John (Junghyun) Kil
Partner Seoul
John Kil is a Partner (Foreign Legal Consultant, New York) in the firm’s Projects & Corporate team.
His practice focuses on international capital markets, working on a variety of debt and equity offerings by Asian issuers, including common stock offering, investment-grade bond offerings, sustainability linked offerings, as well as other cross-border corporate transactions. He has worked on multiple securitisation work on cross-board setting as well.
His practice also extends to advise clients on cross-border finance transactions, including the corporate finance, ECA finance and real estate finance in multiple jurisdictions.
He is a native Korean speaker and fluent in English.
- A major securities company in relation to a dual tranche floating rate note issued by a Korean major company.
- An international bank acting as mandated lead arranger in relation to US$150m sustainability linked notes due 2029 issued by one of the largest Korean manufacturing company.
- A syndicate of international banks acting as joint mandated lead arrangers in relation to US$300m notes due 2027 issued by one of the Korea.
- A syndicated of international banks on a US$1bn K-SURE backed facility for a Korean chip maker in relation to the purchase of equipment.
- An international bank in relation to the repack type of securitisation works.
Education
- 2013 · Washington University in St. Louis, Juris Doctor and Tax LL.M.
- 2007 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bachelor of Arts
Memberships and Associations
- New York Bar