Criminal Law Center · Corporate & Finance
Bonwoo Koo Managing Partner
An attorney who reads investment agreements and equity structures to pinpoint the issues in management control disputes
At the Criminal Law Center
Economic criminal cases such as Capital Markets Act violations, investment fraud, embezzlement and breach of trust
Bonwoo Koo worked at IBK Industrial Bank, Hana Securities, Smilegate Investment (as compliance officer), Sigong Law Firm and Ihan Law Firm. He is also qualified as a Fund Investment Advisor and a Securities Investment Advisory Professional. He mainly handles management control disputes at listed companies, investment agreements and Capital Markets Act cases, and when the same issues turn into criminal cases, he handles those as well.
Qualifications
- Attorney
- Fund Investment Advisor
- Securities Investment Advisory Professional
Career
- Ihan Law Firm
- Compliance Officer, Smilegate Investment
- Hana Securities
- Sigong Law Firm
- IBK Industrial Bank
Education
- Sungkyunkwan University Law School
- Yonsei University, Department of Law
Main cases
Corporate Law
- Legal due diligence (LDD) for the acquisition and sale of subsidiaries of mid-sized companies
- Legal due diligence before VC investments
- Advice on establishing an investment limited partnership
- Legal advice on management control disputes for many companies, including KOSDAQ-listed companies
- Legal advice on insurance matters for the Financial Supervisory Service
- Legal adviser to many companies, including media companies, manufacturers, construction companies and associations
VCs, private equity funds and startups
- Numerous investment-related agreements, including redeemable convertible preferred share subscription agreements, convertible bond subscription agreements, conditional equity conversion agreements and shareholders' agreements
- Review of investments in overseas companies in India, Singapore, the United States and elsewhere
- Review of fund establishment and management
- Advice on shareholders' meeting and board resolutions
- Review of company rules (executive compensation rules, employment rules, etc.)
- Legal advice on the legal soundness of new businesses
Criminal
- Legal advice to financial companies on the Capital Markets Act and related laws, and criminal case work
- Criminal case work, including Capital Markets Act violations involving quasi-investment advisory businesses
- Acting for complainants in investment fraud and fraudulent unfair trading under the Capital Markets Act
- Handled numerous property crime cases, including embezzlement and breach of trust
Civil
- Rescission of a sales contract
- Claim for damages for a tort
- Claim for payment of construction costs
- Right-to-sunlight case
- Claim for return of investment funds
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