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Il Roh KIM Attorney
T. +82-2-3477-8585 F. +82-2-3477-8694 E. irkim@law-lin.com
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Mr. Kim started his legal career at Lee & Ko and has accumulated a wealth of experience as a finance-specialized attorney by advising on corporate finance (syndicated loan, corporate bond, IPO, acquisition financing), real estate funds, securitization, and alternative investments. 
After joining Kim & Chang in 2015, as a member of the M&A and corporate compliance team, Mr. Kim advised on M&A deals of large domestic conglomerates, notable foreign PEs, and large domestic PEs, further cultivating his expertise in the area of finance (including structured finance, alternative investments, and project financing (SOC PF)). 
By representing numerous domestic and foreign clients, Mr. Kim handled various disputes and litigations, including disputes on general corporate matters, corporate internal investigations, and establishment of corporate internal control systems, and disputes with the U.S. Department of Justice over anti-money laundering and violation of economic sanctions, civil and criminal cases, and bankruptcy cases (representing the creditors of H-Ferry in one of the bankruptcy cases).
Mr. Kim also earned an LL.M. from the University of Chicago Law School and is admitted to the Bars in the States of New York and Illinois.
With the launch of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials in 2021, Mr. Kim was appointed as one of the first prosecutors, and by serving as a prosecutor in the investigation department, Mr. Kim gained experience in various special investigations and handled power-type corruption cases and public security cases relating to high-ranking officials. After cultivating a unique specialty from investigation to trial stages, Mr. Kim joined LIN in 2022 as a partner.
Mr. Kim started his legal career at Lee & Ko and has accumulated a wealth of experience as a finance-specialized attorney by advising on corporate finance (syndicated loan, corporate bond, IPO, acquisition financing), real estate funds, securitization, and alternative investments. 
After joining Kim & Chang in 2015, as a member of the M&A and corporate compliance team, Mr. Kim advised on M&A deals of large domestic conglomerates, notable foreign PEs, and large domestic PEs, further cultivating his expertise in the area of finance (including structured finance, alternative investments, and project financing (SOC PF)). 
By representing numerous domestic and foreign clients, Mr. Kim handled various disputes and litigations, including disputes on general corporate matters, corporate internal investigations, and establishment of corporate internal control systems, and disputes with the U.S. Department of Justice over anti-money laundering and violation of economic sanctions, civil and criminal cases, and bankruptcy cases (representing the creditors of H-Ferry in one of the bankruptcy cases).
Mr. Kim also earned an LL.M. from the University of Chicago Law School and is admitted to the Bars in the States of New York and Illinois.
With the launch of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials in 2021, Mr. Kim was appointed as one of the first prosecutors, and by serving as a prosecutor in the investigation department, Mr. Kim gained experience in various special investigations and handled power-type corruption cases and public security cases relating to high-ranking officials. After cultivating a unique specialty from investigation to trial stages, Mr. Kim joined LIN in 2022 as a partner.
Profile
Experience
• Past) Procter & Gamble Japan, Singapore (Asia HQ)
• Past) Lee & Ko, Attorney
• Past) Kim & Chang, Senior Attorney
• Past) Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) for High-ranking Officials, Prosecutor
• Current) LIN
 
Representative Matters 화살표 화살표
1. Financial Transaction

• Advised on K Highway project financing (SOC/PPP) deal
• Advised on D, S light rail transit (SOC/PPP) deal 
• Advised on terminal (including B-LNG terminals and J terminals) project financing and refinancing deals
• Advised on foreign PE’s equity investment in domestic commercial banks and issuance of asset-backed bonds
• Advised on acquisition financing deals for numerous domestic and foreign PEs 
• Advised on numerous structured financing deals, including auto loans and accounts receivable of telecommunications companies
• Advised on structured finance for numerous housing development projects and real estate PF transactions
• Advised syndicated lenders on syndicated loans and refinancing for companies facing liquidity-crisis
•  Advised domestic pension funds and asset management companies on foreign alternative investment (energy) project fund deals
• Advised numerous pension funds and asset management companies on their Fund of Funds (FOF) investment in notable foreign funds (alternative investments)
• Advised domestic and foreign real estate funds on the purchase of office buildings and hotels 
• Advised on commercial real estate securitization (sale & leaseback) transactions using real estate funds
• Advised the syndicated lenders for refinancing of Seoul International Finance Center (SFC) 
• Advised on the issuance of foreign bonds by domestic companies 
• Advised a foreign company on its IPO plan in the domestic stock market
• Numerous other project financings, syndicated loans, secured loans, and structured finance deals 

