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Sang Jin Ahn

+82 2 3703 1059 sjahn@kimchang.com View profile

Work Department

Financing; Project Finance; Capital Markets; Banking; Japan; Ship Finance

Career

Sang Jin Ahn is an attorney at Kim & Chang who specializes in the Financing, Project Finance, Capital Markets, Banking and Japan Practices.

Throughout his career of over 20 years at Kim & Chang, Mr. Ahn has acquired extensive experience in representing top Korean, Japanese and other international corporations on a wide range of domestic and cross-border transactions and regulatory matters, including banking, project financing, structured financing and acquisition financing matters, as well as M&A of financial institutions and acquisition of real estate.

Mr. Ahn has authored various publications, such as “Looking over the Governing Law of Receivable Transfer,” “Shipping Finance Review 2011/12: Korea section” and “Cash Pooling and Insolvency.” He was named “Lawyer of the Year” in 2014 and “Leading Lawyer” in 2020 by Legal Times, a leading legal magazine in Korea. In 2019 and 2020, he was recognized as an outstanding lawyer in the banking sector by Who’s Who Legal, a leading legal directory based in the United Kingdom.

Languages

Korean, English and Japanese

Memberships

Admitted to bar, Korea, 1998

Education

Seoul National University (Advanced Management Program, 2019)
University of California Hastings College of the Law (LL.M., 2005)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1998)
Seoul National University (LL.B., 1996)