Myoung Chul Kwak
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 3 : Banking & Finance
Band 3
About
Provided by Myoung Chul Kwak
Practice Areas
Acquisition and Leveraged finance.
Career
Myoung Chul Kwak is a leader of the acquisition and leveraged finance group at Lee & Ko. His practice focuses on a wide range of banking and finance matters, especially representing various domestic and foreign banks and financial institutions on a variety of high profile transactions for acquisition and leveraged finance. Prior to joining Lee & Ko in 2001, Mr. Kwak worked as an accountant for Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has been recognized as a Notable practitioner for the past 5+ years by IFLR 1000 for Banking & Finance Area. He was also named a Leading Lawyer by Legal 500, and a Notable practitioner by Asialaw for Banking & Finance in 2022.
Professional Memberships
Korean Bar Association, Seoul Bar Association, the Korean Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Personal
Yonsei University (B.A. in Business Administration, 1994) and New York University School of Law (LLM in International Taxation, 2008).
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Kwak Myoung Chul specialises in acquisition finance, project finance and structured finance. He frequently assists domestic commercial and investment banks with leveraged and acquisition finance, as well as pre-IPO finance transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Kwak Myoung Chul is a well-respected lawyer."
"Kwak Myoung Chul is a well-respected lawyer."
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