• Advised a leading global offshore wind sponsor on all aspects of its market entry to Korea and investments in fixed and floating offshore wind project developments with aggregate target capacity in excess of 1.2GW.
• Advised a leading global provider of comprehensive hydrogen fuel cell turnkey solutions on its strategic partnership with major Korean energy-focused chaebol.
• Advised Dutch super-major and a Swedish-Korean JV specializing in offshore wind technology on their joint venture to develop a 400MW floating offshore wind farm near Ulsan, Korea.
• Advised a major global company on its efforts to encourage the Korean government to revise regulations and statutory law to permit the implementation of RE100 initiative and the use of renewable energy PPAs in Korea.
• Advised an Italian multinational renewable energy corporation on its prospective investment in a 300MW (204MW + 96MW) greenfield solar farm development in Anjwado, Jeolla South Province, Korea.
• Advised a global sponsor in its acquisition of a 49% stake in a 96MW offshore wind farm being developed in Jeolla South Province, Korea.
• Advised a Korean export credit agency on USD 1 billion tranche of USD13+ billion project financing for the development of a near-shore LNG drilling and liquefaction project in Mozambique.
• Advised a global sponsor on its acquisition of a 136MW offshore wind farm being developed in Gyeongsang South Province, Korea and the development of a 400MW floating offshore wind farm near Ulsan, Korea.
• Advised a Korean conglomerate on its acquisition of 50MW wind power project in Vietnam.
• Advised an international consortium on their bid for a portfolio of renewable power assets in Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand.
• Advised a Japanese sponsor on the development and financing of an international airport in the Republic of Palau.
• Advised a Korean bank on all aspects of its recovery of a non-performing KRW 380 billion project finance loan for a Chinese office and retail complex, including drafting and negotiating documentation for partial debt sale to Chinese purchaser, leading investor-state dispute against Chinese government and liaising with local counsel in Beijing, Hong Kong and Barbados on a variety of related issues.
• Advised a Japanese buyer on its prospective purchase of a portfolio of conventional power generation assets and gas pipelines in Bangladesh.
• Advised a Korean company on its termination and subsequent emergency arbitration proceedings in relation to a USD 90 million joint development project with an Italian gas turbine OEM.
• Advised lead arrangers and bookrunners in a USD 450 million ABL facility used to finance a private equity fund’s joint venture with an oil and gas pipeline and storage company.
• Advised a lead arranger and bookrunner in an amendment to extend a USD 400 million ABL facility for North America’s largest independent owner/operator of natural gas storage.
• Advised an administrative agent and joint lead arrangers in connection with a USD 650 million second lien term facility used to partially finance a private equity fund’s acquisition of a Houston-based natural gas and oil company.
• Advised a European developer on the early-stage development of multiple offshore wind power projects in Japan.
• Advised US developers on a distributed grid rooftop solar PV program in Thailand.

• Advised an export credit bank in prospective EUR 145 million financing for a rail and port infrastructure project in North Korea.
• Advised a Singapore-based capacity-building non-profit organization, on corporate, compliance, operational and strategic issues related to its operations in North Korea.
• Advised major international charities on ongoing and prospective humanitarian aid efforts in North Korea.
• Advised a major global company on sanctions compliance and strategic issues related to a prospective public-private project in North Korea.
• Advised North Korea’s Wonsan Special Economic Zone on issues related to the prospective attraction of direct investment.

Publications/Activities

[Publications]
 
• Korea Chapter, Offshore Wind Worldwide: Regulatory Framework in Selected Countries (Co-author, World Forum Offshore Wind and Hogan Lovells LLP, 2020.2.)
• “Offshore Wind: South Korea,” Global Offshore Wind: Key Markets and Prospects (Co-author, Norton Rose Fulbright, 2019.9.)
• Offshore Wind Farms in Japan: An Overview of the Legal Framework and Recent Developments (Co-author, Hogan Lovells Renewable Energy Alert, 2017)
• PLC Private Equity and Venture Capital Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2015/16 - Venture Capital Country Q&A: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2015)
• A Comprehensive Guide to the Asia-Pacific Legal Markets: “Korea” Chapter (Ark Group (London), 2014)
 
[Speaking Engagements]
 
• Speaker, “RE100 Comes to Korea: Challenges and Opportunities,” Seoul (American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, 2020)
• Speaker, “Offshore Wind in Japan and South Korea: An overview of markets and legal requirements,” Hamburg (2018)
• Guest Lecturer, American legal topics, Seoul (Judicial Research and Training Institute, 2015-2016)
• Lecturer, Fundamental of international business law module (mini-MBA series taught to North Korean businessmen and officials), Singapore (Choson Exchange, 2015)
• Speaker, “Capacity Building in North Korea,” Geneva (Korea Institute for National Unification, 2013)