Young Hee Jo

Practice Areas

Young Hee Jo is the head of the firm’s finance team. She has more than 20 years of experience working with major financial institutions and companies on all types of financial matters including domestic and cross-border asset-backed securitizations, real estate finance, derivatives transactions, licensing and authorization, as well as regulatory compliance.

Ms. Jo has recently advised global financial institutions such as Citibank, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole and MUFG Bank.

As a notable matter, the firm’s finance team led by Ms. Jo advised Citibank in relation to the migration of numerous securitization and capital markets transactions (in which the Bank of New York Mellon had previously been involved in various capacities), due to BNYM’s exit from the Korean market.

Career

LAB Partners (2018-Present)

Shin & Kim (1998-2018)

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar

Publications

“Round Table: Capital Markets 2016” (CorporateLiveWire, Sept. 2016)

“10 things to know about Korea’s structured finance and securitisation practice” (Co-author, IFLR1000, June 2015)

“How to Develop Asset Securitization Using Beneficiary Certificate Issuing Trusts” (Korea Financial Investment Association, Bulls Review, Dec. 2012)

“Korean Chapter of the Securitisation & Structured Finance Guide: Sophisticated Player” (IFLR, Oct. 2012)

Personal

Harvard Law School (LLM)

Seoul National University, College of Law (LLB)

For more information: https://labpartners.co.kr/en/2018/05/peoples/3535/