Myungsoo Kook
Partner

About

Education

  • Law College, Korea University

Credentials

  • Investment asset management company
  • Passed 52th Korean judicial (bar) examination
  • Graduated from Judicial Research and Training Institute (42th class)

Experiences

  • (Current) Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Circular Economic Convergence, Chungbuk National University
  • (Current) Auditor General, Bigwave Robotics Inc.
  • (Current) Advisory Committee on the Promotion of Regional Economy and Industry in Gyeongsangbuk-do
  • (Former) Head of PE Headquarters, Truston Asset Management
  • (Former) Liklin Holdings (Macquarie Capital Environmental Industry Investment Platform) Legal and Business Development
  • (Former) LG Group Holding Company Legal/Judicial Support Team
  • (Former) LG CNS Overseas Legal Team
  • (Former) Korea Rural Community Corporation Renewable Energy Project Committee Member

Career

Key experiences

  • Establishment and operation of a new and renewable energy development type general private equity fund in which the nation's largest private RPS operator participates as an anchor investor
  • Investment in the solar power generation project of 60MW saline farmland
  • Establishment and operation of private equity funds exclusively for institutions investing in waste recycling and resource conversion industries
  • Acquisition of old shares and RCPS investment in waste upcycling companies using robotics technology
  • RCPS Investment in Carbon Resources Companies Converting Greenhouse Gas into Hydrogen
  • Investment in loans for organic waste resources biogasization companies
  • Support for the acquisition and operation of food waste disposal facilities (registered officers)
  • Support for the construction and operation of Bio-SRF production facilities and renewable energy cogeneration facilities (registered officers)

Key work case

  • NH Investment & Securities provides advisory services on GS Energy’s rooftop solar RE100 PPA project financing
  • Due diligence and advisory on Korea Investment Partners and IBK Capital’s preferred stock investment in SK Plasma
  • Consulting on the Korea Rural Community Corporation Renewable Energy Integrated Complex Development Project
  • Defense of a case of violation of the Labor Standards Act (unfavorable treatment of those reporting workplace bullying)
  • Defense of a case violating the Integrated Management of Environmental Pollution Facilities Act
  • Defense of a case of violation of the Environmental Impact Assessment Act (prohibition of pre-construction work)

contribution

  • ESG investment principles and changes in alternative investments (Chungcheong Times Net Zero column series)
  • Expectations for expansion of renewable energy supply under the Special Act on Distributed Energy (Chungcheong Times Net Zero Column Series)
  • A New Leap Through Biogasification of Food Waste (Chungcheong Times Net Zero Column Series)
  • The Chemical Recycling Debate of Plastics (Chungcheong Times Net Zero Column Series)

Education

  • Chungbuk National University Smart Ecological Industry Convergence Cooperation Course (New and Renewable Energy Technology and Utilization)