Mr. Suk Lee is currently a partner of Shin & Kim. His main practice areas include real estate transactions, real estate funds, real-estate investment companies (REITs), foreign investment, development and trust, real property PF loans, and general corporate legal affairs.

Mr. Lee has served for several years as the head of Shin & Kim’s Real Estate Alternative Investment Group. He has conducted numerous large-scale transactions both domestically and internationally. One of the representative transactions was the sale of Centropolis (with a transaction size of KRW 1.12 trillion) in Gongpyeong-dong, Jongno-gu, the acquisition of the Yeouido Park One Tower Two building (with a transaction size of KRW 1 trillion), and the securitization of some assets of SK Hynix's semiconductor factory.

In addition, in the field of publicly offered listed REITs, Mr. Lee was in charge of real estate acquisitions, business authorizations, and listings for ESR Kendall Square Listed REIT, KB Star REIT, SK REIT, Lotte REIT, and Shinhan Global REIT. He also represented the purchase of real estate funds investing in value-added real estate in the United States, as well as the IRS HQ building in Philadelphia, USA, the NASA HQ building in Washington DC, the European Parliament building in Belgium, the Novartis building in Paris, France, and the Atrium building in Netherlands, and the 1Poultry building in the UK.

Mr. Lee graduated from Seoul National University College of Law, obtained a master’s degree (LL.M) from Columbia University Law School, and completed the 26th term of the Judicial Research and Training Institute. In addition, he served as an associate professor at Hanyang University Law School from 2014 to 2021.

Based on the practical and theoretical knowledge obtained in the course of carrying out various real estate-related tasks, Mr. Lee has published several papers on the latest issues of real estate transactions in the BFL, a legal journal published by the Seoul National University Financial Law Center, has also participated as a presenter and debater in various discussions and seminars on REITs and real estate funds. He has been recognized as a leading lawyer in the real estate sector by well-known overseas media such as Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, IFLR 1000 and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

• Advised on the sale of SK Hynix’s non-core asset, the Water Treatment Center, to SK REITs
• Advised on the issuance of Lotte REIT secured bonds and mortgage loans
• Advised on the purchase of Jongno Tower by SK REITs
• Advised on the sale of Belgian Egmont building by Korea Investment Trust Management (Overseas)
• Advised on the purchase of Italian Fedex logistics center by Korea Investment Trust Management (Overseas)
• Advised on the purchase of land at 1317-3, 1317-4 Seocho-dong, by K-REIT Investment Management
• Advised on the sale of NSIC Limited’s Jack Nicklaus Golf Club
• Advised on the purchase of Najin Market by Hyundai Elevator
• Advised on the sale of 6 units of Walmart in Louisiana, USA by Hana Alternative Investment Asset Management (Overseas)
• Advised on the purchase of corporate shares owned by North Galaxy building in Brussels, Belgium, by KB REITs (Overseas)
• Advised on the sale of IRS building in Philadelphia, USA by Korea Investment Trust Management (Overseas)
• Advised on the purchase of premises for the development of a logistics center for Capstone Asset Management
• Advised Asan Tangjeong Goyang Samsong Housing Development REITs on the Housing Development Project
• Advised Busan-Goean, Incheon Geomdan Housing Development REITs on the Housing Development Project
• Advised on the purchase of real estate in Seocho-dong, by K-REIT Investment Management
• Advised on the purchase and development of Yeongbo Building in Samsung-dong by EZIS Asset Management
• Advised on the sale of Wroclaw warehouse in Poland by Hana Alternative Investment Asset Management (Overseas)
• Advised on the purchase of the ENI headquarters building in Milan, Italy by by JB Asset Management (Overseas)
• Advised on the purchase of the AEGON headquarters building in Scotland, UK, by Hyundai Asset Management (Overseas)
• Advised on the purchase of the Yeouido Park One Tower 2 building by NH Investment & Securities
• Advised IGIS Asset Management on the Youth Housing Development Project
• Advised on the purchase of a logistics warehouse in DC Ipyeong, Majang-myeon, Icheon, by Kendall Square Asset Management
• Advised on the purchase of land and development of logistics warehouse in Sanhari, Wongok-myeon, Anseong-si, by Kendall Square Asset Management
• Advised on the purchase of land and development of logistics warehouses in Iljuk-myeon, Anseong-si, by Kendall Square Asset Management
• Advised on the purchase of office buildings in Harumi, Tokyo, Japan by IGIS Asset Management (Overseas)
• Advised on the sale of Gonjiam Logistics Center by Eugene Asset Management
• Advised on the purchase of the Brussels Tuasong Dor Building by Korea Investment Trust Management (Overseas)
• Advised on the investment in the Milano Pirelli Building by Korea Investment Trust Management (Overseas)
• Advised on the purchase of Paris Tour Europe Building by Inmark Asset Management (Overseas)
• Advised on the purchase of Geumho Asiana headquarters by Deutsche Asset Management
• Advised on the purchase of the Sentinel Square II building in Washington, D.C., by Hana Alternative Investment Asset Management (Overseas)
• Advised on the investment in the Amsterdam Atrium Multi-Complex Office in the Netherlands by Koramco Asset Management (Overseas)
• Advised on the purchase of NASA headquarters building by Hana Asset Management (Overseas)
• Advised on the purchase of the European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium by Hana Asset Management (Overseas)
• Advised on the sale of Sindaebang-dong Boramae Omni Tower by Capstone Asset Management
• Advised on the purchase of Novartis office building in Paris, France, by Millenium Inmark Asset Management (Overseas)
• Advised on the sale of Sindorim Mirae Tower by Capstone Asset Management