Helen Sohn

Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Aircraft ∙ Vessel Financing

Maritime · Aviation

Bank ∙ Financial Holding Companies

Project Financing

Investment Funds

Finance ∙ Capital Markets

Career

H.K. Helen Sohn is a senior foreign attorney at Yoon & Yang LLC and her main areas of expertise include corporate law, aviation, and finance/capital markets.

Ms. Sohn has advised major financial institutions on international financial transactions, e.g. inducement of foreign capital, aircraft finance, issuance of overseas bonds and financing for overseas development project, etc. and foreign financial regulations. In particular, she has in-depth expertise in aircraft finance.

Professional Memberships

Admitted to Bar, New York (1995)

Work Highlights

[Aircraft Finance/Investment (Including Finance Lease, Operating Lease, SLB, PDP, Secured Loan, and Deals for Sale and Purchase)]

Advised on finance lease of twoB787-9 for Korean Air, SMBC and MUFG (2023~2024)

Advised on extension lease of two A321-231 for ICBC Leasing and Asiana Airlines (2023~2024)

Advised on finance lease of two A321-NX for Korean Air andLBBW (2022~2023)

Advised on multiple LIBOR Transition transactions for Korean Air (2023)

Advised on contract to purchase A321-Neo for Korean Air (2023)

Advised on finance lease of four B737-8 forKDB, BOCOMM and Jeju Air (2022~2023)

Advised on creation of Aircraft mortgage for KEXIM (2022~2023)

Advised on operating lease of two B737-800 for T'way Air andSMBC AC (2023)

Advised on operating lease of one B737-800 for T'way Air and ACG (2023)

Advised on operating lease of two B737-800 for T'way Air andAERCAP (2023)

Advised on operating lease of two A330-300 for T'way andDAE (2023)

Advised on operating lease of two B737-8 for T'way andCDB Aviation (2023)

Advised on lease extension contract for two B737-800 for T’way Air and AERCAP

Advised on lease extension contract for one B737-800 for T'way Air and AVOLON (2023)

Advised on operating lease of aircraft engine for Jeju Air and Willis (2023)

Advised on operating lease of two B737-800 for Jeju Air andSMBC AC (2023)

Advised on operating lease of one B737-800 BCF for Jeju Air andAviator (2023)

Advised on operating lease of Asiana Airlines'saircraft engine for Rolls-Royce Finance Partners (2023)

Advised on operating lease of one B737-800for BOCA, EASTAR Jet (2023)

Advised on finance lease of one A321-272NX for Korean Air (2022-2023)

Advised on novation of lease of two B737-800 for T’way Air (2022)

Advised on delivery of one B737-8 for T’way Air (2022)

Advised on short-term finance lease of two B737-8 for Korean Air and NATIXIS (2022)

Advised on US EXIM-backed finance lease of two B737-8 for Korea Air, US EXIM, NATIXIS and TD BANK (2022)

Advised on US EXIM-backed finance lease of one B737-8 for Korean Air, US EXIM and ING CAPITAL (2022)

Advised on sublease of one B737-8 for Korean Air and Jin Air (2022)

Advised on extension of lease of two A321-231 for ICBC Leasing (2022)

Advised on extension of lease of three A320 for ICBC Leasing (2021)

Advised on novation of lease of one B737-NG for T’way Air and BOC AVIATION (2021)

Advised on operating lease of three AERCAP A330 for T’way Air (2020~2022)

Advised on novation of lease of one AERCAP B737-NG for T’way Air (2019~2020)

Advised on finance lease of one B787-9 for Korea Air, LBBW and KDB (2019)

Advised on senior, junior loans secured by aircraft and creation of mortgage on one B777-300ER for Korean Air, KEXIM and KEB Hana Bank (2019)

Advised on PDP financing and sale & leaseback of five A350-900 and sale & leaseback of five A321Neo for ICBC Leasing (2018-2019)

Advised on PDP financing and sale & leaseback of two A350-900 for Asiana Airlines (2018-2019)

Handled portfolio investment in 18 aircraft owned by DAE for Meritz Securities (Project Kestrel) (2018)

Handled investment in two B777-300ER leased by Air France (Project Normandie) (2018)

Advised on senior financing of two aircraft leased by Turkish Airlines from Intrepid (2018)

Advised on Japanese Operating Lease (JOL) for three aircraft leased by Air Canada (2018)

Advised on finance lease of one B737-800 for Jeju Air and SCB (2018)

Advised on senior, junior secured loans and creation of mortgage on one B787-9 for Korean Air, KEXIM and NH Investment and Securities (2018)

