Currently, I am a partner at We-On Law in Seoul, Korea.

Previously, I was a partner at Shin & Kim LLC, one of the leading law firms in Korea.

Education

• BA in law from Yonsei University

• JD from Seoul National University School of Law

• LLM from UCLA School of Law

Social

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Work Highlights

• Anchor Equity Partners: advising on acquisition financing

• Bank of Korea: advising on an administrative litigation with a commercial bank regarding the imposition of administrative fines

• Baring Private Equity Asia: advising on acquisition financing

• BlackRock: advising on offshore fund registrations

• BMW Financial Services Korea: advising on regulatory matters concerning installment and leasing finance businesses

• CBRE: advising on offshore fund registrations

• Citibank Korea: advising on revising internal regulations in response to the discontinuation of LIBOR

• Eastspring Investments: advising on offshore fund registrations

• Energyinfra Asset Management: advising on overseas investment contracts

• Entertainment talents: advising on exclusive contracts with agencies

• Foreign investors: advising on filings and registrations under the Foreign Investment Promotion Act

• Hana Bank: advising on regulatory matters concerning financial consumer protection

• Hana Securities: advising on project financing and regulatory matters concerning rental housing

• Hillhouse Investment: advising on acquisition financing

• Hyundai Capital: advising on securing offshore debt financing from foreign banks

• IMM Investment: advising on annual UNPRI reporting and developing ESG-integrated internal regulations

• Industrial Bank of Korea: advising on the revision of interal compliance regulations

• JPMorgan: advising on offshore fund registrations

• Kakao Pay: advising on its majority stake acquisition of Baro Investment & Securities

• KB Securities: advising on acquisition financing

• Kiwoom Securities: advising on acquisition financing

• Kookmin Bank: advising on acquisition financing

• Korea Development Bank: advising on acquisition financing, parent-guaranteed corporate loans, perpetual convertible bonds and receivables-backed loans

• Korea Electric Power Corporation: advising on various contract disputes arising in the course of its operation

• Korea Gas Corporation: advising on various contract disputes arising in the course of its operation

• Korea Investment & Securities: advising on acquisition financing

• LG Display: advising on transactions between affiliated companies

• Macquarie Korea Asset Management: advising on fund regulations under the Capital Markets Act

• Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Korea: advising on consumer data privacy issues regulatory matters concerning installment and leasing finance businesses

• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport: advising on the revision of the presidential decree following the establishment of Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development Corporation

• Musinsa: advising on drafting an internal green washing guideline

• National Pension Service: advising on overseas investments and foreign exchange filings

• Nonghyup Bank: advising on parent-guaranteed corporate loans

• Posco E&C: advising on mid to long-term ESG-integrated corporate governance strategies

• Premier Partners: advising on overseas investments and foreign exchange filings

• Private clients: advising on (i) inheritance matters, including payment of inheritance tax by installments, limited acceptance and renunciation of inheritance, (ii) criminal law matters such as filing complaints for fraud, (iii) defending regulatory investigations of securities fraud and false corporate disclosures

• Samsung Asset Management: advising on offshore fund registrations

• Samsung Life Insurance Badminton Team: advising on a contract dispute with its player

• Schroders: advising on offshore fund registrations

• Shinhan Bank: advising on acquisition financing and asset-backed loans

• Simone Investment Managers: advising on acquiring redeemable convertible preference shares and convertible bonds issued by E-World

• Soccer players: advising on contract disputes with their teams and disciplinary procedures involving FIFA

• SK Enmove: advising on green washing issues

• Stonebridge Capital: advising on refinancing of loans

• UBP Asset Management: advising on offshore fund registrations

• VIG Partners: advising on annual UNPRI reporting and developing ESG-integrated internal regulations

• Vogo Fund Asset Management: advising on overseas investments and foreign exchange filings

• Volkswagen Financial Services Korea: advising on regulatory matters concerning financial consumer protection

• Woori Bank: advising on acquisition financing, overseas medium-term notes and project financing

• Youngpoong: advising on sustainability reporting

• Yuanta Securities Korea: advising on asset securitizations

License

• Korean Bar Admission

• FIFA Football Agent

Contact

• yschung@weonlaw.co.kr