Wonchae Lee is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins.

Wonchae represents financial institutions and sponsors on a broad range of real estate finance transactions, including investment and development facilities, loan-on-loan facilities, restructurings, and refinancings.

She advises clients on a variety of transactions within the real estate sector, with experience in assets including residential property, offices, retail assets, hotels, cold storage assets, and logistics assets.

Prior to joining Latham, Wonchae worked as an associate in the real estate finance team at the London office of a leading international firm.

Wonchae’s experience includes advising:

  • A consortium of lenders on a multi-billion refinancing of a facility secured on student accommodation located in the UK*
  • A consortium of lenders on a facility secured on a portfolio of offices located in Ireland*
  • A UK-based lender on an acquisition facility secured on a number of hotels located across Europe*
  • A UK-based lender on a development facility secured on cold storage assets located in the UK*
  • A UK-based lender on a facility secured on a shopping outlet located in Italy*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • LLM in Legal Practice, BPP University, 2020
  • Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP University, 2019
  • BA (Hons), University of Cambridge, 2018
    Classics

Languages Spoken

  • English

Practices