Ashurst announces the appointment of John K.J. Kim as a partner in its Hong Kong office.
John specialises in advising Korean clients in relation to outbound M&A and other cross-border corporate transactions. He joins Ashurst from leading Korean law firm, Yulchon, where he was head of the Outbound Practice Group, one of the largest such practices in Korea. John has broad experience spanning a variety of industry sectors, including financial services, healthcare, energy, telecommunications, retail, general industrial and automotive. Prior to joining Yulchon, John worked for Kim & Chang in Korea. He began his legal career in the New York office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. John is ranked as a leading individual for Corporate/M&A, Korea in Chambers Asia-Pacific.
Ashurst currently advises a number of major Korean clients on cross-border transactions, regulatory matters and disputes through its dedicated Korea Group, comprising lawyers with extensive Korea-related experience and Korean language capability based in Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, the Middle East, Continental Europe and the UK. The Group has expertise in M&A, joint ventures, project financing, capital markets, securitisation, structured financing, cross border M&A, infrastructure, energy and natural resources and telecommunications, and is ranked as a leading law firm in the South Korea in both Chambers Asia-Pacific and the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific.
Asia managing partner Matthew Bubb commented:
“John K.J. Kim is regarded as one of Korea’s leading practitioners in the cross-border corporate area and has been involved in many major transactions involving some of Korea’s most prestigious clients. His arrival is a significant boost to our Korean practice, which has gone from strength to strength in recent years, not least as a result of the combination with Ashurst Australia. We view Korea as a key market, and we will continue to significantly invest in our Korean outbound practice. We are delighted to welcome John to the firm.”
