DLA Piper has had a busier week than most. It not only sealed a merger with South African firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr; but also announced Monday that it has secured the services of M&A specialist, Daniel W. Lee.
Lee, who will work out of the firm’s Tokyo office, was previously general counsel at IBM Korea and a foreign legal consultant with Korean firm
Kim & Chang, has acted on a number of billion- dollar investments by some of Korea’s largest companies.
It is expected that his extensive M&A, compliance and forensic & regulatory expertise will heighten the firm’s ability to service Japanese companies as well as other clients who have investment interests in Korea.
Tokyo managing partner, Lance Miller, says Lee’s move will round off the firm’s Korea related team. “With Daniel on board, we now have Korean practitioners in a number of regional markets to counsel clients in Korea-related legal and business matters.”
At present,
DLA Piper cannot have an office in Korea, but Lee’s move may well be read as preparing the ground for the time when foreign firms are allowed to set up Seoul offices.