Dong Eun Kim
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Eminent Practitioners : Projects & Energy
Eminent Practitioners
About
Provided by Dong Eun Kim
Practice Areas
Projects & Energy, Real estate
Career
With over 25 years of experience on all kinds of inbound and outbound transactions related to financing, investment, and restructuring, Dongeun Kim is a leader of the Project & Energy Practice Group at Lee &KO, and a co-leader of the firm’s Construction and Real Estate Practice Group. He has vast experience representing all important project stakeholders, such as major project investors, syndicated lenders, project companies, and governments, in a wide variety of large different inbound and outbound projects. Mr. Kim received his LL.B and Master’s Degree in law at Seoul National University, as well as an LL.M. at Cornell Law School.
Professional Memberships
Korean Bar Association, NY Bar Association, Inter-Pacific Bar Association
Personal
Mr. Kim has been recognized by Chambers Asia as a “Leading Lawyer” for over 5 years, as a “Ranked Lawyer” in 2020-2023 for Project & Energy, Real Estate and as the “Market leader” in IFLR 1000 for both Banking & Finance, Energy and Infrastructure practices and for Energy and Infrastructure, Project Finance categories for over 4 years. He was also recognized as the “Energy Lawyer of the Year” by Asia Legal Awards in 2017, as the “Projects and Infrastructure Leading Lawyer” by Asialaw Leading Lawyers in 2017, and as the “Energy, Infrastructure Leading Lawyer(Elite practitioner)” by Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2022,2023 edition.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Kim Dong Eun is highly respected for his knowledge of complex financings and investment in the projects and energy sectors, including conventional power, renewables and transport infrastructure transactions.
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