Jipyong LLC offers comprehensive legal services to domestic investors engaging in international business activities. Our expertise encompasses a wide array of services tailored to support joint ventures in foreign countries, the establishment of new corporations, mergers and acquisitions, obtaining business licenses, and the acquisition and disposition of assets, including real estate. Additionally, we provide specialized legal advisory services for investments in infrastructure projects, such as SOC, and financial transactions, including project financing, drafting and negotiating various contracts, offering strategic legal advice on foreign exchange transactions, and navigating the complexities of international taxation laws.
Leveraging our lawyers and specialists in our strategically positioned overseas’ offices in Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi in Vietnam, Phnom Penh in Cambodia, Vientiane in Laos, Jakarta in Indonesia, Yangon in Myanmar, Moscow in Russia, and Budapest in Hungary (we deliver professional and comprehensive one-stop legal services. These services cater to investments across a broad spectrum of countries including, but not limited to, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Russia, countries in the Middle East and Latin America, Japan, Australia, and the United States. Our global footprint enables us to provide seamless legal assistance, ensuring our clients navigate the complexities of international investments with ease and efficiency.
Key Practice Areas Close
- Researching and reviewing investment laws and other laws and practices in jurisdictions subject to foreign investment
- Advising on joint ventures between foreign and Korean companies, ranging from the preparation and negotiation of investment agreements, to the review of optimal structures of corporate ownership and corporate governance satisfying the interests of investors, and to filing reports with supervisory authorities and obtaining licenses
- Providing support to domestic companies regarding drafting and negotiating contracts related to foreign investments, filing reports with supervisory authorities and obtaining licenses, and other general matters
- Supporting bidding for overseas’ construction work, infrastructure projects, and drafting and negotiating related contracts
- Assisting legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating investment-related contracts for acquisition of foreign companies
- Drafting and consulting financial contracts related to foreign investment projects
- Advising on matters related to foreign exchange transaction laws on foreign investment and international tax
Experience Close
- Advised Eugene Investment Co., Ltd. on the investment in Wahyoo, an Indonesian F&B startup
- Advised Hanwha Solutions concerning the transfer of shares in a Thai-based manufacturing company owned by Samsung Electro-Mechanics
- Advised HD Hyundai Infracore on the establishment of an overseas office in Ghana
- Advised Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Investment on the acquisition of new shares in iCart Group
- Advised Shinhan Investmenton the acquisition of shares in PT Archipelago Asset Management
- Advised Woori Sprott Global Private Investment Company and KEPCO whose GP is Kiwoom Asset Management and Sprott Korea on the acquisition of three solar power plants owned by Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, a Canadian solar power company
- Advised NH Investment & Securities in connection with its buy-out of its joint venture partner
- Advised DGB Financial Group and DGB Daegu Bank on acquisition of Cam Capital, a specialized bank in Cambodia
- Advised Dongbang Ship Machinery Co., Ltd. on a deal involving the sale of shares in its Chinese subsidiary, Dalian Dongbang Ship Machinery, to Dalian Dongfang Jinye Kejifazhan Youxiangongxi
- Advised KB Bank on the sale of its entire shares in Bank CenterCredit in Kazakhstan
- Advised PT Bukit Uluwatu Villa Tbk (PT BUVA), a leading Indonesian operator of high-end hotels and resorts, on a deal involving the sale and purchase of shares, and share subscription for investment
- Advised Center Credit Bank in Kazakhstan (a subsidiary of KB Kookmin Bank) on the sale of its entire shares in BCC-Moscow Bank located in Russia
- Advised EnbioCons on the establishment of a water treatment company as a joint venture between Korean and Chinese private corporations
- Advised EZ Global on acquisition of a stake in Hana TV home Shopping (Cambodia)
- Advised LG International on a joint investment in a Myanmar cement plant
- Advised Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation on the transfer of shares in a company holding land in Cambodia on which a pledge was established by the bankruptcy foundation of Tomato Savings Banks
- Advised SK E&C on the sale of shares in a joint venture established in Cambodia and on the collection of a loan to such joint venture
- Advised Woori Bank on the acquisition of Malis Finance, a Cambodian micro-financing institution
- Provided legal review, due diligence, and advice to Lotte Group regarding the acquisition of MGSB, a Myanmar beverage company
- Advised Troika Overseas Resources Development PEF, which was jointly managed by SK Energy, Samchully Asset Management and KDB as GPs, on the acquisition of shares in an oil and gas field of Bellatrix, a Canadian petroleum producer
- Advised Golden Bridge Securities on the acquisition of shares in Haiphong Securities and Click & Phone Securities
- Advised Lotte Hotel on the acquisition of Legend Hotel, a five-star hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
- Advised S.M. Entertainment on its establishment of SM True, a joint venture with True Visions, a major Thai media group
