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Watson Farley & Williams LLP Foreign Legal Consultant Office Offices
16F, Tower A, Centropolis 26
Ujeongguk-ro, Jongno-gu
Seoul 03161
South Korea
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Ricky Kim
Work Department
PARTNER IN THE ASSETS AND STRUCTURED FINANCE GROUP
Position
Ricky has over a decade of experience on all aspects of ship financing advising financial institutions (banks, export credit agencies, private equity investors and funds) and shipping companies (owners, managers and charterers).
He specialises in banking and finance matters including secured lending, syndicated and bilateral lending, corporate finance and ECA-backed finance (particularly KEXIM Guarantee, KOBC, K-Sure and Sinosure cover) as well as restructuring, works-outs, rehabilitation and loan portfolio transfers.
Ricky is native Korean and has significant experience on Korean BBCHP structured financings and regularly acts for both Korean and international financial institutions on financings involving leading Korean shipowners.
Ricky is qualified in both Singapore and England & Wales.
Memberships
2015 · Law Society of England and Wales
2010 · Singapore Academy of Law
Education
2009 · National University of Singapore, Bachelor of Laws
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Shipping: foreign firms
Watson Farley & Williams LLP
fields a ‘highly specialised’ shipping practice, with particular expertise in restructurings involving shipping companies, and shipping disputes. The practice is co-headed by Ricky Kim, who oversees the assets and structured finance side, and Philip Do Youn Kim who is in charge of dispute resolution. The team also includes Madeline Leong
, who is highly knowledgeable in finance matters relating to the maritime sector, and Christoforos Bisbikos, another ship finance specialist with experience in a wide range of shipping projects, such as acquisitions of fleets and joint ventures in the maritime space.