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Kevin Choi is a senior foreign attorney at Shin & Kim, focusing on corporate and finance matters while advising and managing relationships with key clients, including global financial institutions, asset management firms, major Korean conglomerates, a leading insurance company and a leading entertainment company.

With over two decades of experience in both private practice and in-house legal roles in Seoul and New York, Mr. Choi advises domestic and international clients on a broad range of corporate, financial and regulatory matters. His expertise spans cross-border financing, capital markets, M&As, real estate finance, regulatory compliance, restructuring and insolvency.

Prior to rejoining Shin & Kim in 2017, Mr. Choi served for seven years as a senior member of the Asia-Pacific legal and Korea management teams at The Royal Bank of Scotland, overseeing legal and regulatory matters relating to its Korean banking and securities operations. Earlier in his career, he practiced at leading international law firms in New York and Seoul, advising multinational corporations and financial institutions on complex financing and capital markets transactions.

• Represented major foreign banks and securities firms in various types of financial transactions, also advising on their business operations and compliance matters.
• Advised foreign financial companies on regulatory matters, including licensing issues and shareholding reporting.
• Represented a major entertainment company in Korea in connection with its shareholders’ meetings and advised on various civil and criminal litigation matters.
• Represented a major international hedge fund, advising on its investment in major Korean unicorn companies.
• Represented a foreign real estate asset management company, advising on real estate transactions and purchase of CEO’s stake in an affiliate company.
• Represented an overseas asset management company, advising on its investment in real estate PF loans.
• Represented a foreign asset management company in connection with its successful defense of an investigation conducted by Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service.
• Advised major foreign asset management companies in connection with the registration of various of their funds with Financial Supervisory Service.
• Representing a major credit card company in Korea, logistics REITs and foreign asset management companies in connection with their respective IPOs.
• Advised global investment banks and Korean credit card companies in connection with cross-border asset securitization transactions.
• Advised major Korean banks and KHFC in connection with the issuance of covered bonds and mortgage-backed securities.
• Represented foreign financial companies in connection with establishing their business operations in Korea, including in the forms of a branch, liaison office, subsidiary etc.
• Represented and advised a major Korean insurance company on regulatory matters connected to undertaking a new, non-traditional line of business (e.g., e-commerce).
• Represented and advised foreign entertainment and casino companies on AML and compliance matters.