Yulchon LLC, Corporate&Finance
hkim@yulchon.com
Hong Kim, a Corporate & Finance partner at Yulchon, has primarily practiced in corporate governance, M&A, private equity, collective investment, climate change, renewable energy and environment.
He has provided legal counseling on various cases ranging from M&A deals, domestic and foreign investment projects by Korean and foreign PE firms, real estate transactions and development and sales of logistics centers.
Furthermore, He plays a significant part in the Environment/Energy practice at Yulchon, focusing on legal counseling for investors on projects for developing new and renewable energy such as inland and offshore energy, solar energy, inland and offshore wind power, biomass energy and for developing fuel cell power plants and transaction/development projects for environmental facilities such as incineration plant, waste landfill, waste water treatment facility.
He obtained the Bachelor of Laws degree and completed the master course (Environmental Law) at Seoul National University. After his service as a military advocate, he had worked at Shin & Kim for 8 years since 2008 as a partner in corporate counseling team. In 2013, Hong Kim completed LL.M. program at University of California, Berkeley in the US specializing in new and renewable energy field and obtained the Certificate of Specialization in Energy and Clean Technology Law. After the program, Mr.Kim had worked as an Overseas Qualified Lawyer at silicon valley office of Reed Smith LLP.