Jun Park

Jun is a key member of the capital markets practice in Korea and assists issuers and underwriters on private placements and public offerings of debt and equity securities including equity-linked bonds, covered bonds and IPOs.

Jun has also advised on a wide variety of corporate, cross-border M&A and private equity transactions. He has extensive experience advising clients in different industries and countries including Korea, U.K. and Germany. 

Work highlights

Jun has advised on many high-profile transactions including advising: 

• the underwriters on U.S. shelf takedown transactions by the Republic of Korea, The Export-Import Bank of Korea and The Korea Development Bank.
• the joint lead managers on LG Chem, Ltd.’s issue of US$2bn dual-tranche exchangeable bonds exchangeable into common shares of LG Energy Solution, Ltd. (the largest exchangeable bond sold in Korea and the largest equity-linked bond deal globally since January 2022, at the time of issuance). 
• on the establishment of a US$15bn Global Covered Bond Programme and a US$15bn Global Medium Term Note Programme by Korea Housing Finance Corporation and on multiple subsequent issuances under these two programmes.
• the managers on the multi-issue of Reg S/144A US$700m notes, US$1bn notes and US$300m notes by POSCO as well as numerous other issuances for other major Korean firms including Kookmin Bank, Korea Expressway Corporation, NAVER, Mirae Asset Securities, Shinhan Card and SK hynix.
•  the underwriters on the IPOs of Hyundai Heavy Industries and Kakaobank Corp.
• CJ Cheiljedang in its acquisition of a majority interest in Batavia Biosciences B.V.

Jun has also provided legal advice on various corporate and M&A transactions prior to joining Linklaters, including acting in a sale of a U.K. MedTech company to one of the world’s largest healthcare companies headquartered in the Netherlands, advising a U.S. bank and a major European fund on a merger of one of their investee companies with a Nasdaq-listed biotech company, acting as counsel for a Dutch company in an acquisition of a major European beverage company based in England, and advising on a transfer of a U.K. listed company’s major business to a Japanese multinational manufacturer.

Jun holds an M.A. (Hons) Economics and Management degree from the University of St. Andrews and an M.A. Law degree from the University of Bristol Law School.