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Hyunju Lee

Hyunju Lee

Asia-Pacific 2026

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About

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Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

Ms. Hyunju Lee is a partner at Shin & Kim. Ms. Lee’s major practice areas are real estate transactions, acquisition financing, project financing, establishment and management of funds under the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act, foreign exchange transaction and foreign investment, and general corporate affairs.

Career

Shin & Kim LLC (2008–Present)

Passed the California State Bar Exam (2015)

Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2006–2008)

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar

Work Highlights

Advised Shinhan Asset Management in the sale of Myeongdong Nine Tree Hotel

Advised IGIS Asset Management in the purchase of the Namsan Green Tower

Advised IGIS Asset Management in the sale of the Namdaemun Seoullo Tower

Advised Pusan City Gas in the sale of its head office building and the Namchen-dong site

Advised LaSalle Investment in the purchase of a logistics warehouse at Bubal-eup, Icheon-si

Advised Pebblestone Asset Management in the purchase of the Yeoju Ganam Logistics Center

Advised KKR’s investment in the development of the Renaissance Hotel site (transaction value of KRW 2 trillion)

Advised Blackstone in the purchase of multiple acquisitions of warehouse portfolios

Advised CBRE GI Korea in the purchase of four acquisitions of warehouses in Yongin and Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Advised Shinyoung in the MBC Yeouido site development project

Advised Orion Partner in the purchase of Platinum Building

Advised Invesco in the pre-purchase transaction of AK Plaza in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Advised PAG in the purchase of POBA Building in Gangnam, Seoul, Korea

Advised Kendall Square Asset Management in the purchase of SMT Building

Advised Amundi Asset Management in the purchase of Yuanta Building

Advised IGIS Asset Management in the purchase of Y Building in Garosu-gil, Korea

Advised Vestas Asset Management in the sale of the-K Twin Tower

Advised NPS’ investment in an office building development project in Toronto, Canada

Advised NPS’ participation in the Core-Plus multi-family investment fund

Education

UC Berkeley School of Law

LL.M.

2015

Seoul National University College of Social Science

B.A.

2003

Languages Spoken

Korean, English, German

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Individual Editorial

Lee Hyunju is highly regarded for handling real estate transactions, advising on the purchase of single assets and portfolios.

Strengths

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  • Hyunju is highly professional and possesses excellent multi-faceted knowledge. With an excellent service mindset, we continue to contact and request assistance from her for projects.

    Real EstateChambers Asia & Pacific
  • Hyunju has always provided prompt and accurate legal advice, greatly assisting our work.

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South Korea

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