Min Ho Lee is an attorney at Kim & Chang. His practice covers a wide range of areas in the financial industry, including financial regulations and transactions. He has extensive experience in advising banks, financial holding companies, and non-bank financial institutions such as credit specialty finance companies and savings banks. 

Mr. Lee began his legal career at Kim & Chang in 1997 and held high-level positions in other companies before rejoining Kim & Chang in 2014. He was the Chief Compliance Officer in charge of compliance and legal matters for KB Financial Group Inc. (KBFG). He also served as general counsel of Kookmin Bank (KB) from March 2005 until January 2010. During his tenures at KBFG and KB, Mr. Lee handled and supervised all material legal and compliance matters, including handling major legal proceedings, defending audits by regulatory authorities, advising on various financial regulations, and establishing and operating internal control systems. A decade of experience as a member of the senior management at Korea’s top tier financial institutions has greatly enhanced his ability to offer pragmatic solutions to his clients. Mr. Lee has also worked as an accountant at Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers and as an international associate at the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. 

Mr. Lee served as a member of the Advertising Review Committee and as a member of the Advisory Committee of the Credit Finance Association. 

Mr. Lee received an LL.M. from Columbia University School of Law in 2003. He also received his B.S. in Economics and his Master of Business Administration from Seoul National University, in 1988 and 1990 respectively. He graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 1997. He is admitted to the Korea bar and the California bar. He is also a member of the Korea Institute of Certified Public Accounts.