Ms. Seonghye Hong is an associate at Shin & Kim and focuses her practice on acquisition finance, credit finance, asset management, project finance and general advisory services related to finance.

Since joining Shin & Kim, Ms. Hong has gained extensive experience and skills by successfully advising and reviewing transactions in various structures involving acquisition finance in Korea and abroad, credit finance, and project finance. She has also advised Korean and foreign financial institutions on corporate finance, asset management, and other general financial matters. In 2023-2025, she was recognized by the IFLR1000 as a “Leading Lawyer” in the field of Banking and Finance.

• Advised on the acquisition of Mom’s Touch by KL & Partners and the acquisition financing for the acquisition and tender offer of Mom’s Touch.
• Advised MBK Partners on the refinancing of the acquisition financing of Homeplus,
• Advised IMM PE on the acquisition financing for the acquisition of AirFirst.
• Advised Centroid PE on the acquisition financing for the acquisition of TaylorMade.
• Advised Brookfield on the acquisition financing for the acquisition of SK Materials' industrial gas supply facilities.
• Advised MBK Partners on the acquisition financing for the acquisition of NexFlex.
• Advised SD Biosensor on the acquisition financing for the acquisition of Meridian Bioscience, a US diagnostics company.
• Advised EQT on the acquisition financing for the acquisition of SK Schieldus.
• Advised MBK Partners on the acquisition financing for its tender offer for Connectwave.
• Advised an institutional private equity fund on its subscription facility.
• Advised Chubb Group, a US company, on the acquisition of LINA Life Insurance of Korea
• Advised on the acquisition financing for a tender offer by Korean and foreign PEs.
• Advised a Korean e-finance company and a foreign fintech company.
• Advised a Korean financial company on internal control and the Act on the Protection of Financial Consumers.