David Pyun joined BKL, one of the leading law firms in South Korea, as a senior US attorney from Kim & Chang in June 11.

Starting his career at Mayer Brown LLP, David Pyun has extensive experience in real estate, corporate finance and cross-border investments. He represents some of the world’s largest international private equity and financial investment companies with structuring, acquisitions, financing and operations for real estate properties, development projects, joint venture and other investment platforms for deployment in the domestic Korean real estate market.

As part of his practice, Mr. Pyun provides comprehensive assistance to Korean asset management companies and financial institutions for overseas real estate investments around the world, including establishment of subsidiaries, acquisition, financing, development, joint venture and dispute resolution.

His recent representative matters include the acquisition of logistics centers in Korea, countries across Europe as well as the United States, acquisition of office buildings, mixed-use properties and luxury hotels located within and outside Korea, and workout, refinancing and dispute resolution for clients’ existing assets.

By joining BKL Mr. Pyun has strengthened BKL’s real estate practice, particularly in respect of cross-border real estate investment and development transactions. BKL’s real estate team continues to build on its momentum and recently received significant media attention by successfully advising on the development, opening and operation of the Inspire Entertainment Resort project located in Incheon. Inspire, which is a multi-billion-dollar entertainment integrated resort and the first resort established by the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority outside North America, includes a five-star hotel and world-class shopping mall, theme park, arena and foreign-only casino and will be the largest integrated entertainment resort in Northeast Asia when all phases are complete.