Hye-Sung Kim

Hye Sung Kim is a senior attorney at Kim & Chang. Her practice primarily focuses on corporate governance, ESG (environmental, social and governance), shareholder activism defense, capital market transactions, and mergers and acquisitions.

Ms. Kim has advised numerous multinational and domestic industrial corporations, financial institutions and financial advisors on matters relating to corporate governance (including corporate restructuring and other conflicts of interest transactions), shareholder activism defense, shareholder engagement planning, and a range of ESG issues. Ms. Kim has also advised on mergers and acquisitions, JV investment and portfolio investment as well as IPO transactions across industries.

Ms. Kim is a member of Korea Sustainability Standards Board of Korea Accounting Institute.

Ms. Kim has authored or co-authored a number of publications, including: “Lexology Getting the Deal Through – ESG & Impact Investing 2022: Korea Chapter” (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2021), “International Capital Markets and Securities Regulation: Korea Chapter” (Co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2021), “Chambers Global Practice Guide – Shareholders’ Rights and Shareholder Activism: Korea Chapter” (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2019) and “Director’s Liability – A Worldwide Review Third Edition – Korea Chapter” (Co-author, Kluwer Law International, 2016).

Ms. Kim earned her Bachelor of Laws degree from Seoul National University in 2000, and a S.J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2018. She is a graduate of the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2003), and is admitted to both the Korean bar and the New York bar.

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Will Farrell

Federated Hermes
Assistant Manager, EOS
London

Will co-leads the climate change theme at EOS, the stewardship arm of Federated Hermes Limited, where his coverage includes companies in Europe and Australia, primarily financial services, energy, chemicals, and materials. Prior to joining EOS, Will worked in the energy and infrastructure investment banking team at Macquarie Capital, where he specialised in renewable energy. Before that, Will held a number of roles across the UK climate policy space, including as a parliamentary researcher for Rt. Hon. Chris Skidmore MP on climate and energy issues, and as a climate and economic policy analyst at a diplomatic institute. He was appointed as a voluntary adviser to Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma MP, President of COP26, on preparations for COP26 after co-founding a Westminster climate policy group in 2019, which engaged MPs and Members of the House of Lords to advocate for more ambition on climate action in public policy. Will has a Bachelor’s degree (1st Class Honours) in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.