Ms. Min Jeong Joo is a partner at Shin & Kim. Ms. Joo’s main areas of practice are related to securities and finance such as various legal advice provision on financial matters, domestic and overseas securities issuance including IPO and overseas note issuances, asset management including alternative investment in foreign assets, financial derivatives transaction and Project Financing including SOC.

Ms. Joo has provided various financial institutions such as domestic and overseas banks, securities companies, asset-management companies, discretionary investment managers/advisers and the Korea Securities Depository, the Korea Financial Investment Association and the Korea Exchange with financial legal advice, and participated in the issuance of various securities including domestic and overseas bonds, BW, CB and other derivatives linked securities and DR along with the IPO-related processes of multiple domestic and overseas companies. In addition, Ms. Joo has performed the registration of various domestic and overseas funds, the provision of advice on the management thereof, the registration of the cross-border discretionary investment management company/investment advisory company and the related permission, authorization and reporting. Based on her experience of participating in the finance and securities law course, ISDA conferences, etc. and knowledge gained therefrom, Ms. Joo has provided domestic and overseas financial institutions with advice on various financial derivatives transactions. She also worked as a professional adviser at the Korea Development Bank (KDB) Trading Planning & Compliance Team of the F/X & Derivatives Trading Department for her career advancement on financial derivatives transactions. Furthermore, she has been participating in domestic funds establishment, their investment in foreign assets and redemption of funds through disposal of their investments in relation to various overseas alternative investment vehicles.

Thanks to her fluent command of Japanese, Ms. Joo has participated and made presentations at seminars in Japan related to the listing on KRX for Japanese corporations, and is also in charge of matters on various permissions and authorizations, finance and securities, M&A matters involving Japanese companies, and other general corporate matters related to Japan. She also worked as a foreign attorney at Japanese law firm, Nishimura & Asahi’s Tokyo office for her career advancement on Japan related practices.

Derivatives

• Advised on all work related to over-the-counter derivatives and dispatched to KDB F/X & Derivatives Trading Department's Strategy & Compliance Team
• Advised on KIKO-related compensation plans for various banks
• Advised Hana Bank on internal rules related to foreign exchange and derivatives
• Advised on execution of TRS and PRS agreements for securities companies
• Advised on execution of derivative agreements (ISDA agreements) for various domestic banks, securities companies, insurance companies, asset management companies, public corporations, and large corporations
• Advised on the issuance of Korean netting opinions and capacity/enforceability opinions related to OTC derivatives transactions with domestic companies for foreign financial institutions

Asset Management and Overseas Investment

• Advised on PIA Asset Management's equity investment in the Japanese real estate asset pool
• Advised on Korea Investment Management’s investment in Japanese real estates
• Advised on domestic and foreign investment cases for various domestic new technology associations and venture funds
• Advised on establishment of funds related to overseas alternative investments of domestic asset management companies/GPs, overseas investment (management), redemption and recovery of investments, and dispute cases

Financial Regulations

• Advised domestic companies in investment advisory services/discretionary services, collective investment services/GP registration, concurrent employment, reporting incidental business, and reporting entrusted services
• Advised on registration of various overseas funds for purposes of domestic sales
• Advised on necessary incidental tasks such as the establishment of a domestic entity, business partnership with domestic financial institutions, and handling related foreign exchange/tax operations
• Advised on various authorizations, permits, registrations, filings, and reports necessary for various overseas financial institutions to engage in financial business in Korea

Project Finance

• Advised on collective sale of solar power companies located overseas for domestic companies
• Advised on PF-type financing necessary for the construction and operation of renewable energy power plants overseas
• Advised on project financing (PF) methods necessary for SOC and infrastructure construction and operation, such as resource and energy development, power plants, plants, roads, bridges, tunnels, railways, and ports

Issuance of Securities

• Advised on establishment of Shinhan Bank/Hyundai Capital’s GMTN program and issuance of related bonds and issuance of KDB Capital's Samurai Bonds and Shinhan Card's Shogun Bonds
• Advised on investment in TMON Global-issued exchange bonds for overseas companies
• Advised on issuance of convertible bonds and exchangeable bonds for overseas investors of Kakao
• Advised on issuance of overseas DR (GDR) and listing on overseas exchanges for domestic large companies
• Advised on issuance of KDR for Japanese company JTC and listing on KOSDAQ
• Advised on listing dual tranche type in the securities market for domestic insurance companies such as Daehan Life, Samsung Life, and Mirae Asset Life