Min Gon Kim
Corporate Japan Desk Korea Desk Mergers and Acquisitions
+55 11 3356 1870 mgkim@demarest.com.br São Paulo
Partner in Demarest’s M&A and Corporate practice areas, Min Gon Kim holds a master’s degree (LLM) in Corporate Law from Columbia University (NY/USA), a postgraduate degree in Corporate Law from FGV-SP and a bachelor's degree in Law from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. During his time in the US, Min acted as a foreign associate in the Miami office of Holland & Knight LLP as well as in the Seoul office of Kim & Chang. Min has recently worked as a visiting lawyer at Carey Abogados in Santiago, Chile. He concentrates his practice in the corporate area, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures, cross-border operations and corporate restructuring. Among his main clients are Brazilian and international companies from various economic sectors. Min has been elected and appointed by Chamber Global as a leading lawyer in the area of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions, as well as a foreign specialist in Brazil in the area of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions.
- Advised Ser Educacional S.A on five (5) different M&A transactions and corporate restructuring for the acquisition of 100% ownership of diverse universities all headquartered in Brazil.
- Advised CJ Cheiljedang Corporporation and CJ Latam Participações in the acquisition of Corpesca do Brasil Empreendimentos e Participações Ltda.’s totality of shares held in CJ Selecta S.A., for USD 40 million.
- Advised Seegene Inc. on an investment to be made in Innovare Diagnósticos e Representações Ltda. - ME, through the subscription of 7,750,000 new shares, representing a total of 97.98% of the share capital, for a total amount of approximately BRL 7.75 million.
- Advised STIC CJ Global Investment Corporate Partnership Fund and CJ Cheiljedang Corporation in the negotiation and acquisition of 90% of Sementes Selecta S.A., involving USD 321 million.
- Advised Ball Corporation in the reorganization of its Brazilian businesses, resulting from the acquisition of Rexam and the sale of BRL 3 billion of the Brazilian subsidiary of Ball Latas do Brasil to the Ardagh Group.
- Advised Seoyon Intech Co. Ltd. in the negotiation and acquisition of the totality of the shares of Injeplastic Injection and Comercialização de Plásticos Ltda., And consequent assumption of all liabilities/obligations, involving USD 220 million.
- Master’s degree (LL.M) in Corporate Law from Columbia University, New York, USA (2021)
- Post-graduate degree in Corporate Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV / SP), São Paulo, Brazil (2011)
- Bachelor of Laws from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo, Brazil (2008)
- Regional Legal Advisor for Brazil at the Ministry of Justice of South Korea
- Portuguese, English and Korean
