From left: Yoon & Yang partner Young-Joon Cho and senior foreign attorney Eun Sik Shin
South Korea’s Yoon & Yang has hired partner Young-Joon Cho and senior foreign attorney Eun Sik Shin to bolster its global and offshore finance capabilities.
“Their [Cho and Shin’s] arrival enhances the firm’s ability to advise policy lenders, international banks and other regional market participants on cross-border lending, risk participation, derivatives and funding structures influenced by shifting macroeconomic conditions,” Myung Soo Lee, a representative managing partner at Yoon & Yang, told Asia Business Law Journal.
He said that with heightened global volatility and ongoing regulatory developments across the Asia-Pacific, demand for sophisticated offshore and structured finance expertise would continue to rise. To address these market needs, the firm has strengthened its finance practice through the recruitment of two senior banking lawyers.
Cho and Shin joined Yoon & Yang on 3 November 2025 from Bae Kim & Lee (BKL). Cho had been with BKL for 28 years and most recently served as a partner. Meanwhile, Shin had a 25-year tenure at BKL, where she was a senior foreign attorney before moving to Yoon & Yang.
Cho has more than 30 years of experience in the financial sector. His practice areas include offshore financing, acquisition financing, structured financing and aviation and maritime financing, among others. Cho has also advised on more than 1,500 offshore financial transactions involving domestic and local companies as borrowers across more than 25 jurisdictions.
Shin practises as a foreign attorney with more than 25 years of expertise across the financial sector, and her core areas include offshore and corporate financing. She has also handled transactions such as structured financing, asset-backed financing, project financing and maritime finance.
At Yoon & Yang, Cho was currently leading the firm’s advisory work on offshore finance and global financial regulations, while Shin was overseeing a range of international finance projects, including offshore finance and ship finance, said Lee.
Lee also said this move had enhanced the firm’s expertise in cross-border anti-money laundering compliance and regulatory matters, reinforced its leadership in Korea’s traditional financial sector, and expanded its market influence through collaboration with global financial and investment banking teams.
