About Hyunju (Crystal) Park

Crystal Park is a Toronto deal lawyer, an associate at Gowling WLG whose work centres on M&A, private equity, corporate reorganizations and corporate finance. Clients are privately held companies, investors and strategic buyers. Some deals stay at home; others cross borders into the United States, the United Kingdom or Asia, with China and South Korea drawing the most attention. Crystal speaks English, Korean, Tagalog and Mandarin.

Crystal studied law in South Korea, Macau and Canada before joining the Ontario bar. An LLB at Yonsei University came first, then an LLM in international business law at the University of Macau and the Global Professional LLM at the University of Toronto. Earlier in Crystal's career came work as a category manager and legal consultant for a global company in the gaming and hospitality industry. The call to the Ontario bar followed in June 2023, after summer and articling terms that included training in litigation.

On a deal, Crystal can be there from the first structuring conversation through due diligence to the drafting and negotiation of the final documents. Share and asset purchases, reorganizations and strategic investments are regular work, and complex transactions spanning several jurisdictions are what interest Crystal most. Crystal also sits on the teaching team for the upper year Lawyer as Negotiator course at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Outside the office, Crystal sits on the board of the ITLNCA Networks Association and has volunteered with it since September 2020, drawn by a commitment to mentorship and access to justice and keen to create more opportunities for internationally trained lawyers. Crystal runs, skis through the winter and golfs in the summer, and recently set a goal of getting on the slopes twice a week.

Practice areas

Business & Corporate Law

Mergers, acquisitions and private equity

Crystal handles share and asset acquisitions and private equity transactions for private companies, investors and strategic acquirers, covering structuring, due diligence and the negotiation of deal documents.

Cross-border deals with an Asia focus

Transactions linking Canada with the United States, the United Kingdom and Asian jurisdictions are part of Crystal's practice, especially those involving China and South Korea.

Nuclear project financing

Crystal has worked on recent nuclear projects, negotiating financing terms for a new standard modernized reactor design and drafting custom loan agreements tied to the project agreements for a first-of-a-kind small modular reactor project.

Education & credentials

  • LLB, Yonsei University (2014)
  • LLM, University of Macau (2019)
  • Global Professional LLM (GPLLM), University of Toronto (2020)
  • Called to the Ontario bar (2023)
  • Certificate in Financial Analysis and Valuation for Lawyers, Harvard Business School Online (2021)
  • Certificate in Mergers & Acquisition, Columbia Business School Executive Education (2023)
  • Osgoode Certificate in Negotiating and Drafting IT Agreements, Osgoode Professional Development (2023)

Awards & recognition

  • Business Law Fellow (2024-2026 cohort), American Bar Association (2024)

Publications & speaking

  • 2501373 Ontario Inc. v. Selfe et al, 2025 ONSC 5216: Expert v. Arbitrator Designations in the Context of Drafting M&A Agreements, ABA Business Law Section M&A Committee Standalone Meeting, Laguna Beach (2026)
  • Drafting M&A Agreements: Key Provisions and Practical Insights (program co-chair), Ontario Bar Association CPD (2025)
  • Key Considerations When Forming Entities in Canada for US Clients, ABA Business Law Section Fall Meeting, Toronto (2025)
  • MBA in a Day (program co-chair), Ontario Bar Association Business Law Section (2025)
  • Chemtrade Electrochem Inc. v. Superior Plus Corporation, 2025 ABCA 31: The Importance of Precision in Drafting M&A Agreements, ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, New Orleans (2025)
  • Doing Business in Canada, OCNI/KNA Industry Day, OCNI/GIFEN Industry Day and the Canada Asia Business Forum (2025)
  • Your First M&A (program co-chair), Ontario Bar Association CPD (2024)

Memberships & affiliations

In the community

  • In 2024 Crystal led CLE logistics for the Toronto host committee of the International Association of Korean Lawyers annual conference.
  • Crystal has served on ITLNCA NetworkS committees that ran on-campus interview programs for internationally trained lawyers, in Toronto in 2022 and in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary in 2023.
  • Crystal has volunteered with the Korean Legal Clinic, the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario's Tenant Duty Counsel Assistance Project and, through Pro Bono Students Canada, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
  • At the University of Toronto, Crystal was president and chief returning officer of the Graduate Law Students' Association.

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