Sung-Hyuk Kwon
Sung-Hyuk Kwon is a Partner in the Corporate team in Paris.
His practice focuses on M&A and private capital transactions, with particular expertise in the energy, infrastructure and TMT sectors. He advises both strategic investors and financial sponsors — listed and unlisted companies — on the full spectrum of corporate transactions, including public and private M&A, complex multi-jurisdictional carve-outs, joint ventures and capital markets operations.
Over the years, Sung-Hyuk has developed a recognised expertise in complex cross-border carve-out transactions, where coordinating across multiple jurisdictions, workstreams and advisors is as critical as the legal work itself. His clients range from major listed corporates and infrastructure funds to institutional investors, family offices and entrepreneurs.
Sung-Hyuk is a member of the firm’s Korea Practice Group and is fluent in French, English and Korean. He is one of the few M&A practitioners in Paris with native Korean language capability, and acts as a key connection point for clients seeking advice on Europe-Korea and Europe-Asia transactions — a corridor he sees as one of the most dynamic in the current M&A landscape.
He is also actively developing his practice in technology M&A, with a focus on AI infrastructure, digital platforms and tech-enabled industrials.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- Air Liquide on the divestiture of its biogas production activities across France, the US, Norway and Sweden to Mobius Renewables
- Neoen on the sale of a large French portfolio of operating renewable energy assets to Plenitude, a subsidiary of Eni
- DWS on its investment in WAAT, a French pioneer in EV charging infrastructure
- iCON Infrastructure on its investment in H2air, a leading French onshore wind and solar developer
- ALTEN on its acquisition of Worldgrid business from ATOS SE
- ALTEN on its acquisition of Klanik, a fast growing French IT services group
- Imerys in connection with the entry of the French State, via Banque des Territoires, into the capital of Emili, a major lithium project in France
- Heling, the family office of the Bouygues family (SCDM), in connection with the sale of 45-8 Energy, a company dedicated to the eco-friendly exploration and production of helium and natural hydrogen in Europe
- Groupe BPCE on the acquisition of Eurolocatique by BPCE Lease
- Groupe SEB on the acquisition of La Brigade de Buyer
- Euler Hermes on the sale of Euler Hermes Rating to Scope Group
- ENGIE on the sale of Equans to Bouygues for €7.1 billion, including the prior reorganisation of the business
- ENGIE on the consortium with Crédit Agricole Assurances to acquire Eolia Renovables in Spain
- ENGIE on the acquisition and subsequent sale of the Langa solar portfolio
- Imerys on the acquisition of the European diatomite and perlite activities of Chemviron
- Fiabila International shareholders on the sale of a majority stake to Apheon, followed by a minority reinvestment in the acquisition vehicle
Earlier in his career, Sung-Hyuk worked on landmark French public M&A transactions including the Arnault family group’s public offer on Christian Dior SE and the Holcim-Lafarge combination creating LafargeHolcim, both formative experiences in large-cap French public M&A.
Sectors
Background
Sung-Hyuk is admitted to the Paris bar. He holds a Master 2 (Research) in Financial Law from Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, a Master 2 (Professional) in Business Law and Taxation from Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne and HEC Paris, and a Master 1 in Law and Management from Université Paris IX Dauphine.
