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Gu Beom Kwon is a partner at Lee & Ko’s Corporate Practice Group. Since joining Lee & Ko in 2017, he has specialized in M&A and corporate law, advising on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate restructuring, corporate governance and foreign investment for companies across a wide range of industries.

Mr. Kwon has extensive experience not only in share purchase and business transfer transactions, but also in various forms of corporate restructuring, including the establishment of joint venture companies, mergers, spin-offs, comprehensive share swaps and contributions in kind. His M&A advisory experience also spans companies engaged in a wide variety of industries, including semiconductors, construction, gas, smelting, automobiles and auto parts, distribution, retail, bio and transportation.

Based on his extensive M&A experience, Mr. Kwon was selected as the No. 1 “Power Lawyer” among junior lawyers in M&A legal advisory by the Korea Economic Daily in 2022, and has been recognized as a ‘Rising Star Partner’ for M&A by IFLR1000 (International Financial Law Review) since 2023.

Representative Matters
[Merger & Acquisitions]
Hahn & Company’s sale of Korean Air C&D Service
LS MnM’s Investment in PT Teluk Metal Industry, an Indonesian Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturer
SK Airplus’ spin-off of its M15 business and issuance of RCPS
Share swap between SK Square/SK Telecom and IonQ involving ID Quatique and IonQ shares
Ecopro’s acquisition of Indonesia Green Eco Nickel
Global Sae-A’s acquisition of Ssangyong Engineering & Construction
SK Materials Airplus’ sale of M16 gas plant assets
LS Corporation’s acquisition of LS-Nikko Copper from Japan Korea Joint Smelting and issuance of exchangeable bonds to JKL Partners
CBC Group consortium’s acquisition of Hugel
Permira Fund consortium’s acquisition of Delivery Hero Korea (Delivery App “Yogiyo”)
E-Mart’s acquisition of Starbucks Coffee Korea
Jungheung Group’s acquisition of Daewoo Engineering & Construction
Kolon Mobility Group’s acquisition of Autohub Sellcar and Handle
VIG Partners’ acquisition of PMC, PTC and SNC Solution
HD Hyundai Oilbank and Tenet Equity Partners’ acquisition of Daekyung O&T
Kolon Mobility Group’s sale of Kolon Auto
Zuellig Pharma’s acquisition of Cialis business unit
Global Sae-A’s acquisition of minority shares in Ssangyong Engineering & Construction
SK Broadband’s acquisition of Pangyo data center business
H&Q Korea’s acquisition of T&F Global
Lotte Card’s sale of Loca Mobility
SK Telecom’s sale of shares in Hana Card / Finnq / SK Square to Hana Financial Group and purchase of shares in Hana Financial Group
Affirma Capital’s acquisition of Series B CCPS and Convertible Bonds of Beam Mobility Holdings
Hyosung's sale of Hyosung Capital
Individual shareholders’ sale of shares in CJ Olive Young
Carlyle Group's sale of ADT Caps
Individual shareholders’ sale of Kwangjin Chemical and The K Logitech
Comprehensive share swap between Foosung and Hantech
Toyota Tsusho’s acquisition of newly issued shares in Sama Alluminium
Greenwich PE’s acquisition of Sun jin Woonsu
T Map Mobility’s acquisition of Banaple and Logisoft
Merger between SK Broadband and Tbroad
Hyundai Oilbank’ sale of Hyundai Oil Terminal
Foosung Global’s issuance of Bonds with Warrants to Heimdall PE
SK’ investment into Standigm
South Korea rapper/producer Zico's sale of KOZ Entertainment
Merger between ADT Caps and ADT Security
Kamur Partners' acquisition of Razzler
SK Networks' acquisition of SK Telink's secondhand phone business
SK Materials' acquisition of Hanyu Chemical
Business transfer of Farm Hannong's crop protection agent distribution business to LG Chem
LG Household & Health Care's acquisition of Tai Guk Pharm
Cellivery’s acquisition of Ajin Clean
Merger between KNX and Il Kwang E&C
Liquidation of a foreign invested company F
Squeeze-out of company E's controlling shareholder
KB Security and other firms’ investment into Megazone Cloud
[Joint Venture]
Establishment of joint venture Ecovance between SKC, LX International and Daesang
Establishment of joint venture TL Chemical between Taekwang Industrial and LG Chem
Establishment of joint venture SK MaterialsJNC between SK Materials and JNC
Establishment of joint venture KAT between IAI and Hankuk Carbon
Establishment of joint venture Trans Beverage between Campari and BNC F&B
[Corporate Governance & Shareholder Dispute]
Defense against shareholder activism for A Plus Asset Advisor
Defense against minority shareholders’ petition for injunction to inspect accounting books and records of Unichem
Defense of directors of company S against minority shareholder’s damages claim
Defense against shareholder activism for company D
Advice on management rights dispute over Social Louder
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Education
2025 Completed Financial Law Course (17th class), Seoul National University School of Law
2024 Passed New York State bar examination
2024 University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law – LL.M.
2014 Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
2014 Seoul National University, College of Law - LL.B., Cum Laude
2011 Passed the 53rd Korean bar examination
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Work Experience
2017-Present Lee & Ko
Dec 2019-Feb 2020 Secondment in Samsung Asset Management
2014-2017 Public Service Attorney
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Admissions & Qualifications
2014 Admitted to the Korean Bar
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Languages
Korean and English
Awards & Recognitions
2025 IFLR1000 35th edition ‘Rising Star Partner’ – M&A
2024 IFLR1000 34th edition ‘Rising Star Partner’ – M&A
2023 IFLR1000 33rd edition ‘Rising Star Partner’ – M&A
2022 Selected as the most "Power Lawyers" among junior lawyers in M&A by the Korea Economic Daily
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Publications / Presentations / ETC
M&A lectures at SK M&A course (2022, 2023)
Chambers Global Practice Guides - Corporate M&A 2022: South Korea - Law and Practice section, Trends and Developments section (Co-author, Chambers & Partners, 2023)
Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides – South Korea: Mergers & Acquisitions (Co-author, The Legal 500, 2023)
Chambers Global Practice Guides - Corporate M&A 2022: South Korea - Law and Practice section, Trends and Developments section (Co-author, Chambers & Partners, 2022)
Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides – South Korea: Mergers & Acquisitions (Co-author, The Legal 500, 2022)
Chambers Global Practice Guides - Corporate M&A 2021: South Korea - Law and Practice section, Trends and Developments section (Co-author, Chambers & Partners, 2021)
Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides – South Korea: Mergers & Acquisitions (Co-author, The Legal 500, 2021)
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LS MnM’s Investment in PT Teluk Metal Industry, an Indonesian Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturer 2026.02.27

Press & Releases

[The Dong-A Ilbo] Lee & Ko Expands its ‘Management Dispute Team’ with M&A Experts and Former Judges 2025.12.29

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Lee & Ko Recognized as Tier 1 in All Practice Areas in IFLR1000 2025 2025.09.11

Deals & Cases

SK Square and SK Telecom Innovation Fund’s sale of shares in id Quntique SA 2025.05.01

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Tier1 in All Practice Areas of IFLR1000 2023.07.27

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Affirma Capital’s acquisition of Beam Mobility Holdings’s CCPS and CB 2022.02.09
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