Byoung Seon CHOE
Attorney
T. 02-3477-8689
F. 02-3477-8669
E. bschoe@law-lin.com
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Byoung Seon CHOE has been involved in numerous major cross-border financial transactions, foreign exchange transactions, and works related to derivatives, asset securitization, and structured finance, corporate restructuring and M&As, sales of distressed assets , and related litigations. From early 2010 to late 2011, he was based in Shanghai, China, and is also involved in China-related works. Furthermore, Kim has strong ties with lawyers in other countries, having served as President of the World Association of Korean Lawyers from 2014 to 2016, and has recently been actively involved in resolving inheritance-related issues.
Profile
Experience
- Current) LIN
- Past) Senior Managing Partner, Shanghai Office, Shin & Kim, LLC
- Past) Visiting Scholar, Washington State University, US
- Past) Foreign Legal Counsel, Field Fisher Waterhouse, London, UK
- Past) Shin & Kim, LLC
Education
•Graduated from the Department of Foreign Affairs, College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University (B.A., Political Science) (February 1981)
•Graduated from Seoul National University Graduate School of Law (LL.M.) (February 1984)
•Completed coursework for Ph.D. in law at Seoul National University Graduate School of Law (August 1988)
•Graduated from Washington State University, School of Law (LL.M.) (August 1992)
Qualifications
•Attorney at law(Korea)
•Patent attorneys(Korea)
•Tax accountant(Korea)
•Arbitrator of the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
Publications
•Hypothetical Lawful Conduct in German Tort Law (1984)
•Study of Comparative Government (co-translated, Beobmunsa, 1985)
•Issuance of American Depositary Receipts by Korean Companies (1992)
•Issuance of Foreign Securities by Korean Companies - Focusing on Exchangeable Bonds (Securities Law Review, Vol. 3, No. 2 (2002))
•Financial Holdings Companies in Korea in the Era of Global Financial Services (A Euromoney Publication: 2002/2003)
•Practical Guide to Overseas Bond Issuance (BFL, No. 8, November 2004)
•Financial Services Regulators in Korea (Richmond Law & Tax, 2004)
•Chinese Tax Law (co-authored; Investment & Business Guide II, Ministry of Justice, 2010)
•China's Fair Trade Law (co-authored; Investment & Business Guide III, Ministry of Justice, 2010)
•Theory and Practice of Exchangeable Bond Issuance (KOSDAQ Listed Companies Association, KOSDAQ Publication 11-3, 2011)
•Recent Changes to the Commercial Code Provisions on Exchangeable Bonds (Asia Legal Business, November 2012)
Practice Areas
•Finance (international finance, foreign exchange, derivative finance, asset securitization, structured finance, ship finance, aircraft finance)
•Corporate Restructuring
•M&As
•China-related work
•Inheritance and wealth management
•Dispute resolution related to the above
Languages
•Korean
•English
•Chinese