Our Global M&A Team advises domestic and international companies from startups to major corporations to financial institutions. Our clients engage in a wide variety of industries such as manufacturing, technology, pharmaceutical, media and entertainment. When advising our clients, we incorporate guidance from our firm’s various practices such as corporate, fair trade, labor, intellectual property, finance etc, to provide a tailor-made solution to meet our client’s various needs.
Based on our expertise and experience we navigate clients through all stages of a cross-border M&A deal spanning from the structuring and due diligence phase, to negotiating the deal and preparation of transaction documents, all the way to the successful closing of the transaction as well as any and all necessary post-closing measures.
Cross-border M&A transactions present special concerns due to differing legal and regulatory standards, including fair trade and labor laws. Our Global M&A Team utilizes its vast experiences in global transactions and network in various industries and fields of practice to safely guide our clients through all facets of a cross-border transaction while fully addressing the special concerns that these transactions pose.
Key Practice Areas Close
- Development of strategy and structure for various cross-border M&A transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions of shares/businesses/assets, Etc.
- Legal due diligence
- Advising on legal issues such as fair trade, labor, intellectual property, etc. involved in cross-border M&A
- Drafting, reviewing and consulting of transactional documents for cross-border M&A transactions
- Overall assistance in closing of cross-border M&A transactions
- Carrying out necessary regulatory filings and reports involved in the transaction
- Incorporating corporate entities and vehicles necessary for the acquisition or transaction
Experience Close
- Advised FiscalNote on the acquisition of Aicel Technologies Inc., a big data company
- Advised Seah Steel in acquisition of Inox Tech S.p.A Italy
- Advised Daewoo Information Systems in forming Joint Venture Company with EDS
- Advised Daesang Group in re Joint Venture in the Philippines
- Advised GS Retail in management of foreign joint ventures
- Advised GS Retail in sale of ownership of Malaysian subsidiary
- Advised AIXTRON SE in forming Joint Venture with H& Iruja
- Advised Azelis Group on the acquisition of Sammichem
- Advised Azelis Group on the acquisition of CoSeal
- Advised Azelis Group on the merger of Azelis Korea and CoSeal
- Advised Titan Contents in incorporating and operating Titan Content Korea
- Advised Sungwoo High-tech in dissolution of Joint Venture in Indonesia
- Advised Sungwoo High-tech in sale of shares in Sungwoo Czech and Sungwoo Slovakia to Mitsubishi Group
- Advised Shinsegae International in dissolution of joint venture Shinsegae Interco
- Advised Sammi Construction in sale of Daewoo Bus Pakistan
- Advised Hurom Korea in relation to dissolution of Indian Subsidiary
- Advised Easybio in acquisition of DFS Oskaloosa USA
- Advised Easybio in acquisition of Pathway Intermediate UK
- Advised Fox Channels in managing and operating various Korean entities and affiliates
- Advised Imazins in joint venture with the Getty Group
- Advised Hyundai L&C in joint venture with Wilson Art USA
- Advised COREE in due diligence and transaction documentation for potential acquisition of BlackTrace UK
- Advised Nylacast Engineered Products in incorporating and operating Nylacast Korea
- Advised Lotte Global Logis in restructuring shareholdings of subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Singapore, India, UK, Netherlands, etc.
- Advised Bankware Global in obtaining investment and issuing new shares to the Alibaba Group
- Advised Hanwha Solutions Corp. on the asset transfer transaction in connection with the transfer of Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.’s Wi-fi module business and the equity in their Thai subsidiary
- Advised Clarksons UK incorporate and operate Clarksons Korea
- Advised the Roechling Group incorporate and operate Roechling Asan Automotives
- Advised Seoul City Gas Co., Ltd., the second-largest shareholder of Vitesco Technologies Korea, on the transfer of the entire equity interest in Vitesco Technologies Korea to its largest shareholder Continental AG (Germany)
- Advised the major shareholder of Whawon Pharm Co., Ltd. on transfer of Whawon Pharm’s old shares to IMCD Group B.V., a Dutch Company
