Kyong Kook KANG

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Mr. Kyung Kook KANG is a partner at DR & AJU LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Restructuring, Insolvency & Restructuring, Corporate, Energy & Infrastructure, and International.
Mr. Kang has worked in M&A since the beginning of his career, and has carried out various M&A and corporate restructuring work for both domestic and foreign companies, such as the merger between Housing Bank and Kookmin Bank, Doosan Group's acquisition of Korea Heavy Industries & Construction, the sale of Dongyang Group's Tongyang Card business in installments to Lotte Group, AK Capital's acquisition of Hanbo Steel, Pantech & Quritel's acquisition of SK Teletech, the transition and restructuring of Nongshim Group to a holding company system, Transition and restructuring of Pacific Group into a holding company system, participation in LS Nikko Copper Smelting's stake in Electronic Recyclers International (USA, California Corporation), the sale of the Incheon Nonhyeon Group Energy Project by the Korea Land and Housing Corporation, Global Steel Dust's investment in Steel Dust Recycling Plant in Korea, restructuring work of Taihan Cable & Solution Co., Ltd., retructuring of Daesung Group, RIO Fund's Daeyu Group (Daeyu A Tech/Daeyu Winia) CB and old stock acquisition investment, KN Fund's acquisition of Handysoft Co., Ltd., the sale of RIO Fund's shares in Signet EV Co., Ltd. and new shares to SK Group, the acquisition of Hyundai Heavy Industries Power System Co., Ltd. by H Asset Management, and the aquisition of AJ Capital Partners Co., Ltd. by RIO Fund.

In addition, he received his LLM at Georgetown University Law Center and worked as a foreign lawyer at Washington D.C. firm Holland & Knight LLP, obtaining practical experience in global M&A practice through his joint work with U.S. attorneys concerning the M&A of Korean companies by American companies. He has also partnered with relevant government departments for corporate advisory work needed in public sector projects, such as the privatization of the Korea Gas Corporation and other gas introduction businesses, radioactive waste disposal site selection, and expansion of energy-related public enterprises.

He currently continues to advise on M&A matters for domestic and foreign companies and on corporate restructuring such as shifting to a holding company structure, and provides legal advisory on all aspects of general corporate activity. In addition, he was selected as a test author for the General Civil Disputes (Corporate Law) section of the 4th Korean bar exam, and served as a broadcast evaluation committee member of the Korea Communications Commission and as a committee member of the Korea Power Exchange for revising brokerage market rules. He taught corporate law for the attorney training course of the Korean Intellectual Property Office and lectured on general shareholders' meetings and the board of directors for legal personnel under the organization of LAWnB. He also gives legal lectures free of charge for students and the general public under a program by the Ministry of Justice.

Currently, he continues to probe into his interest in the energy production and investment sector, and is expanding his practice into the energy business, which is still an oft-overlooked area domestically.

Profile

      • DR & AJU LLC (2021-Present)
      • Partner Attorney, HYUN Law LLC (2018-2021)
      • Partner Attorney, Kim Chang & Lee (2013-2017)
      • Partner Attorney, JIPYOUNG LLC (2007-2012)
      • Foreign Lawyer, Washington D.C. office, Holland & Knight LLP (2006-2007)
      • Attorney, KCL Law (2000-2005)
      • Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2000)
      • Member of Environmental Law Association, Trade Law Association of Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1998)
      • Georgetown University Law Center (LLM, 2006)
      • Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (Completed Coursework, 1998)
      • College of Law, Seoul National University (LLB, 1996)
      • Kyungnam High School (1988)
      • Admitted to Bar, Korea (2000)
      • Korean
      • English

