We provide Japanese companies with a wide range of services, in association with local law firms, including advice, analysis, dispute-resolution, and contract-review with respect to their introduction to the South Korean market through, for example, the establishment of representative offices or branches, incorporation of local subsidiaries, M&A, joint ventures, or listing on South Korean stock exchanges. We also provide our services with respect to transactions between Japan and South Korea relating to trade, finance, and intellectual property.
Major Cases
- 2020
- Hana Financial Investment - Acquisition of Yamaguchi Shin Mine from Canadian Solar Inc.
- 2019
- Naver Corporation - Business integration of Line Corporation and Z Holdings Corporation
- Legal audits and advice regarding Japanese companies' acquisition of South Korean companies.
- Legal advice regarding Japanese companies' mergers with South Korean companies in South Korea.
- Legal advice regarding the establishment of a joint venture between a Japanese company and a South Korean company in the oil sector.
- Legal advice regarding the establishment of Japanese companies' local subsidiaries and branches in South Korea.
- Legal advice regarding Japanese companies' lease dealings with South Korean corporations.
- 2013
- Purchasing and subscribing for the shares of Binex Co., Ltd. by Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- 2004 - 2008
- Advise a computer game manufacturer in connection with litigation against licensee companies in China, Taiwan and Korea
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