Tong-Gun Lee

Practice Areas

Mr. Tong-Gun Lee is a partner at Shin & Kim and his practice focuses on inbound and outbound M&As, joint ventures, private equity transactions, hostile takeovers and defenses, pre-IPO investments, corporate restructuring, squeeze-out transactions, shareholder disputes, and general corporate law. Mr. Lee has worked on landmark transactions in international investments, hostile takeovers and defenses, M&A transactions, and corporate restructurings, many of which have been named the Deal of the Year by the International Financial Law Review, Asian Legal Business, CFO Asia, etc. With his extensive experience in M&A transactions and M&A-related disputes, Mr. Lee is known for his sophisticated and detailed contract drafting and excellent negotiation skills, making him the first choice for clients in complex transactions. He has advised strategic investors such as SK Group, CJ Group, Hansol Group, Hanwha Group, KCC, OCI, FILA, and Novelis, as well as prestigious financial investors including IMM, MBK, KKR, GIC, H&Q, Mirae Asset PE, and SJL Partners.

Career

Partner, Shin & Kim; Member, Coordinating Committee for the Creditor Financial Institutions (2009); Lecturer, Judicial Research & Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea (2008-present); International Lawyer, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York (2006-2007); Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Public Prosecutors' Office (2003).

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar.

Publications

Shareholders Agreement (Voting Agreement), The Outline of Corporate Act, 4th edition, March, 2022 (Co-authored); Korea chapter in The Private Equity Review, Law Business Research, 2019, 2022 (Co-authored); Issues Relating to Shareholders Agreement – Mainly From a Drafting Point of View, BFL Vol. 67, September, 2014 (Co-authored); Putting the squeeze on shareholders, Asialaw Korea Annual Review, 2013 (Co-authored); Putting on the squeeze, IFLR, November, 2012 (Co-authored), etc.

Education