Min Kim is special counsel in the Singapore office of Milbank LLP and a member of the firm’s Global Corporate/M&A Group.
Primary Focus & Experience
Min Kim advises corporate and private equity clients on cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures and strategic investments throughout the Asia-Pacific region. He is individually ranked in Chambers Asia-Pacific (2026) for Corporate/M&A: International.
Min focuses on representing US and international private equity sponsors, multinational corporations and sovereign wealth funds in high-stakes transactions, with particular experience in the technology, digital infrastructure and energy transition sectors. He is a native Korean speaker and regularly advises on outbound investments by Korean conglomerates into Southeast Asia and global markets.
Min is a recognized thought leader on emerging deal trends in Asia, regularly authoring Milbank Insights articles on topics including AI's impact on M&A, hybrid equity instruments and digital asset regulation.
His experience includes:
Technology, Digital Infrastructure & Telecommunications
- Advised SK hynix Inc. on its US$9 billion acquisition of Intel's global SSD and NAND flash memory business, completing the second phase closing in March 2025.
- Advised Lightstorm (I Squared Capital) on the distressed acquisition of the JGA-North, JGA-South, and SEA-US trans-Pacific subsea cable systems through parallel receiverships in Delaware and Singapore, securing approximately 21,000 km of data corridor connecting the US, Guam, Japan, and Australia. This transaction was named Value-Add Deal of the Year by IJGlobal (2025).
- Advised Udenna Corporation on its US$5.4 billion joint venture with China Telecommunications Corporation to establish DITO Telecommunity, the Philippines' third national mobile operator. This transaction was named M&A Deal of the Year (Premium) by ALB.
- Advised SK materials on its Series D investment in Group14 Technologies, a leading global manufacturer of silicon-carbon battery materials.
Energy & Infrastructure
- Advised I Squared Capital on the structuring and US$370 million minority sale of its India city-gas distribution platform to Osaka Gas, Sumitomo Corporation, and JOIN, following an initial up-to-US$300 million joint venture with AG&P covering 12 concessions.
- Advised Medco Power on the incremental acquisition of equity in PT Paiton Energy, Indonesia's largest independent power producer, raising Medco's holding to become the single largest shareholder with long-term influence over 2 GW of baseload capacity.
- Advised SK Gas on its joint venture with Apex Clean Energy to develop utility-scale energy storage projects.
Consumer, Retail & Healthcare
- Advised Masan Group on a US$350 million Series E investment in The CrownX Corporation at a US$8.2 billion valuation, with participation from TPG, ADIA, and SeaTown (Temasek).
- Advised Masan Group on the sale of H.C. Starck Holding GmbH, a global tungsten business, to Mitsubishi Materials Corporation.
- Advised Masan Group on a US$410 million investment in VCM Services and Trading by SK Group.
- Advised Bain Capital on its minority investment in Mayapada Hospital Group (PT Sejahteraraya Anugrahjaya Tbk), a six-hospital network in Indonesia.
