Jipyong LLC

Corporate Advisory; Project Finance; Real Estate Finance; Acquisition Financing; Private Equity; Financial Institutions M&A · Overseas Investment; Southeast Asia Legal Support Center; Vietnam; China; Japan

Partner

Ms. Hera Kim is a Partner in the Finance Group. She represents Korea’s leading financial institutions (securities firms, banks, asset management companies and insurance companies) on a wide range of financing transactions, including project financings, real estate financings, structured financings, acquisition financings and renewable energy financings.

Ms. Kim is particularly renowned for her expertise in project financings for domestic and cross-border real estate development projects, as well as energy and natural resource development projects involving solar power, renewable energy and minerals. Ms. Kim also actively advises on domestic and overseas commercial real estate sales transactions of office buildings and hotels in Korea, Australia, the US, Europe, Japan and South-East Asia.

Ms. Kim has extensive experience in the cross-border expansion of Korean companies and their cross-border transactions. In particular, Ms. Kim has represented Korean construction companies and financial institutions on their entry and investments into overseas markets such as the Philippines, Japan, Vietnam and Indonesia. Ms. Kim also advises foreign corporations on issues concerning the laws and regulations of Korea.

Ms. Kim holds a B.A. in English Literature from Yonsei University and an LL.M. from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law.

She is a member of the Korean Bar.

2007-Present / JIPYONG LLC

2022-Present / Legal Advisor, Guarantee Review Committee, Korea Housing Finance Corporation

2017-Present / Member, Public Property Council, Seodaemun-gu Office

2015-Present / Legal Advisor, Ministry of Justice for Korean Small-and-Medium Enterprises in the Overseas

2018-2022 / Member, Corporate Restructuring Plan Review Committee, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

2004-2006 / Associate, Jeongse Law Offices

Korean / English

2004 / Admitted to bar, Korea

2011 / University of Southern California (LL.M.)

1997 / Yonsei University (B.A. in English Language and Literature)