Bio

Seoul-based partner David Cho is the Representative Foreign Legal Consultant of Milbank LLP’s Seoul Foreign Legal Consultant Office. David is a member of the firm’s Global Corporate Group and heads the firm’s South Korea practice. He brings over two decades of experience advising in the Asia-Pacific region with a focus on South Korea. Mr. Cho’s practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, as well as other corporate finance and capital markets transactions, including SEC registered public offerings and Rule 144A / Regulation S offerings. He has extensive experience working with multinational clients, including major Asian companies, on international transactions spanning a wide array of sectors, such as private equity, ESG, technology, life-sciences, manufacturing and energy. Mr. Cho is consistently recognized as one of the top lawyers for Corporate/M&A work in South Korea by leading legal directories Chambers Global and Chambers Asia Pacific where his clients praise him as, “very sharp and creative with a knack for thinking outside the box and finding solutions where there appears to be none at first glance,” and “extremely strategic and taking ownership of the deals,” and appreciate that, “he will give you very sound legal advice; he will set out the risks and will take a step further and advise what would be the best solution,” further commending him on his, “strong commitment to producing a quality analysis in a timely manner.” Prior to joining Milbank, Mr. Cho was based in the Hong Kong office of another highly regarded international law firm serving as its Asia co-managing partner.