Yong Seung Sun > 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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Yong Seung Sun
Work Department
Investment Management; Banking; Structured Finance; Mergers & Acquisitions; Corporate Governance & Shareholder Disputes; Foreign Direct Investment; Private Equity; Corporate Finance; Shareholder Activism
Career
Yong Seung Sun is an attorney at Kim & Chang’s Structured Finance, Investment Management and M&A Practices.
Mr. Sun’s practice focuses on advising multinational and Korean financial institutions and corporations on a wide range of cross-border and domestic transactions, including those in the structured finance, investment management and M&A areas.
Mr. Sun graduated from the College of Law at Seoul National University in 1995. He continued his legal training in the Korean Army and later joined the firm in 2000. He received his LL.M. from New York University School of Law in 2006 and worked at the New York office of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton before returning to Kim & Chang in 2007.
Languages
Korean and English
Memberships
Admitted to bar, Korea, 1997
Education
New York University School of Law (LL.M., 2006)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1997)
Seoul National University (LL.B., 1995)
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Capital markets: local firms
Handling high-value transactions, Kim & Chang’s ‘breadth and depth of services are unparalleled’. Noted for its expertise in IPOs on the Korea Exchange and cross-jurisdictional securitisation matters, the team also advises on covered and exchangeable bonds. The practice is led by Kye Sung Chung, while Myoung-Jae Chung works on the full range of equity offerings, as well as structured hybrid instruments and derivatives. Seung Jae Yoo focuses on denominated senior unstructured notes, while Yong-Ho Kim specialises in structured finance. Other key team members include Yong Seung Sun, who advises on receivables transactions, and Tae Min Yun.
Lawyer Rankings
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- 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