Jipyong LLC

IPO & Capital Markets; Private Equity; Financial Institutions & Overseas Investment; Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Healthcare; New Technologies & New Industries; Cambodia / Laos / Thailand; Vietnam; Singapore / Malaysia; US / Canada; Indonesia; North Korea – NK Investment Consulting Center; Corporate Governance; Foreign Investment (Outbound); Foreign Investment (Inbound); Insurance Company Listing; Global Business Center; Mergers & Acquisitions

Partner

Mr. Haeng Gyu Lee is a Partner in the Finance Group and heads the Capital Markets Team.

Mr. Lee is one of Korea’s highest ranking attorneys in capital markets (IPOs and de-listing reviews), private equity funds, M&A, overseas expansion of financial institutions, project financing, syndicated loans, and ABS, with unparalleled experience in cross-border IPOs, GDR offerings and dual listings.

Mr. Lee advised SK Biopharmaceuticals in its recent IPO on the KOSPI Market Division of the Korea Exchange (KRX), the largest Korean IPO in 2020. He has also gained widespread renown for advising numerous companies that were first in their respective country of incorporation to be listed on the KRX, such as New Pride Corporation (US), Kolao Holdings (Laos), Fast Future Brands (Australia) and LS Cable & System Asia (Vietnam). He is currently representing Nanogen, Vietnam’s largest biosimilars company, and Prestige Bio Pharma, a Singaporean biosimilars company, on their respective listings on the KRX.

Mr. Lee serves as a legal advisor for the KRX and on KRX’s task force team to attract Asian companies of excellence to list on the KRX. He is also a member of the Corporate Evaluation Committee of the Stock Market Division of the KRX.

Mr. Lee’s key clients include major Korean securities houses, such as Korea Investment & Securities, Mirae Asset Daewoo, Samsung Securities, Daishin Securities, Kiwoom Securities and KB Securities.

Mr. Lee holds an LL.B. from Seoul National University and LL.M. from Columbia Law School.

He is a member of the Korean and New York Bars.

Korean and English

Admitted to bar, Korea, 1999; New York, 2007

Columbia Law School (LL.M., 2007)Seoul National University (LL.B., 1996)