Henry (Hyun Jik) Sohn
Partner
Seoul
Henry (Hyun Jik) Sohn
Partner
Seoul
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Henry is a partner in our projects, energy, natural resources and infrastructure group. Based in Seoul, Henry has extensive experience advising Korean clients on their outbound projects. Henry also has extensive experience advising export credit agencies and multilateral, including KEXIM, K-Sure, UKEF, ADB, AfDB, IFC, EBRD and EIB. Henry speaks Korean and English.
Henry has a wide range of finance experience, including project finance, ECA-backed finance, acquisition finance, structured finance and restructuring. He has advised clients, both financiers and sponsors, on projects in the power, renewables, transportation, social infrastructure and oil/refinery sectors around the globe.
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Office
Seoul
알렌 앤 오버리 외국법자문법률사무소 Level 16 Two IFC, 10 Gukjegeumyung-ro, Youngdeungpo-gu
Seoul
07326
Qualifications
Professional
Foreign Legal Consultant (England & Wales), Korea, 2018
Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2012
Admitted as solicitor, Hong Kong, 2008
Trainee solicitor, Hong Kong, 2005
Academic
BA, University of Cambridge, 2002
MEng, University of Cambridge, 2003
Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School, 2004
Postgraduate Certificate in Law, Hong Kong, 2005
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Experience highlights
Advising the consortium of Macquarie Capital, MIRA and USS on the acquisition of the UK’s Green Investment Bank from the UK Government.
Advising MGT Teesside as the project company in relation to the development of a new dedicated biomass power station with CHP, located at Tessport, Teeside.
Advising K-EXIM, K-Sure and commercial lenders on the financing of the Government of Turkmenistan’s ethane cracker and polyethylene plant in Kiyanly, Turkmenistan.
Advising the ECA and commercial lenders on the BAPCO refinery exxpansion in Bahrain.
Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Office
Seoul
알렌 앤 오버리 외국법자문법률사무소 Level 16 Two IFC, 10 Gukjegeumyung-ro, Youngdeungpo-gu
Seoul
07326
Qualifications
Professional
Foreign Legal Consultant (England & Wales), Korea, 2018
Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2012
Admitted as solicitor, Hong Kong, 2008
Trainee solicitor, Hong Kong, 2005
Academic
BA, University of Cambridge, 2002
MEng, University of Cambridge, 2003
Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School, 2004
Postgraduate Certificate in Law, Hong Kong, 2005
Other noteworthy experience
Advising:
- K-sure and the covered lenders on a USD660m financing to Lukoil’s subsidiary in Uzbekistan in respect of the construction of its gas processing complex.
- The funders in respect of the USD600m construction, development, operation and financing of a PPP healthcare project in Gaziantep, Turkey.
- KEXIM, JBIC, NEXI, EIB and AfDB and a number of commercial lenders on the restructuring of the financing provided in respect of the USD3.7bn second-stage oil refinery complex in Mostorod, Egypt.
- A Korean sponsor on the construction, development, operation and financing of a hydropower project in Georgia.
- EBRD, Proparco and other IFIs in relation to a number of projects which are part of the Egyptian FiT programme. This deal was awarded ‘MENA Infrastructure Programme of the Year 2017’ by IJ Global.
- A group of financial institutions on the project financing of a fleet of buses to be supplied by Alexander Dennis Ltd to be used on the new Line 7 of the Metrobus route in Mexico City. This deal was awarded ‘Export Project Finance Deal of the Year - Mexico’ by the Global Trade Review in 2017.
- The lenders on the USD1.6bn refinancing of the development of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan 1768km long 1.2mbbl/day capacity pipeline reaching from Baku, Azerbaijan through Tbilisi, Georgia to Ceyhan, Turkey.
- The senior coordinating committee, comprising a group of financial institutions on the restructuring of Cory Environmental, one of the largest recycling and waste management companies in the UK.
- IFC and AfDB on the financing to Dangote in respect of two of its projects in Nigeria.
- The funders on the refinancing of portfolios of UK PPP assets (including Blackpool Council Street Lighting, Bristol Leisure Center, Derbyshire Springwell and Bolsover Schools, Greenwich BSF,Cambridgeshire BSF PFI, and Wigan Joint Services Centre PFI) owned by an infrastructure fund.
Recognition
"Henry Sohn [is] among Korea’s best recognised [adviser] for project sponsors and lenders in the Asia-Pacific region."
LEGAL 500, ASIA PACIFIC (SOUTH KOREA - FOREIGN FIRMS), 2023
"Henry Sohn – Practical, commercial and hard-working. Henry also brings along with him a wealth of experience in banking law and adapts extremely well into the local domestic practice. Henry understands clients’ needs and is never afraid of making a tough call on difficult issues."
LEGAL 500, ASIA PACIFIC (SOUTH KOREA - FOREIGN FIRMS), 2023
"Henry is always responsive to client enquiries and requests, providing an in-depth analysis of legal matters."
Chambers Asia Pacific (South Korea - International Firms), 2023
"[Henry] is always available to assist us and we would not have been able to navigate some thorny issues without his assistance."
Chambers Asia Pacific (South Korea - International Firms), 2023
Awards
Recognised Practitioner, Projects & Infrastructure (South Korea)
Chambers & Partners 2018
European Biomass Deal of the Year
IJ Global 2016
European Power Deal of the Year 2016
PFI, 2016
