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Jihoon Cha
Partner
- TEL 82 2 6182 8373
- FAX 82 2 6003 7861
- E-MAIL jhcha@yoonyang.com
Biography
Jihoon Cha is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice areas are Southeast Asia, M&A, International Arbitration & Litigation.
Mr. Cha graduated from Seoul National University College of Law and obtained his LL.M. from the American University Law School. He is licensed in the State of New York, and has been selected several times on asialaw as the leading lawyer in corporate/M&A.
Mr. Cha graduated from Seoul National University College of Law and obtained his LL.M. from the American University Law School. He is licensed in the State of New York, and has been selected several times on asialaw as the leading lawyer in corporate/M&A.
Practice Areas
Experience
- 2018-present Yoon & Yang LLC
- 2018-present Arbitrator & International Arbitrator, Korea Commercial Arbitration Board
- 2014-18 Global Legal Advisor, Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation
- 2011-13 Legal Advisor, International Investment Dispute, Ministry of Justice
- 2011 Legal Advisor, Kotra Africa Business Forum
- 2009-17 Of Counsel, Seongnam City
- 2005 Member & International Human Rights Member, Human Rights Commission, Korean National Police Agency
- 2004-15 Broadcasting Advisory Counsel, KBS
- 2004 Expert Advisor, Judiciary Reform Committee, Supreme Court
- 1991 Chair, International Coalition Committee, Lawyers for a Democratic Society
Education
- 2001 American University Law School, LL.M.
- 1995 Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (Visiting Scholar)
- 1989 Judicial Research and Training Institute
- 1987 Seoul National University College of Law, LL.B.
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea (1989); New York (2002)
Representative Matters
[Southeast Asia ∙ M&A]
- Advised KB Securities on the acquisition of an Indonesian securities firm
- Advised Korea Investment Management on the acquisition of a Vietnamese asset management company
- Advised KB Kookmin Bank on the acquisition of a Cambodian bank
- Advised Hyundai Transys on an Indonesian joint venture
- Advised Korea Coal Corporation on the acquisition of a Mongolian coal mining company
[Project Financing]
- Advised PT KP (a joint venture between POSCO and an Indonesian state-owned steel company) on the ECA syndicated loan for the procurement of construction funds
- Advised KB Kookmin Bank on the project finacing of an Indonesian coal mining project
- Advised Woori Bank on the syndicated loan as the fund to purchase Viet Jet aircraft (Vietnam)
[International Arbitration]
- Represented POSCO E&C’s Brazil subsidiary in an arbitration on the construction of a steel plant in Brazil (ICC, Sao Paulo, Brazil law)
- Represented POSCO E&C in an arbitration on the construction of a power plant in Uruguay (ICC, New York, Uruguay/New York law)
- Represented POSCO Indonesia’s joint venture in an arbitration on the construction of a steel plant in Indonesia (BANI, Jakarta/Indonesia law)
Languages
Korean and English
