Soo Chang KIM

Soo Chang KIM
AttorneySoo Chang KIM
+82-2-397-9815
sckim@kimchanglee.com

Professional Experience

  • 2008 ~ Present Managing Partner, Kim Chang Lee
  • 2001 ~ 2008 Managing Partner, Kim & Company
  • 1984 ~ 2001 Head of Finance and Securities Practice Groups, Lee & Ko
  • 1986 Foreign Lawyer, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy (New York Office)
  • 1981 ~ 1984 Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army
  • 1981 Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (11th Class)

Education

  • 1979 Korea University, Graduate School of Law (LL.M.)
  • 1977 Korea University, School of Law (LL.B.)

Bar Admission

  • 1981 Korea

Practice Areas

  • International Financing
  • Project Finance
  • Corporate Restructuring
  • M&A/Joint Ventures
  • PPI Projects
  • Corporate Finance (Non-Performing Assets/Loans; Asset-Backed Securitizations)

Representative Legal Matters

  • Incheon New Airport Expressway Project
  • Yongyu-Mueui-do International Tourism Complex Development Project
  • Youngdo Water Treatment Facility Project (Busan City)
  • Incheon North Port Project
  • Moonhaksan Tunnel Project
  • Seoul Metro Line 9 Project and other project finance transactions
  • Restructuring of Hanwha Group and sale of its assets to overseas entities
  • Restructuring of LG Group and sale of its assets to overseas entities
  • Sale of Daesang Co., Ltd.’s assets to overseas entities
  • Hanvit Bank’s M&A transaction and other corporate restructuring/M&A transactions
  • Sale of multiple NPLs held by Korea Asset Management Corporation to overseas entities including the KAMCO 1998-1 program.
  • Sale of merchant bank NPLs held by Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation to overseas entities
  • Multiple ABS issuances by LG Capital
  • Multiple ABS matters for Morgan Stanley, Lone Star and other foreign institutions
  • ABS matter for sale of the Hynix headquarters building and other ABS matters and sales of nonperforming loans

Professional Activities

  • 2007 ~ Present International Arbitrator, ICC Korea
  • 2004 ~ 2006 Member, Commission on Development of Financial Industry
  • 2002 ~ 2007 Outside Director, Hynix Semiconductor
  • 2001 ~ 2002 Special Advisor, Dispute Resolution Commission of Creditor Financial Institutions
  • 1998 ~ Present Special Advisor, Commission on Social Overhead Capital Projects, Federation of Korean Industries
  • 1997 ~ Present Special Advisor, Commission on Social Overhead Capital Projects, Ministry of Construction and Transportation
  • 1995 ~ 1997 Special Advisor, Commission on Social Overhead Capital Projects; OECD Advisor, Ministry of Finance and Economy
  • 1994 ~ Present Member, Government Advisory Group on International Economic Affairs, Economic Cooperation Development Organization under the Subcommittee on International Finance, Commission on Development of Financial Industry
  • 1992 ~ Present Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board

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