Practice Areas
Michael is a senior foreign attorney at Shin & Kim whose principal areas of practice are banking & finance, infrastructure, energy and M&A.
Michael has broad ranging commercial law experience across a number of jurisdictions, including Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia, the Philippines, Peru, USA, Canada and Vietnam. He has acted for banks, infrastructure funds, strategic investors and governmental agencies in a wide range of sectors, including infrastructure, media, power, mining, property development, hotels and transport. His clients have included Macquarie Bank, The Walt Disney Company, Shinhan Bank, Kohler Co., John Deere & Co., Kookmin Bank, Thomson Reuters, ACE Insurance, Standard Chartered, Australia and New Zealand Banking Corporation, Woori Bank and Volvo Financial Services.
He began practice in Melbourne with Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks in 1996 (now known as Allens). Michael was seconded as a senior associate to Shin & Kim from 2002 to 2008, before returning to Allens Arthur Robinson’s Singapore office. He returned to Shin & Kim in 2010 as a senior foreign attorney. During his time in Korea, he has advised numerous foreign clients in investments in Korea. His in-depth experience in different sectors and different aspects of Korean law allows him to provide commercial and integrated advice, whether it be to a strategic investor in the manufacturing or media sector or a financial investor in the infrastructure sector, Michael has the depth of experience and expertise to assist a client in reaching its commercial objectives in Korea.
Career
Senior Foreign Attorney, Shin & Kim; Member of Investment Committee, Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development Corporation (KIND) (2022-Present); Convener of Law Council of Australia, Seoul Chapter (2016-Present); Board Member, Vice-Chairman of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Korea (2016-Present); Allens, Melbourne, Australia (1996-2010).
Publications
Korea Chapter in Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Chambers Global Practice Guides, 2024; Korea Chapter in Alternative Energy & Power, Chambers Global Practice Guides, 2023; Korea Chapter in Fintech, Global Legal Insights(GLI), 4th Edition, 2022; Korea Chapter in Getting the Deal Through – Project Finance 2019, 2021-2022, Law Business Research 2018, 2020-2021; Korea Chapter in Chambers Alternative Energy & Power 2020 Guide, Chambers & Partners, 2020; Korean Employers Face Tough Task of Restructuring Salary Scheme, ALB, 2014; Korea Chapter, The Projects and Construction Review, Second Edition, Law Business Research, 2012-2016.
