김우재 미국 변호사(외국법자문사)는 첨단 기술, 제조업, 에너지, 소비재와 같은 주요 산업 분야의 역외 인수합병 거래에서 한국 대기업들을 자문해 오면서 고객들로부터 믿고 신뢰할 수 있는 조언자로 높이 인정받고 있습니다. 김 변호사는 한국 기업이 미국 상장 기업을 인수하거나 매각하는 복잡한 거래를 자문한 경험을 풍부하게 가지고 있는 것으로도 이름이 나 있습니다. 또한 해외 투자은행과 사모펀드들이 한국 관련 거래를 할 때 맞닥뜨리는 인수합병, 합작 투자, 증권발행 관련 업무에도 자문을 제공하고 있습니다.

 

김 변호사는 지칠 줄 모르는 열정으로 고객이 가장 실용적인 결과를 효율적으로 얻도록 고객을 위해 헌신을 다하고 있습니다. 오멜버니에 입사하기 전, 김 변호사는 한국의 대형 로펌 및 해외 유수 로펌의 서울 사무소의 파트너로 근무한 경력이 있습니다. 그 이전에도 해외 로펌의 뉴욕 및 홍콩사무소에서 다년간 근무한 경험을 가지고 있는 김 변호사는 아시아적이면서도 동시에 국제적인 시각과 접근방식으로 고객에게 자문을 제공하고 있습 니다.

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Magna Powertrain Group in the establishment of LG Magna e-Powertrain, a joint venture with LG Electronics 
  • CJ Logistics in its sale of CJ Rokin Logistics and Supply Chain 
  • The management sellers in the sale of equity interests in Woowa Brothers to Delivery Hero 
  • Praxis Capital Partners in its acquisition of new convertible preferred shares in JTBC Studios 
  • HELLA Holding International in its sale of equity interests in Mando-Hella Electronics to Mando 
  • Carlyle Growth Korea in its sale of equity interests in Yakjin Trading Corp. 
  • SK Telecom/11st Street in a strategic alliance transaction between 11st Street and Amazon, including potential equity participation arrangements
  • HELLA Asia Pacific Holdings in its sale of equity interests in HSL Electronics to SL Corporation 
  • Samsung Corning Advanced Glass (“SCG”) in its spin-off and sale of the ceramic target business division to Vital Materials 
  • IMM Private Equity in its sale of Tailim Package, Tailim Paper and Tailim Packaging (2019)
  • Straumann in its acquisition of new equity interest in Warantec 
  • First Reserve in its acquisition of Weir International and Flow Control business of the Weir Group PLC 
  • CVC Capital Partners in its acquisition of WITH Innovation Corp. 
  • Crescendo Equity Partners Limited in its acquisition of new equity interest in Qxpress Pte. 
  • General Motors in its acquisition of further equity interest in GM Korea 
  • Samsung Electronics in its acquisition of Dacor 
  • Samsung Electronics in the sale of its fiber optics business to Corning 
  • Hanwha Solar Holdings and Hanwha Q CELLS in the sale of Hanwha Q CELLS to Hanwha SolarOne 
  • Samsung Display in the sale of equity interests in Samsung Corning Precision Materials to Corning and its preferred shares strategic investment in Corning 
  • Samsung Electronics in its strategic minority investment in Sharp 
  • Samsung Electronics in its acquisition of CSR Plc’s mobile connectivity and location technology 
  • Samsung Electronics in the sale of its hard disk drive business to Seagate Technology 
  • Korea East-West Power in its acquisition of Marubeni Sustainable Energy, Inc. 
  • An Asian financial institution in its attempted bid for the Asian operations of Lehman Brothers 
  • TPG Axon in its minority investment in a mining company in Asia 
  • Citadel Equity Fund Ltd. in its investments in convertible bonds issued by four SEC reporting companies with operations in China 
  • Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. in its payment-in-kind note financing related to the acquisition of the Australian businesses of Cleanaway and Brambles Industrial Services from Brambles Industries 
  • Lightyear Capital and Vestar Capital Partners, in a series of minority investments in reinsurance companies in newly established in Bermuda 

Capital Markets

  • Goldman Sachs as the underwriter in the initial public offering of STX OSV on the Singapore stock exchange 
  • Samsung Securities in the initial public offering of Dongkuk S&C, on the KRX KOSDAQ market 
  • Merrill Lynch in a Rule 144A/Regulation S initial public offering of common shares by Samsung Card Co., Ltd.  
  • Morgan Stanley in a Regulation S offering of US$550 million convertible bonds by LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. 
  • Citibank, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and The Korea Development Bank in a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of US$500 million convertible bonds by Hynix Semiconductor Inc. 

언어

  • 한국어
  • 영어

변호사 자격

  • 미국 뉴욕주
  • 한국: 외국법자문사(미국 뉴욕주)

학력

  • Columbia Law School, J.D., 2005
  • 서울대학교 법과대학 졸업, 1996