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Yun Jeong Seo

Yun Jeong Seo

Asia-Pacific 2026

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Practice Areas

Ship&Aviation Finance, Asset Management, Financial Compliance, Capital Markets Compliance, Private Equity, Banking & Financial Holding Companies, Financial Disputes, Capital Market Disputes

Career

Yun Jeong Seo is a lead partner of the shipping finance team of Lee & Ko, a team top ranked by Chambers Asia-Pacific and classified to top tier by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific. She has been practicing in shipping finance area for more than 25 years and over that time she has built a strong reputation among premier domestic and international financial institutions, all major Korean shipping companies, export credit agencies and other corporates.

Yun Jeong specializes in all facets of shipping financing including secured and unsecured lending, syndicated and bilateral loans, limited recourse and sale and leaseback structures, guarantee and letter of credit facilities, restructuring and workouts, tax-driven structured financings, export credit backed facilities, leasing transactions, container box financing, loan portfolio sales and enforcement work. She also acts on ship sale and purchase, joint ventures, charter party backed financings and newbuilding projects.

She has also actively advised institutional investors and domestic asset management companies in their offshore alternative investments in aircrafts, commercial mortgages, infrastructure debts, corporate loans and real estates as well as offshore funds investments. As a result, she has a deep understanding of the issues related to offshore investments by Korean institutional investors.

She also has an expertise on financial regulations and disputes involving financial institutions.

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar

Personal

College of Law, Seoul National University – LL.B.

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Seo Yun Jeong heads the ship financing team at Lee & Ko in Seoul. She draws on nearly 20 years of experience to advise both domestic and international financial institutions on shipping finance matters, particularly acquisition financing and refinancing.

Strengths

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  • She is a very experienced lawyer and quickly and efficiently closes deals.

    Shipping: FinanceChambers Asia & Pacific
  • She is able to explain legal matters that are somewhat difficult for customers in an easy-to-understand manner, and gives quick feedback.

    Shipping: FinanceChambers Asia & Pacific

Ranked Individuals at Lee & Ko (76)

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