Mr. Yeon Woo Choi is a partner at Shin & Kim. Mr. Choi’s main areas of practice include M&A, corporate governance and private equity.

Mr. Choi’s representative work in recent years includes assisting major multinational and domestic private equity funds in their acquisitions and selling of shares in Korean companies and advising major domestic companies on corporate governance matters.

M&A

• Advised Macquarie Korea Asset Management on the sale of United Terminal Korea, a liquid cargo terminal operator
• Advised MBK Partners on the acquisition of Lotte Card Co., Ltd.
• Advised Hahn & Company on the sale of Woongjin Foods Co., Ltd.
• Advised Carlyle Group on the sale of ADT Caps Co., Ltd.
• Advised Goldman Sachs on the sale of Daesung Industrial Gases Co., Ltd.
• Advised KDB on the sale of Kumho Tire
• Advised KDB on the sale of STX Engine
• Advised Korea Ocean Business Corporation on the merger of related organizations for the establishment of the Corporation
• Advised SK on the acquisition of OCI Materials
• Advised LG Chem on the acquisition of GS EM’s cathode material business
• Advised Goldman Sachs and Bain Capital on the investment in Carver Korea
• Advised on SKT's attempt to acquire CJ HelloVision

Management Rights Disputes

• Advised client in the hostile M&A dispute against a stock market-listed corporation S
• Advised a stock market- listed company, an affiliate of Group D, on management rights disputes
• Advised a stock market- listed company, an affiliate of Group H, on management rights disputes
• Advised a stock market-listed company C on management rights disputes