Mieun Roh

Partner

T. +82-2-3404-0656
F. +82-2-3404-0006
E. mieun.roh@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Mieun Roh is a partner at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC and the head of the firm's Financial Regulatory Practice Team. Ms. Roh is a seasoned attorney with deep expertise in financial regulation and internal controls of financial institutions, as well as in M&A and IPO transactions. Since joining BKL in 2002, Ms. Roh has advised leading domestic and international clients, including Korea's major financial group, on complex cross-border regulatory and transactional matters.

Recognized for her excellence, Ms. Roh has been consistently ranked as a Leading Lawyer by Chambers and IFLR. Ms. Roh earned her LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center and is admitted to the New York Bar. She also gained international experience through a secondment at Linklaters in Hong Kong and has served as a member of the Listing & Disclosure Committee of the KOSDAQ Market Division at the Korea Exchange and the Public Pension Fund Investment Pool Committee of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

Related Practices

Representative Experience

2009-2010 Linklaters LLP, Hong Kong

2002-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC

2022-2024 Civilian Member, Steering Committee, Public Pension Fund Investment Pool, Ministry of Economy and Finance

2018-2022 Member, KOSDAQ Market Disclosure Committee, Korea Exchange

2018-2020 Member, KOSDAQ Listing System Improvement Council, Korea Exchange

2015-2018 Legal Advisor, Fund Division, National Pension Service

Representative Matters

Advised banks and securities companies on responding to regulatory examinations conducted by the Financial Supervisory Service

Advised private equity funds on responding to regulatory examinations relating to their investments in equity-linked securities

Advised Hanwha General Insurance and Carrot General Insurance on their merger

Advised iM Bank on its conversion into a nationwide commercial bank

Advised Shinhan Financial Group on its acquisition of Orange Life and merger with Shinhan Life

Financial Examinations & Regulatory Responses

Advised banks and securities companies on responding to regulatory examinations conducted by the Financial Supervisory Service

Advised private equity funds on responding to regulatory examinations relating to their investments in equity-linked securities

Advised securities companies on regulatory examination matters (concerning captive transactions, mezzanine issuances, etc.)

Advised a number of securities companies and overseas clients on short selling, unfair trading practices, and other similar regulatory issues

Financial & Corporate Restructuring and Transactions

Advised Hanwha General Insurance and Carrot General Insurance on their merger

Advised iM Bank on its conversion into a nationwide commercial bank

Advised Shinhan Financial Group on its acquisition of Orange Life and merger with Shinhan Life

Advised Meritz Securities and Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance of Meritz Financial Group on their comprehensive share exchange

Advised Fubon Life Insurance on the acquisition of equity in Hyundai Card and in Woori Bank and the acquisition of Fubon Hyundai Life

Advised DGB Financial Group on its acquisitions of Hi Investment & Securities, Woori Aviva Life Insurance, etc.

Advised Mirae Asset Global Investments on its merger with Multi Asset Global Investments

Advised Shinhan Bank on its investment in Douzone Bizon

Advised Shinhan EZ General Insurance on attracting investment from KT Corp. and Douzone Bizon

Advised Shinhan Financial Group on establishment of SI fund

Advised Shinhan Financial Group on the acquisition of shares in Asia Trust

Advised LF Corp. on the acquisition of Koramco REITs Management and Trust

Advised LIG Group on its sale of LIG Insurance to KB Financial Group

Advised Vogo Investment Group on its sale of equity interest in TongYang Life Insurance to Anbang Financial Group

Advised Shinhan Financial Group on the acquisition of shares in and combination with LG Card

Advised Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) on its recapitalization of, and sales of equity interest in, Korea Investment Trust, Daehan Investment Trust and their subsidiaries

Advised Affinity Equity Partners on its acquisition of equity interest in Himart

Capital Market

Advised numerous companies on going public, including Kakao Bank, Kbank, Krafton, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Biologics, CJ HelloVision, EcoPro BM, Hyundai-Rotem, Samsung Everland, Douzone Bizon, Kyochon F&B, Vuno, LET, M2I Corporation, Hyundai Energy Solutions, Jin Air, Himart, Sejin Heavy Industries, Celltrion Healthcare, MedPacto, Best Bristle Company, DRGEM Corporation, VIOL, CTK Cosmetics, DoubleU Games, Interpark INT, Echo Marketing, and NDFOS

Advised Kakao, Hanwha, OCI, and Hanwha Chemical on their respective global depository receipt listings on the Singapore Exchange

Advised Gmarket regarding the issuance of ADR listed on NASDAQ