Una Cho, a senior associate in Orrick's Hong Kong office, is a member of the Corporate Group. Ms. Cho focuses her practice on corporate transactions, including U.S. securities law matters, and has also represented clients on international arbitration matters.
Ms. Cho's recent representations include the following.
- Gmarket Inc., Korea's largest e-commerce provider, in eBay's all cash public tender offer for up to 100 percent of Gmarket for US$1.2 billion. Subject to regulatory approvals, the transaction is expected to close in June 2009.
- MBK Partners L.P. in a leveraged buyout of Gala Television Corporation, a leading television network that operates three of the most popular and highest rated commercial cable television channels in Taiwan.
- SinoMedia Holding Limited on its HK$366 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. SinoMedia is a leading media advertising operator in China that focuses on providing nationwide TV advertising coverage for advertisers and advertising agencies. SinoMedia provides advertising time on CCTV and other major television stations in the PRC.
- Xtep International Holdings Limited in its US$285 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
- Cazenove Asia Limited in a US$119 million initial public offering, with an international placement under Rule 144A, on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of DaChan Food (Asia) Limited.
- CV Consumer Services Ltd., a J.P. Morgan Capital Partners portfolio company, in the sale of American Fast Foods Ltd., the holder of the exclusive Domino's Pizza franchise in Taiwan.
- MBK Partners, L.P. in its acquisition of China Network Systems, Co., Ltd., a major cable systems operator in Taiwan.
- Gravity, a Korean online gaming company, in its contested proxy contest against certain hedge fund investors.
- Gmarket Inc. in its annual filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a public company listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market.
- A joint venture contractor in a US$1.4 billion ICC construction arbitration related to an oil refinery project in Central America.
- A sovereign corporation in a US$500 million ICC arbitration related to the privatization of a Korean bank.
- A Ukrainian manufacturer of railway wheels in a US$100 million AAA arbitration related to a sales distribution contract.
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