Bio
Profile
Experience
Member, Public-Private Partnerships Deliberation Committee, Ministry of Economy and Finance (2022.1.-Present)
Member, Law Interpretation Review Committee, Financial Services Commission (2021.2.-Present)
Member, Dispute Mediation Committee, Korea Exchange (2019.3.-Present)
Member, Mutual Aid and Alternative Investment Committee for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), Korea Federation of SMEs (2017.1.-2018.12.)
Member, Excellent Legislation Evaluation Committee, National Assembly (2017)
Legal Advisor, Financial Services Commission (2016.10.-2019.11.)
Member, Korean Review Commission for Elevator Accidents (2016.1.-2019.3.)
Member, Compensation and Assistance Committee for Victims Abducted to North Korea (2015.1.-2017.10.)
Member, Construction Dispute Conciliation Committee (2011.4.-2017.4.)
Member, Administrative Appeals Commissions (2007.8.-2009.9.)
Lecturer, Asset-Backed Securitization Act and Related Contracts Course, Korea Banking Institute (2004-2019.5.)
Member, Saving Bank Management Evaluation Committee, Financial Supervisory Service (2002-2005)
Kim & Chang (1999.1.-Present)
Office of Bank Supervision, The Bank of Korea (1990-1993)
Representative Mattersshow
- Advised on asset-backed securitization (“ABS”) transactions with credit card receivables as underlying assets.
- Advised on P-CBO issuance transactions for funding by medium/small-sized companies guaranteed by Korea Credit Guarantee Fund.
- Advised on ABS transactions with lease receivables as underlying assets.
- Advised on ABS transactions with installment payment receivables (for purchase price for mobile phone devices) as underlying assets.
- Advised on Korea Housing Finance Corporating covered-bonds issuance transaction.
- Advised on real estate project financing transactions.
- Advised on ABS transactions with airline receivables (passenger tickets and freight) as underlying assets.
- Advised on bridge-financing transaction by a domestic bank secured by asset-backed commercial paper (“ABCP”) issued for Build-Transfer-Lease project.
- Advised on ABCP conduit set-up program and series transactions.
- Advised on litigation and dispute involving securitization transactions.
- Advised on the establishment and operation of bank recapitalization fund.
- Advised on the disposition of inherited shares based on stock trust.
- Advised on various structural matters for financing and sale of shares based on equity trust.
- Advised on change of trust company in asset-backed securitization transaction.
- Advised on the structure of will substitute trust and the trust agreement.
- Advised on escrow transactions based on monetary trust.
- Advised on various trust business licenses.
- Advised on various trust-related disputes and litigation.
- Advised on various regulatory and compliance issues relating to trust.
- Advised on new business model for real estate sculpture investment using beneficiary certificates of real estate trust.
- Advised on new business models related to art sculpture investment.
- Advised on financing structure of online investment brokerage business.
- Advised on various applications for designation as innovative financial services (namely, finance “sandbox”).
- Advised on numerous new businesses using the latest technological innovations such as block-chain and NFT.
- Advised on a Spanish bank’s establishment of a Korean branch and obtaining of license for investment dealing of OTC derivatives products.
- Advised on a French investment bank’s obtaining of license for investment dealing of Korean treasury bonds (“KTB”).
- Advised on a French bank’s licenses for dealing of KTB and non-equity based OTC derivatives products.
- Advised on an American bank’s license for dealing of KTB.
- Advised on an Australian bank’s establishment of Korean branch and obtaining of license for investment dealing of OTC derivatives products.
Representative Activitiesshow
Awards
- Commendation from the Prime Minister (Inclusive Finance, 2023)
- Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Korea, Capital Markets (Who’s Who Legal, 2019-2023)
- Leading Lawyer for Finance and Capital Markets, Leading Lawyers 2017 (Legal Times, 2017)
- Recommended Individuals in Asia, Asialaw Profiles (Euromoney, 2014)
- Leading Lawyer in Korea, Asialaw Leading Lawyers (Euromoney, 2014)
Publications/Activities
- “Practical Issues in Copyright Trust for Fractional Investment,” BFL, Vol.119 (Co-author, Seoul National University Center of Financial Law, 2023.5.)
- Chambers Global Practice Guide - Securitisation: Korea chapter - Law & Practice (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2019)
- Chambers Global Practice Guides - Securitisation: South Korea chapter (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2018)
- The Lending and Secured Finance Review (edition 2): Korea chapter (Co-author, The Law Review, 2016)
- Guide to lending and taking security in Asia (Second edition, October 2010): “Korea” section (Co-author, Herbert Smith, 2010)
- “Market Practice and Legal Issues in Unregistered Securitization Transactions,” BFL, Vol.31(Co-author, Seoul National University Center of Financial Law, 2008)
- Korea Introduces Best Practice for Securitization (Co-author, International Financial Law Review, 2005)
- “Asset-Backed Securitization Transaction and the Legal Problem Thereto,” BFL, Vol.5 (Co-author, Seoul National University Center of Financial Law, 2004)
Education
Columbia Law School (Visiting Scholar, 2006)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1999)
College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1990)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea, 1999
Languages
Korean and English
