John Han

Lawyer at Kobre & Kim (Hong Kong)

Speaker

John Han is an accomplished litigator and advocate who helps clients achieve business objectives in Greater China, Asia, the United States, and offshore jurisdictions, including the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands. Mr. Han has acted as lead counsel in a wide range of cross-border matters involving the monetization of bonds, loans, judgments, and awards exceeding billions of U.S. dollars on behalf of distressed debt funds, institutional investors, states, state-owned enterprises, and multinational corporations.

He regularly leads large-scale cross-border matters to monetize substantial defaulted offshore bonds, guarantees, and loans where assets are held through complex offshore structures, trusts, and foundations. Mr. Han also represents clients in matters involving simultaneous strategies in multiple jurisdictions, including Singapore, Korea, Japan, China, India, the Channel Islands, England and Wales, offshore jurisdictions, jurisdictions in Latin America, and U.S. federal and state courts.

He has been cited on topics involving cross-border bond and loan monetization by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, Global Restructuring Review, and Global Arbitration Review. Mr. Han is admitted as a Solicitor Advocate in Hong Kong and admitted to the courts of the Dubai International Financial Centre, the Astana International Financial Centre Court, and in the United States.