Chaeho KIM - Kim & Chang

Bio

Chae-Ho Kim is an foreign attorney at Kim & Chang who provides legal advice on project finance transactions and businesses in the financing, bank, energy, construction, and international arbitration and litigation sectors. Mr. Kim’s clients include financial institutions controlled by national policies, foreign commercial financial institutions and construction-energy companies pursuing foreign investments. In particular, Mr. Kim has an abundance of experience in advising on financing transactions for foreign investment and development projects.

Throughout his 21-year-long career at the Export-Import Bank of Korea as an in-house counsel prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Kim was in charge of negotiation and execution of agreements on major overseas project finance transactions. Especially throughout four years of his career as the head of International Contract Team of Compliance & Legal Department, Mr. Kim was in charge of all affairs of advisory services regarding the businesses of the Export-Import Bank of Korea, including financing for overseas projects, provision of financial support on foreign investment projects, and execution of international financial agreements.

Mr. Kim obtained a degree of LL.D. with his doctoral dissertation titled “Legal Research on Restructuring of Overseas Project Finance Transactions,” and currently gives lectures at Yonsei University Graduate School of Legal Studies as an adjunct professor. Mr. Kim attended the International Project Finance Association (IPFA) Asia Conference and International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference held in Seoul as a panelist and has given lectures on overseas project finance at a number of institutions including Chung-Ang University Graduate School of Construction Engineering, Korea University, Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, International Contractors Association of Korea, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, Korea International Cooperation Agency, Korea Railway Association, Korea Electric Power Corporation, and Samsung C&T Corporation. Mr. Kim, who is acknowledged as a specialist in overseas project finance transactions, co-authored Volume 1 and 2 of “Legal Research on International Construction-Energy Law” with leading domestic experts and is actively engaged in a variety of activities in the field.

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Experience

Member, Investment and Guarantee Review Committee, Korea Ocean Business Corporation (2022.10.-Present)

Expert Advisor, Overseas Power Project Cooperation Committee, Korea Electric Power Corporation (2021.1.-Present)

Member, Global Strategy Committee, LH Korea Land & Housing Corporation (2020.11.-Present)

Kim & Chang (2020.9.-Present)

Director, Business Development Team, Global Business Development Group, Export-Import Bank of Korea (2020.1.-2020.6.)

Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Legal Studies, Yonsei University (2017-Present)

Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (2016.6.-Present)

Director, International Contract Team, Compliance & Legal Department, Export-Import Bank of Korea (2016.1.-2020.1.)

Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Construction Engineering, Chung-Ang University (2016-2019)

Director, Corporate Restructuring Department, Export-Import Bank of Korea (2014.7.-2015.12.)

Director, Korea International Trade Law Association (2013-Present)

Director, Natural Resources Finance Department, Export-Import Bank of Korea (2013.1. 2014.6.)

Chadbourne & Parke (2009.1.-2009.6.)

Senior Legal Officer, Legal Office, Export-Import Bank of Korea (2004.2.-2012.12.)

Legal Officer, Export-Import Bank of Korea (1999.1.-2004.1.)

Representative Mattersshow

Overseas Project Finance Transaction

Advised on project financing for an LNG gas field development project in Mozambique for a domestic public enterprise engaged in natural resources development
Advised on project financing for a petrochemical complex construction project in Malaysia for a domestic engineering company
Advised on project financing for the exploitation of a coal mine to secure iron ore in Australia for a domestic company
Advised on project financing for a gas chemical complex development project in Uzbekistan for a domestic public enterprise engaged in natural resources development

Bank, and International Arbitration and Litigation

Involved in negotiation and execution of master financing agreements with, among others, the Central Bank of Iran and commercial banks
Involved in negotiation and execution of finance documents regarding financing for the construction of nuclear power generating units in Middle Eastern countries
Represented in US federal court an action for compensatory damages, which was on account of a Korean company’s conspiracy to commit a fraudulent transaction against a US importer

Representative Activitiesshow

Publications/Activities

[Publications]

