Gwangjang Law Firm to Host 12th M&A Forum on October 28

Law firm Gwangjang, led by Managing Partner Kim Sang-gon, announced on October 16 that it will hold the 12th Gwangjang M&A Forum on October 28 at 2 p.m. in the Lilac Room on the second floor of the Westin Chosun Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul.

The forum, which will be conducted both online and in-person, will focus on key issues in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) arising from the rapidly changing regulatory environment, including amendments to commercial and capital market laws and strengthened regulations related to national core technologies.

Held every fall, the Gwangjang M&A Forum has become a premier event for the firm’s corporate advisory and M&A group partners to share the latest M&A issues and practical trends. This year marks its 12th anniversary, and the forum has consistently garnered high participation due to its timely topics and in-depth content. In recent years, seats for the in-person event have filled up quickly after registration opens, reflecting sustained interest from the industry.

The forum will consist of two sessions. In the first session, Gwangjang attorneys Kim Kyung-cheon (35th Judicial Research and Training Institute) and Kwon Gu-beom (43rd) will present on "Practical Changes in M&A for Listed Companies Under the Revised Commercial and Capital Market Laws." They will examine key changes at each stage of stock trading and organizational restructuring, closely reviewing the impact of the revised laws on actual M&A practices and points of caution.

The second session will feature attorneys Lee Hee-woong (38th), Park Ji-hye (41st), and Kim Tae-yong (3rd Bar Exam) discussing "Technology Security and M&A." As the need for regulatory review of M&A from the perspectives of national security and industrial competitiveness has emerged, they will outline legal issues and practical responses in the context of strengthened regulations surrounding national core technologies and advanced strategic technologies.

Moon Ho-jun, managing partner of Gwangjang's corporate advisory group (27th), stated, "The Gwangjang M&A Forum is a meaningful opportunity for Gwangjang, which has led the domestic M&A market, to share its accumulated expertise with M&A practitioners. We hope to provide participants with practical and useful insights amid the rapidly changing market conditions."