Comparative Guide
Tax
South Korea
Kyu Dong Kim, Yong Whan Choi, Hyeon Jeong & Ellie Jin
Yulchon offers expertise in shipping, banking and finance, with experience in contentious and non-contentious shipping matters and particular knowledge of ship finance. The practice is co-led by Young Su Shin and Jae Hyun Park, who both demonstrate expertise in finance. The ‘experienced’ Christopher JoonTae Cho brings financing acumen, positioning him as a key advisor on ship financing. Sung Keun Park acts for financial institutions, private equity funds and corporations in cross-border transactions, and Geen Kim concentrates on alternative investments.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Accolades
Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Vastly experienced team, efficient and commercially minded.’
‘Christopher JoonTae Cho is a very experienced partner.’
Key clients
- KEXIM (Export-Import Bank of Korea)
- Orion Capital Management
- Korea Development Bank
- KDB Infrastructure Investments Asset Management Co., Ltd.
- Societe Generale
- Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited
- Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
- Korea Ocean Business Corporation (“KOBC”)
- Aviation Industry Corporation of China (“AVIC”)
- Citibank, N.A.
Work highlights
Advised The Korea Development Bank as senior lender in connection with the financing of two 2324,966 DWT very large ore carriers for Wooyang Shipping.
Advised KOBC in connection with the refinancing of four 300,000 DWT VLCCs to be chartered to Hyundai Glovis.
Advised KEXIM in connection with the financing programme of twenty five LNG carrier vessels to be built at Hanwha Ocean and HD Hyundai Mipo and operated by Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat)
Practice head
Young Su Shin; Jae Hyun Park
Other key lawyers
Christopher JoonTae Cho; Sung Keun Park; Geen Kim