Acquisition Finance

Overview
Professionals

Introduction

Our acquisition finance team is at the forefront of leveraged and acquisition financing in Korea. We guide our clients through the entire financing process by providing in-depth market knowledge and advice on the full range of leveraged and other financing structures available for our clients’ acquisition needs. Our acquisition finance team works closely with our M&A, tax and employment teams to devise optimal transaction structures and ensure that all aspects of the acquisition are handled with a coordinated approach. We also maintain strong relationships with Korean regulatory authorities to ensure smooth handling and resolution of all governmental authorizations, approvals and registration issues.

Experiences

Acquisition finance for Homeplus (the largest acquisition financing in Korea in both amount (KRW 4,300,000,000,000) and number of participating lenders (60 domestic and foreign financial institutions))
Acquisition finance for Daesung Industrial
Acquisition finance for Doosan Machine Tools
Acquisition finance for Acushnet Holdings in the U.S.
Acquisition finance for takeover of Missha
Acquisition finance for Sancheong
Acquisition finance for Hyundai Cement
Acquisition finance for Eco Management Korea Holdings
Acquisition finance for Aju Capital
Acquisition finance for LIG Investment Securities
Acquisition finance for Tapex
Acquisition finance for Koentec
Acquisition finance for Taerim, Tongil Paper Mfg
Acquisition finance for Kolong Water & Energy
Acquisition finance for T-Broad
Acquisition finance for Kyungnam Energy
Acquisition finance for Geo Young

Awards and Rankings

Ranked Band 1 Law Firm for Banking and Finance
Chambers Global / Chambers Asia 2014-2023
Ranked Tier 1 Law Firm for Banking and Finance
IFLR 1000, 2022
Banking and Financial Services Firm of the Year
Asialaw Asia-Pacific Legal Practice Awards 2019
Ranked Tier 1 Law Firm for Banking and Finance
Asia Pacific Legal500 2013-2019
Firm of the Year 2014: Banking and Finance
Asian-Mena Counsel