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Practice Experience

Mr. Yoon practices in the areas of law affecting banking and financial services industry, advising U.S. and foreign clients of the Firm in connection with product and geographic expansion of their securities, commodities and derivatives-related activities, as well as traditional commercial banking activities. He has assisted the Firm’s European and Asian banking clients in the expansion of their U.S. operations, through a going-concern acquisition, establishment of a de novo entity or formation of a joint venture, in the areas of asset management and private banking, securities underwriting and dealing, commodities trading and brokerage, commercial and consumer finance, and securitization.

Mr. Yoon also is the head of White & Case’s Korean practice. He advises the Firm’s clients on mergers and acquisitions, general corporate and other transactional matters. He represents clients who enter into cross-border acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures and has also represented clients in credit transactions, capital markets transactions and the establishment of offshore funds and U.S. commercial paper programs.

With respect to matters involving Asia or Asian clients, Mr. Yoon has recently represented the following clients:

the Government of the Republic of Korea in connection with the sale of a controlling interest in Korea First Bank to a consortium led by Newbridge Capital;
GE Capital Commercial Finance in its acquisition, through a consortium formed with Merrill Lynch, of non-performing loan portfolios in various auctions by Korean originators (including Seoul Bank) and governmental agencies (including The Resolution and Finance Corporation);
GE Capital Commercial Finance in its proposed acquisition of non-performing loan portfolios, in an auction or privately-negotiated transaction, from Chinese and Taiwanese sellers;
AIG group entities in their co-investment with Bell Canada in Hansol M.com, a mobile telecom company in Korea, and their subsequent divestiture;
Hanchang Corporation in its sale of Nowcom, an Internet service provider, to Korea Thrunet;
Emerging Markets Partnership and AIG funds in an acquisition of a significant minority stake in Dreamcity Cable TV Co., a Korean cable TV company;
acting as fund counsel to Seoul Z Capital Partners, a private equity fund sponsored by Capital Z, Soros Fund Management and Seoul Securities Company;
Daewoo Electronic Co. in a global auction of its six business divisions;
SK Global Co., Ltd. in connection with a significant logging project in a Southeast Asian country; and
SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. in connection with an oil refinery modernization project in a Latin American country.

Bars and Courts
New York State Bar, 1989

Education
JD, Columbia Law School, 1987
AB, Brown University, magna cum laude, 1983

Languages
English
Korean

Citizenship
Republic of Korea