Mr. Byung Tae Kim is a partner at Shin & Kim. His main areas of practice include mergers & acquisitions, corporate restructuring and general corporate transactions, and he has been involved in many significant cross-border investments and major mergers & acquisitions.

Mr. Kim has written extensively and conducted research on topics related to securities and M&A law, and corporate law.

Mr. Kim has been providing legal advice on restructuring and conversion to a holdings company for listed companies and financial companies, such as the split and merger of Woori Financial Group, and on large-scale M&A and reorganization, such as the sale of Asiana Airlines. Mr. Kim has been recognized by various media for his expertise in the Corporate/M&A sector, including being selected as an M&A Power Attorney by the Korea Economic Daily.

M&A

• Advised on the sale of Korea Center to MBK
• Advised on the investment in Think Surgical by KDB Investment
• Advised on the transfer of FNC Investment CB by the Dreamus Company to Beyond Music and the acquisition of new shares of Beyond Music
• Advised on the acquisition of Danawa by Korea Center
• Advised on the sale of shares in Kumho Resort by Asiana IDT, etc.
• Advised on the acquisition of AJ Total cold/frozen warehouse business by Stonebridge Capital
• Advised on the acquisition of management rights of Sungwoo NBTech by Hansol Paper
• Advised on the sale of Asiana Airlines to Korean Air (in progress)
• Advised on the sale of Korea Center's shares in the Summerce Platform
• Advised on the acquisition of JFintech, a Thai specialized credit finance company, by KB Kookmin Card
• Advised on the acquisition of LinkPrice by Play Auto
• Advised on the acquisition of KSNET by Stonebridge Capital-Payletter Consortium
• Advised on the acquisition of US DuPont SIC Wafer Division by SK Siltron
• Advised on the sale of Attis Management Rights
• Advised on the acquisition of Summerce Platform by Korea Center
• Advised on the issuance of CB and acquisition of existing shares of Life River by HLB Life Science
• Advised on the Joint Venture of Vale Kapec between Valeo and PHC Group
• Advised on the acquisition of LG Electronics' set-top box business division by Technicolor
• Advised on the acquisition of Hello Nature by SK Planet
• Advised on the acquisition of domestic advertising companies by WPP Group
• Advised on the sale of KB Insurance’s stake in LIG Investment & Securities
• Advised on the acquisition attempt of CJ HelloVision by SK Telecom

Reorganization

• Advised on reorganization, including division/merger and tender offer for conversion to holdings company, for Dongguk Holdings, F&F Holdings, Maeil Holdings, Hansol Holdings, and Jongkundang Holdings
• Advised on the split of Woori Financial Holdings and reorganization of Woori Financial Holdings and its subsidiaries, etc.
• Advised on the split-off of Shinsung Engineering & Construction and merger of Hansol Paper and Hansol Art One Paper
• Advised on Woori Bank’s merger with Woori Financial Group (reverse merger), Citibank Korea’s merger with Citibank Korea Financial Holdings (reverse merger), and SC Bank Korea’s merger with Korea SC Financial Group (reverse merger)
• Advised on KNB Financial Group’s merger with Gyeongnam Bank and KJB Financial Group’s merger with Gwangju Bank
• Advised on the comprehensive share swap between Hana Financial Group and the Korea Exchange Bank
• Advised on the merger of Sungjin Geotech with POSCO Plantech
• Advised on the division of KB Kookmin Bank Company
• Advised on the consolidation of Kookmin Bank and the Housing Bank

Corporate Governance

• Advised on restructuring KT’s corporate governance structure
• Advised on defense against Union Community’s attempt to acquire the management rights of Suprema HQ
• Advised on restructuring of the governance structure after the transition of the holdings company system of Dongguk Holdings, F&F Holdings, Maeil Holdings, Hansol Holdings, and Jongkundang Holdings
• Litigation and advice to KT&G regarding Carl Icahn’s attempt of hostile management disputes