Mr Hyung Ki Lee > Yulchon > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile

Yulchon
PARNAS TOWER 38F, 521 TEHERAN-RO
GANGNAM-GU
SEOUL 06164
South Korea

Work Department

Corporate/M&A

Position

Foreign Attorney

Career

Mr. Lee is a foreign attorney admitted in Washington since 2006 and joined Yulchon LLC in 2012. Prior to joining Yulchon LLC, he worked as a law clerk at the Washington State Court of Appeals and then as a foreign attorney at Yoon & Yang LLC. He practices primarily in the areas of Corporate & Finance, M&A, Fund/PE, Insurance, Corporate Governance, Cryptoassets/Blockchain, Bankruptcy & Restructuring, and French-language matters and has advised foreign and Korean clients on a broad range of M&A and other corporate projects, a number of which have received awards from, or been published in, international publications.

  • 2012-present  Yulchon LLC
  • 2007-2012       Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2005-2007      Law Clerk, Washington State Court of Appeals
  • 2003-2005     Executive Articles Editor, Washington International Law Journal
  • 1999-2002      International Conference Specialist, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

Languages

Korean, English, French

Memberships

Washington (2006)

Education

  • 2005  University of Washington School of Law, J.D.
  • 2000  Korea University, Graduate School of Law, M.A.
  • 1997  Korea University, French Language and Literature, B.A.

Lawyer Rankings

South Korea > Corporate and M&A: local firms

(Next Generation Partners)

Hyung Ki LeeYulchon

Yulchon‘s experienced corporate and M&A team includes ‘a deep bench of excellent practitioners,‘ co-led by Young Su Shin and Sung Wook Eun. The latter advises on complex high-value mergers and partnerships, while Jin Kook Lee handles major acquisitions and shares and stakes transactions for high-profile Korean conglomerate clients. Former judge Jae Hyun Park is experienced in private equity and corporate restructuring matters, while senior foreign counsel Hyung Ki Lee is sought after for work with connections to the world of insolvency.