Seon-Hye KIM

Seon-Hye KIM
AttorneySeon-Hye KIM
+82-2-397-9844
shkim@kimchanglee.com

Professional Experience

  • 2012 ~ Present Associate, Kim Chang Lee
  • 2012 Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (41st Class)

Education

  • 2010 Seoul National University, College of Law (LL.B.)

Bar Admission

  • 2012 Korea

Practice Areas

  • M&A/Joint Ventures
  • Data Protection & Privacy
  • Fair Trade
  • Corporate
  • Civil Litigation

Representative Legal Matters

  • Global asset management fund in its acquisitions of a hotel and oil tank terminal
  • Global asset management fund in its acquisition of certain hotel-related assets located in Incheon, Korea
  • Lehman Brothers in domestic litigation and advisory matters arising from its insolvency
  • Tencent in its acquisition of equity interests in various domestic companies (Kakao Corp., Kakao Bank, Kakao Entertainment, Netmarble, YG Entertainment, Kakao Games, JTBC Studios, Line Games etc.)
  • Domestic foreign-invested companies and joint venture companies and their foreign shareholders on issues relating to operations, corporate governance, employment, tax, foreign exchange and other regulatory matters and commercial transactions
  • Representation of a multinational IT company in its response to a request for third party cooperation and submission of documents made by the Fair Trade Commission in its investigation of alleged abuse of superior bargaining position
  • Representation of multiple Korean and multinational companies in the filing of various types of business combination reports
  • General corporate advisory engagements for Coca-Cola Korea, Callaway Korea, Samsung Biologics, Delta Air Lines, Aeromexico, Enertech International, etc.

Professional Activities

  • 2022 Rising Star Lawyer, Legal Times 2022, Corporate and M&A

Publications