Jipyong LLC

Mergers & Acquisitions; Corporate Advisory; Corporate Governance; Foreign Investment (Outbound); Tax; Tax Disputes; Tax Advisory; Tax Investigation; Accounting Regulation; Customs & International Trade; Myanmar

Parther

Mr. Sehun Ko is a partner in the firm’s M&A Group and advises clients on M&A transactions, general corporate matters, complex cross-border transactions, tax and investments issues.

Mr. Ko has also been a pivotal member of the firm’s Yangon Office where he spent many years helping the office grow and flourish. Since returning to the Seoul Office, Mr. Ko continues to work on Myanmar-related matters including local M&As, joint ventures, real estate development and investments, incorporation of local corporations including financial institutions, manufacturing companies and construction companies, and also accumulated experiences related to operation of local corporations including license acquisition, labor, taxation and accounting regulations. In 2016, Mr. Ko once again returned to the firm’s Yangon Office as a partner and provided one-stop services with respect to local laws and taxation. As of August 2019, he completed the LLM program at Columbia Law School in the United States and returned to the Seoul office. He currently is a member of the M&A Group.

Before joining Jipyong, Mr. Ko was in charge of standard cost calculation and financial reporting for mobile phone camera module products at Samsung Techwin (currently, Hanwha Techwin) for two years, and then moved to Texas Instruments, an analog semiconductor manufacturer, where he was responsible for designing and analyzing standard costs, designing internal transfer price, and internal control systems for semiconductor products (outsourcing semiconductor fab and assembly/test) for three years. Mr. Ko is able to his extensive commercial experience to provide tailored advice to his clients.

2012-Present / JIPYONG LLC

2021-Present / Legal Counsel, Jeju Venture Business Association

2020-Present / Member, Korea Association of Personal Data Professionals (KAPP)

2020-Present / Legal Counsel, Global Business Strategy Planning Committee (GSC), Korea Land and Housing Corporation

2020-Present / Standing Director, Korea Personal Information Protection Law Association

2016-2018 / Head of Legal Practice and Tax Advisory, JIPYONG MYANMAR Limited

2013-2014 / JIPYONG MYANMAR Limited

2006-2009 / Accounting Manager (Manufacturing Unit), Texas Instruments (Korea)

2004-2006 / Junior Accountant, Samsung Techwin

Korean / English

2012 / Admitted to bar, Korea

2018-2019 / Columbia Law School (LL.M.)

2012 / Konkuk University Law School (J.D.)

2004 / Chung-Ang University (B.A. in Business Administration)

2003 / Exchange Program, California State University, East Bay, USA