Mr. Gunwoo Sung is a partner at Shin & Kim, mainly practicing in the area of corporate transactions such as M&A and PEF and corporation laws such as internal restructuring of corporate groups.

In addition to handling multiple M&A cases, he has extensive experience in underwriting by insurance companies and subscriptions by purchasers in Warranty & Indemnity (W&I) insurance.

Major M&A Transactions

• HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ merger with HD Hyundai Mipo (2025)
• HD Hyundai’s contribution in kind of overseas shipbuilding subsidiaries to HD Hyundai Asia Holdings (2025)
• HD Hyundai Asia Holdings’ acquisition of Doosan Vina (2025)
• Well to Sea PE's acquisition of SI FLEX (2025)
• Pine Tree Partners' sale of management rights in Casco (2025)
• Envisioning Partners and Heimdall PE Partners' investment in CTR CB (2025)
• Heimdall PE Partners, Quintessa Investment, and JKL Partners' sale of GDK Cosmetics (2025)
• ISC's acquisition of I-semi and TechDream (2025)
• ISC's merger with ITMTC (2025)
• Keistone Partners' acquisition of Gae Young Ceramics and Sung Chang Ceramics (2025)
• ITMTC's merger with Prowell (2024)
• Youngpoong and MBK Partners’ tender offer to Korea Zinc shares (2024)
• Anda H Asset Management’s acquisition of convertible bonds issued by KHI (2024)
• Q Capital Partners’ acquisition of Chorokbaem Media (2024)
• LS Electric and JKL Partners’ acquisition of control of THiRA-UTECH (2024)
• SIMPAC’s acquisition of KDA and Dongbu Steel (2024)
• Merger of Korea Foss Securities and Woori Investment Bank (2024)
• Keistone Partners’ acquisition of Copan Global and subsequent bolt-on investment (2024)
• Merger of ITMTC, a subsidiary of SKC, and Prowell (2024)
• SKC’s sale of SK PU Core to Glenwood (2023)
• Merge between D&C Media and D&C Webtoon Biz (2023)
• Merge between GSCONNECT and ChargeEV (2023)
• Hoban Construction Ltd.’s sale of Electric Times Internet to Douzone Bizon (2023)
• I market Korea’s acquisition of BTL Logistics (2023)
• Pinetree PE’s sale of STX Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (2023)
• SK Ecoplant’s acquisition of Clenko and sale of partial stake in Clenko (2023)
• Represented Lutronic in its sales to Hahn & Company (2023)
• MBK Partners’ acquisition of Nexflex, Korea’s No. 1 flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL) film manufacturer (2023)
• JKL Partners’ investment in Sama Aluminum and DSEV (2023)
• Advised SKT on its attempted takeover of Medit (2022)
• Autajon’s acquisition of Pacific Package (2022)
• IMM investment’s investment in Musinsa (2021)
• SK ecoplant Co., Ltd.’s acquisition of 100% of the Shares in Clenko Co., Ltd. (2021)
• Acquisition of existing and new shares in Diostech by CoAsia Cape No.1 New Technology Business Investment Fund (2021)
• Well to Sea PE’s sale of Aju Capital to Woori Financial Group (2020)
• Coscom’s acquisition of HSBC Fund Services (2020)
• Transfer of auto and retail financial assets between Shinhan Capital and Shinhan Card (2020)
• IMM PE’s acquisition of shares in Shinhan Financial Group (2020)
• Baring PE’s acquisition of shares in Shinhan Financial Group (2020)
• KB Stone Bridge PE Co., Ltd.’s acquisition of new shares in Bagel Code (2020)
• Merger between Daewoo Estee, a subsidiary of Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., and Prugio Service (2020)
• Merge between GS Networks, a subsidiary of GS Retail, and CVSnet
• Hana Financial Investment PE’s acquisition of old and new shares in Kumho Trading Co.
• Kumho Industrial’s sale of Asiana Airlines (2019)
• KAC Airport Service’ transfer of southern airport business division (2019)
• SKT’s transfer of healthcare division (2019)
• POSCO’s transfer of magnesium business division (2019)
• KB-Stonebridge Secondary PEF’s acquisition of shares in Solu-M (2019)
• Acquisition of consol bond (CB) of Asiana airlines by Korea Development Bank (2019)
• Business transfer of Lotte GRS-Lotte Confectionery Natuur Business Division (2018)
• Acquisition of Doosan Engine by Socius Well to See Consortium PE (2018)
• Acquisition of shares of Jetema of Mirae Asset Daewoo PE (2018)
• Restructuring of Logistics Business Division of GS Retail (2018)
• Acquisition of Aju Capital of Well to Sea PE (2017)
• Merger of HLB LifeScience and LifeLiver (2017)
• Sale of Hansol NexG of Hansol Inticube and Hansol Secure (2017)
• Acquisition of Daewon Eco Green of Environment Energy (2017)
• Investment in SoFi by Korea Investment Partners and Zenitas Investment (2017)
• Acquisition of Daelim Motor’s motorcycle division by KR Motors (2017)
• Investment in Korea Kolmar Holdings, Kolmar BNH Investment by Quintessa PE (2017)
• Acquisition of GDK Cosmetics by Quintessa PE and investment in Secret Direct Korea (2017)

Major W&I Insurance Transactions

From the early days of W&I insurance in Korea, Mr. Sung has represented insurance companies in numerous insurance acquisition transactions. He has also handled W&I insurance acquisitions for a number of clients.

• Represented the insurer in Gooday Global’s acquisition of Seorin Company (2025)
• Represented the insurer in KKR’s acquisition of Samhwa (2025)
• Represented the acquirer (Anchor PE) in the acquisition of International Electric (2025)
• Represented the acquirer (Keistone Partners) in the acquisition of Ga Young Ceramics and Seongchang Ceramics (2025)
• Represented the insurer in Hann & Company’s acquisition of a controlling interest in SK Specialty (2024)
• Represented the insurer in Tailim Paper's acquisition of Jeonju Onepower and Jeonju Paper (2024)
• Represented the insurer in KKR's acquisition of Pyeongtaek Silo and Taeyoung Industry (2024)
• Represented the insured (MBK Partners) in its acquisition of Nexflex (2023)
• Represented the insurer in acquisition of Viadavinci (2023)
• Represented the insurer in EQT Fund Management’s acquisition of SK shieldus (2023)
• Represented the insured (SK Ecoplant) in its acquisition of Clenko (2023)
• Represented the insurer in the acquisition of Job Korea (2021)
• Represented the insurer in the acquisition of EMC Holdings (2020)
• Represented the insurer in the acquisition of Daesung Industrial Gas (2019)
• Represented the insurer in the acquisition of a stake in LG CNS (2019)
• Represented the insurer in the acquisition of GongCha Korea (2019)
• Represented the insurer in the acquisition of Serveone (2019)
• Represented the insurer in the acquisition of Woongjin Foods (2019)
• Represented the insured (Motrex-WelltoSea consortium) in its acquisition of Junjin Heavy Industries (2018)