Jaeyong Jeong

  • Partner
  • T. +82-2-3404-6951
  • F. +82-2-3404-0803
  • E. jaeyong.jeong@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Jaeyong Jeong provides legal services mainly in corporate legal practices including M&A, corporate governance, private equity investment, foreign investment, foreign investment, etc., and accumulated wide and rich experience from various work including in-bound/out-bound investment, conversion into holding company, etc.

Mr. Jeong graduated Seoul National University (LL.B.) and the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea. Since then, he served as a judge advocate for public service at the International Legal Affairs Division, Ministry of Justice before joining Bae, Kim & Lee LLC in 2016. He has experience of various state litigations including civil and administrative cases, etc. and investor-state litigation (ISD) cases while serving as a judge advocate for public service.

Since joining BKL, Mr. Jeong has been involved in a lot of various and material M&A transactions including Samsung Electronics' spin-off and sale of printing solutions unit, CJ Cheiljedang's acquisition of Selecta of Brazil, Unilever's acquisition of Carver Korea, Bluehole's (currently Krafton) investment promotion, Affinity's acquisition of Serveone, LG Uplus' acquisition of CJ Hello, etc., and obtained in-depth understanding and expertise in various business fields such as manufacturing, service, and IT-related business.

Representative Experience

2022-2023 Visiting Attorney, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York
2016-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2013-2016 Judge Advocate for Public Service, Ministry of Justice

Representative Matters

Advised Delivery Hero on acquisition of Woowa Brothers
Advised LG Uplus's acquisition of CJ Hello
Advised Affinity Equity Partners acquisiion of Serveone
Advised CJ Cheiljedang's acquisition of Selecta of Brazil
Advised on the spin-off of the printing solutions division of Samsung Electronics
Advised Delivery Hero on acquisition of Woowa Brothers
Advised LG Uplus's acquisition of CJ Hello
Advised Affinity Equity Partners acquisiion of Serveone
Advised CJ Cheiljedang's acquisition of Selecta of Brazil
Advised on the spin-off of the printing solutions division of Samsung Electronics
Advised on the sale of Busan New Port equities held by Samsung C&T Corporation
Advised Intel on spin-off of security solution unit (McAfee)
Advised Sony Music on investment in KQ Entertainment
Advised Veolia Korea on acquisition of Hanbul Energy
Advised Hancom Safety on acquisition of Sancheong
Advised Affinity Equity pPartners on acquisition of Locknlock
Advised Unilever on acquisition of Carver Korea (AHC)
Advised RGP Korea (currently Delivery Hero Korea) on acquisition of Fly & Company (Foodfly)
Advised Stonebridge Capital on investment in Aekyung Industrial
Advised Hyundai Heavy Industries on business transfer of medical robot business unit
Advised Hyundai Heavy Industries on sale of agricultural corporation and hotel corporation of Russia
Advised Seah Steel on conversion into holding company
Advised Bluehole (currently Krafton) on investment promotion
Advised Hyundai Heavy Industries and Kakao Investment on establishment of joint venture for medical data
Advised Anchor Equity Partners on acquisition of Hyegang Security (currently Solity)
Advised GS Energy on sale of Haeyang City Gas and Seorabeol City Gas
Advised Anmchor Equity Partners on investment in Line Games
Advised Hyundai Heavy Industries on sale of Hyundai Heavy Industries' turbo machines
Advised MBK Partners on investment in CJ CGV's Southeast Asia business corporation
Advised Anchor Equity Partners on investment in KakaoM
Advised Macquarie Asset Management on investment in LG CNS
Advised Stonebridge Capital on investment in Cloocus
Advised Affinity Equity Partners on investment in Shinhan Financial Group

Education

2022 New York University School of Law (LL.M.)
2013 Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
2010 Seoul National University (LL.B.)

Qualifications

2023 New York
2013 Korea