Bio
Profile
Experience
Kim & Chang (2025.11.-Present)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Singapore (2022.1.-2025.10.)
Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago (2018.9.-2021.12.)
Representative Mattersshow
- Advised a leading global asset manager on a joint venture to expand its private credit solutions offering to South Korea.
- Advised a leading Indian PE sponsor on a precedent-setting “one and done” fundraising for a USD 1.7 billion PE fund.
- Advised a Singapore-based investment manager in connection with the formation and operation of its inaugural PE fund, with total commitments of over USD 1 billion.
- Advised a leading Indian mid-market PE sponsor on its global fundraise for a USD 475 million PE fund, including providing US regulatory advice in connection with the establishment of a new investment manager entity and offering to US investors.
- Advised on the launch of a new UAE-based alternative investment firm with over USD 100 billion in assets under management.
- Advised a prominent Southeast Asian sovereign wealth fund on a contemplated investment in a major Asia-Pacific-focused infrastructure fund.
- Advised a major Indian financial institution on US regulatory matters in connection with its offering of investment funds to US investors.
- Advised a new UAE-based PE manager on the launch of its debut PE fund focused on investments in the Gulf Cooperation Council region, anchored by a local sovereign wealth fund.
- Advised a leading Indian PE manager on the formation and offering of a GIFT City trust to facilitate co-investments in one of India’s leading B2B SaaS fintech companies, in a transaction totaling approximately USD 230 million.
- Advised an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund on its over USD 5 billion anchor investment in a tech-focused growth fund sponsored by the UAE’s leading artificial intelligence and cloud computing technology company.
- Advised a prominent sovereign wealth fund in connection with the formation of a sidecar fund-of-one to co-invest in real estate opportunities on a client-discretionary basis alongside the regional flagship fund of a major global asset manager.
- Advised an Abu Dhabi-based alternative investment manager in connection with its co-investments in a leading global data, analytics and artificial intelligence company alongside the flagship fund of a prominent US venture capital firm.
- Advised a major US asset management firm on the formation and offering of aggregator vehicles to facilitate investments in large private equity funds and hedge funds by the firm’s private banking and brokerage clients.
- Advised a US-based hedge fund manager on the formation, offering and operation of hybrid investment funds focused on emerging biotechnology and therapeutics companies.
- Advised an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund on multiple co-investments alongside the flagship PE fund of a major US healthcare investment firm.
- Advised a prominent Indian PE firm on its co-investment in a leading US-based revenue management company that services healthcare providers across the United States.
- Advised a major Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund on regulatory matters in connection with its global portfolio of investments, with a focus on investments in South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan.
Representative Activitiesshow
Awards
Singapore Rising Star, Asian Legal Business (2024)
Publications/Activities
- Chambers Global Practice Guides - Investment Funds 2026: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2026)
- “How Funds Are Achieving Performance Compensation Equilibrium: Considerations on Hurdles, Benchmarks, High Water Marks and Clawbacks,” The Hedge Fund Law Report (Co-author, 2020)
- “How Funds Are Achieving Performance Compensation Equilibrium: Designated Investments, ‘1 or 30’ Structures, Caps and First Loss Arrangements,” The Hedge Fund Law Report (Co-author, 2020)
Education
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2018)
Sogang University (Completed Coursework, M.A., 2015)
University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 2008)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Illinois, 2018
Languages
English and Korean