Representative Activities

      • Member, Case Study Association, Seoul Bar Association (2000)
      • Member, Special Committee on Civil Law Revision, Korean Bar Association (2000)
      • Member, Conciliation Committee, Seoul Central District Court (2001)
      • Election Commissioner, Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2002)
      • Privatization Advisory Committee, Consultant, Korea Gas Corporation (2002)
    • 김유정 레일바이크
      • Corporate Law Lecturer, Patent Attorney Practical Apprenticeship Course, Korean Intellectual Property Office (2003-2004)
      • Member, Legal Advisory Committee on Radioactive Waste, Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (2003-2004)
      • Examiner, 4th National Bar Examination (2015)
      • Member, Broadcast Evaluation Committee, Korea Communications Commission (2018)
      • Member, Rule Revision Committee, Korea Power Exchange (2019)
  • Representative Matters
      • The merger between Housing Bank and Kookmin Bank
      • The merger between Dongbu Electronics and Anam Semiconductor
      • The merger between the Pacific and Pacific industries
      • The merger between Leading Investment & Securities and Bridge Securities
      • Doosan Group's acquisition of Korea Heavy Industries & Construction
      • Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction's acquisition of KOPEC and KPS
      • Doosan Group's acquisition of Korea Industrial Development Co., Ltd.
      • Doosan Group's acquisition of Daewoo Infracore
      • AK Capital's acquisition of Hanbo Steel
      • The sale of Dongyang Group's Tongyang Card business in installments to Lotte Group
      • The sale of Hyundai Petrochemical's PVC plant to LG Chem
      • The joint venture between Pantech Motorola
      • Pantech and KTB Consortium's acquisition of Hyundai Curitel
      • Qualcomm's equity investment in Pantech
      • Pantech & Quritel's acquisition of SK Teletech
      • The acquisition of shares in JP Morgan's Ceratech (KOSDAQ listed corporation)
      • The acquisition of shares in Hansol Education by Lombard APIC (HK)
      • SK Telecom's acquisition of Jeonbuk Bank's card business
      • SK Telecom's acquisition of Paxnet
      • The acquisition of Sampyo Food's Shindongbang Soybean Business
      • The sale of investment trust management company and investment trust securities company belonging to Dongyang Group
      • The sale of Pine Creek Golf Course and Pine Valley Golf Course belonging to Dongyang Group
      • The transition and restructuring of Nongshim Group to a holding company system
      • The transition and restructuring of Pacific Group into a holding company system
      • The transition and restructuring of Taeyoung Group into a holding company
      • The transition and restructuring of mid- and external pharmaceutical to a holding company system
      • The acquisition of Ramsway Co., Ltd. by EMLSI (KOSDAQ-listed corporation)
      • The acquisition of Dong-A TV by Herald Media Co.
      • Tricom Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ Corporation)'s development and investment in Resort & Casino in the Philippines
      • Tong Yang Group's acquisition of Yeareum Mutual Savings Bank
      • The acquisition of Axlon (KOSDAQ-listed corporation) by Travel Doctor (Non-listed corporation)
      • The acquisition of Dongyang Group's Golden Oil Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ-listed corporation) and establishment of related PEF
      • The acquisition and bypass listing of Group Oh Sang's Ziel Information Technology Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ-listed corporation)
      • The sale of shares of Dongyang Cement in PK2 Fund
      • LS Nikko Copper Smelting's Phoenix M&M acquisition
      • The cquisition of Creazen Holdings (KOSDAQ-listed corporation) by Jungwon Holdings and partial sale of some of its business parts
      • LS Nikko Co., Ltd.'s acquisition of Recytech Korea Co., Ltd.
      • Participation in LS Nikko Copper Smelting's stake in Electronic Recyclers International (USA, California Corporation)
      • The merger of Creagen Holdings and Mid-Foreign New Drugs
      • Eastern Investment Co., Ltd.'s acquisition of Stone Bridge Capital Co., Ltd.
      • Tong Yang Systems Co., Ltd.'s acquisition of KTFDS Co., Ltd.
      • The establishment of Onsan Tank Terminal Co., Ltd., a joint venture between YESCO and E1 and Nakagawa (Japanese subsidiary)
      • LS Nikko Co., Ltd.'s acquisition of Hwachang Co., Ltd. and Sunwoo Co., Ltd.
      • The sale of a part of LS Nikko Co., Ltd.'s stake in Hwachang Co., Ltd. to Vertical Manufacturing LLC to form a joint venture relationship
      • The separate sale of MEMS Fab by the National Information and Communication Agency (NIPA) and the formation of a joint venture relationship with private investors
      • The sale of the Incheon Nonhyeon Group Energy Project by the Korea Land and Housing Corporation
      • The investment in kind in Dongyang Securities' investment in Dongyang Entrepreneurship
      • Dongyang Group West Pine Golf Course business transferral
      • The merger between Oriental Leisure and Nubo Chef
      • Dongyang Magic's acquisition of Daewoo Electronics
      • Global Steel Dust's investment in Steel Dust Recycling Plant in Korea
      • Dongyang Group's ready-mixed concrete division
      • Restructuring work of Taihan Cable & Solution Co., Ltd.
      • The restructuring of Daesung Group
      • Zinc International's foreign investment transaction for GSD Korea
      • The issuance of E-Land Group's dim sum bond
      • The defense of management rights in hostile M&A against Tong Yang Networks Co., Ltd.
      • The acquisition of Infopia Co., Ltd. by Oh Sang-Ziel Co., Ltd.
      • E-Land Group issuance of RCPS for financial soundness
      • RIO Fund's Daeyu Group (Daeyu A Tech/Daeyu Winia) CB and old stock acquisition investment
      • The investment in Cosmo Chemical, a new company (Cosmoechem) of Cape Investment & Securities Fund
      • Hankook Tire's acquisition of UNOTECH Co., Ltd.
      • RIO Fund's acquisition of Signet EV.
      • KN Fund's acquisition of Handysoft Co., Ltd.
      • Handysoft's Russian company Mitotech LLC's investment in old shares
      • The acquisition of AJ Capital Partners Co., Ltd. by RIO Fund
      • The acquisition of Hyundai Heavy Industries Power System Co., Ltd. by H Asset Management
      • The sale of RIO Fund's shares in Signet EV Co., Ltd. and new shares to SK Group
      • Conditions and Articles of Incorporation of Issuance of Convertible Bonds, Seoul Bar Association (2004)
      • Analysis of cases related to the restriction of voting rights during the appointment of auditors, Korea Listed Companies Association (2007)
      • Shareholder Rights, Korean Business Law: The Legal Landscape and Beyond, Carolina Academic Press (2010)

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