2. M&A and Corporate Advisory

•  Advised numerous large domestic PEs and notable foreign PEs on M&A deals such as corporate buyout
• Advised Company C on its acquisition of Turkey’s No. 1 cinema chain company 
• Advised Company C on the sale of its media affiliates 
• Advised on equity exchange and collaboration agreement between Group C and Group N
• Advised Group C on its equity investment in Company A (U.S.) 
• Advised on Group N’s projects, such as Group N’s business expansion establishment of JV in the Southeast Asian market
• Advised Asset Management Company M on the purchase transaction of the leading (No. 1 and 2) rest areas in Korea
• Advised Korean pension fund on the acquisition of U terminal in Singapore 
• Advised Company S in the U.S. on the acquisition of a Korean semiconductor engineering company
• Advised on the acquisition of a domestic company by a notable foreign PE, and establishment of a PMI and compliance system 
• Advised on various corporate issues of Group H’s domestic terminal subsidiaries, and represented in disputes arising from new port projects and relations with port authorities 
• Represented domestic and foreign PEs or other strategic investors and advised on deals in the bidding stage for various acquisition target companies

3. Financial Regulation, Corporate Compliance, and Internal Investigations 

• Advised on representation and defense projects for domestic commercial banks’ violation of U.S. economic sanctions and insufficient anti-money laundering system
• Advised a domestic commercial bank on a project to establish a compliance system for the Economic Sanctions Act 
• Advised on an external audit project regarding anti-money laundering (AML) compliance of domestic financial institution
• Advised on projects related to international sanctions by the order of the Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation  
• Advised on the establishment of the FATCA operation model for commercial banks by the order of the Korea Federation of Banks 
• Performed in-house dispatch works for a subsidiary of K Credit Ratings by representing M Credit Ratings Asia 
• Advised on issues regarding the regulation of credit rating agencies 
• Advised on an internal investigation into the excessive collection of fees for abuse of a foreign currency remittance system at the domestic branch of a foreign bank
• Advised on internal investigations into employee’s breach of trust and receiving/giving bribe by breach of trust
• Advised a unicorn Company C on a compliance system establishment project related to economic sanctions 

4. Criminal

• Represented clients at the investigation stage of violations of the Capital Markets Act, including price manipulation by large financial institutions and concert parties
• Handled investigation (special investigation/corruption) and trial stages in cases where high-ranking officials obstructed a person from exercising a right by abuse of authority, misappropriated public funds (misappropriation, embezzlements, etc.), and violated of State Public Officials Act and Public Official Election Act 

5. Litigations 

• Represented numerous foreign creditors in rehabilitation/bankruptcy procedures due to the bankruptcy of a domestic shipping company
• Represented foreign Company H (Plaintiff) in a lawsuit involving non-performance of an obligation by a domestic shipping company 
• Represented defendant in the appeal trial of a lawsuit where a former executive of a rest area sought compensation
• Represented defendant in the appeal trial of a lawsuit in relation to a PF loan fund for a hotel business 
• Advised foreign Company A on a lawsuit relating to a domestic mining development investment project
• Advised on the establishment of International School B and related legal matters 
• Represented and defended clients in personal domestic affairs cases and criminal cases 
Education
• Seoul National University, B.A. in Psychology and Economics
• Yonsei University Law School 
• University of Chicago Law School LL.M.
• Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law, Ph. D. Coursework (current)
 
Qualifications
• Attorney at Law (Korea) (2013)
• Attorney at Law (New York) (2020)
• Attorney at Law (Illinois) (2020)
 
Practice Areas
Finance
M&A
corporate advisory
compliance
criminal law
civil law
Languages
• Korean
• English
• Japanese
 
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