JIPYONG LLC

Jipyong’s M&A Group possesses a wide range of experience in both domestic and international M&A transactions, ranging from mergers, stock transfers and acquisitions, business transfers and acquisitions, and asset transfers and acquisitions, to spin-offs and split-offs and merger through division. Clients value our group’s practical, results-oriented approach to closing deals, and they recognize that it is rooted in our deep bench of skills and experience handling many of the most sophisticated transactions on behalf of domestic and global companies world-wide.

At all stages of M&A transactions and related projects, from the initial stages to the successful closing of the transaction, Jipyong’s M&A Group provides prompt and accurate advice and optimal solutions regarding transaction structure and pertinent legal issues based on the purpose and circumstances of each transaction. In addition, based on our in-depth, specialized expertise that encompasses various fields and diverse experiences, we provide our clients with practical assistance on the full spectrum of legal issues that may arise in connection with antitrust (including M&A), intellectual property, taxation, human resources and labor, litigation, bankruptcy, as well as industry-specific regulations. We also have established close relationships with leading domestic and international investment banks, accounting and consulting firms, and foreign law firms to ensure that we are able to meet all of our clients’ needs and provide the best legal services in the highly competitive M&A markets.

As a result of these efforts, Jipyong’s M&A Group was ranked as the No. 2 law firm in Korea for mergers and acquisitions in the 2012-2022 edition of the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) 1000, and was ranked No. 1 in Korea and No. 6 in the Asia-Pacific region for M&A (by deal size) in the first quarter of 2012 (according to Mergermarket and Thomson Reuters, leading M&A publications).