Reconstruction and redevelopment of aging urban areas are crucial to the construction and real estate sector, attracting significant policy attention and shaping broader social and economic landscapes. Recognizing the complexities of urban renewal projects, Jipyong has established dedicated Litigation, Advisory, and Tax Teams to provide structured, comprehensive legal solutions tailored to this evolving field. Jipyong’s Construction & Real Estate Group offers extensive experience across diverse urban development projects, including reconstruction, redevelopment, residential environment improvement, local housing initiatives, and small-scale housing renewals. Jipyong offers full-spectrum legal advisory and litigation services at every stage of urban renewal, from district designation and business planning to resolving disputes, which involve promotion committees, association management, construction matters, and settlement processes.
With proven track record and deep legal expertise, Jipyong remains at the forefront of urban renewal, guiding clients through the regulatory and operational challenges of this dynamic sector with strategic, results-driven legal advice.
With proven track record and deep legal expertise, Jipyong remains at the forefront of urban renewal, guiding clients through the regulatory and operational challenges of this dynamic sector with strategic, results-driven legal advice.
Key Practice Areas Close
- Providing comprehensive legal advice throughout the entire urban maintenance project lifecycle, including designation of maintenance zones, establishment of promotion committees, and formation of associations
- Advising lenders in financing of urban environment maintenance projects and related matters
- Handling disputes such as administrative litigation that occurs at various stages, including the approval of association establishments, project implementations, management disposition plans, and relocation notices
- Resolving disputes between associations and its members including commercial members, and other related disputes over the validity of additional contributions
- Managing liquidation and compensation processes for cash liquidation beneficiaries and handling administrative procedures related to expropriation decisions
- Representing clients in disputes with administrative authorities regarding freehold property, mandatory purchase of rental housing, infrastructure contributions, installation of infrastructure, and other related regulatory issues
- Providing comprehensive legal counsel and representing clients in civil disputes regarding relocation notices, dissolution, and liquidation, including settlement of construction-related payments and service fees
- Defending and representing maintenance association’s executives in criminal proceedings and trial advocacy
Experience Close
- Represented a securities company in advising on financing for the urban environment maintenance project in the Gangbuk district promoted by PFV (Civic Center PFV)
- Represented a securities company in advising on the business and the amendment of loan agreement for the Hapjeong District 2 urban environment maintenance project
- Acted as legal advisory in the establishment of PFVs for the execution of urban environment maintenance projects, including structuring loan agreements to secure project funding
- Represented a bank in advising on the development of an urban environment maintenance area and execution of a loan agreement for the project
- Represented the reconstruction and maintenance project association and a local government and won numerous administrative cases, including the confirmation of the invalidity of an association establishment authorization, revocation of project implementation plan approval, and revocation of management disposition plan approval
- Represented a regional housing association and won several cases related to membership contracts and lawsuits seeking confirmation of invalidity of general meeting resolutions
- Advised and conducted litigation on behalf of the implementer of urban environmental maintenance projects in Junghak-dong, Gongpyeong-dong, Hoehyeon-dong, and Seocho-dong
- Represented the urban environment maintenance project association and won the lawsuit filed by a member challenging the validity of the association's establishment authorization
- Represented the members of a reconstructed shopping center in obtaining court approval for convening an extraordinary general meeting
- Represented the Mayor of Jung-gu District, Seoul, and won a lawsuit filed by individuals seeking to revoke the approval of a project implementation plan
- Represented a construction company and won a lawsuit against the redevelopment association seeking the return of unjust enrichment
- Secured a remand after reversal from the Supreme Court in a case involving the validity of an association's establishment authorization
- Partially won a lawsuit representing the Seoul Metropolitan Government in a case where an association claimed payment of the purchase price
- Represented a construction company and won a lawsuit filed by a creditor of a maintenance association regarding debt collection
- Successfully defended the Seocho “B” Reconstruction and Maintenance Association in a lawsuit filed by a member challenging partial invalidation of a management disposition plan
- Represented Cheonan “A” Reconstruction and Maintenance Association and won a case filed by a member regarding the invalidation of a management disposition plan filed by a member
- Represented a construction company and secured a remand after the Supreme Court’s reversal in an appeal concerning the validity of a consumer loan agreement against the Housing and Redevelopment Promotion Committee
- Represented an association and won a case regarding the provisional disposition to suspend the validity of the general resolution meeting of Gangnam ○○ Ju Gong
- Won a provisional disposition to suspend the validity of the general meeting resolution in the dismissal of the Gaepo 1 Reconstruction Association and its President
- Won an appeal in a lawsuit to cancel the management disposition plan of Banpo Ju Gong 1 housing complex
- Represented a construction company that failed to conclude a final contract after selecting a contractor and won all claims for the return of the bid deposit and general assembly selection costs
- Won an appeal on behalf of a redevelopment association in a dispute over loan fees for national and public land, obtaining a judgment that the association was not obligated to pay the loan fees despite unfavorable judgments against the association
- Represented the reconstruction and maintenance project association in Shin Banpo District 4 in a lawsuit to confirm the invalidity of a general assembly resolution regarding the selection of a contractor for the implementation of a joint project
