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Seung Hyun Dennis Cho

Seung Hyun Dennis Cho

Senior Foreign Attorney
Introduction

Mr. Seung Hyun Dennis Cho is a senior foreign attorney at Shin & Kim. His practice focuses on general lending transactions for financial institutions, ECA financings, real estate finance, and ship finance. He has accumulated diverse practical and leadership experience at financial institutions and corporations, and advises a wide range of domestic and international clients based on such experience.

Professional Career
  • 2021-PresentShin & Kim LLC
  • 2020-2021Executive Director, Sorin Corporation
  • 2015-2020Shin & Kim LLC
  • 2013-2015Foreign Attorney, Lee & Ko, Seoul, Korea
  • 2011Summer Associate, O’Melveny & Myers, California, United States
  • 2010Law Clerk, City of St. Louis Circuit Court, Missouri, United States
  • 2005-2009Credit Analyst/RM, Investment Banking, Kookmin Bank, Seoul, Korea
Professional Affiliations
  • 2025-PresentMember, Special Underwriting Committee, Korea Trade Insurance Corporation
Key Experience
  • Advised Korea Trade Insurance Corporation on export financing for K-defense exports to Poland.
  • Advised Korea Trade Insurance Corporation on financing in connection with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in the UAE.
  • Advised Korea Trade Insurance Corporation on financing in connection with Verizon Communications.
  • Advised Korea Trade Insurance Corporation and the lender group on financing for Nexen Tire’s European manufacturing facilities.
  • Advised Korea Trade Insurance Corporation and the lender group on financing for Hanwha Solutions’ renewable energy projects in Europe.
  • Advised Korea Trade Insurance Corporation and the lender group on financing for SK hynix’s acquisition of semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
  • Advised domestic and international financial institutions on multiple syndicated loan transactions.
  • Advised the lender group on financing for a data center located in Sangam, Seoul.
  • Advised the lender group on financing for major office buildings in Seoul, including Seoul Finance Center and Gangnam Finance Center, as well as multiple logistics centers in the Seoul metropolitan area.
  • Represented Korea Development Bank in connection with multiple corporate finance and project finance transactions.
  • Advised Korea Development Bank and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on matters relating to the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
  • Advised multiple domestic financial institutions on foreign currency borrowings.
  • Represented Korea Trade Insurance Corporation, Export-Import Bank of Korea, Korea Ocean Business Corporation, and the lender group in connection with multiple ship financing transactions.
  • Advised on acquisition financing for multiple cross-border transactions involving Meridian Bioscience, Momentive and Kraton in the United States, as well as Traffix Group in Canada, among others.
  • Advised on acquisition financing for multiple domestic transactions involving SK Shieldus, SK hynix’s acquisition of Intel’s NAND flash business, EMK, Burger King Korea, Acuon Capital, A Twosome Place, Outback Steakhouse Korea, and DIG Airgas, among others.
  • Advised domestic companies on the establishment of overseas joint ventures and overseas business operations.
  • Advised on multiple cross-border fund-of-funds investments.
Education
  • 2012Washington University in St. Louis, School of Law (J.D.)
  • 2005Korea University, College of Law (LL.B.)
Qualifications
  • 2013Admitted to bar, New York
Languages

Korean, English

Professional Accolades

    

  • "Leading Lawyer" for Banking and Finance, IFLR1000, 2023-2025

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