Ms. Ho Jeong JEONG is a corporate advisory expert specializing in M&A, investment and financial transactions, corporate governance, compliance, and TMT. She is widely recognized for clearly identifying key legal issues in complex transaction structures and regulatory environments, and for providing balanced solutions that integrate both legal and business perspectives.

Representing domestic and international companies and investors, she has led a wide range of projects, including mergers and acquisitions, investment fundraising, financing transactions, change-of-control transactions, joint ventures, and new business ventures. More recently, she has also been actively advising clients in the fields of AI and digital transformation.

Recognized for her ability to deeply understand clients' businesses and deliver practical, value-driven legal solutions, she was named a "Best Lawyer" in the 2026 Korea Law Firm Consumer Report published by Law Times.

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Illinois (2024)
• Admitted to Bar, Korea (2014)
• Patent Attorney, Korea (2020)

Education

• Seoul National University Graduate School of Law (LLM, Completed Coursework in Artificial Intelligence Law, 2025)
• Seoul National University (BA in Economics, 2012)
• Masan Jeil Girls' High School (2005)

Significant Accomplishments

• D&A LLC (2014-Present)
• Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2014)

Professional Activities and Experience

• Advised on a broad range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures (JV), and investment agreements
• Structured issuances of convertible bonds (CB) and bonds with warrants (BW) and reviewed related transaction documents
• Advised on foreign exchange reporting and regulatory issues relating to outbound investments
• Advised on acquisitions and disposals of leisure and real estate assets, including hotels, resorts, and golf courses
• Advised on corporate governance matters and represented clients in shareholder disputes, management control disputes, and related litigation
• Represented clients in administrative litigation challenging disciplinary sanctions related to the Lime Fund scandal
• Represented Hana Bank in administrative litigation challenging regulatory sanctions, including business suspension orders in connection with the DLF scandal
• Represented clients in administrative sanctions proceedings relating to the accounting fraud investigation involving Samsung Biologics
• Advised financial institutions and listed companies on financial regulatory compliance, regulatory inspections, sanctions, and related administrative litigation
• Advised AI, IT, platform, data, and other TMT companies on investments and business structuring

• Legal Standards In Korea For Permissible Web Crawling (Mondaq, 2023)
• Portrait Rights and Publicity Rights as Personal Rights (Seoul Bar Association, Case Studies Vol. 36, No. 1, 2022)
• The Probability and Limitation of Discipline in Current Laws on Artificial Intelligence – Based Consumer Transaction (LAW & TECHNOLOGY Vol.16 no.5, 2020)