Kyle Oh
Local Partner, Seoul
Biography
Overview
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.
Bars and Courts
Registered Foreign Legal Consultant, Korea
New York
Education
JD
Cornell Law School
BA
McGill University
Languages
Korean
English
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.