International Project Finance Third Edition: Chapter 8 (Advisor / Reviewer, Oxford University Press, 2019)
International Construction and Energy Law – Theory and Practice, Volume II (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2019)
International Construction and Energy Law – Theory and Practice, Volume I (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2017)
Practical Guide to International Contracts (Co-author, Export-Import Bank of Korea, 2006)

[Activities]

Lecturer, “Understanding Legal Issues and Various Contracts Regarding Overseas PPP Projects,” Training Program for Specialists on Overseas Construction Investment Development Projects, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (2020-2022)
Speaker, “Project Financing for a Pipeline Project,” International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference in Seoul (2019)
Speaker, “Bankability of Project Finance,” Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)-Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) Legal Seminar (2019)
Lecturer, “Understanding Issues of Performance Guarantee,” Global Commercial Specialist Program of Samsung Engineering (2019)
Lecturer, “Understanding Overseas PPP Project Contracts,” International Railway Specialist Education Program of the Korea Railway Association (2018)
Lecturer, “Introduction to Overseas Project Finance and Ways to Secure Bankability,” Korea University Graduate School of Global Construction Engineering (2017, 2018)
Speaker, “Events of Default and Their Effects Under Project Finance Documents” (Korea International Trade Law Association, 2017)
Lecturer, “Overseas Infrastructure Investment Contract Specialist Education Program: Introduction to Project Finance and Securing Bankability” (KCAB / Korea International Trade Law Association, 2016, 2018)
Speaker, “Consideration on AIIB’s Infrastructure Financing,” Korea Legislation Research Institute (KLRI)-AIIB Workshop on Evaluation and Outlook on Governance and Policy Issues (2016)
Speaker, “Risk Analysis and Mitigation to Secure Bankability for Overseas Project Finance - Protecting Lender’s Interest Under Finance Documents and Project Documents” (Research Council on International Construction Energy Law, 2015)
Lecturer, “Understanding Overseas Project Finance” (Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, 2015)
Panelist, “Key Issues and Risks in Project Finance and How to Mitigate and Negotiate a Favorable Outcome” (Korea International Trade Law Association, 2015)
Lecturer, “Special Training Session for Ghana Government Officials: Understanding of Project Finance” (Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), 2014)
Speaker, “Theory and Practice of Financial Support Through Overseas Project Financing (Comparing Guarantee of Foreign Liabilities by Korea Eximbank and Export Insurance of K-Sure)” (Korea Financial Law Association, 2014)
Speaker, “Engineering, Procurement & Construction Risks in Energy Projects,” The International Project Finance Association (IPFA) Asia Conference in Seoul (2014)
Speaker, “Challenges and Opportunities in the MENA Project Finance Market,” Middle East Seminar co-hosted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Kim & Chang (2013)
Lecturer, “Practice of Overseas Project Finance Contracts” (Korea Electric Power Corporation, 2012)
Lecturer, “Ship Finance Training Program: Ship Financing Contract" (The Export-Import Bank of Thailand, 2010)
Lecturer, “Practical Course of Overseas Construction Finance: Case Analysis of Overseas Project Finance Contracts” (International Contractors Association of Korea, 2010)
Lecturer, “International Construction Specialist Education Program: Practice of Preparing Finance Contracts” (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, 2009-2015)
Lecturer, “Content and Review of International Project Finance Contracts” (Korea Institute of Construction Technology Education, 2009-2015)

[Papers]

Legal Research on Restructuring of Overseas Project Finance Transactions, Doctoral Thesis (Yonsei University Law School, 2018)
Events of Default and Their Effects Under Project Finance Documents, Research on International Trade Law, Volume 26, Number 1 (Korea International Trade Law Association, 2017)
Key Provisions of a Loan Agreement and Related Legal Issues – Based on the Loan Market Association’s (LMA) Standard Form, Research on Financial Law, Volume 12, Number 2 (Korea Financial Law Association, 2015)
Risk Analysis and Mitigation to Secure Bankability for Overseas Project Finance – Protecting Lender’s Interest Under Finance Documents and Project Documents, Research on International Trade Law, Volume 24, Number 1 (Korea International Trade Law Association, 2015)