Mr. Hae-sung Jeong is a partner at Shin & Kim, mainly practicing in the areas of M&A.

M&A and Investments

• Advised Hyundai Steel on the sale of Hyundai IFC
• Advised Kakao Enterprise on governance improvement
• Advised SK Key Foundry on the acquisition of SK Powertech
• Advised SG Private Equity on the acquisition of Dongsung TCS (including Dongsung Chemical’s materials division)
• Advised Lotte Shopping on the transfer of its Gift Certificate Business Division
• Advised IMM Investment and financial investors on the investment in EcoPro Materials
• Advised Premier Partners and financial investors on the investment in EcoPro Innovation
• Advised NAVER Financial on the acquisition of NAVER Real Estate Service and other businesses
• Advised 42dot on its sale to Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation
• Advised KIDARI STUDIO and Lezhin Entertainment on the investment from ByteDance
• Advised 42dot on its Series A investment funding (largest Series A funding in history)
• Advised KRAFTON on the acquisition of interactive content producer Thingsflow
• Advised Kakao Entertainment on the acquisition of Antenna
• Advised LG Chem on the subscription of new shares of cosmetic container startup Innerbottle
• Advised NAVER Cloud on the acquisition of the Works Mobile business
• Advised Mirae Asset Venture Investment on the investment in shared office space provider SparkPlus

Mergers, Spin-offs and Joint Ventures

• Advised Kakao on the spin-off of the Daum business
• Advised Kakao Enterprise on the spin-off and merger of its Search Business Division
• Advised OCI on the merger by absorption of P&O Chemical
• Advised SK D&D on its spin-off
• Advised Kakao and Kakao Commerce on their merger
• Advised Kakao on the split-off of the Melon Business Division, establishment of Melon Company (tentative), and merger with Kakao Entertainment
• Advised GS Energy and GNTEL on the operation of a joint venture, G CONNECT, for electric vehicle charging services
• Advised Kakao Commerce and Croquis.com on the spin-off merger of Kakao Commerce’s style division and Croquis.com
• Advised Kakao Page and Kakao M on their merger