• Joe Kim
      400 South Hope Street
      Los Angeles, CA, 90071
      Phone: +1 (213) 430-6511
      Fax: +1-213-430-6407
  • Kenneth R. O'Rourke
      400 South Hope Street
      Los Angeles, CA, 90071
      Phone: +1 (213) 430-7281
      Fax: +1-213-430-6407
  • Sung Pak
      Times Square Tower
      7 Times Square
      New York, NY, 10036
      Phone: +1 (212) 408-2456
      Fax: +1-212-326-2061
  • Ian Simmons
      1625 Eye Street, NW
      Washington, DC, 20006
      Phone: +1 (202) 383-5106
      Fax: +1-202-383-5414
  • Ryan K. Yagura
      400 South Hope Street
      Los Angeles, CA, 90071
      Phone: +1 (213) 430-6189
      Fax: +1-213-430-6407
  • Young Wook Shin
      400 South Hope Street
      Los Angeles, CA, 90071
      Phone: +1 (213) 430-7440
      Fax: +1-213-430-6407
PROFESSIONALS

  • Advanced Micro Devices
    Asiana Airlines
    Deutsche Bank
    H&Q Asia Pacific
    Hynix Semiconductors
    Hyundai Motors
    Hyundai Motor Finance Corporation
    Korea Development Bank
    Kumho Petrochemical Co.
    Kumho Tire
    Samsung Electronics
    Teleflex
    Yahoo!

Korea

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On the strength of private sector reforms and ambitious public sector support, the South Korean “miracle on the Han River” has grown into the third-largest economy in the dynamic Asia region. Korean companies are now major multinational players, driving sophisticated and innovative markets in automobiles, aviation, electronics, semiconductors, and telecommunications, among others.

O’Melveny ranks among the most active international law firms in Korea, with experienced Korea practitioners resident in Los Angeles, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Brussels. We have more than two decades of experience advising Korean clients on their international transactions and disputes, and multinational clients on their dealings with Korean counterparties. This track record includes some of the market’s most important and novel legal work, ranging from innovative cross-border investment, restructuring, and finance transactions to antitrust, class action, and complex intellectual property litigation.

Few firms can match O’Melveny’s commitment to serving the Korea market. Our seasoned practitioners, combined with our strong platform in Asia, make us uniquely qualified to address Korea market issues for clients. From defending Korean clients in high-stakes US-based “make or break” intellectual property or class action litigation to navigating global antitrust and competition issues involving Korean parties to sophisticated restructurings, financings, and other corporate transactions in the Korea market, O’Melveny’s Korea Practice offers the dedicated resources, deep experience, and breadth of service to provide effective, efficient counsel.

Key Facts

  • Our clients run the gamut of corporate and financial entities, from start-ups to investment banks and private equity houses to Fortune 500 companies, in diverse industries including energy, manufacturing, internet, semiconductors, entertainment, telecom, airlines, and automotive.
  • Over the course of more than two decades representing clients in legal matters involving Korea, we have developed a strong network of relationships with the very best local law firms.
  • Our team includes both US, Hong Kong, and UK-qualified lawyers experienced with Korea work and native Korean lawyers with language and cultural fluency.
  • We function as an integrated team with our colleagues in O’Melveny’s five Asia offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo. As intra-Asia commerce continues to increase, this robust Asia-wide platform is a key value-add for both Korean companies and non-Korean multinationals engaged in cross-border business.

  • Cross-border Transactions
    • Few of our competitors can match our track record for advising clients from diverse sectors in their complex Korea transactions, be they inbound investments or corporate partnerships for multinationals or outbound acquisitions for Korean clients. Inbound clients rely on our enormous resources on-the-ground in Asia. Outbound clients enjoy our full suite of deal and regulatory capabilities, including antitrust, intellectual property, and US-specific regulatory knowledge (Exon-Florio and CFIUS).
  • Litigation
    • We feature unmatched experience coordinating global defense of Korean companies embroiled in complex, “bet the company” litigation in US courts and other Western venues. This experience includes defense of Asiana Airlines in antitrust class action litigation, Hynix Semiconductor in intellectual property and antitrust litigation in multiple courts, and many other Korean clients in intellectual property, class action, and other disputes.
  • Restructuring and Finance
    • Our Asia-wide Strategic Capital and Finance capabilities encompass all manner of debt restructurings, liquidations, distressed transactions, equity and debt offerings, and financial and strategic acquisitions. Our experience spans distressed securities and derivatives analysis, novel securitizations of receivables, and one of the largest Korea market restructuring transactions in recent history.

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