Mr Kevin (Woo Hyuk) Choi > Shin & Kim > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile

Shin & Kim
23TH FLOOR, D-TOWER (D2)
17 JONGNO 3-GIL, JONGNO-GU
SEOUL 03155
South Korea

Work Department

Credit finance, ABS and Structured Finance, Derivatives, Capital Markets, Asset Management & Investment Funds, Real Estate

Position

Senior Foreign Attorney

Career

  • 2017-Present: Shin & Kim LLC
  • 2010-2016: Head of Legal, Korea, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
  • 2004-2010: Shin & Kim LLC
  • 2002-2004: Associate Attorney, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY
  • 2000-2002: Associate Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY

Languages

English, Korean

Memberships

  • New York State Bar Association
  • Massachusetts State Bar Association

Education

  • 1997-2000: Boston College Law School, Newton, MA (J.D., 2000)
  • 1992-1996: Columbia University, Columbia College, New York, NY (B.A., 1996)

Lawyer Rankings

South Korea > Capital markets: local firms

Shin & Kim’s capital markets group handles the full range of work, with the team advising securities firms, investment banks, issuers, and originators in relation to IPOs, rights offerings, bond issuances, and securitisations. The group continues to handle IPOs, particularly in the tech sector, despite unfavourable market conditions, as well as expand into new areas, including samurai bonds. Practice head Tae-Yong Seo has a stellar reputation as ‘one of the top capital markets experts‘ in Korea and is noted particularly for handling IPOs and bond issuances. Both Jong-Uk Lee and Kevin(Woo Hyuk) Choi stand out for their asset-backed securities and covered bonds expertise, regularly representing arrangers and originators. Yong Jin Park, Sang Yeon Eom, and Cho Seong Eun all play key roles in the team, handling domestic and cross-border ECM and DCM transactions.