Hyekyung Cho

Ms. Hyekyung Cho is an associate at Shin & Kim LLC, focusing her practice on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and general corporate advisory.

Ms. Cho has advised domestic and overseas companies and private equity firms across various industries on M&A transactions and general corporate matters.

• Joint acquisition of Compose Coffee and JMCF by Elevation Equity Partners and a franchise operator based in the Philippines, Jollibee
• Acquisition of All Day Fresh (Shabu All Day) by JollyK (Korean subsidiary of Jollibee, Philippine)
• Investment by STIC Investments and IMM Investment in Okestro, a cloud services company
• Sale of a controlling stake in Lutronic, a global aesthetic medical device company, to Hahn & Company, and tender offer for the remaining shares
• Acquisition of JN Tech, a waste management company, by Affirma Capital and The Hahm Partners
• Acquisition of International Electric Co., Ltd., Korea’s first transformer-specialized manufacturer, by Anchor Equity Partners Korea
• Representation of KKR in its participation in a bid to acquire certain equity interests in AirFirst Co., Ltd.
• Advice to Carlyle in connection with its attempted acquisition of Ecorbit and its subsidiaries
• Acquisition by Boryung of the global rights to Taxotere, a breast cancer treatment, from French pharmaceutical company Sanofi
• Acquisition by EQT Partners of Remember & Company, the operator of Remember, a business card management application
• Acquisition by Copan Global of Bonboo Entertainment, an entertainment agency
• Acquisition by Wellington Management of a minority stake in Viva Republica
• Acquisition of Woojin M&E by Corstone Asia PE