YOON&YANG
Bo Hyun Lee Partner
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Bo Hyun Lee is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice areas include corporate finance, M&A, corporate governance, management rights disputes, real estate investment companies, financial regulations, virtual assets, anti-money laundering, and finance related litigation and transactions.
Mr. Lee has extensive experience in management rights disputes relating to corporate governance and hostile M&As, such as acquisition finance, IPO and public offerings, and establishment and conversion of holding companies. He also advises on real estate investments and developments through real estate investment companies, and public offering of real estate investment companies, climate finance (carbon credit finance) based on a clean development system, blockchain and cryptocurrencies and related electronic financial transactions, and money laundering and financial regulations. Finally, based on his expertise in analyzing and responding to regulations related to banking, securities, and insurance, he represents clients in financial disputes and litigation.

Experience

  • 2007-present Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2021-present Outside Director, Coocon Inc.

Education

  • 2013 Indiana University Law School, LL.M.
  • 2007 Judicial Research and Training Institute
  • 2006 Pusan National University, College of Law, LL.B.

Representative Matters

[IPO & Public Offerings]

  • Advised on public offering of Hyundai Elevator Co. Ltd. (issuance of new shares)
  • Advised on public offering of Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. Ltd. (issuance of new shares)
  • Advised on public offering of Korean Air (issuance of new shares)
  • Advised on IPO of Yongpyong Resort


[Corporate Governance]

  • Advised on conversion of a pharmaceutical company to a holding company
  • Advised a large conglomerate group on conversion to a holding company and governance related regulation
  • Advised on conversion of a financial company to a financial holding company


[Management Rights Disputes]

  • Advised and represented Shinil Industrial, a company listed in the stock market, on a management rights dispute
  • Advised and represented company N, a company listed in the stock market, on a management rights dispute
  • Advised and represented company H, a company listed in the stock market, on a management rights dispute
  • Advised and represented Company D, a company listed on the KOSDAQ market, on a management rights dispute
  • Advised and represented Company B, a company listed on the KOSDAQ market, on a management rights dispute
  • and represented shareholders of Company K, a company listed on the KOSDAQ market, on a management rights dispute
  • Advised and represented Company A, a company listed on the KOSDAQ market, on a management rights dispute
  • Advised and represented various listed and non-listed companies on management rights disputes


[Real Estate Investment Companies, Real Estate Funds & Others]

  • Advised on the establishment (business license) and development of the Cheongna Housing Development Real Estate Investment Company
  • Advised on the establishment (business license and development of the Byeolnae Housing Development Real Estate Investment Company
  • Advised on the establishment (business license) and development of the Gimpo Han River Housing Development Real Estate Investment Company
  • Advised on the establishment (business license) and development of the Yeongjong Housing Development Real Estate Investment Company
  • Advised on the establishment (business license) and development of the Gimpo Yanggok Housing Development Real Estate Investment Company
  • Advised on public offering (sales) of the Gimpo Han River Housing Development Real Estate Investment Company
  • Advised on the establishment (business license) and development of the Goyang Samsong Zaider Village Housing Development Real Estate Investment Company
  • Advised on the establishment (business license) and development of the Goyang A Housing Development Real Estate Investment Company
  • Advised KOCREF No. 17, a real estate investment company, on the sale of NH Nonghyup Capital Building
  • Advised KOCREF NPS No.1, a real estate investment company, on the sale of Grace Tower
  • Advised J.R.16, a real estate investment company, on the purchase of Wonju City Shopping Mall
  • Advised KORAMCO Happy Private Real Estate Investment Trust No. 20 on the purchase of Bauhaus
  • Advised KORAMCO Private Real Estate Investment Trust No. 16 on the purchase of Glass Tower and SEI Tower
  • Advised on the liquidation of Happy KR No. 3, a Corporate Restructuring Government Real Estate Investment Company
  • Advised on the development of block-type detached housing site in Dasan New Town, Namyangju
  • Advised construction companies on securitization of sales proceeds


[Financial Regulations]

  • Advised Pepper Savings Bank on compliance related matters (governance structure, general business, credit information, anti-money laundering)
  • Advised Acuon Savings Bank on compliance related matters (governance structure, general business, credit information, anti-money laundering)
  • Advised OSB Savings Bank on compliance related matters (governance structure, general business, credit information, anti-money laundering)


[Anti-Money Laundering]

  • Advised a financial company on customer identification obligations for anti-money laundering purposes
  • Advised a financial company on the legality of transaction refusal pursuant to anti-money laundering obligations


[Climate Finance]

  • Advised on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project in Bangladesh (acquisition and trading of emission rights)


[Virtual Assets]

  • Advised on virtual asset exchange businesses and regulations
  • Advised on virtual asset issuance (e.g., payments, personal information)
  • Advised on blockchain-related personal and credit information protection regulations
  • Advised on regulations related to virtual asset trading
  • Advised on the Electronic Financial Transactions Act in connection with virtual assets


[Financial Disputes]

  • Represented client in a criminal case related to the 2010 option shock in the Korean stock market

Awards

  • Notable Practitioner, Capital Markets: Equity, M&A, IFLR1000 (2021-2023)
  • Notable Practitioner, Capital Markets, IFLR1000 (2020)

Publications

  • Korea Chapter, Anti-Money Laundering, Lexology Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2018-2023)
  • A step too far?, Asia-Pacific Fintech Special Focus, International Financial Law Review (Co-author, 2019)
  • Virtual Currency and Anti-Money Laundering, No. 89, Business Finance & Law (Co-author, 2018)

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