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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.
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.
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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.
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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
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Admissions
1988 Admitted to bar, Korea
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Languages
Korean and English
Awards and Recognitions
2024 Chambers Global - 'Ranked Lawyers' (Senior Statespeople) (Banking & Finance)
2024 Chambers Asia Pacific - 'Ranked Lawyers' (Senior Statespeople) (Banking & Finance)
2023 Asialaw Leading Lawyers - Senior Statesman (Banking & Finance, Banking & Financial services)
2023 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
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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)
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