Acquisition Finance Practice Group constitutes a major component of Lee & Ko’s Banking & Finance Practice Group. With our team of lawyers who are well versed in corporate and M&A transactions, tax and capital markets, we have advised countless foreign and domestic lenders, sponsors, arrangers and borrowers in all types of domestic and cross-border leveraged and acquisition financing and restructuring deals.

Due to the Banking & Finance Practice Group’s involvement in pioneering legal transaction structures for many complex and innovative acquisition financing deals, which are recognized as benchmark deals for the Korean market, Lee & Ko is consistently regarded as the leading law firm for acquisition finance transactions in Korea and has received several awards for innovation.

Major Cases

Acquisition financing for the Carlyle Group’s Caps Co., Ltd. acquisition
Acquisition financing for MBK Partners Inc.’s ING Life Insurance acquisition
LBO financing for the acquisition of Mando Machinery Co., Ltd.
LBO financing for the acquisition of Haitai Confectionery by JPMorgan Partners and UBS consortium – The IFLR Debt-Equity Deal of the Year
LBO financing for the acquisition of Mando Climate Control
LBO financing for the acquisition of Hyundai Petrochemical by LG Chemical and Honam Petrochemical
LBO financing for the acquisition of Sammi Corporation by Samlim Total Construction
Financing for the acquisition of Hanaro Telecom by American International Group and Newbridge Capital
LBO financing for the acquisition of Jindo Corporation by Seyang Shipping
Refinancing for CJ Corporation in connection with its acquisition of Shin Dong Bang Corporation
LBO financing for the acquisition of Jinbang Steel by Jinbang Steel Korea
Refinancing for Honam Petrochemical in connection with its acquisition of KP Chemical
MBO financing for the acquisition of Fila Korea by officers of Fila Korea
LBO financing for the acquisition of Haitai Confectionary by the Crown Confectionary Consortium
LBO financing for the acquisition of Daewoo Heavy Industries & Machinery by Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction
LBO financing for the acquisition of Hi-Mart by Affinity Equity Partners
LBO financing for the acquisition of SsangYong Corporation by Morgan Stanley Private Equity
LBO financing for the acquisition of CJ CableNet
LBO financing for the acquisition of an Italian company by Daehan Electric Wire
LBO financing for the acquisition of Fila Global by Fila Korea
LBO financing for the acquisition of Hi-Mart by Eugene Group
LBO financing for the acquisition of Korea Express by Kumho Group
LBO financing for the acquisition of C&M by MBK Partners and Macquarie Korea Opportunities Fund
LBO financing for the acquisition of Superior Essex by LS Cable
LBO financing for the acquisition of Starkist Tuna by Dongwon Group
LBO financing for acquisition of Samwha Crown & Closure Co., Ltd., Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd., SRS Korea Co., Ltd. and Doosan DST Co., Ltd.
Debt restructuring of MagnaChip Semiconductor S.A. and MagnaChip Semiconductor Finance Company
LBO financing for acquisition of Oriental Brewery Co., Ltd. by KKR and Affinity consortium
Acquisition of shares of Power Technologies Corporation by KB-Glenwood Private Equity Fund
LBO financing for acquisition of Young Hwa Engineering Co., Ltd. by MBK Partners
LBO financing for acquisition of Kumho Rent-A-Car Co., Ltd.