Jin Ho Song > Kim & Chang > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile
Kim & Chang Offices
39 SAJIK-RO 8-GIL
JONGNO-GU
SEOUL 03170
South Korea
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Jin Ho Song
Work Department
Real Estate; Mergers & Acquisitions; Foreign Direct Investment; Private Equity; Serious Accidents Punishment Act
Career
Jin Ho Song is an attorney at Kim & Chang who is licensed to practice in Korea and the State of New York with an LL.M. from UCLA School of Law. He provides legal advice in the areas of real estate, construction, mergers & acquisitions, foreign investment, and private equity.
Mr. Song is one of the key attorneys of the firm’s Real Estate Practice that has extensive experience in advising on real estate transactions. He has primarily advised foreign and institutional investors on domestic commercial real estate transactions, and has led research and implementation of real estate investment plans through various vehicles such as REITs, funds and PFVs. Mr. Song has mainly advised on value-added investments, such as development and remodeling, as well as simple real estate sales transactions. In addition, he has provided one-stop services to clients with his expertise in real estate project finance (PF) and taxation, both of which are essential for giving advice on real estate transaction. Mr. Song also has a wide range of experiences in real estate development and operations, as well as in responding to serious accidents, litigation, and other disputes or crisis management.
Mr. Song advises foreign investors and institutions on domestic real estate transactions, and domestic companies on acquisition of overseas real estate. Based on such wide range of experience, Mr. Song provides diverse planning and advice to domestic and foreign companies at the stage of newly entering into real estate investment or reviewing new types of real estate investments.
Mr. Song has been recognized as a leading individual by Chambers Asia-Pacific for his expertise in real estate. Mr. Song has authored various publications, including “The Real Estate Review: Korea chapter” and “Getting the Deal Through – Real Estate (Korea Chapter).”
Languages
Korean and English
Memberships
Admitted to Bar, Korea, 2002; New York, 2015
Education
UCLA School of Law (LL.M., 2011)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2002)
Seoul National University (LL.B., 2000)
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Real estate: local firms
(Next Generation Partners)Counting domestic and international companies among its key roster of clients, Kim & Chang‘s team advises on a wide range of construction-related transactions involving the full range of real properties. Yon Kyun Oh leads the team and Keun Ah Cho specialises in real estate-related M&A, in addition to tax-efficient property investment structures, asset-backed securitisations, and share acquisition matters. Sang Min Lee advises foreign investors and companies on inbound purchases and acquisitions, as well as advising domestic real estate funds on inbound transactions. Dual qualified in New York and Seoul, attorney Jin Ho Song handles matters concerning special purpose vehicle establishment and management.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners South Korea > Real estate: local firms
- Real estate: local firms South Korea
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- Insurance: local firms
- Intellectual property: local firms
- International arbitration
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Regulatory: compliance and investigations: local firms
- Shipping: local firms
- Tax: local firms
- TMT: local firms