Practice Expertise

  • Asset Finance
  • Bank Finance and Project Finance
  • Capital Markets/Securities
  • M&A and Corporate Restructuring

Areas of Practice

  • Asset Finance
  • Bank Finance and Project Finance
  • Capital Markets/Securities
  • M&A and Corporate Restructuring

Profile

Hyun is an experienced N.Y. qualified lawyer with over 22 years of experience. He joined Clifford Chance in Hong Kong in 2009 and was the Founding and Managing Partner of Clifford Chance Seoul office from 2012 until 2019 March.

He also has worked at Skadden Arps in New York and Davis Polk & Wardwell in Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Hyun specializes in capital markets, corporate finance and M&A, with extensive experience in advising Asian corporate clients on a wide range of financings and cross border M&As.

Broad Korean client base, consisting of Korean conglomerates, multi-lateral / development banks, financial institutions, private equity firms and multi-national corporates.

Bar Admissions
New York State Bar Association (1998)
Ontario Bar Association of Canada (1997/ non-active)
Korean Commercial Arbitration Board - Arbitrator
Disciplinary committee of Foreign Legal Consultants – Ministry of Justice

Education
Bachelor of Business Administration, Yonsei University (1993)
LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (1997)

Areas of Practice

  • Asset Finance
  • Bank Finance and Project Finance
  • Capital Markets/Securities
  • M&A and Corporate Restructuring

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