Hyunjoo Kwak is a Managing Director and Deputy Head at the Seoul office. Mr. Kwak has more than 20 years’ M&A experience across both domestic and cross-border transactions.

Before joining BDA, Mr. Kwak was a Partner at Deloitte Korea’s Financial Advisory team, where he advised on key transactions, including joint ventures, private placements, and M&As, working closely with major Korean large corporates and financial sponsors. Prior to that, he was Head of Korea M&A at Barclays and worked at JP Morgan’s Financial Institutions Group. He has advised major Korean corporates including Samsung Group, KCC Corp, HL Group, KB Financial Group, and Shinhan Financial Group, as well as leading sponsors such as MBK Partners.

Hyunjoo holds a BA in Economics from Seoul National University and an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School. He speaks native Korean and fluent English.