Rowook Park

Partner

Ro Park is a partner in Goodwin’s Life Sciences and Mergers and Acquisitions groups. He focuses on cutting-edge life sciences and technology transactions and has guided clients through high-stakes public and private mergers and acquisitions and other major corporate transactions, representing an aggregate value of more than $286 billion. 

Ro is ranked by Chambers USA for Corporate/M&A in San Diego (2026). He is one of the go-to M&A advisors for complex and “bet-the-firm” matters. Client testimonials praise his ability to “balance high-level strategic, client-focused guidance with a practical approach” and recognize his value as a strategic thought partner. One client notes:

“What makes him unique is not only his client-centric approach but also his ability to guide clients on the strategic considerations they need to keep in mind to align with the corporate vision.”

Experience

Ro advises public and private companies, boards of directors, special committees, and financial advisors on high-stakes mergers and acquisitions and other complex, highly structured transactions. He is also a go-to M&A advisor on cross-border transactions.

Notably, Ro has a strong track record of advising clients on sales, mergers, collaborations and other strategic transactions involving major pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare companies. His experience includes representing Horizon Therapeutics in its $28.3 billion sale to Amgen, as well as advising clients in transactions involving Astellas, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, CSL Behring, Eli Lilly, Genmab, Gilead, GSK, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, Takeda (including legacy Shire matters), UCB, UnitedHealth Group and Vertex.*

Representative Matters

Professional EXPERIENCE

Prior to joining Goodwin, Ro was a partner at Cooley and previously served as an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell. Before entering private practice, he served as Divisional General Counsel at Hanwha, a leading multinational conglomerate listed in Korea.

Credentials

Education

LLM

University of Pennsylvania Law School

Wharton Business and Law Certificate

The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania

LLB

Seoul National University School of Law

Admissions

Bars

  • California
  • New York

Recognition

  • Chambers USA: Band 2, Corporate/M&A – California: San Diego (2026)
  • The Legal 500 US: M&A: Large Deals ($1 billion+) (2024 – 2026)
  • International Financial Law Review’s Asia-Pacific Awards: M&A Deal of the Year for advising Japanese payments platform Paidy on its $2.7 billion sale to PayPal (2022)