Young Min Kim > Kim & Chang > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile

Kim & Chang
39 SAJIK-RO 8-GIL
JONGNO-GU
SEOUL 03170
South Korea

Work Department

Banking; Financing; Acquisition Finance; Ship Finance; Project Finance; Aircraft Finance; Foreign Direct Investment

Career

Young Min Kim is a senior attorney at Kim & Chang, specializing primarily in finance.

His practice focuses on advising publicly and privately held multinational and Korean financial institutions and corporations in a wide range of cross-border transactions, including banking, corporate finance, M&A finance, export finance, project finance, aircraft finance and ship finance.

Mr. Kim has been listed for six consecutive years from 2015 to 2020 in Chambers Global as a leading individual in banking and finance. He has also been listed for two consecutive years in 2016 and 2017 in Euromoney’s Expert Guides, and three consecutive years from 2018 to 2020 in Legal 500 as a leading individual in banking, finance and transaction. He is praised by clients for his ability to bring solutions that go beyond legal advice.

Mr. Kim received his J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 2002, and his LL.B. from the Seoul National University College of Law in 1994. He is admitted to the Korea bar and the New York bar.

Languages

Korean, English and Japanese

Memberships

Admitted to bar, Korea, 1996; New York, 2005

Education

Duke University School of Law (J.D., 2002)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1996)
College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1994)

Lawyer Rankings

South Korea > Banking and finance: local firms

Kim & Chang is one of Korea’s most visible firms for the full range of cross-jurisdictional financial transactions, particularly those regarding refinancing deals and direct and covered loans. The team is spearheaded with ‘seamless coordination’ by Kye Sung Chung. Young Min Kim specialises in advising high-profile clients within the aviation industry. Hi Sun Yoon is another authority in acquisition and handles various regulatory and registration issues within the shipping industry. Other key specialists include Ie Hwan Yoo, Young Kyun Cho and Ick Ryol Huh who work on project financing and asset management within the infrastructure and energy industries. Sang Jin Ahn is also recommended.