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Soo Yeon Oh is a partner at Lee & Ko. Since joining Lee & Ko in 2009, her practice has been focused on the areas of corporate and business laws, especially mergers and acquisitions, foreign investment, foreign exchange regulations, Vietnamese practice, healthcare, automobile, product liability and other related areas.

Ms. Oh is admitted to the Korean Bar, and New York Bar.
Representative Cases
[Mergers & Acquisition]
Advised on L company's acquisition of Daewoo Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam
Advised on K Consortium's acquisition of combined cycle power plant and district heating supplier
Advised on W Finance Holdings' sale of its subsidiary
Advised on H company's acquisition of resort business
Advised on S company's acquisition of medical appliance manufacturer
Advised on C company's acquisition of Cosmetic manufacturer
Advised on L company's acquisition of Burger King Japan
[International Trade and Foreign Investment]
Advised on L company's Duty Free Shop expansion into Vietnam
Advised on H company's subscription of newly issued share from listed company in Vietnam
Advised on K public corporation's UAE atomic power project and project operation
Advised on S company's in connection with Ambatovy nickel joint venture project located in Madagascar
[Product Liability]
Advised on various domestic and multinational companies of food, cosmetics, automobile, electric products, and recall of industrial products such as Lenovo, Samsung SDI, Coway, Columbia, Beat electron
[Healthcare]
Provided legislation consulting for S company regarding medical mobile application and mobile phone
Gave advice to domestic and multinational companies against government investigation on Healthcare products and litigation
Conducted a due diligence on multinational Healthcare corporations' internal compliance
[Franchise]
Advised on TGIF, Mc Donald's, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, IKEA, Intercontinental Hotel and other Korean and International companies' conclusion of franchise contract and operation of the business
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Education
2015 NYU School of Law - LL.M
2009 Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea
2004 Seoul National University - LL.B in College of Law
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Work Experience
2009-Present Lee & Ko
2024-Present Member, Labeling and Advertisement Self-regulatory Committee of Korea Food Industry Association
2020-Present Advisory Counsel, Korea Products Safety Association
2020-Present Member, Legal Advisory Committee for Regulatory Sandbox of Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
2019-Present Member, Cosmetics Advertisement Self-regulatory Committee of Korean Cosmetic Association
2017-Present Member, Special Committee for Start-up Regulation Innovation of Korean Bar Association
2016-Present Member, Legal Advisory Committee for Overseas Expansion of Small and Medium Enterprises, Ministry of Justice
2006 Policy Secretary, Finance and Economy Committee
2006 Intern, National Assembly
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Admissions
2009 Admitted to bar, Korea
2018 Admitted to bar, New York
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Languages
Korean and English
Awards and Recognitions
2024 Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific recognized as Future Star
2022 awarded for outstanding member of Legal Advisory Committee for Overseas Expansion of Small and Medium Enterprises, Ministry of Justice
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Publications / Presentations / ETC
“The Amendment of the Product Liability Act: New Developments and Implications.” KBLA Value Chain – June 2017 Edition
“Product Liability Country Comparative Guide, South Korea” The Legal 500, 2019
“Product Liability Edition” Lexology Getting The Deal Through, 2020
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