Introduction

Sung Wook Eun is a partner at Yulchon who practices primarily in the areas of corporate general, M&A, securities, antitrust and fair trade. He joined Yulchon in 2000 and was made a partner in 2006.

Education
  • 2006 “Theory and Practice of M&A”, Special program in Seoul National University
  • 2005 New York University Law School, LL.M.
  • 1997 Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea
  • 1997 Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law, completed coursework toward M.A.
  • 1994 Seoul National University, School of Law, LL.B.
Experience
  • 2000-present Yulchon LLC
  • 2014-present Mediator, Seoul Bar Association
  • 2008 Lecturer, M&A Specialist Course, Korean Financial Investment Association
  • 2006 Lecturer, International Transaction Course, Judicial Research and Training Institute
Qualifications
  • 2000 Admitted to Bar , Republic of Korea
Languages

Korean, English

Representative Matters

Representative Matters
  • 2024 Advised restructuring transaction through spin-off of Hanwha Aerospace's commercial business division
  • 2024 Advised Hanwha Ocean’s acquisition of plant and wind power business divisions
  • 2024 Advised Hanwha Aerospace and Hanwha Ocean’s acquisition of Singapore-listed company Dyna-Mac
  • 2024 Advised HMG Global’s equity investment in Korea Zinc
  • 2023 Advised Hanwha Precision Machinery’s acquisition of semiconductor division
  • 2023 Advised Hanwha Energy’s joint investment in Tongyeong LNG power plant
  • 2023 Advised TY Holding’s sale transaction of Taeyoung Industry
  • 2023 Advised restructuring of Hotel Lotte’s duty-free business division
  • 2022 Advised Hanwha group in the acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
  • 2022 Advised Lotte Confectionary in its merge of Lotte Food

Awards/Recognition

Awards/Recognition
  • 2024-2025 Leading Lawyer, Private equity, M&A, IFLR 1000
  • 2023-2025 Stand-Out Lawyer, Thomson Reuters
  • 2022 Leading Lawyer, Corporate and M&A, Legal Times

News/Publications

Articles/Papers

Confidentiality Agreement and Due Diligence in M&A Transaction (co-author)(2006)

Validity of Share Subscription by Issuing Company (2004)

Study on Share Exchange Transaction (co-author)(2003)

News/Publications
2024. 09. 20. Selection Yulchon’s M&A Practice Ranked Tier 1 by IFLR 1000 2024. 09. 20.
2024. 02. 13. Newsletters Issues and prospects for 2024 2024. 02. 13.
2020. 03. 25. COVID-19 Yulchon’s COVID-19 Archive 2020. 03. 25.