Seungil Hong

Partner

T. +82-2-3404-6567
F. +82-2-3404-0006
E. seungil.hong@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Seungil Hong's principal areas of practice include capital markets transactions such as initial public offering and securities offering, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, fund investments, cross-border transactions, and investment dispute matters. He is a Leading Lawyer in Chambers Global and IFLR1000.

Since Mr. Hong joined Bae, Kim & Lee LLC in 2009, he represented and advised clients on many high-profile domestic and international initial public offerings, global depositary receipts offering, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity and fund investments of various structures.

Mr. Hong also advises on venture capital investments, crypto-related transactions and regulations, aircraft financing and ship financing, financial litigation and international arbitration and dispute matters. His clients include banks, securities houses, asset managers, investors, and other financial and non-financial companies.

Related Practices

Representative Experience

2009-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC

Representative Matters

LG Energy Solution's IPO and KRX listing

Lotte REIT's public offering and KRX listing

Korean Government's foreign exchange stabilization bonds offering

Shinhan Financial Group's acquisition of Orange Life (formerly known as ING Life)

Equity and loan investment in U.K. biomass power plant

LG Energy Solution's IPO and KRX listing

Lotte REIT's public offering and KRX listing

Korean Government's foreign exchange stabilization bonds offering

Shinhan Financial Group's acquisition of Orange Life (formerly known as ING Life)

Equity and loan investment in U.K. biomass power plant

Public Offerings and KRX Listing

LG Energy Solution, Kakao Bank, Kakao Games, Celltrion Healthcare, LIG Nex1, Innocean, BGF Retail, Cheil Industry, Hyundai Rotem, CJ Hellovision

Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund's rights offering followed by public offering of unsubscribed shares

REIT Public Offering and KRX Listing

Lotte REIT, KB Star REIT, Mirae Asset Global REIT, SK REIT, Hanwha REIT, Mastern Premier REIT, Mirae Asset Maps REIT, Koramco Energy Plus REIT, JR Global REIT, NH Prime REIT, Shinhan Alpha REIT

Securities Offerings

Korean Government's foreign exchange stabilization bonds, Korea Development Bank's Dimsum Bonds, Korea Export-Import Bank's GMTN program for supply chain resilience bonds

Kakao's global depositary receipts, Hanwha Chemical's global depositary receipts, LG Display's offshore convertible bonds, LG Chemical's offshore exchangeable bonds, Hanwha Chemical's Samurai Bonds

Woori Bank's Tier I Subordinated Notes, Busan Bank's Tier II CoCo bonds and Samurai Bonds, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China's Kimchi Bonds

SKC exchangeable bonds issued to Korea Invest Private Equity funds, Alipay's international offering of exchangeable bonds with underlying Kakaopay shares arranged by Goldman Sachs

Issuance of perpetual bonds by Korean companies

Merger & Acquisition and Equity Investment

Shinhan Financial Group's acquisition of Orange Life (formerly known as ING Life)

Duksan Group's acquisition of Aether CT, Duksan Group's acquisition of Hyundai Heavy Industries Turbomachinery

SBIFS GK's tender offer for SBI Fintech Solutions shares

Chai Corporation's acquisition of Siot, Cosmecca Korea's acquisition of Englewood Lab, RFHIC's acquisition of Metal Life

Convertible bonds and series A investments in a U.S. company, Series A and B investments in a Singapore company, Pre-IPO investment in a Korean co-working space provider

Macquarie Asset funds' block sale of LG CNS shares

Public tender offers and delistings of Korean listed companies

Acquisition Financing and Securitization

U.K. modular solution provider, Spanish waste treatment service provider, German renewable gearbox manufacturer, German elevator manufacturer, European construction materials manufacturer, Dutch pharmaceutical company, Australian medical service provider, Indonesian data center provider, U.S. aerospace company

Offshore Investments

Equity and loan investment in U.K. Biomass power plant, Senior loan investment in U.S. combined cycle power plant, Senior loan investment in Australian solar power plant, Senior loan and junior loan investment in Australian coal terminal

Equity and loan investment in Abu Dhabi universities, Equity and loan investment in European car parking service provider, Senior loan investment in Australian media service provider, Investment in Australian North East Link PPP project

Acquisition of Majunga Tower in Paris, Acquisition of Le Lumiere Building in Paris, Acquisition of Sanctuary Building in London, Acquisition of Brookfield Place Building in Sydney

Investment Dispute Matters

Dispute matters relating to investments involving private funds, derivative-linked securities, specified money trust, total return swaps, and others

Innovative Financing Areas

Formation of venture capital funds and their investments

Crypto-related transactions and businesses, treasury strategy, crypto funds and regulatory matters

DAXA's establishment of Digital Asset Protection Foundation

Litigation financing

Cross-border e-commerce

Education

2016 New York University School of Law (LL.M.)

2009 Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of of Korea

2006 Yonsei University (B.A.)

Selected Activities

Publications

Chambers Global Practice Guides – Fintech: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2023)

Chambers Global Practice Guides – Real Estate: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2020-2023)

Practical Issues of Shareholders Agreement in Pre-IPO investments, BFL No. 88 (Co-author, Seoul National University Center for Financial Law, 2018)

Review of Restrictions on Solicitation Activities in Public Offerings of Securities: Application in Practice and Comparison with U.S. Securities Law, BFL No. 80 (Seoul National University Center for Financial Law, 2016)

Arbitration Law of Korea: Practice and Procedure (Co-author, Juris Publishing, 2012)

Arbitration Law & Practice (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2012)

Awards

Citation (Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Economy and Finance, 2025)

Chambers Asia-Pacific - Leading Lawyer (2022-2024)

Chambers Global - Leading Lawyer (2019, 2022-2024)

IFLR 1000 - Leading Lawyer (2020-2025)

Asialaw - Leading Lawyer (2020)