Jean Lee
Partner
Washington, D.C.
Jean Lee
Partner
Washington, D.C.
Contact details
Jean Lee is a partner in our Global Projects, Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure group and co-leads our Agency Finance practice in our Washington office. Jean has represented agency and commercial lenders as well as sponsors in complex project financings around the globe in a variety of sectors.
Her experience includes advising ECAs and DFIs, such as US EXIM Bank, OPIC/DFC, IDB Invest, IFC and KEXIM, on a diverse range of single and multi-sourced project finance transactions. She also served as internal counsel at a global solar energy services company, where she focused on expanding the company’s operations outside the United States. Jean is a proficient Korean speaker and recently spent several years in A&O’s Seoul office.
Jean is ranked Band 1 for Agency Financing by Chambers USA 2020-2022 and ranked Band 2 for Projects and Infrastructure by Chambers Korea 2019. In addition, Jean was named ‘Woman Lawyer of the Year’ by Asian Legal Business Korea Awards in 2017.
Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted: Bar of the State of New York, 2003
Admitted: Bar of the District of Columbia, 2005
Academic
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2002
B.A., Dartmouth College, 1997
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Experience highlights
Advising KEXIM, K-Sure and lenders on the financing of the Song Hau 1 power plant in Vietnam.
Advising Sumitomo Corporation and other sponsors on the construction and financing of the Tanjung Jati B5 & B6 power facilities in Indonesia.
Advising IFC, EDC, IDB, SACE, BNDES, Bancomext and NAFIN on the USD4.5bn financing of the Etileno XXI petrochemical project in Mexico sponsored by Braskem S.A. and Grupo Idesa.
Advising the ECAs and lenders on the development and financing of the Coral FLNG project to be moored in the Area 4 Coral South Offshore Basin, Mozambique.
Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted: Bar of the State of New York, 2003
Admitted: Bar of the District of Columbia, 2005
Academic
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2002
B.A., Dartmouth College, 1997
Pro bono
- Advised AfriKids on its incorporation as a non-profit corporation in the US.
- Successfully obtained asylum status in the US for an asylum applicant from Benin. [Note: This was pre-A&O.]
Recognition
“One source observes that ‘her reputation in the Korean project financing market is second to none.’”
Chambers South Korea (Projects & Infrastructure), 2018
“Jean Lee is described as ‘very supportive, prompt and globally linked’ by an interviewee. She acts as lenders’ counsel on commercial project financing, particularly in the energy, natural resources and infrastructure areas. She also maintains a strong relationship with KEXIM, where she has worked on secondment.”
Chambers South Korea (Projects & Infrastructure), 2019
Awards
Band 2
Chambers South Korea (Projects & Infrastructure), 2018 and 2019
Recognised Practitioner
Chambers South Korea (Projects & Infrastructure), 2017
Woman Lawyer of the Year
ALB Korea Law Awards, 2017
