Paul Jun
Lawyers
Associate in our Corporate practice, based in Tokyo.
Paul is a native English and Korean speaker and fluent in Japanese. He joined our Tokyo office in 2018 and advises primarily on cross-border M&A and capital markets transactions.
Experience highlights
- Kyocera Corporation in connection with its $1.03 billion tender offer for the shares of AVX Corporation it did not already own
- Tokyo Century Corporation in connection with its $3 billion acquisition of the remaining 75.5% interest it did not own in Aviation Capital Group LLC from Pacific Life Insurance Company
- OKI Electric Industry Co., Ltd. in the sale of OKI Brazil’s IT services and software assets for banks and retailers to NCR Corporation
Selected representations before joining Davis Polk
- Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. and Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc. in their acquisitions of indirect equity interests in South Field Energy LLC, a 1,182MW combined-cycle gas turbine power project located in Ohio
- Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation in its acquisition of Cleanpart Group GmbH from a private equity fund managed by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG
- Uzabase, Inc. in its acquisition of Quartz Media LLC from Atlantic Media, Inc.
- Sompo Holdings, Inc. in its $6.3 billion acquisition of Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.
- Alps Electric Co., Ltd. and Alpine Electronics, Inc. in connection with their US$794.7 million business integration involving a registration on Form F-4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Multiple Japanese companies as U.S. counsel in connection with their business combination transactions involving a registration exemption under Rule 802 of the U.S. Securities Act and filing of Form CBs
- Multiple Japanese companies in connection with their ongoing U.S. disclosure obligations
Insights
Credentials
Recognition
Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Corporate and M&A: International Firms and Joint Ventures, Japan, Rising Star
IFLR1000 – M&A and Private Equity, Japan, Rising Star
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School
B.Com., University of Toronto
Professional history
- Davis Polk since 2018
- Associate, Shearman & Sterling (Tokyo), 2016-2018
- Associate, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Tokyo), 2015-2016
- Foreign Law Clerk, Yanagida & Partners (Tokyo), 2013-2015
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York
Paul is not qualified to practice in Japan.