Meet Ona
I joined Lawrence Stephens as a Senior Associate in 2025. I am a bilingual Korean commercial real estate and real estate finance lawyer who focuses on investment and secured lending work.
Over the years, I’ve acted for a wide range of clients, including Korean banks, Korean asset managers, institutional investors, UK clearing banks, and international banks.
With over 10 years of experience in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, my work includes acquisition, disposal, financing, and development financing of all asset types. I advise both lenders and borrowers on bilateral, syndicated, and senior and mezzanine loans.
My experience spans assets such as logistics, petrol stations, hotels, retail parks, PBSA, golf courses, care homes, and schools.
I am also experienced in project managing cross border lending transactions for Korean clients, providing efficient pragmatic legal advice that is commercially prudent.
Experience highlights
- Acting for major investment bank for the lending of £70m for the refinance and development loan for a care home portfolio.
- Acting for one of the largest Korean investment banks in refinance of cross border hotels in Spain for the syndicated lending of £50m.
- Acting for major PLC, project managing the corporate disposal of one of the largest portfolios of golf courses with the value in excess of £200m.
