Partner
TEL |
+82-2-772-4361 |
E-MAIL |
yeokyoon.yoon@leeko.com |
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Yeo Kyoon Yoon is one of the leading partners in the Banking and Finance Group at Lee & Ko with 20 years of practice experience. He has extensive experience in leveraged and acquisition finance, having regularly represented many leading Korean and international banks and financial institutions on a variety of high profile M&A transactions including leveraged finance transactions for the acquisition of, ADT Caps, ING Insurance, Oriental Brewery, Hi-Mart, Nepa, Coway, Superior Essex and Fila Global. He has also frequently advised the Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (formerly known as the Korea Export Insurance Corporation) in a number of ECA-backed finance transactions that include, among others, the Sabine Pass LNG Train Project in the U.S., the Marafiq US$ 3.5 billion Independent Water and Power Project (IWPP) in Saudi Arabia, the Al Dur US$ 2.1 Billion IWPP Project in Bahrain and the Angamos US$ 1.2 Billion Power Project in Chile.
Mr. Yoon has served as a committee member of the Financial Disputes Mediation Committee of the Financial Supervisory Service since 2006. He also writes and lectures frequently on general banking, asset finance, project finance, leveraged finance and ECA-backed finance at the Judicial Research and Training Institute and various banks and financial institutions in Korea including the Korea Trade Insurance Corporation.
Education
1998 |
University of Southampton - LL.M. |
1986 |
Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea |
1982 |
College of Law, Seoul National University - LL.B. |
Work Experience
1991-Present |
Lee & Ko |
2017-Present |
Auditor, Seoul National University Law Fund |
2011-2017 |
Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board |
2006-2013 |
Financial Disputes Mediation Committee of the Financial Supervisory Service, Member |
1998 |
Foreign Legal Consultant at Lillick &Charles, Long Beach, California |
1997 |
Foreign Legal Consultant at Clyde &Co., London |
Expertise
Financial Compliance |
Start-ups |
Non-banking Financial Institutions |
Acquisition Finance |
Project Finance & Infrastructure |
Corporate |
Banking |
Admissions
Admitted to bar, Korea(1988) |
Languages
Representative Cases
- Advised lenders on KRW1,345,000,000,000 financing for Carlyle Group’s acquisition of 100% of TFSS (a holding company which owns 100% in ADT Caps Co., Ltd., the second largest company in Korea’s security industry), Capstec Co., Ltd. and ADT Security Co., Ltd. This deal was one of the largest private equity transactions in Asia in 2014.
- Advised Korea Exchange Bank, NH Investment & Securities Co., Ltd., Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank and other financial institution on a KRW1,941,000,000,000 financing for acquisition by Hahn & Company and Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. of 50.50% shares of HVCC by Visteon Corporation.
- Advised KEB Hana Bank,, NH Investment & Securities Co., Ltd. and other financial institution on a KRW791,000,000,000 financing for acquisition by Hahn & Company of Ssangyong Cement Industrial Co., Ltd.
Awards and Recognitions
2024 |
Chambers Global - 'Ranked Lawyers' (Senior Statespeople) (Banking & Finance) |
2024 |
Chambers Asia Pacific - 'Ranked Lawyers' (Senior Statespeople) (Banking & Finance) |
2023-2024 |
Asialaw Leading Lawyers - Senior Statesman (Banking & Finance, Banking & Financial services) |
2023-2024 |
IFLR1000 - 'Expert consultant' (Banking) |
2021-2024 |
Legal 500 - 'Hall of Fame' (Banking & Finance) |
2021, 2023 |
Chambers Asia Pacific - 'Ranked Lawyers' (Band 3) (Banking & Finance) |
2021 |
Chambers Global - 'Ranked Lawyers' (Band3) (Banking & Finance) |
2020, 2022-2023 |
Asialaw Leading Lawyers - 'Distinguished practitioner' (Banking & Finance) |
2019-2022 |
IFLR1000 - 'Notable practitioner' (Banking & Finance) |
2016-2019 |
Chambers Asia Pacific - 'Leading Lawyers' (Banking & Finance) |
2016-2019 |
Chambers Global - 'Leading Lawyers' (Banking & Finance) |
2017 |
Asialaw 'Leading Lawyers' (Banking & Finance) |
2009-2010, 2019 |
Legal 500 - Leading Lawyer (Banking & Finance) |
2013 |
PFI, Deal of the Year Award - Sabine Pass LNG Train Project |
Publications / Presentations / ETC
- Research on the Draft Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment, (Ministry of Justice of Korea, 2001)
- Air Carrier&Liability in Passenger Claims, (LL.M. paper, 1997)