Advised on JOL of two B767-300ER and one A321-200 for KEB Hana Bank, Air Canada and JP Lease Products & Services (2018)

Advised on refinancing of one B787-9 for Korean Air and Bocomm (2018)

Advised on operating lease of one B737-800 for Avolon (2018)

Advised on junior financing and secured loans for introduction of one B777-300ER for Korean Air, KEXIM and Kiwoom Securities (2018)

Advised on finance lease of one B777-300ER for Korean Air and AFIC (2018)

Advised on operating lease of two B737-8MAX for GECAS (2018)

Advised on operating lease of one B737-MAX-8 for AerCap (2018)

Advised on novation of lease of one B737-800 for SMBC and Aircastle (2018)

Advised on junior financing for introduction of B777-300ER for Korean Air and ICBC (2018)

Advised on finance lease of ten A200-300 (former CS300) for Korean Air and Export Development Canada (2017~18)

Handled investment in B787-9 leased by TUI Airways for Shinhan Securities (Project Mercury) (2017~2018)

Advised on loans secured by one B777-200ER, one B747-400ERF and one A330-300 for NordLB (2017)

Advised on novation of lease of two B737-800 for SMBC (2017)

Advised on operating lease of one B737-800 for Goshawk (2017)

Advised on extension of lease of one B737-800 for AerCap (2017)

Advised on loans and junior financing secured by one B787-8I for Korean Air, KEXIM and KTB Securities (2017)

Advised on novation of lease of two B777-200LRF for GECAS (2017)

Advised on sale of one Gulfstream G550 (private aircraft for LG) (2017)

Advised on operating lease of one A321-200 for ICBCL and Asiana (2017)

Advised on operating lease of one B747-400F for Air Atlanta Icelandic (2017)

Advised on loans secured by one B747-8I for Korean Air, KDB and Mirae Asset Daewoo Securities (2017) and sale & leaseback of two A380 for CEXIM (2017)

Advised on operating lease of one B787-800 for Macquarie (2017)

Advised on operating lease of four B737-800 and one B777-200ER between Korean Air and Jin Air (2017)

Advised on operating lease of one B787-800 for BOC (2017)

Advised on sale & leaseback of two B787-9 for Korean Air and Bank of Communications (2017)

Advised on refinancing and junior financing of one B474-8I for Korean Air and BOCFL (2017)

Advised on novation of lease of one B737-800 for Aergen (2017)

Advised on novation of lease of two B737-800 for DAE (2017)

Advised on operating lease of two B737-800 for Avolon (2017)

Advised on finance lease of one B787-9 for Korean Air, DVB, BNP and NordLB (2017)

etc.

[General Financing]

Advised on Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited-KEB Hana Bank, Singapore Branch SGD 50 Million Loan Facility (2023)

Advised on Sustainability Linked Loan in the aggregate amount of USD 300 Million between Kookmin Bank as borrower and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation and Agricultural Bank of China, Singapore Borrwer as finance parties (2022)

Advised on AUD 50M bilateral facility between ANZ and Hana Bank (2022)

Advised on USD 300M syndicated facility between WELLS FARGO and Hana Bank (2022)

Advised GarantiBank on creation of security by means of transfer for bailed articles in Korea (2019)

Advised on JPY 3,000,000,000 bilateral loan between Tokyo Branch of KDB (2019)

Advised on USD 50,000,000 bilateral loan between ANZ and Shanghai Branch of KDB (2019)

Advised on USD 50,000,000 bilateral loan between ANZ and Dubai Branch of Shinhan Bank (2019)

Advised on USD 250,000,000 bilateral loan between Mizuho Bank and KEB Hana Bank (2018)

Advised on USD 30,000,000 bilateral loan between LBBW and Singapore Branch of Shinhan Bank (2018)

Advised on USD 20,000,000 bilateral loan between LBBW and London Branch of Shinhan Bank (2018)

Advised on JPY 5,000,000,000 bilateral loan between ANZ and Kookmin Bank (2018)

Advised on USD 50,000,000 bilateral loan between ANZ and Shinhan Bank (2018)

Advised on USD 50,000,000 bilateral loan between ANZ and KEB Hana Bank (2018)

Advised on USD 24,000,000 syndication loan between KDB and Korean Air (2018)

Advised on USD 400,000,000 syndication loan between Mizuho Bank and Kookmin Bank (2017)

etc.

Languages Spoken

English and Korean

Experience

2022-present: Yoon & Yang LLC

1995-22: Lee & Ko LLC

Education

Awards