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Sang-Hyun Lee
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Work Department
Banking and Finance.
Position
Partner.
Career
Shin & Kim (2000-Present); Member, Investment Review Committee of the Korean Teachers Credit Union (2011- 2016); International Lawyer, White & Case LLP, New York (2005-2006).
Languages
Korean and English.
Member
Korean and Seoul Bar Associations; New York State Bar Association; International Bar Association.
Education
Columbia University Law School (LL.M., 2005); Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea (1998-2000); Seoul National University, College of Law (LL.B., 1998).
South Korea: Banking and finance
Banking and finance – Local firms
Within: Banking and finance – Local firms
Shin & Kim continues to have a strong reputation in acquisition and project finance. The team has been active on several significant transactions, in one notable example Yun Seok Jang and Yong Hee Kim advised a syndicate of financial institutions led by long-standing client Woori Bank as lenders on the refinancing of acquisition financing for Doosan Machine Tools valued at over $900m. Senior foreign attorney Hyun Ju Helen Pak frequently advises private equity and asset management firms and sponsors on acquisition finance with a cross-border element. She and Jang advised Korea Trade Insurance on a loan facility extension to Korea Shipping and Maritime Transportation. For project finance transactions, Sang-Hyun Lee is well regarded and has been active on the practices’ largest transactions.
South Korea: Projects and energy
Projects and energy – Local firms
Within: Leading individuals
Sang-Hyun Lee - Shin & Kim
Within: Projects and energy – Local firms
Shin & Kim continues to be at the forefront of the alternative energy industry while also advising blue-chip corporate clients in domestic and international projects. Highlights include Hyunju Helen Pak and Sang-Hyun Lee acting for the National Pension Service as part of a consortium which acquired full ownership of Helix Holdings, and several Korean lenders in relation to financing the construction of a suspension bridge in Turkey. In investment in renewable energy projects, Michael Chang and Lee advised Korea Electric Power on the acquisition of a solar power facility located in California. In other inbound transactions, Seung-Gyu Yang and Lee lead on project finance for Daesan Green Energy's fuel cell power systems project, as well as advise K Securities, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance and Kyobo Life Insurance on the Younggwang wind farms project financing.