Hojung Jun
Biography
Hojung Jun is a member of the Tokyo office's Finance & Projects Group. Since 2010, she has advised clients on cross-border acquisitions, joint ventures and project development in the energy (conventional/renewables and energy transition), mining and infrastructure (mainly transportation) sectors around the globe. Her clients include Japanese and South Korean trading houses, energy companies, contractors and project sponsors, among others.
She was in-house counsel at a major construction company in South Korea and was seconded to a major Japanese trading house. Hojung recently worked at the Firm’s Singapore office, where she was a member of the Japan Desk and assisted Japanese clients with their business activities throughout the Asia Pacific region.
Practice Focus
Hojung specializes in all aspects of construction law, ranging from the preparation and negotiation of contract documents, and the use of various model contract forms (i.e. the FIDIC and ENAA forms) to advising on international dispute resolution. She has experience in construction and development projects in Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific, CIS countries, Europe and the Middle East.
She has also recently been advising clients on energy transition and decarbonization strategies, including carbon credit trading and development projects in various jurisdictions.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advising a consortium on turbine supply and O&M agreements in relation to an offshore wind power project in Japan.
- Advising a Singaporean agricultural company on decarbonization strategies in relation to carbon credit trading, insetting and relevant regulations in various foreign jurisdictions.
- Advising a consortium on a sub-concession agreement in relation to a port development project (consisting of a car terminal and a container terminal) in Indonesia.
- Advised a Singaporean energy company on its acquisition of an onshore wind energy portfolio in Vietnam.
- Advised a Japanese energy company on its acquisition of hydropower assets in the Philippines.
- Advised an international developer on EPC and O&M agreements in relation to its development of a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Japan.
- Advised Electricity Generating Public Company (EGCO) on its divestment from various geothermal assets in Indonesia.
- Advised Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. in connection with its investment in and joint venture in Japan with Octopus Energy Group, a British renewable energy supplier.
- Advised Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. in relation to the transfer of its entire overseas independent power asset portfolio and that of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. in connection with the establishment of JERA Co., Inc.
- Advised Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. and Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co. Ltd. in relation to their acquisition of a 49% interest in four submarine power transmission cables which connect offshore wind power plants and onshore facilities in Germany.
- Advised an international EPC contractor on all aspects of the Roy Hill Iron Ore Project in Western Australia, including financing, the EPC contract and early works agreement for a processing plant, port stockyard facility and railway.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- New York State Bar (October 2009)
- Korea International Construction & Energy Law Society
- Women in Law in Japan (Executive Committee Member, 2019-2023)
Admissions
- Foreign Registered Lawyer (gaikokuho jimu bengoshi)~Japan (2024)
- New York (2009)
Education
- University of Illinois College of Law (J.D.) (2009)
- University of Illinois College of Law (LL.M.) (2007)
- Ewha Womans University (LL.B.) (2005)
Languages
- English
- Korean
- Japanese
Previous Offices
- Singapore