Tom Shin is a Senior Foreign Attorney at Lee & Ko and one of the leading banking and finance lawyers in Korea. He is recognized by both peers and clients as one of the foremost lawyers in projects, power, infrastructure and renewable energy in Korea. He has been profiled in Legal 500 (2012, 2011, 2010, 2007, 2006) as one of the leading lawyers in project finance. More recently, Chambers Global (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010) and Chambers Asia (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010) have named him as a “highly regarded deal maker, particularly in the field of project finance” with “years of cross-border expertise”. He has also been nominated as a leading lawyer by International Financial Law Review in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. His expertise also includes securities regulation.

Mr. Shin concluded a number of landmark projects, including the Mong Duong 2 power project in Vietnam by POSCO Energy, the then largest photovoltaic power plant in Korea in Sinan financed by Standard Chartered Bank, a ground-breaking wind farm project in Kangwon Province arranged by Korea Development Bank and Mizuho, Pusan New Port Project 1-1 arranged by a syndication of European and Korean banks, the first Korean Won denominated project finance relating to independent power plant sponsored by Sithe Energies, and the first asset-backed securitization in Korea by KAMCO. More recently, he advised Daelim Industrial as sponsor in the landmark Cannakale Bridge project in Turkey.

Mr. Shin acted as lenders counsel in major international infrastructure projects sponsored by multinational companies on notable international projects such as Seoul Beltway Project and Daegu-Pusan Expressway Project which included offshore financing from a group of Japanese banks. He was also the principal attorney for captive power plant project water treatment facilities, co-generation power plants and petrochemical plant financing. Additionally, he acted as Korean sponsor's counsel in cross-border power plants and desalination projects by Korean companies in Latin America, Central Asia and Australia.

In recent years, Mr. Shin has been leading the way in new and renewable energy finance in Korea and has concluded a number of solar photovoltaic and wind farm projects in Korea and abroad. He has successfully advised major Korean bank in the project financing for a major wind farm project in Oklahoma, USA and in a major light rail train project in Korea. He has also advised one of state-owned power companies in its investment in a wind farm in Pakistan and coal-fired power plant in Chile. He has also advised Korean investors in investments and financing of photovoltaic power plants in California and Guam.

He has also represented clients in a number of ECA transactions in major overseas projects such as Eurasia Tunnel in Istanbul, PT Krakatau Posco steel mill in Indonesia, Hermes covered financing for Posco Energy and other ECA financed transactions and Gaziantep Health Campus PPP Project and Cannakale Bridge Project, both in Turkey.

Mr. Shin is based in Lee & Ko PanGyo Office and provides comprehensive and focused advice to meet the progressive needs of industrial innovation and IT companies.