Shawn Seung Min LEE - Kim & Chang

Bio

Shawn Seung Min Lee is a foreign attorney at Kim & Chang. As a member of the firm’s real estate and corporate practice, Mr. Lee focuses primarily in advising clients in all aspects of domestic and international real estate transactions, including joint venture, development, mortgage and mezzanine financing, and building sale and acquisition transactions.

Mr. Lee also advises corporate and private equity clients with respect to mergers and acquisitions and the formation and structuring of private equity funds and other international investment vehicles.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Lee previously worked for several years in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he worked on real estate, mergers and acquisitions, and fund formation transactions. Prior to his experience at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Mr. Lee worked as a real estate and finance specialist at Mayer Brown LLP (New York City, New York) and Akerman LLP (Jacksonville, Florida).

Prior to law school, Mr. Lee served two years in the South Korea Army.

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Experience

Kim & Chang (2024-Present)

Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York (2021-2024)

Akerman LLP, Jacksonville (2019-2021)

Mayer Brown LLP, New York (2017-2019)

Representative Mattersshow

Acquisition and Sale Transactions

Advised a private equity client, as buyer, in connection with an acquisition of a portfolio of over 60 multifamily apartment buildings located in the United States (with the purchase price over USD 3 billion).
Advised a private equity client, as seller, in connection with the sale of t a resort in Anguilla.
Advised a private equity client, as seller, in connection with the sale of a multifamily apartment building located in Texas, United States.
Advised a private equity client, as seller, in connection with the sale of a multifamily apartment building located in Maryland, United States.
Advised a private equity client, as seller, in connection with the sale of a portfolio of nine large retail real properties located in Minnesota and Wisconsin, United States.
Advised a private equity client, as purchaser, in connection with the acquisition of (i) the logistics center located in Seoknam-dong, Incheon, Korea, via stalking-horse bidding auction process and (ii) the non-performing tranche of the loan receivables relating to such logistics center.
Advised a private equity client, as investor, in connection with the acquisition and development of a data center located in Sihwa, Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do.

Real Estate Finance Transactions

Advised a Korea-US joint venture company, as purchaser, in connection with an acquisition of a commercial property in California and a related acquisition financing transaction.
Advised a Korean investment trust in the acquisition of a senior lender’s interest with respect to a B-note mortgage loan interest indirectly secured by the fee interest for a hotel resort located in Hawaii.
Advised a Korean investment trust in the acquisition of a mezzanine loan interest with respect to a seaport property in Boston, Massachusetts.
Advised a Texas-based company, as administrative agent on behalf of the Korean lenders, in origination of a senior loan with respect to a seaport complex located in Manhattan, New York.
Advised a financial institution, as lender, in connection with the mezzanine loan transaction for the development of a multi-family project located in California.
Advised a private equity client, as borrower, in connection with the project mortgage loan transaction for the development of multifamily buildings located in Manhattan, New York.
Advised a client in building acquisition and related acquisition financing transactions - a mortgage loan origination and an unsecured junior loan origination.
Advised national investment banks in connection with various repurchase warehouse facilities.

Fund Structuring and Formation Transactions

Advised a private equity client, as co-general partner and co-fund sponsor, in connection with the launch of a hotel brand fund.
Advised a private equity client, as general partner and fund sponsor, in connection with a single-family residential real estate fund offering.
Advised a pension fund, as limited partner, in connection with its subscription to a major flagship fund offering by the major U.S. private equity fund (with the subscription amount of over USD 100 million).

Joint Venture Transactions

Advised a financial institution, as equity investor, in connection with the formation of a programmatic joint venture.
Advised a private equity client, as sponsor/general partner, in connection with the formation of a joint venture.
Advised a private equity client, as equity investor, in connection with the formation of a joint venture designed for acquisitions of non-performing assets.
Advised a private equity client, as equity investor, in connection with the formation of the programmatic joint venture arrangement targeting to acquire potential debt and equity interests (i.e., seed assets) in non-development investment opportunities in the logistics sector in Korea.
Advised a client, as purchaser, in connection with the acquisition by a corporate fund established by a client of that certain vacant land and related permits and licenses through a public auction process under the collateral trust agreement, while acquiring the adjacent office building and the land from a third party located in Yeoksam-dong, Seoul, Korea.
Advised a private equity client, as purchaser and investor, in connection with the acquisition by the REFs established by an asset management company of a portfolio of that certain logistics centers located in Gimpo, Gyeonggi-do and Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do.

M&A Transactions

Advised a corporate client in its acquisition of a defense and aerospace industry specialist firm (with the purchase price of approximately USD 5.5 billion).
Advised a corporate client in its sale of the textile/chemical division.
Advised a private equity client in its acquisition of a US nationwide car auction and remarketing company.
Advised a private equity client in its acquisition of the restaurant chain.
Advised a private equity client in its acquisition of a US dental company offering general dentistry and specialty services, from the founding shareholders and a private equity investor.
Advised a syndicate of U.S. financial institutions in their acquisition of an international company (including its Korea subsidiary) in connection with the non-performing loan receivables (i.e., acquisition in lieu of foreclosure/bankruptcy).
Advised a global auto-making company in connection with a series of the proposed merger transactions.