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About
Provided by Iksoo Kim
Practice Areas
Iksoo Kim is a partner in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the Seoul office.
Mr. Kim regularly represents issuers and underwriters in a wide variety of capital markets transactions, including registered and unregistered offerings of equity, debt and hybrid securities by U.S. and Korean corporations, banks, and governmental entities. He also has broad experience representing strategic and private equity clients in a number of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions.
Mr. Kim was formerly an investment banker at Lehman Brothers, and is a CFA charterholder.
EDUCATION
Columbia Law School, J.D. (James Kent Scholar; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), 2008
London School of Economics, M.Sc. in Economics (with Distinction), 2001
Seoul National University, B.A. in Economics (with honors), 2000
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Kim Iksoo is a well-reputed lawyer with an active capital markets practice in South Korea. He has substantial experience advising clients on equity, debt and hybrid mandates. In addition to high-profile IPOs, he is also instructed on the establishment of substantial bond programmes.
Kim Iksoo operates out of Paul Hastings' Seoul office. He ably advises Korean clients on outbound investments, acquisitions and joint venture formation.
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Provided by Chambers
"Iksoo has deep experience in the industry across different asset classes."
"He is personable and helpful."
"He is an excellent drafter and a superior negotiator, and is able to distil legal principles into plain English so clients can understand them and turn issues into business decisions."
"He is our go-to lawyer. He is responsive and transparent about billing."
"Iksoo has deep experience in the industry across different asset classes."
"He is personable and helpful."
"He is an excellent drafter and a superior negotiator, and is able to distil legal principles into plain English so clients can understand them and turn issues into business decisions."
"He is our go-to lawyer. He is responsive and transparent about billing."
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