Mr Jae Hyun Park > Yulchon > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Jae Hyun Park
Work Department
Corporate & Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Lease & Transportation Finance, Capital Markets, Asset Management, Securities, Fund/PE, Project Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Jae Hyun Park is an partner at Yulchon who practices primarily in the areas of Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Overseas Investment and Finance. Before joining Yulchon in 2004, Mr. Park served as a Judge Advocate in Korean Army. He also worked on secondment at the Hong Kong office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Mr. Park received bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Seoul National University in 1999 and 2004, respectively. In 2008, he earned an LL.M. at Columbia University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Korea and New York.
- 2004-present Yulchon LLC
- 2008 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Hong Kong Office
- 2001-2004 Judge Advocate, Korean Army
Languages
Korean, English
Memberships
- 2008 New York
- 2001 Republic of Korea
Education
- 2008 Columbia University School of Law, LL.M.
- 2003 Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law, LL.M.
- 2001 Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea
- 1999 Seoul National University, LL.B.
Personal
- 2024 Leading Lawyer, Corporate and M&A, asialaw
- 2024 Leading Lawyer, Restructuring and insolvency, Private equity, M&A, IFLR 1000
- 2024 Leading Individual, Corporate/M&A, Legal 500
- 2023 Leading Lawyer, Corporate/M&A, asialaw (Edition 28)
- 2023-2024 Leading Lawyer, Corporate/M&A, Chambers AP
- 2023 Highly regarded, Restructuring and insolvency, M&A, Private equity, IFLR 1000 (Edition 33)
- 2023 Highly regarded, Restructuring and insolvency, M&A, IFLR 1000 (Edition 32)
- 2022 Highly regarded, Restructuring and insolvency, M&A, IFLR 1000 (Edition 31)
- 2021 Leading Lawyer, Restructuring and insolvency, M&A, IFLR 1000
- 2017-2018 Recognized Practitioner, Corporate/M&A, Chambers AP
- 2016 Leading Lawyer, Capital Markets and Corporate/M&A, Asialaw
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Corporate and M&A: local firms
(Leading partners)Yulchon’s corporate and M&A team is known for its depth of expertise, with a strong roster of experienced practitioners, including the recent addition of four partners from Yoon & Yang LLC, including its former head of M&A, Sung-Jin Kim, significantly bolstering its corporate and M&A practice. Led by Young Su Shin and Sung Wook Eun, the team handles complex, high-value mergers and strategic partnerships. Jin Kook Lee specialises in major acquisitions and share transactions, particularly for prominent Korean conglomerates. Jae Hyun Park, a former judge, brings extensive experience in private equity and corporate restructuring, while senior foreign counsel Hyung Ki Lee is highly regarded for his work related to complex investment structures and various types of investment products and regulatory issues, as well as his handling of cross-border transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners South Korea > Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms South Korea
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- Tax: local firms
- TMT: local firms
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Insurance: local firms
- Intellectual property: local firms
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Regulatory: white-collar, compliance and investigations: local firms
- International arbitration
- Shipping: local firms