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Yulchon Offices

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

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Work Department

Corporate & Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Fund/PE, Insurance

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

  • 2006  Washington

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.

Personal

  • 2024  Leading Lawyer, Corporate/M&A, asialaw
  • 2024  Next Generation Partner, Corporate/M&A, Legal 500
  • 2023  Leading Lawyer, Corporate/M&A, asialaw (Edition 28)
  • 2022~2023  Korea Super 30 Lawyers, Asian Legal Business
  • 2021~2022  Leading Lawyer, Corporate/M&A, Legal 500
  • 2017~2022  Leading Lawyer, Corporate/M&A, asialaw

Lawyer Rankings

South Korea > Corporate and M&A: local firms

(Next Generation Partners)

Hyung Ki Lee – Yulchon

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.

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