“Kyle Oh executes complex transactions at a high level and is a tough negotiator.”
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
Biography
Kyle Oh is a local partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice.
He has experience in cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate finance. Kyle has worked in New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Seoul.
Experience
- HYBE on setting up of its platform for Latin music business and the acquisition of Exile Music and Exile Podcast in the US from Exile Content, a media and entertainment company.
- The consortium of SK Inc., SK E&S, and Shinhan Securities in their investment in Ecosecurities Holdings SA, a global carbon project developer.
- A Middle East-based sovereign wealth fund on the US$150 million acquisition of newly issued convertible preferred shares of SK On Co., Ltd., a leading Korean battery maker.
- KDB Investment-Hana Securities, Korea Investment Private Equity and KB Asset Management on the US$150 million acquisition of newly issued convertible preferred shares of US-based HyAxiom, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of hydrogen-based and other fuel cells and electrolyzer solutions.
- Brite Energy Partners, a Korean solar energy development and investment company, in its equity financings and further financing commitments in an aggregate amount of more than US$300 million from BlackRock Real Assets.
- Korea Investment & Securities Co., Ltd., a leading securities firm in Korea, on the formation of a substantial leveraged lending joint venture (SF Credit Partners, LLC) and strategic collaboration with Stifel Financial Corp., an international full-service investment bank in the US.
- Samsung Electronics on its acquisition of (a) Zhilabs, S.L. a Spain-based artificial intelligence technology firm and (b) an Indian technology company.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals International AG on its divestment of a portfolio of select non-core over-the-counter and prescription pharmaceutical products sold in (a) Asia Pacific to Celltrion for US$278 million, (b) Latin America to Hypera Pharma for US$825 million, (c) Russia and a number of countries within the Commonwealth of Independent States to STADA for US$660 million and (d) Near East, Middle East and Africa to Acino for US$200 million.
- Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited on its US$2.3 billion acquisition of a majority shareholding in Bank Permata Tbk from Standard Chartered Bank and PT Astra International Tbk. This transaction has been named "M&A Deal of the Year" by ALB Indonesia Law Awards 2020.
- Ooredoo Group, a leading international telecommunications company, on its US$6 billion merger of PT Indosat, an Indonesian subsidiary of Ooredoo Group, with PT Hutchison 3 Indonesia, an Indonesian subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.
