• Advised foreign investors in their DIP financing for a Korean shipping company in the rehabilitation proceedings. 
• Advised a company belonging to a main debtor group which may be subject to debt restructuring program supervised by the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS). 
• Advised a Korean bank as creditor of a foreign offshore drilling company in the course of debtor restructuring process and the US Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings. 
• Advised a Korean bank in the process of recovery of the loan by the termination of the charter agreement with Brazilian company in insolvency proceedings. 
• Advised the buyer, a foreign company, in the cross-border acquisition of a distressed company under a rehabilitation proceeding. 
• Represented and advised ship owners regarding self-rescue plan of a Korean shipping company. 
• Assisted consigners, ship owners, and interested parties in filing claims based on damages, and filing applications for confirmatory actions against a Korean shipbuilder in rehabilitation proceedings. 
• Represented and advised consigners, ship owners, and interested parties in the rehabilitation proceeding and subsequent bankruptcy proceeding of a Korean shipping company. 
• Represented a manufacturing company in workout proceedings. 
• Assisted a foreign shipping company in restructuring debts to credit companies. 
• Assisted a Korean company in US chapter 11 proceedings. 
• Represented finance creditors in rehabilitation proceedings against a Korean company.

• Advised Korean banks in acquisition financing targeting a US cosmetic company. 
• Advised on financing for a private equity fund in the acquisition of manufacturing company. 
• Represented a cable company in acquisition financing for US listed company. 
• Advised on financing for a foreign investment bank in the acquisition of non-memory semiconductor business. 
• Advised on refinancing by foreign private equity fund of the acquisition financing used for acquiring a brewery company. 
• Represented banks for acquisition financing extended to global company in acquisition of Korean companies.

• Assisted an arranger bank in financing for development of a mine in Korea.
• Advised on financing for power plant project in Indonesia. 
• Assisted Korean export credit agencies in infrastructure project in Turkey. 
• Represented financing banks in oil refinery project in Saudi Arabia. 
• Advised on gas and petrochemical project in Uzbekistan. 
• Assisted Korean banks in SOC projects in Korea.

• Assisted financial institutions in French tax lease transaction. 
• Advised on the merger among container shipping companies.
• Represented shipping companies and cargo owners in refinancing of LNG carriers. 
• Advised on ship investment structure financing transactions. 
• Assisted financial institutions in UK tax lease transactions. 
• Advised on financing through private equity fund. 
• Represented financing banks in BBCHP and BBC financing transactions.

• Advised a foreign leasing company in the course of FSS audit. 
• Advised leasing companies involving taxes on leased vehicles. 
• Represented installment finance companies involving mortgage registration tax. 
• Advised foreign credit card companies on regulatory issues. 
• Assisted installment finance and leasing companies for asset securitization financing transactions. 
• Advised on mergers and acquisitions involving capital companies.

Awards

• The A-List: Korea’s Top Lawyers, Asia Business Law Journal (Vantage Asia, 2021-2024)
• Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Korea, Banking (Who’s Who Legal, 2021-2023)
• Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Korea, Franchise (Who’s Who Legal, 2023-2024)
• Leading Partners, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Banking and Finance (Legalease, 2019-2025)
• Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Shipping: Finance (Chambers and Partners, 2017-2025)
• Leading Lawyer, Asialaw Leading Lawyers: Shipping (Delinian, 2024)
• Leading Lawyer, Asialaw Leading Lawyers: Banking & Finance (Delinian, 2016-2024)
• Highly Regarded, IFLR1000 (Delinian, 2018-2024)
• Leading Lawyer, IFLR1000 Financial & Corporate (Euromoney, 2011-2017)
• Leading Individual, Chambers Global, Banking & Finance (Chambers and Partners, 2010-2025)
• Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Banking & Finance (Chambers and Partners, 2010-2025)

Publications/Activities

• Shipping Finance Review 2012/13: Korea section (Co-author, Euromoney Yearbooks, 2012)
• Shipping Finance Review 2011/12: Korea section (Co-author, Euromoney Yearbooks, 2011)
• Review on Financial Consumer Protection Methods, The Credit Finance (The Credit Finance Association, 2010)
• Legal and Practical Issues in Transactions involving Assignment or Entrustment of Credit Card Receivables, Journal of Credit Card Academic Society (Korean Creditcard Academic Society, 2007)