Linklaters today announces the opening of an office in Seoul, bringing on-the-ground execution capability across key practice areas.
The office is led by experienced capital markets partner Hyung Ahn as Head of Korea Practice. Also based in the new Seoul office are Stephen Le Vesconte, a partner in the firm’s banking & projects practice, Kyungseok (KS) Kim, a counsel in the corporate/M&A practice, and Hyo Young (HY) Kang as senior consultant. They will be supported by a strong team of Korean-speaking associates in Seoul and Hong Kong, integrated into Linklaters’ global network.
To mark the office opening the Firm will host a series of client seminars and events at its new office in Center One over the next year.
Stuart Salt, Linklaters’ Managing Partner for Asia Pacific, said:
“We are delighted to have been granted approval to open in Seoul and are grateful to the Ministry of Justice and the KBA for their assistance throughout the process. The opening of Linklaters’ Seoul office underlines the firm’s strategy of extending our coverage to better meet the needs of our clients. We look forward to building on our 30+ years of experience advising leading Korean corporations and financial institutions.”
Background:
- Linklaters is a member of the “Magic Circle” of London headquartered law firms. It consistently tops global, European and Asian league tables, year after year. In Korea, Linklaters offers on-the-ground execution capability and experience advising on the most innovative, complex and market-leading transactions in capital markets, M&A and banking & projects.
- Hyung Ahn is a New York-qualified lawyer with experience advising companies, private equity funds and investment banks on a wide range of corporate and financing transactions. Hyung co-ordinates Korea-related matters for Linklaters around the world, linking up Korean clients with our experts with regional and country-specific expertise, and cross-border capabilities in M&A, projects and project finance, banking, dispute resolution and anti-competition regulatory advice, among other areas.
- Stephen Le Vesconte is an English-qualified projects specialist with over 10 years of experience of advising on project finance and other structured finance transactions, as well as project development, joint venture and M&A transactions across the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors. He has previously worked in Linklaters’ London, Paris, Moscow and Hong Kong offices and brings with him a wide range of international experience.
- KS Kim is a New York-qualified lawyer with significant experience advising on market-leading corporate and M&A transactions, including the recent consortium investment in Kyobo Life Insurance and E-Land World’s acquisition of K-Swiss by public tender.
- HY Kang is an English-qualified lawyer with significant experience in the Korean legal market, having previously served as head of the finance practice at Yulchon in Korea and head of the Korea practice at Allen & Overy in Hong Kong.
- A sampling of significant deals that Linklaters has acted on recently include:
- representing Affinity Equity Partners, Baring Private Equity, the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation and IMM Private Equity in their US$1.1bn investment in Kyobo Life Insurance.
- representing E-Land World Ltd., South Korea’s largest integrated fashion and retail company on its US$170m acquisition of K-Swiss, Inc., a US public footwear and retail company listed on the NASDAQ stock market via public tender offer.
- representing the Lenders (including KEXIM) on the US$1.4 billion financing of the expansion of the Jorf Lasfar coal-fired power station in Morocco – awarded Project Finance Power Deal of the Year Africa 2012, Project Finance Magazine and Project Finance Sponsor of the Year Africa 2012, Project Finance Magazine
- representing Korea Development Bank as credit lender in the landmark US$500m offering of hybrid securities by Doosan Infracore.
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