JIPYONG LLC

Partner

Min Hyun CHO

TEL +82-2-6200-1673
FAX +82-2-6200-0811
E-MAIL mhcho@jipyong.com

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Mr. Min Hyun Cho focuses his practice on corporate disputes at the intersection of law and accounting. In complex disputes involving overlapping regulatory and accounting issues, he identifies and structures the key issues and develops and implements strategies for litigation and related proceedings. His work includes corporate control disputes involving listed companies, where proxy contests, injunctions, disclosure, and requests for the inspection and copying of accounting books may proceed in parallel, as well as financial and capital markets disputes involving both civil litigation and responses to financial regulators.

A Korean Certified Public Accountant (KICPA) with prior experience at an accounting firm, Mr. Cho draws on this background to identify key issues in disputes involving financial statements, disclosure filings, accounting treatments, and internal controls and translate them into claims and defenses in litigation and injunction proceedings.

In listed-company corporate control disputes, Mr. Cho’s experience spans shareholder proposals, extraordinary general meetings, and injunction proceedings for the inspection and copying of accounting books and records, often pursued in parallel. His experience also includes responses to activist shareholders’ exercise of shareholder rights, on-site advice at shareholder meetings, delisting-related injunctions, damages claims arising from accounting fraud, and regulatory accounting reviews.

Mr. Cho has also represented financial institutions in derivatives and trust disputes and advised on the establishment and enhancement of internal control frameworks following the enforcement of the Financial Consumer Protection Act. Drawing on this combined experience, he takes an integrated approach to corporate control, financial, and accounting disputes, coordinating litigation, regulatory response, and internal control enhancements for listed companies, financial institutions, and investors.

Mr. Cho co-authored Legal Practice on Corporate Control and Commentary on the Financial Consumer Protection Act and contributed to the Korea chapter of the Chambers and Partners Corporate Governance Guide. He was named a Rising Star in Corporate Governance and Control Disputes by Legal Times in 2024.

Education Close

2026Seoul National University, Graduate School of Business, Master of Business Administration (Executive MBA)
2018Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law (J.D.)
2011Seoul National University (B.A. in Business Administration)

Experience Close

2020-PresentJIPYONG LLC
2021-PresentMember, Korean Securities Law Association
2021-2022Citizen Lawmaker, Ministry of Government Legislation
2018-2020Associate, Barun Law LLC
2010-2011Associate, Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers

Notable Achievements Close

[Corporate Control Disputes & Investor Litigation]

Advised on shareholder proposals, convening of an extraordinary general meeting, a provisional injunction for inspection and copying of accounting books and records, and represented in a director removal action in connection with a management control dispute involving a domestic listed company
Advised on preemptive responses to shareholder activism, including responses at general meetings of shareholders
Represented numerous investors, including new technology venture investment fund, in disputes regarding investment recovery and preservation of rights

[Financial Regulation & Financial Institutions]

Filed applications for stay of execution and administrative litigation regarding sanctions by financial regulatory authorities
Represented a client in the response to a claim for damages arising from large-scale accounting fraud and related regulatory inspections by the Financial Supervisory Service
Represented the Korea Exchange in multiple provisional injunction proceedings seeking the suspension of effect of delisting decisions, securing favorable outcomes in each case
Advised on numerous matters regarding delisting risks, public disclosures, and board decision-making and response strategies
Advised a major financial institution on the establishment and enhancement of its internal control framework in connection with the enforcement of the Act on the Prosecution of Financial Consumers
Prepared legal opinions and provided counsel to financial institutions and industry associations on legal issues surrounding proposed statutory amendments

[Financial, Securities & Insurance Disputes]

Represented financial institutions in litigation concerning the mis-selling of derivative products and breach of the duty of care in trust management
Successfully represented clients in numerous insurance claims centering on the interpretation of insurance policy terms and conditions
Successfully represented a client in a landmark ruling in which the court recognized a trust company’s liability for damages arising from breach of a completion guarantee

[Tax Litigation]

Represented clients in numerous tax appeals and litigation matters involving the Corporate Tax Act and the Inheritance and Gift Tax Act
Represented a client in a lawsuit seeking the revocation of tax assessments, including corporate tax, arising from an alleged below-market acquisition of unlisted shares
Represented a client in a lawsuit over the imposition of tobacco tax

Honors and Recognitions Close

2024Rising Star in Investor Disputes Practice, Legal Times

Speaking Engagements and Publications Close

2026Global Practice Guides: Corporate Governance 2026 - South Korea, Chambers and Partners
2024Legal Practice of Management Rights (Co-author), Pakyoungsa
2023Financial Consumer Protection Act Commentary (Co-author), Pakyoungsa