Partner
Dong Sup LEE
Foreign Investment
Expertise
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Dong Sup Lee is a partner in the Corporate and M&A practice group. Since joining Lee & Ko in 2008, he has represented a large number of domestic and foreign clients in M&A transactions and corporate governance fields, and mainly specialized his practice and expertise in the areas of public and private mergers and acquisitions, inbound and outbound Investment, EPC contract, international transaction and related foreign exchange regulation, and international dispute resolution.
A few of the highlighted cases Mr. Lee has handled include representation of KEPCO and KHNP in the nuclear power plant deal with the UAE, Samsung Electronics in its acquisition of Medison Medical Equipment, and he frequently provides thorough legal service to foreign investors ranging from the establishment of Korean subsidiaries, entailing corporate management including Korean work permits/visa issues, to the liquidation of Korean subsidiaries.
Mr. Lee holds an LL.M. graduate degree from Columbia Law School and a B.A. in English Literature from Seoul National University.
A few of the highlighted cases Mr. Lee has handled include representation of KEPCO and KHNP in the nuclear power plant deal with the UAE, Samsung Electronics in its acquisition of Medison Medical Equipment, and he frequently provides thorough legal service to foreign investors ranging from the establishment of Korean subsidiaries, entailing corporate management including Korean work permits/visa issues, to the liquidation of Korean subsidiaries.
Mr. Lee holds an LL.M. graduate degree from Columbia Law School and a B.A. in English Literature from Seoul National University.
Representative Cases
- [Corporate Management, M&A Transaction]
- ELEMENT GROUP’s acquisition of shares in CTK CO., LTD.
- Represented Ithaca Holdings in its acquisition of Bighit Entertainment America
- Representation of Elevation Fund in acquisition deal of FSA and BHC Chicken
- Representation of Dow Chemical in asset transfer and spin-off deals
- Representation of Ham-Let (Israel Canada) Ltd in acquisition deal of S&S Valve
- Representation of Orgenesis and MastherCell in acquisition deal of CureCell
- Representation of L group in joint venture and international investment towards South Eastern Asia region.
- Representation of L group in acquisition deal of cosmetic and food companies.
- Representation of KDB in sales transaction of DSME stocks.
- Representation in Daewoo Electronics acquisition deal.
- Representation of POSCO in Sungjin Geotec acquisition deal.
- Representation in Medison acquisition deal.
- Various M&A deals involving international companies and entailing international antitrust filing.
- Tybourne Capital’s investment into Lunit
- [International Transaction, EPC and Plant Contract, Dispute Resolution]
- Representation of KEPCO and KHNP in the nuclear power plant deal with the UAE.
- Representation of KHNP in the OL4 nuclear power plant project in Finland, and other overseas.
- Representation of H petroleum refinery company in dispute with L engineering & construction company.
- Unison in KCAB arbitration involving purchase of wind turbine generators.
- Draft/ Review of EPC contract for various engineering, manufacturing companies in refinery, generator facility.
- Acquisition of export/ foreign exchange approval in relation with the transaction involving strategic goods.
- Representation of exporters in relation with transaction breach and related export credits claims.
- Compliance check in international financial regulation area.
Education
| 2014 | Columbia Law School LL.M., New York, U.S.A |
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| 2008 | Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea |
| 2006 | Seoul National University - B.A. in Social Science |
Work Experience
| 2008-Present | Lee & Ko |
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| 2014-2015 | Foreign Attorney, Foley &Lardner LLP, Washington D.C., U.S.A |
| 2012-2013 | Linde Group In-house Counsel |
Languages
| English, Korean and Chinese |
