-related transactions.

Mr. Lee is a frequent speaker on the topic of M&A, venture capital and IP matters, and he was a speaker at Stanford University’s US-Asia Technology Management Center School of Engineering to lecture on the “Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of Korea: New Trends in Acceleration and Internationalization,” which was part of a lecture series titled “New Trends in Startup Company Acceleration: Toward the Rise of the Global Startup.”

Mr. Lee received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2004, and his B.A. from Seoul National University in 2000. He also received a Certificate in Business and Public Policy from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, in 2004. He is admitted to the New York and California bars.

Korean and English

Admitted to bar, California, 2007; New York, 2005

University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2004)

University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School (Certificate in Business and Public Policy, 2004)

Seoul National University (B.A., 2000)