YOON&YANG

• 2009-present Yoon & Yang LLC
• 2023-present Director, Society of Financial Attorneys, Korean Bar Association
• 2022-present Advisory Member, ESG Special Committee, Seoul Bar Association
• 2022-present Member, Overseas Investment Business Deliberation Committee, Korea Expressway Corporation
• 2015-16 K&L Gates LLP (Orange County)

• 2021 Seoul National University Law School, LL.D. (coursework completed)
• 2015 University of Southern California Gould School of Law, LL.M. (completed the Business Law Certificate Program)
• 2010 Seoul National University Law School, LL.M. (coursework completed)
• 2009 Judicial Research and Training Institute
• 2006 Seoul National University College of Law, LL.B.

[Fund and Alternative Investment]

• Advised a domestic fund on investment in domestic IT solutions, IoT companies, and security companies (2023)
• Advised a domestic fund on investment in a health supplementary food company (2022)
• Advised a domestic fund on investment in shares of a Japanese social crowding company and a US online securities firm (2022)
• Advised on a Malaysia LP Investment through a fund of Hanwha Asset Management (2021)
• Advised on an investment in a “fund of fund” by an asset management company and a securities firm (2021)
• Advised on an investment in a bio company and share disposal by an asset management company (2021)
• Advised on an investment in YANOLJA and share disposal by Hanwha Asset Management and Hanwha Investment & Securities (2018-21)
• Advised on an investment in Musicow by Hanwha Asset Management (2021)
• Advised on the new technology investment association and venture capital LP investment of a payment card company (2018-present)
• Advised on an investment in a New York real estate loan receivable through a fund of an asset management company (2020)
• Advised on an investment in an overseas resort through a fund of Hanwha Asset Management (2019)
• Advised on a loan receivable transfer within a fund of Korea Investment & Trust Management (2018)
• Advised on several matters related to private equity establishment and investment

[Private Equity / Venture Investment]

• Advised a venture firm on investment in shares of a US mobility company (2023)
• Advised a domestic venture capital on investment in shares of a Canadian robotics company (2023)
• Reviewed the PE corporate structure of a financial investment company (2021)
• Advised on a PEF investment of a private equity firm (2021)
• Advised on a healthcare PEF establishment of an asset management company (2021)

[Domestic and Overseas Real Estate Transaction]

• Advised an investment management company on developing a knowledge industry center (2023)
• Advised a US metal company on investment in mining rights in Korea (2023)
• Advised an asset management company on acquisition of first-lien loan obligation of a real estate in the UK (2023)
• Advised on acquisition of shares in a domestic project developer and development right (2023)
• Advised on development of a domestic logistics warehouse and PF (2023)
• Advised an insurance company on establishing a real estate subsidiary in the US (2022)
• Advised a securities firm on providing loans to a German logistics center (2022)
• Advised on the acquisition of Four Points Hotel in Guro through a fund by Multi Asset Global Investment (2021) 
• Advised on the purchase of First Tower in Bundang through REITs by KORAMCO REITs Management and Trust (2021)
• Advised on the acquisition of a warehouse in Incheon through REITs by KORAMCO REITs Management and Trust (2021) 
• Advised on the purchase of a building in Seoul through a fund by an asset management company (2020) 
• Advised on the acquisition of a hotel in Myeongdong through a fund by an asset management company (2020)
• Advised on the acquisition of Centerpoint Mall in Dongtan by IGIS Asset Management (2019)
• Advised on the sale of Phnom Penh Tower (Cambodia) by an engineering company (2018)
• Advised on the purchase of Japanese real estate through funds of Daishin Asset Management (2018)
• Advised on the acquisition of the land and business rights by Sejong Ray Castle golf course of Jagwang Holdings (2017)
• Advised on the advance purchase of a warehouse in Gimpo by KORAMCO REITs Management and Trust (2017)
• Advised on the sale of Pyeongchon Lotte Mall by KORAMCO REITs Management and Trust (2016)
• Advised Kora Land & Housing Corporation on the REIT of “Hee-mang Housing” (2014)
• Advised an asset management company on the PF of a complex cargo terminal (2012)
• Advised on several acquisition and loan matters related to malls and commercial sites
• Advised and reviewed the corporate structure of several real estate trust companies and asset trust companies

[Financial License/Permit and Regulation]

