Chinese firm Global Law Office (GLO) has launched its Korea practice with the hiring of two partners and two senior associates from Korean law firm Bae Kim & Lee (BKL).

Partners Kim Jong-gil and Chi Yongquan along with GLO partner Lu Yingchun, apart from senior associates Jin Shengfeng and Li Guangxing, will make up a team which will focus on cross border investment and trade between China and Korea. All the team members are qualified in both China and Korea.

Kim was a leader of BKL’s China practice team. He has more than 20 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, fair trade, anti-dumping and foreign direct investment between the two countries. Kim was also involved in many of the largest Chinese state-owned enterprises’ M&As in Korea, as well as major Korean companies’ China projects.

As one of the first Chinese nationals to become a partner in a Korean firm, Chi’s expertise includes mergers and acquisitions, real estate development by foreign-invested companies and overseas public offerings and listings.

Meanwhile, Lu has 10 years of experience focusing on foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions and project finance. ALB

Liu Zhen is China analyst with ALB. Follow us on Twitter: @ALB_Magazine

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