Joonkeun Yoo

Joonkeun Yoo

Of Counsel
New York
About

Joonkeun Yoo has advised clients on M&A, cross-border investments, joint ventures, securities issuances and similar strategic transactions for more than 20 years.

Throughout his legal career, Joonkeun has represented multinational corporations, private equity funds, governments and other entities across continents, with particular emphasis on understanding commercial needs of the clients and the transactions.

Before joining DLA Piper's New York office in 2026, Joonkeun spent more than a decade in Hong Kong as a senior transactional lawyer affiliated with an internationally recognized law firm. Hailing originally from South Korea, Joonkeun is a native speaker of Korean. Joonkeun is admitted to practice law in New York and Hong Kong.

Areas of FocusCorporateMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate EquityEmerging Growth and Venture CapitalCommercial ContractsDebt Capital Markets
Bar AdmissionsNew YorkHong Kong
Education
  • J.D., Columbia Law School, 2005
    James Kent Scholar
  • B.A., Seoul National University, 2001

EXPERIENCE

  • Advised Anheuser-Busch InBev in its acquisition of Oriental Brewery (Korea)
  • Advised underwriters in Alibaba's (China) first-ever bond-offering
  • Advised SK Global Chemical (Korea) in its joint venture with SABIC (Saudi Arabia)
  • Advised Santos Knight Frank (Philippines) in its licensing arrangements with Knight Frank
  • Advised sellers in the sale of Daesung Industrial Gases (Korea) to MBK Partners
  • Advised Booking Holdings in their minority investment into Yanolja (Korea)
  • Advised a confidential financial institution in its sales of interest in Taikang Insurance (China)
  • Advised Wisely (Korea) in the investment by Schick
  • Advised Nuvoton (Taiwan) in its acquisition of semiconductor fab from Panasonic (Japan)
  • Advised founder of Cowell e Holdings (Hong Kong) in the sale of his controlling interest to Luxvisions
  • Advised sellers in the sale of Woowa Brothers (Korea) to Delivery Hero (Germany)
  • Advised Korea Investment Corporation (Korea) in a number of LP investments
  • Advised sellers in the sale of Hyperconnect (Korea) to a confidential multinational social networking platform
  • Advised Hillhouse (Singapore) in its acquisition of SK Eco Prime (Korea)
  • Advised SK bioscience in its acquisition of a controlling interest in IDT biologika (Germany)
Languages
  • Korean

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Phone

+1 212 335 4666
(Work, New York)
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