Corporate Governance
South Korea
19 August 2025
Jipyong LLC is highly active in corporate and M&A transactions, including mergers, stock acquisitions, and business transfers. Led by Tae Hyun Lee, who has extensive experience including advising on conversion to holding companies, foreign investments, acquisition of companies through private equity funds and the sale and acquisition of finance companies. Cheol Jeong represents a wide array of domestic and foreign corporations in the energy and finance sectors, real estate, and food and beverage industries. Key team members Dong Cheon Seo and Min Shin contribute significantly to the firm’s strong reputation for handling complex, high-stakes transactions.
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Key clients
- Daiso Industries Co., Ltd.
- NongHyup Agribusiness Group Inc.
- HSD Engine Co., Ltd./ Inhwa Precision Co., Ltd.
- COMES2018-1M&A Investment Association
- EUGENES SONIC Co., LTD.
- LabGenomics USA LLC
- MC Partners
- TEMC
- CEK Co., Ltd.
- Jinpyeong / Black Pearl Holdings
- Kiwoom Private Equity
- Hessung Chemical
Work highlights
Advised Daiso Industries (a Japanese corporation), the second largest shareholder of Asung Daiso, on its sale of all shares in Asung Daiso.
Advised Nonghyup Agribusiness Group in a transaction under which Nonghyup Agribusiness Group makes a contribution in kind to Korea Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Inc. and receives new shares.
Advised HSD Engine and Inhwa Precision, the largest shareholder of HSD Engine, on the sale of management rights of HSD Engine, which was carried out by paid-in capital increase for the allotment of HSD Engine's shares to a third party and the purchase of existing shares of Inhwa Precision.
Practice head
Tae Hyun Lee
Other key lawyers
Cheol Jeong; Min Shin; Jun Hee Seo; Jae Young Kang; Dong Cheon Seo