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Youjung Byon

Youjung
Byon

Of Counsel

CONTACT INFO

ybyon@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+852 2214 3743

FAX:+852 2214 3710

Hong Kong

32/F Gloucester Tower, The Landmark, 15 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong

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PRACTICE

Investment Funds Private Equity

BIOGRAPHY

Youjung Byon is an of counsel in Hong Kong. She is a member of the firm’s Investment Funds Practice Group.

Ms. Byon focuses on advising Asia-based private fund sponsors on the formation of private investment funds, including buyout funds, growth capital funds, debt funds, venture capital funds and real estate funds. She also advises founders on governance and economics matters. In addition to fund formation, Ms. Byon also advises fund sponsors on co-investment transactions as well as regulatory and other operational issues.

Ms. Byon is recognized as a Rising Star  by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific.  In the 2022 guide, a client was quoted saying she is “Highly intelligent and hardworking.”

Prior to joining the firm, she was a counsel in the Hong Kong office of Weil Gotshal.  She graduated in 2008 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and is admitted to practice in New York and Hong Kong.  She is fluent in Korean.

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania - 2008 Juris Doctor

Yale University - 2004 Master of Engineering

Yale University - 2003 Bachelor of Science

ADMISSIONS

New York Bar

Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - January 13, 2022 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022
Firm News - January 15, 2021 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021
Firm News - January 21, 2020 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020
Firm News - January 18, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2019
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