• Advised a life insurance company on responding to inspections of its asset management division (2023)
• Advised asset management companies and securities firms on responding to general inspections by the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) (2023)
• Responded to the Financial Supervisory Services, the Securities and Futures Commission, and the Financial Services Commission in relation to a private equity fund of a bank (2019-21)
• Advised on the compensation of fund customers of a securities firm (2021)
• Responded to sanctions of an asset management company, a life insurance company, and an investment securities firm (2018-present)
• Advised on the permit of a real estate trust company (2019-20)
• Advised Hanwha Asset Management on the establishment of an office in Vietnam (2019)
• Advised on the organizational change of a financial holding company’s business division (2019)
• Registered the private equity fund investment business of asset management companies (2018-19)
• Advised the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) on the establishment of a branch in Cambodia (2018)
• Advised on anti-money laundering in respect of a domestic bank (2018-19)
• Advised a domestic asset management company on the registration as a private equity fund investment business, an investment advisory business, and a discretionary investment business (2018)
• Advised on GP registration and PEF establishment

[Derivatives and Foreign Exchange]

• Advised a savings bank on the interest swap ISDA deal structure (2022)
• Advised on the ISDA of several companies, including a life insurance company (2018-21)
• Advised on the CFD corporate structure of a securities firm (2021)
• Advised on DLF of a bank (2019-20)
• Advised a financial company on the amendment of the Foreign Exchange Transaction Regulation (2013, 2021)
• Advised on the Foreign Exchange Transaction Regulation in relation to an erroneous remittance of a company (2017)
• Advised on several cases of a violation (no measure taken) of the Foreign Exchange Transaction Act by a company, a sole proprietor, and an individual investor

[Domestic M&A]

• Advised Daishin Securities on acquisition of KASA Korea (2023)
• Advised on the acquisition of MK Trend by Hansae (2017)
• Advised on the sale of a KOSDAQ-listed company (2017)
• Advised Oriental Brewery on the acquisition of Hand & Malt (a domestic craft beer company) (2016)
• Advised on the sale of shares of Camso Korea (2016)
• Advised on the acquisition of Woori F&I (currently Daishin F&I) by Daishin Securities (2014)
• Advised on the acquisition of Smile Savings Bank by OSB Savings Bank (2013)
• Advised on the acquisition of Samwha Savings Bank by Woori Financial Group (2013)
• Advised on the acquisition of HANCOM by Soft Forum (2012)
• Advised on the P&A trade of Solomon Savings Bank by Woori Financial Savings Bank (2012)
• Advised on the sale of Ssangyong E&C by KAMCO (2012)
• Advised on the acquisition of Hyundai E&C by Hyundai Group (2010)

[Cross-border M&A]

• Advised Shinhan Financial Group on the acquisition of Prudential Vietnam Finance Company (valued at USD 151 million) (2018)
• Advised NH Bank on the acquisition of a financial institution in Cambodia (2018)
• Advised on the acquisition of a financial institution in Cambodia by KB Kookmin Bank (2018)
• Advised on the acquisition of Colombo by Cheil Industries (2011)
• Advised on the acquisition of China Hogai Electric by LS CNS (2010)

[Capital Markets]

• Handled the review of ETF delisting in Russia for the Korea Exchange (2023)
• Advised on the delisting of a company (2020)
• Advised on a financial investment company’s securitization of bonds issued by a telecom operator (2014)
• Advised financial institutions, including Korea Development Bank, on the securitization of accounts receivables (2013-14)
• Advised on synthetic and copper ETFs (2012-13)

[Litigation and Disputes]

• Handled the dispute over management right between a private equity firm and existing seller (2023)
• Acted in several fund-related litigation cases (Supreme Court Decision 2011Da80968 dated March 29, 2012) (2009-present)
• Represented a payment card company in a civil litigation against a bank in respect of the shares of VISA (USA) (2013-14)
• Acted in a non-contentious commercial case of deciding the stock purchase price of a construction company (2013)
• Acted in the “options shock” criminal case of Deutsche Securities (2010)
• Represented Madoff Fund in a civil case related to a New York real estate fund (2010)
• Acted in several management rights disputes of KOSDAQ-listed companies

• Highly Regarded, Banking and finance, IFLR1000 (2023-2024)

[Books]

• Collection of Court Decisions, Hyeonamsa (Co-author, 2006)

[Academic Articles]

• Cryptocurrency and Anti-Money Laundering (p. 34–49), Seoul National University BFL (2018)

[Journals & Newspapers]

• A step too far?, Asia-Pacific Fintech Special Focus 2019, International Financial Law Review (2019)
• Stepping forward, Fintech Special Focus 2018, International Financial Law Review (2018)
• [On the Bar] Cryptocurrency and ‘proper’ regulations for ICO, Korea Herald (2019)