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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
"His perfect service always makes me rely on him whenever I have deals."
"Iksoo is a dedicated counsel with strong commercial awareness supported by his background as an investment banker."
"Iksoo is a partner I can place my full trust and confidence in, in terms of substance, responsiveness, billing and resourcing."
"His perfect service always makes me rely on him whenever I have deals."
"Iksoo is a dedicated counsel with strong commercial awareness supported by his background as an investment banker."
"Iksoo is a partner I can place my full trust and confidence in, in terms of substance, responsiveness, billing and resourcing."
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