Mr. Taiyoon Lee is a foreign attorney at Shin & Kim. Mr. Lee’s main areas of practice include the provision of advice on general corporate matters, mergers & acquisitions, foreign investments, health care and China-related legal issues.

Mr. Lee is a U.S. attorney who also obtained his LL.B. and LL.M. (International Economic Law) from Peking University (China) and received education in Korea, the United States, Canada and China during his school years, making him one of the few attorneys currently working at Korean law firms who is fluent in Korean, English and Chinese. Drawing on his international background, Mr. Lee has advised multiple domestic and international companies and private equity funds on a wide range of cross-border transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and private equity transactions.

• Represented AliExpress in its joint venture with Shinsegae Group
• Represented Boryung in its acquisition of assets comprising global rights to Taxotere from Sanofi, a global pharmaceutical company
• Represented Musinsa in its joint venture with Anta Sports in China
• Represented SK Hynix in its application for CHIPS Act funding in the United States
• Represented Musinsa in its receipt of investment from ANTA
• Represented Hefei Xinmei Materials Technology Co. Ltd. on the acquisition of LG Chem's polarizer materials business
• Represented Mirae Asset Global Investments in its investment in China’s No.1 copper foil materials production company Londian Wason
• Represented ICG in respect of reorganization of TMON Inc.
• Represented SK Geo Centric in its joint venture with Japanese corporation TOKUYAMA in Korea
• Represented ASAN Foundation in its opening of Korean Medical Center in Qatar
• Represented Hyundai Wia in its attempt to sell its China subsidiary
• Represented Hexatronic in its acquisition of KNET Co., Ltd.
• Represented OCI in its joint venture investment in Malaysia
• Represented Cripco in its issuance of virtual tokens
• Represented Korea Development Bank in its legal proceedings regarding its investment recovery in China
• Represented SEDCO Investment on its recovery of investment in Nedec.
• Represented Sequoia Capital in its acquisition of Rare Inc., a Korean fashion select shop
• Represented IMM investment in its investment in Musinsa
• Represented KCC Corporation in its reorganization process in China
• Represented DA Fund in its investment in Danggeun Market Inc.
• Represented DST and Sequoia in their investments in Kurly, Inc.