Bio
Profile
Experience
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Hong Kong (2011-2012)
Kim & Chang (2004-Present)
Representative Mattersshow
- Advised a borrower on financing the acquisition of a large-scale commercial building.
- Advised a creditor on real estate financing to develop a large-scale real estate site.
- Advised an arranger in financing the acquisition of stocks of a US cosmetic company.
- Advised a borrower on financing the acquisition of stocks of a foreign gaming company.
- Advised a borrower on financing the acquisition of stocks of a Korean security company.
- Advised a borrower on financing the acquisition of stocks and convertible bond of a Korean shipping company.
- Advised an arranger in financing the acquisition of stocks of a Korean energy company.
- Advised a borrower on financing for the stock acquisition of a Korean cement company.
- Advised a borrower on financing for the stock acquisition of a Korean life insurance company.
- Advised an arranger in financing for a Korean F&B company on acquiring the Taiwanese headquarter.
- Advised on refinancing for acquisition financing of a Korean home appliance company.
- Advised an arranger in acquisition financing of a convertible preferred stock of a Korean life insurance company.
- Advised an arranger in the acquisition financing of a Korean steel company.
- Advised a borrower in shipping finance to transfer business from a Korean shipping company.
- Advised an issuer on issuing a covered bond of a Korean commercial bank.
- Advised an issuer on issuing a covered bond of a Korean federal financial institution.
- Advised an arranger in financing the sale of a large-scale real estate development site.
- Advised a borrower in shipping finance to transfer business from a Korean container shipping company.
- Advised an arranger on the sale of equity interest of a Korean financial service company.
Representative Activitiesshow
Awards
- Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Banking & Finance (Chambers and Partners, 2023-2025)
- Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Korea, Banking (Who’s Who Legal, 2024)
- Best Lawyer, The JoongAng Lawyer Evaluation: Finance, Securities and Virtual Assets (The JoongAng and Korea In-house Counsel Association, 2024)
- Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Korea, Capital Markets (Who’s Who Legal, 2019-2024)
- Highly Regarded, IFLR1000 (Delinian, 2023-2024)
- Rising Star Partner, IFLR1000 (Edition 32) (Euromoney, 2022)
- Leading Lawyer, Asialaw Leading Lawyers: Banking and Finance (Delinian, 2021-2024)
- Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Capital Markets: Securitisation (Chambers and Partners, 2020-2023)
- Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Banking & Finance (Chambers and Partners, 2023-2024)
- Leading Individual, Chambers Global, Capital Markets: Securitisation (Chambers and Partners, 2020-2023)
- Next Generation Partner, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Banking and Finance (Legalease, 2020-2024)
- Rising Star, IFLR1000 (Euromoney, 2020-2022)
- Notable Practitioner, Asialaw Leading Lawyers: Banking and Finance (Euromoney, 2020)
- Next Generation Lawyer, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Banking and Finance (Legalease, 2019)
- Recognized Practitioner, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Capital Markets (Chambers and Partners, 2019)
- Notable Practitioner, IFLR1000 (Euromoney, 2019)
- Leading Lawyer, The Legal Times: Securities and Finance (The Legal Times, 2017)
Publications/Activities
- Chambers Global Practice Guides - Acquisition Finance: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2019-2024)
- Chambers Global Practice Guides - Project Finance 2019 (Edition 2): Korea Chapter (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2019)
- Chambers Global Practice Guides - Securitisation: Korea chapter - Law & Practice (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2019)
- Practical Law - Acquisition Finance Global Guide: Korea chapter (Co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2017)
- Korea Annual Review 2012: Banking & Finance chapter, IFLR & Asialaw (Co-author, Legal Media Group, 2012)
- Legal Issues on Non-Registered Asset-Backed Transactions, BFL (Seoul National University Financial Law Center, 2008.9.)
Education
Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., Securities and Financial Regulation, 2011)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2004)
School of Economics, Seoul National University (B.A., 2002)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea, 2004
Languages
Korean and English
Insights
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Recognitions
Ranked “Band 1” in 18 Areas, 90 “Leading Individuals” - Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025
2024.12.12 -
Recognitions
“Outstanding” in All 24 Categories and 65 “Leading Lawyers” – asialaw 2024
2024.09.12 -
Recognitions
Kim & Chang Ranked “Tier 1” in All Eight Practice Areas – IFLR1000 (2024)
2024.09.12 -
Recognitions
151 Professionals Selected as “National Leaders” – WWL: Korea 2024
2024.07.17 -
Articles
Chambers Global Practice Guides – Acquisition Finance 2024: Korea Chapter
2024.05.23 -
Recognitions
Ranked “Band 1” in All Nine Areas, 39 “Leading Individuals” Recognized - Chambers Global 2024
2024.02.16