O’Melveny Worldwide

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Magna Powertrain Group in the establishment of LG Magna e-Powertrain, a joint venture with LG Electronics 
  • CJ Logistics in its sale of CJ Rokin Logistics and Supply Chain 
  • The management sellers in the sale of equity interests in Woowa Brothers to Delivery Hero 
  • Praxis Capital Partners in its acquisition of new convertible preferred shares in JTBC Studios 
  • HELLA Holding International in its sale of equity interests in Mando-Hella Electronics to Mando 
  • Carlyle Growth Korea in its sale of equity interests in Yakjin Trading Corp. 
  • SK Telecom/11st Street in a strategic alliance transaction between 11st Street and Amazon, including potential equity participation arrangements
  • HELLA Asia Pacific Holdings in its sale of equity interests in HSL Electronics to SL Corporation 
  • Samsung Corning Advanced Glass (“SCG”) in its spin-off and sale of the ceramic target business division to Vital Materials 
  • IMM Private Equity in its sale of Tailim Package, Tailim Paper and Tailim Packaging (2019)
  • Straumann in its acquisition of new equity interest in Warantec 
  • First Reserve in its acquisition of Weir International and Flow Control business of the Weir Group PLC 
  • CVC Capital Partners in its acquisition of WITH Innovation Corp. 
  • Crescendo Equity Partners Limited in its acquisition of new equity interest in Qxpress Pte. 
  • General Motors in its acquisition of further equity interest in GM Korea 
  • Samsung Electronics in its acquisition of Dacor 
  • Samsung Electronics in the sale of its fiber optics business to Corning 
  • Hanwha Solar Holdings and Hanwha Q CELLS in the sale of Hanwha Q CELLS to Hanwha SolarOne 
  • Samsung Display in the sale of equity interests in Samsung Corning Precision Materials to Corning and its preferred shares strategic investment in Corning 
  • Samsung Electronics in its strategic minority investment in Sharp 
  • Samsung Electronics in its acquisition of CSR Plc’s mobile connectivity and location technology 
  • Samsung Electronics in the sale of its hard disk drive business to Seagate Technology 
  • Korea East-West Power in its acquisition of Marubeni Sustainable Energy, Inc. 
  • An Asian financial institution in its attempted bid for the Asian operations of Lehman Brothers 
  • TPG Axon in its minority investment in a mining company in Asia 
  • Citadel Equity Fund Ltd. in its investments in convertible bonds issued by four SEC reporting companies with operations in China 
  • Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. in its payment-in-kind note financing related to the acquisition of the Australian businesses of Cleanaway and Brambles Industrial Services from Brambles Industries 
  • Lightyear Capital and Vestar Capital Partners, in a series of minority investments in reinsurance companies in newly established in Bermuda 

Capital Markets

  • Goldman Sachs as the underwriter in the initial public offering of STX OSV on the Singapore stock exchange 
  • Samsung Securities in the initial public offering of Dongkuk S&C, on the KRX KOSDAQ market 
  • Merrill Lynch in a Rule 144A/Regulation S initial public offering of common shares by Samsung Card Co., Ltd.  
  • Morgan Stanley in a Regulation S offering of US$550 million convertible bonds by LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. 
  • Citibank, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and The Korea Development Bank in a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of US$500 million convertible bonds by Hynix Semiconductor Inc. 

Languages

  • Korean

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • Korea: Foreign Legal Consultant (New York, US)

Education

  • Columbia Law School, J.D., 2005
  • Seoul National University, LL.B., 1996

Honors & Awards

  • Individually ranked by Chambers Global and Chambers Asia-Pacific in South Korea Corporate/M&A (2026)