Hyun Min KIM possesses extensive practical experience in finance and corporate restructuring. She handled workout cases in a specialized restructuring department at Hana Bank and, while serving as a Standing Supervising Commissioner at the Seoul Bankruptcy Court, she managed various corporate rehabilitation cases. Furthermore, she is experienced in M&A transactions within corporate restructuring proceedings. Additionally, she has built robust expertise in financial law by advising on complex financial transactions, including structured finance, asset securitization, ABCP (Asset-Backed Commercial Paper), syndicated loans, project finance, and trade finance.
Profile
Experience
- Former) Attorney, Cheongwoo and Sanji
- Former) In-house Counsel, Hana Bank (Loan Management Division: Loan Management Team, Corporate Restructuring Team)
- Former) Standing Supervising Commissioner, Seoul Bankruptcy Court Supervising Committee
- Current) Partner, LIN LLC
Representative Matters
- Advised on workout matters, including support for creditor council agendas in joint management proceedings and MOU execution, profit/loss settlements among financial institutions, and claim purchase demands by dissenting creditors
- Acted in corporate rehabilitation cases across a range of industries, including construction, manufacturing, golf courses/resorts, medical foundations, and social welfare corporations
- Advised on M&A transactions, including the sale of shares acquired through debt-to-equity swaps and capital increases in corporate rehabilitation proceedings
- Advised financial transactions, including structured finance, project finance, specific money trusts, asset securitization, trade finance
- Advised on general corporate law matters
Education
- Sookmyung Girls’ High School (1998)
- LL.B., Ewha Womans University College of Law (2006)
- LL.M. in Financial Transaction Law, Korea University Graduate School of Legal Studies (2022)
- 48th Korean Judicial Examination
- 38th class, Judicial Research and Training Institute
Publications
- A Study on the Legal Issues of Security Trust (Master's Thesis, Korea University Graduate School of Legal Studies, 2022)
Capabilities
- Corporate Restructuring (Insolvency, Workout)
- M&A
- Finance
- Corporate Legal Affairs