Mr. Yun Seok Jang is a partner at Shin & Kim. Mr. Jang practices mainly in financial legal advisory, collective investment schemes including PEFs, acquisition finance, and ship finance.

Mr. Jang leads the corporate finance team of Shin & Kim LLC, which has been traditionally strong in securities and finance and is an accomplished securities finance practitioner who has led the firm to a leading position in the field of acquisition finance. Mr. Jang recently advised TaylorMade, Job Korea, SK Lubricants, and CJ OliveYoung on major acquisition deals in the market and previously led the Homeplus transaction, which was the largest and most lender-financed transaction in Korean history, as well as numerous other acquisition finance deals for domestic and international clients in various industries, including Momentive, Schwan’s, DN Solutions, Linde Korea, DIG Airgas, Lotte Card, AJ Capital, MG Non-life Insurance, Twosome Place, and Burger King. He is also a market leader in domestic and international alternative investments and corporate finance transactions.

Mr. Jang has been annually recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” in Capital Markets by IFLR1000, the world’s preeminent legal publication and has also been recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” in Securities and Finance by the Legal Times (2017, 2019, and 2021).

• Advised on acquisition of TaylorMade by Centroid PE
• Advised on acquisition of Job Korea by Affinity PE
• Advised on acquisition of Hanssem by IMM PE
• Advised on acquisition of SKC Future Materials by Hahn & Company PE
• Advised on acquisition of EMK Holdings by Keppel PE
• Advised on acquisition of a minority interest in Airfirst by BlackRock
• Advised on acquisition of SK Shieldus by EQT Partners
• Advised on acquisition of Nexflex by MBK Partners
• Advised on acquisition of industrial gas supply equipment of SK Materials by Brookfield
• Advised on acquisition of Momentive by KCC and SJL Partners
• Advised on acquisition of SpinX by Netmarble