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Keum Ho LEE Foreign Attorney (Admitted in New York)

T.+82-2-3703-1356 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092
Keum Ho LEE Foreign Attorney
Keum Ho LEE Foreign Attorney

Keum Ho LEEForeign Attorney (Admitted in New York)

T.+82-2-3703-1356 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092 E.khlee@kimchang.com

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Bio

Keum Ho Lee is a foreign attorney in Kim & Chang's Banking, Derivatives, Aircraft Finance, Structured Finance, and Non-Bank Financial Companies Practices. 

Mr. Lee has extensive experience in a wide range of cross-border and domestic transactions and regulatory matters with a focus on foreign exchange and banking law, and derivatives transactions. His representative works in recent years include advising major M&As of domestic banks and integration of banks subsequent to global M&A transactions, and has vast experience on financial institutions under examination by the Financial Supervisory Service. 

Mr. Lee joined Kim & Chang in 2001, after a distinguished 17-year career as a banking and FX specialist. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Lee served the Bank of Korea primarily in its FX Control and International Finance departments. 

He also acted as an IMF Advisor for PBOC/SAFE in China in 1999, a member of the Korea Customs Bar Exam Committee from 1999 to 2001, and a Finance Cooperation Expert of the Ministry of Finance and Economy (MOFE) from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Lee also served as an adjunct professor at the Korea University Law School and a legal advisor to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF). 

Currently, Mr. Lee has been acting as a member of the Task Force on Liberalization of Forex Law and Regulation of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) since 1989. Mr. Lee has also served the MOEF as a member of its Regulatory Reform Promotion Committee since 2005, and as a member of its International Financial Industry Deliberation Committee since 2016. 

Profile

Experience

Legal Advisor, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) (2022-현재)

Legal Advisor, International Finance Bureau, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) (2021-2022)

Member, International Financial Industry Deliberation Committee, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) (2016-Present)

Adjunct Professor, Korea University Law School (2008-2012)

Legal Advisor, Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF) (2008-2011)

Expert Consultant of Korea-US FTA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) (2006-Present)

Consultant, Korea Independent Commission Against Corruption (2006-2007)

Member, Regulatory Reform Promotion Committee, MOEF (2005-Present)

Finance Cooperation Expert, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) (2003-2005)

Kim & Chang (2001-Present)

Member, Korea Customs Bar Exam Committee (1999-2001)

IMF Advisor for PBOC/SAFE in China (1999)

Member, Task Force on Liberalization of Forex Law and Regulation, MOEF (1989-Present)

FX Control Dept., Int’l Dept., etc., The Bank of Korea (1985-2001)

 
[Member]
 

American Bar Association 

New York State Bar Association 

Korean Banking and Financial Law Association 

Korean Securities Law Association 

Korea Financial Law Association

Representative Activitiesshow

Publications/Activities
    • Commentary of Foreign Exchange Transaction Law of Korea (Fully Revised Edition) (Co-author, LAWnB, 2019) 
    • Cash Pooling and Insolvency - South Korea (Co-author, Globe and Law Business, 2016) 
    • Commentary of Foreign Exchange Transaction Law of Korea (First Edition) (Co-author, LAWnB, 2015) 
    • Types and Legal Characteristics of the Credit Derivatives Transactions, Korean Journal of Securities Law, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2008) 
    • Credit Derivatives Transactions Law (Tamjin, 2007) 
    • Legal Issues of Derivatives Transactions in Korea, Journal of Business Administrations & Law, Vol. 14, No. 3 (2004) 
    • The FX System in China (The Bank of Korea, 2000) 
    • The FX System in Korea (The Bank of Korea, 1999) 

Education

    Korea University (Ph.D., Law, 2007) 

    Boston University School of Law (LL.M., 1999) 

    Kyungpook National University (LL.B., 1985)

Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, New York, 1999

Languages

Korean and English

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Keum Ho LEE
Foreign Attorney (Admitted in New York)


T. +82-2-3703-1356      
F. +82-2-737-9091/9092
     


  




Keum Ho Lee is a foreign attorney in Kim & Chang's Banking, Derivatives, Aircraft Finance, Structured Finance, and Non-Bank Financial Companies Practices. 

