Hyun is a N.Y. qualified lawyer with over 24 years of experience. Hyun specializes in disputes arising out of 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.

Prior to joining Peter & Kim, Hyun was the Founding and Managing Partner of Clifford Chance Seoul office from 2011 until 2019. He also has worked at Skadden Arps in New York and Davis Polk & Wardwell in Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Hyun has also co-founded 2 start-ups, one in the 5pl logistics space and another document management solutions company, both located in Singapore.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Capital Markets Mergers & Acquisitions Arbitration Project Finance

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

Arbitration

Advised KEPCO in its arbitration against Hyundai E&C and Samsung Corporation (Barakah Nuclear Project / LCIA); Advised Hyundai Heavy Industries in its arbitration / settlement of 2 large international arbitration cases in connection with drilling rig disputes).

Mergers and Acquisitions

Advised Saudi Public Investment Fund, the investment arm of the Saudi Government, in its acquisition of a 38% stake consisting of new and existing shares in POSCO Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. for approximately USD 1.1 billion; Advised The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of ADT CAPS Co., Ltd. and other subsidiaries of Tyco Far East Holdings Ltd. for US$1.93 billion; Advised Samchully Asset Management Co., Ltd. in its acquisition of:                        -  a 34% stake in Cardinal Gas Service LLC from Total E&P USA, Inc., a midstream company operating in the Utica formation, and EV Energy Partners, L.P. ; and                                                                                                                                                       - 33 1/3% interest in the Luna Energy Facility, a net nominal 570 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle electric generation facility located in Luna County, New Mexico, from Freeport-McMoRan Inc; Advised Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd. in its acquisition, jointly with KDB Infrastructure Asset Management Co. Ltd., of a 41.3% stake in Millmerran Power Plant, a 851 MW coalfired power plant in Queensland, Australia; Advised Samsung Asset Management on its joint venture with China Construction Bank, in establishing an asset management company in the PRC; Advised Advanced Petrochemical Company, a Saudi joint stock company, in connection with a joint venture with SK Gas Co., Ltd. for the production of propylene in Korea, valued at US$1 billion; and Advised Hanwha Chemical on the asset purchase agreement to acquire Q-Cells SE’s headquarters in Germany, its production facilities in Germany and Malaysia and its sales offices in the US, Australia and Japan from Q-Cells’ insolvency administrator.

Project Finance

Advised Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Export-Import Bank of Korea in connection with the 1,200MW Nghi Son 2 coal-fired power project in Vietnam owned by two shareholders of Marubeni Corporation and Korea Electric Power Corporation; Advised The Export-Import Bank of Korea and senior lenders in connection with a restructuring of a Shahin-owned SPC engaged in deepwater drilling. The drilling rig was built by Samsung Heavy Co., Ltd. with KEXIM led financing; and Advised Korea South-East Power Co., Ltd., Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd. and Kyeryong Construction Industrial Co., Ltd. as a consortium in connection with Trishuli Hydropower Project in Nepal.

Capital Markets

Represented issuers and underwriters in over 100 capital markets deals while based in N.Y., Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul; Advised issuer clients including companies from various industries across Asia, such as E-land China, KEB Hana Bank, Korea Electric Power Co,, Hyundai Capital, Shinhan; Advised Financial Group, Double A (Thailand), Nonghyup Financial Group, CJ Group, Hanwha Group, SK Telecom, LG Electronics, Auzora Bank (Japan); and Advised underwriter clients including JPMorgan, HSBC, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, BofA Merrill Lynch, Citibank.

Has advised on:

IPOs on London Stock Exchange, NYSE, Nasdaq and Hong Kong Stock Exchange; Issuance of convertible bond, exchangeable bond, high-yield bonds, regulatory capital for Banks and Insurance Companies (Regulation 144A / Regulation S); and SEC registered Shelf registration statements and take-downs for Korea Development Bank and Korea Exim Bank.

                                                                      

Senior Counsel, Peter & Kim (August 2022 - present) Partner, YKVN Singapore office (March 2020 to August 2022) CEO and Co-Founder of Lexagle, a document management solution company (2022) Co-Founder and CSO of rida.ai, a 5pl logistics aggregator (2021) Founding Managing partner of Clifford Chance, Seoul office (2011 to 2019) Skadden Arps (N.Y), Davis Polk (Hong Kong, Tokyo) (1998 to 2009)

Korean, English, German

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