KS Kim

  • Senior Foreign Attorney
  • T. +82-2-3404-0283
  • F. +82-2-3404-7308
  • E. ks.kim@bkl.co.kr

Overview

KS Kim, a senior foreign attorney, has advised domestic and overseas clients in a wide variety of matters relating to mergers and acquisitions, private equity funds, joint ventures, overseas investments and other various financial transactions for over twenty years.

Before joining Bae, Kim & Lee LLC, Mr. Kim started his career at Linklaters, a global law firm, and as a partner led the M&A Teams of Seoul offices of White & Case and Arnold & Porter. Currently, he is a senior foreign attorney of BKL and his practice mainly focuses on inbound and outbound M&As, private equity funds and overseas investments.

Representative Experience

2020-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2019 Partner, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Seoul
2015-2019 Partner, White & Case LLP, Seoul
2007-2015 Linklaters LLP, Hong Kong & Seoul

Representative Matters

Advised Carlyle on its acquisition of Twosome Place
Advised Hankook & Company on its acquisition of the controlling interest in Precisely Microtechnology Corporation
Advised Emart on its acquisition of eBay Korea
Advised Affinity Equity on its acquisition of JobKorea
Advised Affinity Equity on its investment in Shinhan Financial Group
Advised Carlyle on its acquisition of Twosome Place
Advised Hankook & Company on its acquisition of the controlling interest in Precisely Microtechnology Corporation
Advised Emart on its acquisition of eBay Korea
Advised Affinity Equity on its acquisition of JobKorea
Advised Affinity Equity on its investment in Shinhan Financial Group
Advised CS Wind on its acquisition of Vestas Towers America
Advised in Shinhan Financial Group on its acquisition of the entire interest in Shinhan BNPP Asset Management (currently called Shinhan Asset Management)
Advised DUAL on its acquisition of some assets of Yongsan Mexico
Advised LS EV Poland on its attraction of investments
Advised Corstone on its investment in Qoo10
Advised Intel on its sale of its NAND business unit
Advised Samsung Electronics on its acquisition of Teleworld Solutions, a company specializing in network design/optimization of the U.S. 5G/4G LTE
Advised Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) on its acquisition of Acuon Capital
Advised a consortium of Affinity Equity Partners, GIC and Carlyle Group on its acquisition of Hyundai Card interests
Advised BPEA on its acquisition and sale of Halla Cement
Advised Samsung Electronics on its acquisition of Zhilabs, a solution company specializing in analysis of network traffic and service quality
Advised LS Cable and System and Artha Graha Network on the establishment of joint venture company
Advised Hyundai Motors on its venture investment in the U.S. and Europe (Ionic Materials, Metawave, Perceptive Automata, Migo, and Wayray, etc.)

Education

2003 University of Michigan Law School (J.D.)
1999 Johns Hopkins University (B.A.)

Selected Activities

Awards
IFLR 1000 - Leading Lawyer (2022-2024)

Qualifications

2005 Washington D.C.
2004 New York

Awards and Recognition

Awards and Recognition