LAWYER PROFILE

Jin-Hong Kwon

Asia-Pacific 2026

Lee & Ko

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Capital Markets: Securitisation

South Korea

7 years ranked

Insurance

South Korea

9 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Insurance, Structured Finance and Securitisation

Career

Jin Hong Kwon is the Head of the Insurance & Reinsurance Practice Group and also a core member of the Finance Practice Group. His expertise covers areas of compliance under the Insurance Business Act, Act on Corporate Governance of Financial Companies and the Personal Information Protection Act. In addition, he is well-experienced in matters involving licensing and registrations, policy wording review and drafting for life and non-life insurers, outsourcing and delegation compliance and other key issues involving insurance and reinsurance market participants in Korea.

His main areas of expertise within the finance practice are structured finance and securitisation (including Asset Backed Securitisation and Asset Backed Loans), sale of non-performing loans, financial services and compliance and banking. As for his securitisation experience, he has successfully completed deals on cross-border securitisation of Samsung Card’s future receivables, Shinhan Card’s future receivables, Lotte Card’s future receivables, Woori Card’s future receivables, Lotte Capital’s lease claims, Korean Air Lines’ domestic and overseas future receivables, TriGem’s future receivables, Young Chang’s future receivables and account receivables arising from sales of the 9th Avenue Shopping Mall.

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar

Personal

Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M.)

Seoul National University (B.B.A., LL.M.)

Stephenson Harwood, London (Foreign Attorney, 2009)

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Asia & Pacific

Capital Markets: Securitisation - South Korea

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Jin-Hong Kwon is a well-recognised capital markets lawyer with a focus on securitisation. He is experienced at advising on a range of matters, including receivables-backed bonds and non-performing loan sales.

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Insurance - South Korea

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Kwon Jin-Hong heads Lee & Ko's insurance practice and is a member of the financial services and compliance division. He leverages wide-ranging expertise in the insurance sector in South Korea, acting on a variety of regulatory compliance, transactional and contentious mandates. He remains a popular choice among domestic insurance corporations.

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Strengths

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I feel most secure working with Jin-Hong. Working with him, there’s no need to worry about the legal side at all; he doesn’t leave anything ambiguous and always provides clear guidance.
Capital Markets: SecuritisationChambers Asia & Pacific
He is a consistent and reliable lawyer.
Capital Markets: SecuritisationChambers Asia & Pacific
He has a good understanding of the insurance industry in general.
InsuranceChambers Asia & Pacific
He always listens to and understands clients' problems and has in-depth knowledge and experience in the insurance industry.
InsuranceChambers Asia & Pacific