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Youngseop Song

Atsumi & Sakai

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Rising star
Bar Admissions:
South Korea
New York
Illinois
Practice Areas:
Corporate and M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
Korean
English
Japanese
Biography

Youngseop Song is a Korean attorney and a Partner at Atsumi & Sakai. He practices primarily in the areas of cross-border transactions, private equity buy-outs, venture capital, corporate restructuring, and antitrust & competition.

Practice areas
  • Competition
  • M&A
  • Private equity
  • Private equity funds
  • Restructuring and insolvency
Sector expertise
  • Energy
  • Gaming
  • Industrials
  • Media
  • Tech and telecoms
Bar admissions
  • Illinois
  • New York
  • South Korea
  • Registered Foreign Lawyer in Japan for the Laws of the Republic of Korea(2023)
Association memberships
  • Daini Tokyo Bar Association
  • Korean Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Illinois State Bar Association
Academic qualifications
  • Seoul National University (B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 2007)
  • Keio University School of Law (Exchange student, 2012)
  • Yonsei University School of Law (J.D., 2013)
  • University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M., 2020)