Biography
Yoon Choi is an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice, based in Seoul. She is currently on secondment at White & Case’s Singapore office.
Yoon advises Korean and global clients, including many of the largest Korean conglomerates and private equity firms, on cross-border M&A transactions, investments, strategic alliances and joint ventures.
Experience
- MarcyPen Capital Partners on its joint venture with Hanwha Asset Management to form a global investment platform that provides strategic capital to growth-stage consumer businesses.
- KDB Investment, the private equity arm of Korea Development Bank, on its US$150 million investment in THINK Surgical, Inc., a California-based medical device company.
- Samsung Electronics in its €1.5 billion acquisition of Germany-headquartered FläktGroup, a global provider of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) solutions, from funds advised by German-Swedish investment company Triton, which acquired FläktGroup in 2016.
- SK square on the sale of its controlling stake in ID Quantique SA, a global leader in quantum cryptography, to IonQ, Inc., a NYSE-listed company.
- Brite Energy Partners, a Korean solar energy development and investment company, on its equity financing and further financing commitment in an aggregate amount of more than US$400 million from BlackRock Real Assets.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lotte Corporation on its US$160 million pending acquisition of biologics assets in Syracuse, New York, from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and its establishment of Lotte Biologics.
- Green Cross, a Korean biopharmaceutical company, on its US$73 million acquisition of BioCentriq, Inc., a New Jersey-based biopharma company engaged in contract development & manufacturing organization business, from New Jersey Innovation Institute, Inc., a New Jersey non-profit corporation.
- LG Energy Solution on its acquisition of NEC Energy Solutions, a U.S. company engaged in the business of providing energy storage solutions, from NEC Corporation based in Japan.
Insights
Foreign direct investment reviews 2026: Republic of Korea
The Republic of Korea ("Korea") is entering a more security-focused era of foreign direct investment ("FDI") regulation, with proposed amendments to the Foreign Investment Promotion Act ("FIPA") and longer screening processes requiring foreign investors to adopt proactive regulatory planning and