Chang-hee SHIN - Kim & Chang

Bio

Chang-hee Shin is a foreign attorney at Kim & Chang. She practices primarily in the areas of overseas project development and cross-border merger and acquisition transactions.

Ms. Shin has extensive experience in working with Korean corporate clients in the power and energy industries in project developments and acquisition of power and energy companies and assets in various regions from structuring, documentation, and negotiation to implementation of complex projects.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Ms. Shin worked at Hong Kong office of Baker & McKenzie and also at New York office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP.

Ms. Shin received her J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1999 and a B.A. from the College of Business Administration, Seoul National University in 1995. She is admitted to the New York bar.

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Experience

Kim & Chang (2008-Present)

Baker & McKenzie, Hong Kong (2004-2008)

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York (1999-2004)

Representative Mattersshow

Advised an international energy company on the establishment of a joint venture in Korea and the trading of carbon emission credits.
Advised on an international fund’s investment in offshore wind and solar power projects in Korea.
Advised a Korean power company in a lawsuit against insurers related to a fire incident at a diesel power plant in Guam.
Advised an international power company in its acquisition of shares in a gas power plant in Korea.
Advised a Korean power companies on an SMR project in Saudi Arabia.
Advised a Korean power company in a coal-fired power project in Indonesia.
Advised a Korean power company on a nuclear power project in Türkiye.

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Awards

Recommended, Lexology Index: Energy - Power/Electricity (Lexology Index, 2026)
Women Leader, IFLR1000 (Delinian, 2023-2025)
Highly Regarded, IFLR1000 (Delinian, 2023-2025)
Leading Lawyer, Asialaw Leading Lawyers: Energy (Delinian, 2021-2024)
Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Project & Energy (Chambers and Partners, 2020-2026)
Leading Lawyer, Lexology Index: Korea, Energy (Lexology Index, 2019-2026)