Mr. Lee has extensive experience in a wide range of cross-border and domestic transactions and regulatory matters with a focus on foreign exchange and banking law, and derivatives transactions. His representative works in recent years include advising major M&As of domestic banks and integration of banks subsequent to global M&A transactions, and has vast experience on financial institutions under examination by the Financial Supervisory Service. 

Mr. Lee joined Kim & Chang in 2001, after a distinguished 17-year career as a banking and FX specialist. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Lee served the Bank of Korea primarily in its FX Control and International Finance departments. 

He also acted as an IMF Advisor for PBOC/SAFE in China in 1999, a member of the Korea Customs Bar Exam Committee from 1999 to 2001, and a Finance Cooperation Expert of the Ministry of Finance and Economy (MOFE) from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Lee also served as an adjunct professor at the Korea University Law School and a legal advisor to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF). 

Currently, Mr. Lee has been acting as a member of the Task Force on Liberalization of Forex Law and Regulation of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) since 1989. Mr. Lee has also served the MOEF as a member of its Regulatory Reform Promotion Committee since 2005, and as a member of its International Financial Industry Deliberation Committee since 2016. 






    Legal Advisor, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) (2022-현재)

    Legal Advisor, International Finance Bureau, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) (2021-2022)

    Member, International Financial Industry Deliberation Committee, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) (2016-Present)

    Adjunct Professor, Korea University Law School (2008-2012)

    Legal Advisor, Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF) (2008-2011)

    Expert Consultant of Korea-US FTA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) (2006-Present)

    Consultant, Korea Independent Commission Against Corruption (2006-2007)

    Member, Regulatory Reform Promotion Committee, MOEF (2005-Present)

    Finance Cooperation Expert, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) (2003-2005)

    Kim & Chang (2001-Present)

    Member, Korea Customs Bar Exam Committee (1999-2001)

    IMF Advisor for PBOC/SAFE in China (1999)

    Member, Task Force on Liberalization of Forex Law and Regulation, MOEF (1989-Present)

    FX Control Dept., Int’l Dept., etc., The Bank of Korea (1985-2001)

    [Member]

    American Bar Association 

    New York State Bar Association 

    Korean Banking and Financial Law Association 

    Korean Securities Law Association 

    Korea Financial Law Association






Publications/Activities

  •   Commentary of Foreign Exchange Transaction Law of Korea (Fully Revised Edition) (Co-author, LAWnB, 2019) 
  •   Cash Pooling and Insolvency - South Korea (Co-author, Globe and Law Business, 2016) 
  •   Commentary of Foreign Exchange Transaction Law of Korea (First Edition) (Co-author, LAWnB, 2015) 
  •   Types and Legal Characteristics of the Credit Derivatives Transactions, Korean Journal of Securities Law, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2008) 
  •   Credit Derivatives Transactions Law (Tamjin, 2007) 
  •   Legal Issues of Derivatives Transactions in Korea, Journal of Business Administrations & Law, Vol. 14, No. 3 (2004) 
  •   The FX System in China (The Bank of Korea, 2000) 
  •   The FX System in Korea (The Bank of Korea, 1999) 





Education

    Korea University (Ph.D., Law, 2007) 

    Boston University School of Law (LL.M., 1999) 

    Kyungpook National University (LL.B., 1985)


Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, New York, 1999


Languages
  •    Korean and English





Banking ,  Derivatives ,  Securities ,  Non-Bank Financial Companies ,  Structured Finance ,  Aircraft Finance ,  Foreign Exchange Regulation ,  Financial Regulation & Compliance ,  Economic Sanctions ,  International Trade & Customs