Hong Kong

“BKL has its strengths in providing the best solutions based on its various work experiences. Their feedback is also always prompt.”

- IFLR1000

Overview

BKL opened our office in Hong Kong in 2015 as part of our strategic international growth plan and expansion of services to our clients based in Hong Kong’s global financial hub. We operate in Hong Kong as a registered foreign law firm to provide the full range of Korean law advice and draw on our extensive network and long-standing relationships with international and Hong Kong law firms to cooperate on multi-disciplinary and large scale cross-border work.

Our lawyers in Hong Kong work closely with, and tap into the wide resources of, our office in Korea to advise international clients on inbound matters that involve managing their Korean operations, including complex regulatory issues, high-stakes investigations and dispute resolution, and investing in Korean markets and businesses. Our Hong Kong office also serves as an access point to Hong Kong's financial markets for leading Korean financial institutions and corporations on outbound matters such as their overseas direct investments and M&A transactions, financing transactions and ventures into new markets as well as international arbitration cases.  We also actively advise our Korean clients that use Hong Kong as a gateway for their investments in China and our Chinese clients that invest and conduct their business in Korea via Hong Kong.

We believe our Hong Kong presence is a decisive plus. These days it is simpler than ever to handle work long distance, but, in terms of actively supporting our clients and outreach, it is vital to be in Hong Kong in person.

Key Services

Finance and Capital Markets
Financial Regulations and Licensing
Funds and Investment Management
General Corporate and M&A
Direct Foreign Investments and Joint Ventures
Dispute Resolution, Litigation and Arbitration
Government Relations, Audits, Investigations and Compliance
Intellectual Property
Tax, Customs Duty and International Trade

Representative Cases

Represented Korean investment bank in financing related to one of the largest European leveraged buyouts
Successful representation of major US-based bank in relation to a first-of-its-kind investigation by Korean financial regulators of its securities trading on the Korea Exchange
Represented China-based technology conglomerate in its venture capital-type investments in Korea