Claire (Mi-Jin) Kim is a senior foreign attorney at Shin & Kim. Claire’s practice areas are banking & finance, project finance, energy, and antitrust matters.

In the area of project finance and energy, Claire has extensive experience in acting for both lenders and sponsors/borrowers on various international (renewable) energy, infrastructure and PPP projects. Recently, Claire focuses on investment, development and financing of offshore wind power projects and other renewable power projects in Korea. Claire also regularly advises on various cross-border (syndicated) finance transactions, including real estate financings, acquisition financings and export credit supported financings and refinancings.

In the area of antitrust, Claire advises companies and handles cases in various antitrust matters and is a member of the firm's antitrust practice group.

Claire started her career with Norton Rose Fulbright and has subsequently worked at Kim & Chang. Claire previously spent time as a secondee in the legal department of The Export-Import Bank of Korea and in the legal department of Korea Development Bank.

Claire’s expertise is frequently recognized by Legal500, IFLR1000 and Lexology.

• Represented K-ECAs in JAWA 9/10 conventional independent power project (IPP) in Indonesia.
• Represented K-ECAs and lenders in Marigold petrochemical and refinery project in Malaysia.
• Represented the lender group in the acquisition transaction of a gas pipeline facility in the US.
• Represented K-ECAs in Coral offshore FLNG project in Mozambique.
• Represented K-ECAs in Rovuma onshore LNG project in Mozambique.
• Represented K-ECA in Morupule conventional IPP in Botswana.
• Represented the sponsors in a fuel-cell power project in Korea.
• Represented K-ECAs in a copper mining project in Panama.
• Represented K-ECA in QB2 copper mining project in Chile.
• Represented K-ECA in Northvolt battery giga-factory project in Sweden.
• Represented K-ECA in Vung Ang 2 conventional IPP in Vietnam.
• Represented the sponsors in Lumcloon/Shannonbridge energy storage system (ESS) project in Ireland.
• Represented K-ECA in RV555 road PPP project in Norway.
• Advised Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), including drafting a set of standard export credit agreements and implementing staff training
• Represented the lenders or borrowers in multiple ship finance / corporate loan transactions.
• Represented lenders in Formosa 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan.
• Represented the sponsors in Jeonnam 1 offshore wind project in Korea.