Mr Sung Keun Park > Yulchon > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile

Yulchon
PARNAS TOWER 38F, 521 TEHERAN-RO
GANGNAM-GU
SEOUL 06164
South Korea

Work Department

Banking and Finance, Shipping, Corporate and M&A, Real Estate

Position

Foreign Attorney

Career

Sung Keun Park is a foreign attorney at Yulchon LLC in the corporate and finance practice. Mr. Park’s practice focuses on general banking and finance, ship finance, aviation finance, acquisition finance, project finance, real estate and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Park has extensive experience in representing financial institutions, private equity funds and corporations in a broad range of cross-border transactions and matters. Prior to joining Yulchon LLC in 2012, Mr. Park worked at Schulte Roth & Zabel in its New York office. He received his J.D. from Cornell Law School in 2007 and B.A. in business administration from Seoul National University in 2000. He is admitted to practice law in New York.                    

  • 2012-present  Foreign Attorney, Yulchon LLC
  • 2009-2012  Foreign attorney, Lee & Ko
  • 2007-2009  Associate, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
  • 2000-2003  Loan Officer, New York Branch, Chohung Bank

Languages

Korean, English

Memberships

New York (2008)

Education

  • 2007  Cornell Law School, J.D.
  • Summer 2005  Institute of International and Comparative Law, Cornell Law School and Universite de Paris 1 (Pantheon – Sorbonne), Paris, France
  • 2000  Seoul National University, B.A.

Lawyer Rankings

South Korea > Banking and finance: local firms

(Next Generation Partners)

Sung Keun ParkYulchon

Yulchon is a strong name in acquisition financing, with a depth of experience in both outbound and inbound transactions, including in the real estate, shipping, and aviation industries. The team is co-headed by Young Su Shin and Sung Wook Eun. Senior partner Sung Keun Park and senior foreign legal counsel Christopher Joon Tae Cho‘s work covers the full breadth of the firm’s practice, including financial restructuring and infrastructure related transactions. Ho Jin Lee is another senior attorney advising on acquisition in the construction industry, private equity and loan financing.