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Sang-Hyun Ahn
Partner
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- TEL 82 2 6003 7526
- FAX 82 2 6003 7036
- E-MAIL shahn@hwawoo.com
Biography
Sang-Hyun Ahn is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice areas are corporate governance, corporate law, compliance, ESG, management rights disputes and M&As, etc.
Mr. Ahn has built broad experiences in M&A, foreign investment, disputes on management rights, corporate rehabilitation, and compliance, etc. and based on such experiences, his recent practice mainly focuses on improvement of corporate governance and compliance matters.
Mr. Ahn has built broad experiences in M&A, foreign investment, disputes on management rights, corporate rehabilitation, and compliance, etc. and based on such experiences, his recent practice mainly focuses on improvement of corporate governance and compliance matters.
Experience
- 2003-present Yoon & Yang LLC
- 2015-present Member of Legal Advisory Group for Outbound SMEs, Ministry of Justice
- 2013-present Lecturer on Corporate Law, Training Program for New Attorneys, Korean Bar Association
- 2001-03 Yoon & Partners
Education
- 2007 Columbia Law School, LL.M.
- 2001 Judicial Research and Training Institute
- 1999 Yonsei University College of Law, LL.B.
Representative Matters
[M&A]
- Advised on POSCO Plantec’s inducement of investment from UAMCO (sale of management rights)
- Advised on sale of WOS (subsidiary of Wave Electronics)
- Advised on acquisition of KPX Fine Chemical by Hanwha Chemical
- Advised on POSCO’s equity investment in Li3 Energy and PALC (Latin Americal resource development companies)
- Advised on POSCO’s acquisition of shares in an Indonesian mining company
- Advised on acquisition of Random House
- Advised on inducement of investment by Galaxia Electronics
- Advised on acquisition of Look Optics by Neoplux Private Equity Fund
- Advised on acquisition of ST Pharm by Neoplux Private Equity Fund
- Advised on inducement of investment by Metanet MCC
- Advised on acquisition of Daewoo Information System by Metanet
- Advised on acquisition of Tongil Heavy Industries by SNT Dynamics
- Advised on inducement of investment by Wave Electronics
- Advised on acquisition of shares in Daechang Altec by POSCO P&S (formerly Posteel)
- Advised on transfer of business by Dongah Construction Industries
- Advised on acquisition of Newcore by E-land
- Advised on acquisition of Carrefour by E-land
- Advised on acquisition of Daewoo Bus by Young An Hat
- Advised on acquisition of Gyeongin Broadcasting by Young An Hat
[Compliance]
- Advised LG Electronics’ on establishment of a company-wide compliance system
- Advised LIG Nex1 on compliance
- Advised Bayer Korea on compliance
- Advised POSCO on compliance regarding the overseas business
- Advised Yahoo Korea on compliance
- Advised Accenture Korea on compliance
Awards
- Stand-out Lawyer, Thomson Reuters (2024)
Publications
- Korea Chapter, Defence & Security Procurement, Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2017-2020)
- Korea Chapter, 2013 Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions, IFLR (Co-author, 2013)
- Korea Chapter, Global Legal Insight : Merger & Acquisition, Global Legal Group (Co-author, 2013)
- Applicable Scope of the Takeover Regulation, BFL, Seoul National University Center for Financial Law (Co-author, 2012)
- Introduction of the No Par Value Stock System under the Revised Commercial Act, BFL, Seoul National University Center for Financial Law (2012)
Insights
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Admitted to bar, Korea (2001), New York (2010)
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Korean and English