Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Commercial Real Estate

Partner - Real Estate

Global Head of Korea Practice

Kwon Lee is a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group and a member of the Asia Committee. He also serves as Global Head of the firm’s Korea Practice. In this capacity, Kwon works substantively in energy and infrastructure equity, real estate, finance and M&A transactions as well as construction & engineering arbitration, commercial litigation and regulatory compliance works globally. He has over 25 years of experience advising on a wide range of cross-border real estate transactions. Kwon has advised pension funds, asset management companies, securities companies, construction companies, financial institutions and conglomerates seeking investment into large scale overseas development projects, construction loan, senior loan, sale and acquisition of various asset types (including commercial buildings, logistics, retail, hotel, multi-family residences), acquisition of mezzanine and B Notes. Kwon was an investment advisor to both local and central government authorities in Korea and sat as an investment review board member to several pension funds in Korea.

He is fluent in English and Korean.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS Chambers Asia Pacific, Eminent Practitioner for Real Estate in South Korea, 2014; Band 1 for Real Estate in South Korea, 2008-2013 asialaw Leading Lawyers, Leading Lawyer (Corporate/M&A), 2014 Asian Legal Business, Finalist for Managing Partner of the Year, 2013-2014 Global Law Experts, Expert (Private Equity), 2013 PLC Which Lawyer, Recommended Lawyer Twice awarded the Korea Minister of National Defence Citation/Decoration for Outstanding Legal Service, 1996, 1997

Korean