Sungho Choi
Managing Partner
About
Education
- Graduated from Computer Engineering Department, Seoul National University
Credentials
- Passed 50th Korean judicial (bar) examination
- Completed 42nd class, Judicial Research, and Training Institute
- Personal Information Protection Level (PIPL) Review Committee member
- Engineer, Information Processing
Career
Key experience
- 4th term auditor, Game Culture Foundation
- 1st term guest reporter, The Law Times
- Director, International Digital Document Society
- Member 10th term Reputation Damage Dispute Mediation Panel, Korea Communication Commission
- Deputy Director, Startup Legal Support Group, Korean Bar Association
- Vice Chair, Blockchain Task Force Team, Korean Bar Association
- Member of Cryptocurrency Evaluation & Analysis Committee, Coin Desk Korea
- Mentor lawyer for ICT startups, Ministry of Science and ICT
- Member of Special Committee on IT & Blockchain, Korean Bar Association
- Member of the Sports Fair Committee of the Korea Table Tennis Association
M&A / Investment key work case
- Advised on M&A worth over KRW 100 billion for a pet specialty mall company
- Advised on attracting 14 billion won worth of Series C investment by digital therapeutic companies
- Advised on raising 60 billion won in Series A investment for a compute express link specialist
- Advised on a 32 billion won pre-series C investment contract for a proptech company on behalf of venture capital company A
- Advised on the sale and transfer contract of a healthcare company that is an affiliate of a large corporation
- Advised on raising pre-IPO round investment for a pharmacy management platform company
Education
- Understanding and practice of personal information law, Korea listed companies association
- Lecture on Startups and Lawyer Marketing, Korean Bar Association
Awards
- 8th term Excellent Lawyer award, Korean Bar Association
- Legal Times 2019 Leading Lawyers (Corporate and M&A)
- Legal Times 2020 Leading Lawyers (Corporate and M&A)
- Legal Times 2021 Leading Lawyers (Corporate and M&A, TMT)
- Legal Times 2022 Leading Lawyers (Corporate and M&A, TMT)
- Legal Times 2023 Leading Lawyers (Corporate and M&A)
- Legal Times 2024 Leading Lawyers (Corporate and M&A)
- ALB Korea Law Award 2024 Managing Partner of the Year(Boutique Firm) Finalist