Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

The M&A Group at HMP advises foreign investors wishing to make cross-border investments into Korea, local companies intending to make outbound M&A transactions, and Korean companies looking to acquire other local companies on various types of M&A transactions. The M&A Group advises clients on the best possible deal structuring, tax planning, employment & labor, anti-trust filings, compliance, and other regulatory issues in consideration of the clients’ transaction purposes, needs, and requirements through comprehensive and in-depth due diligence on target companies and specialized legal, tax, and technical analyses.

◆ Execution of legal, financial or other technical due diligence on target companies
◆ Advice on the best possible M&A deal structure on the basis of legal, tax, technical analyses
◆ Drafting, review, negotiation and completion of M&A-related preliminary and definitive agreements such as MOUs, term sheets, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, share subscription agreements, share acquisition agreements, business/asset transfer agreements, merger agreements, divestiture agreements, shareholder agreements, executive service agreements
◆ Preparation and filing of anti-trust filings (business combination notifications) before the Korean Fair Trade Commission and coordination with competent governmental agencies
◆ Advice on securing and obtaining required licenses and permits and transferring such licenses and permits
◆ Advice on post-merger integration, including the consolidation and adjustment of employment terms and benefits between the merged companies
◆ Comprehensive advice on anti-trust and fair trade, tax, employment, and labor, intellectual property and post-merger disputes and other issues relating to M&A transactions

The Lawyer in Charge

Key Performance

  • Represented a Chinese company in acquiring a domestic casino business

  • Advised Mahle Behr Group on the merger between its Korean subsidiary and another Korean company.

  • Advised Hanjin Co., Ltd. in purchasing 100% of shares of a domestic company and reorganization

  • Represented a domestic franchise company in acquiring business

  • Sale of Dongbu Special Steels Co., Ltd to Hyundai Steel Co, Ltd by Korea Development Bank

  • Advised The Dow Chemical Company on its sale of local assets

  • Acquisition of Nextapps Inc. by Metaps Inc.

  • Acquisition of Visteon Corp.’s automotive climate business by Halla Climate Control Corp.

  • Acquisition of ATG Entrance Corporation by Gunnebo Security Group

  • SunEdison Group's corporate restructuring and multiple share transfers involving Samsung Group prior to the IPO of SunEdison Semiconductor Ltd.

  • Merger between Johnson & Johnson Medical Korea and Synthes Korea

  • Sale of consumer care assets to Oxy Reckitt Benckiser, Ltd. by Johnson & Johnson Medical Korea

  • Sale of household business and shares to Lion Corporation by CJ Corporation

  • Transfer of businesses and corporate restructuring among 3 of DHL’s Korean entities

  • Acquisition of PopCap Games by Electronic Arts

  • Acquisition of Daeyung O&T by Korean Development Bank

  • Acquisition of TCB Korea by Plansee SE

  • Acquisition of Quro Science by Novartis Venture Fund

  • Sale of Interpark Gmarket to e-Bay by Interpark

  • Acquisition of Hanwool Information Tech Co., Ltd by IMATEC

  • Acquisition of Jungsan Biomed Co., Ltd by Geistlich Pharma AG

  • Acquisition of GNEC and KOCEN by TUV SUD

  • Sale of affiliated IT finance corporation of a foreign bank

  • Acquisition of equity stake in TOFIC Corporation by AT&S of Austria

  • Acquisition of shares and household business of Lion Corporation (Japan) by CJ Corporation

  • Acquisition of domestic advertisement and PR company by WPP Group

  • Acquisition of shares of domestic optical company by De Rigo

  • Acquisition of shares and sale of business of Emerson Electric Co. and domestic affiliated companies

  • Acquisition of business operations of Owen Corning by Saint-Gobain

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