Ohryung Lee

  • Partner
  • T. +82-2-3404-0688
  • F. +82-2-3404-0804
  • E. ohryung.lee@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Ohryung Lee's practice focuses on foreign and domestic M&A by Private Equity Fund, corporate restructuring, investment in startups, and other general corporate legal affairs. 

After joining Bae, Kim & Lee LLC in 2005, Ms. Lee has involved in various types of complicated inbound and outbound investment by multiple domestic Private Equity Funds, inbound investment by foreign enterprises and funds, conversion by domestic large enterprises into holding companies, corporate restructuring or change of corporate governance through division, merger, transfer of business, exchange, or transfer of shares and accumulated plenty of experience in providing advice for venture companies/startups on attraction of investment, business structure and other general corporate legal affairs in view of peculiar issues of such companies. She also engages in the establishment of domestic Private Equity Funds. 

Ms. Lee graduated from the Seoul National University Graduate School of Law, completed the Judicial Research and Training Institute course and earned LL.M. from New York University School of Law.

Representative Experience

2005-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC

Representative Matters

Advised Musinsa on attraction of investment from Sequoia Capital
Advised Krafton on attraction of investment from Tencent
Advised LG U+ on acquisition of CJ Hello
Advised STIC fund on acquisition of Juvis Diet
Advised SeAH Steel on covertion into a holding company
Advised Musinsa on attraction of investment from Sequoia Capital
Advised Krafton on attraction of investment from Tencent
Advised LG U+ on acquisition of CJ Hello
Advised STIC fund on acquisition of Juvis Diet
Advised SeAH Steel on covertion into a holding company
Advised Mathpresso, an educational platform startup, on attraction of investment
Advised Focus Media Korea on acquisition of LG U+ media maintenance business
Advised Stronebridge fund on its investment in Cloocus, a cloud service company
Advised Affinity Equity Partners on acquisition of Lock & Lock
Advised STIC Investment on its investment in Hanhwa S&C business
Advised Stonebridge Capital on its investment in pre IPO of Aekyung Industrial
Advised Mirae Asset Fund on its investment in Longdian
Advised SK on its investment in Joyvio Group
Advised Daishin PE and Stonebridge PE on investment into the North American subsidiary of Green Cross Corporation
Advised Daeduck Electronics on coversion into a holding company
Advised Daewoong Pharmaceutical on acquisition of Hanall Biopharma
Advised Samsung Electronics on sale of Samsung Techwin and Samsung General Chemicals
Advised on liquidation of joint venture between Samsung Electronics and Sony
Advised on sale of Hynix
Advised Mahindra on acquisition of SsangYong Motor Company
Advised Polo Ralph Lauren on acquisition of Doosan's fashion business unit
Advised Suning Universal of Redrover

Education

2014 New York University School of Law (LL.M.)
2005 Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
2003 Seoul National University (LL.B.)

Selected Activities

Awards
IFLR 1000 - Leading Lawyer (2023)
In-House Community - Commended External Counsel of the Year 2021 (2022)

Qualifications

2017 New York
2005 Korea

Awards and Recognition

Awards and Recognition