YOON&YANG

Jihoon Cha Partner

TEL 82 2 6182 8373
FAX 82 2 6003 7861
E-MAIL jhcha@yoonyang.com

Jihoon Cha is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice areas are Southeast Asia, M&A, International Arbitration & Litigation.
Mr. Cha graduated from Seoul National University College of Law and obtained his LL.M. from the American University Law School. He is licensed in the State of New York, and has been selected several times on asialaw as the leading lawyer in corporate/M&A.

Experience

2018-present Yoon & Yang LLC
2018-present Arbitrator & International Arbitrator, Korea Commercial Arbitration Board
2014-18 Global Legal Advisor, Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation
2011-13 Legal Advisor, International Investment Dispute, Ministry of Justice
2011 Legal Advisor, Kotra Africa Business Forum
2009-17 Of Counsel, Seongnam City
2005 Member & International Human Rights Member, Human Rights Commission, Korean National Police Agency
2004-15 Broadcasting Advisory Counsel, KBS
2004 Expert Advisor, Judiciary Reform Committee, Supreme Court
1991 Chair, International Coalition Committee, Lawyers for a Democratic Society

Education

2001 American University Law School, LL.M.
1995 Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (Visiting Scholar)
1989 Judicial Research and Training Institute
1987 Seoul National University College of Law, LL.B.

Representative Matters

[Southeast Asia ∙ M&A]

Advised KB Securities on the acquisition of an Indonesian securities firm
Advised Korea Investment Management on the acquisition of a Vietnamese asset management company
Advised KB Kookmin Bank on the acquisition of a Cambodian bank
Advised Hyundai Transys on an Indonesian joint venture
Advised Korea Coal Corporation on the acquisition of a Mongolian coal mining company

[Project Financing]

Advised PT KP (a joint venture between POSCO and an Indonesian state-owned steel company) on the ECA syndicated loan for the procurement of construction funds
Advised KB Kookmin Bank on the project finacing of an Indonesian coal mining project
Advised Woori Bank on the syndicated loan as the fund to purchase Viet Jet aircraft (Vietnam)

[International Arbitration]

Represented POSCO E&C’s Brazil subsidiary in an arbitration on the construction of a steel plant in Brazil (ICC, Sao Paulo, Brazil law)
Represented POSCO E&C in an arbitration on the construction of a power plant in Uruguay (ICC, New York, Uruguay/New York law)
Represented POSCO Indonesia’s joint venture in an arbitration on the construction of a steel plant in Indonesia (BANI, Jakarta/Indonesia law)