In the construction and real estate sector, various administrative actions are essential to mitigating risks associated with buildings, regulating land use, and determining construction feasibility. In particular, real estate development projects require careful navigation of urban planning decisions, project approvals and permits, and the imposition of various charges—all of which are critical to a project's success.
Jipyong’s Litigation Group and Advisory Group organically work together to provide strategic and adaptive legal support, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and effectively engaging with competent authorities. Recognizing the unique complexities of construction-related administrative matters, our Construction & Real Estate Group is comprised of lawyers and specialists with expertise in administrative law. This seamless collaboration allows us to deliver comprehensive advisory services and effective dispute resolution. With in-depth experience in construction administration and a thorough understanding of regulatory frameworks, Jipyong’s Construction & Real Estate Group is well-equipped to guide clients through the legal intricacies of the industry.
Key Practice Areas Close
- Legal advisory on various construction-related permits, including building permits and urban planning matters
- Legal advisory on administrative proceedings and handling disputes related to various denials and revocations, including district unit planning decisions, business designation decisions, implementation plan approval decisions and transfer approval withdrawal decision
- Handling various administrative disputes such as registration refusal for large-scale stores including department stores and shopping malls
- Handling disputes on the terms of business license in large-scale private investment projects, including the validity of implementation agreements, cost settlements and contribution payments
- Handling disputes related to monetary dispositions, including school land fees, causer’s liability charges and imposition of indemnity charges
- Representing clients in administrative proceedings and litigation related to various restrictive administrative actions, including restrictions on bidding qualifications, stop work orders, suspension of operations and compliance orders
Experience Close
- Won a claim for financial subsidies related to a private investment project
- Represented Gimhae City on various disposition cases including revocation of business designation by SPC and won the case
- Represented a private park special project implementer and secured a ruling dismissing the claim to invalidate the implementation plan approval due to the omission of an environmental impact assessment, affirming the validity of the approval
- Represented a landowner company in a claim challenging the revocation of an implementation plan approval for an urban planning facility project related to the sunset provision and won the case
- Represented the administrative agency in a case to revoke a business suspension order related to the operation of a center filed by the C Foundation and others and won the case
- Represented the Republic of Korea and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport in a claim for cancellation of the rejection of the application for payment of proposal costs brought by G E&C and won the case in full
- Represented the Seoul Metropolitan Government in a lawsuit seeking confirmation of the invalidity of a district unit planning decision in the COEX—Jamsil Sports Complex area and won the case
- Represented Company L in a lawsuit to cancel the refusal of a large-scale store establishment (change) registration in connection with the opening of a supermarket and won the case
- Represented Yongin City in a lawsuit against Giheung Yongin Expressway Co., Ltd. regarding the validity of the implementation agreement and won the case
- Represented the Seoul Metropolitan Government in a case to confirm the invalidity of an urban management plan related to the KEPCO site and won the case
- Represented a contractor in a lawsuit against a district office to cancel the imposition of a reimbursement payment and won the case
- Represented a special purpose company holding the rights to the Saemangeum wind power project in a motion to stay the enforcement of the revoked transfer approval for the Saemangeum wind power project, and obtained a favorable ruling
- Represented a private park special project implementer in a claim for invalidation of an implementation plan approval due to an omission of an environmental impact assessment, and won the case
- Represented the head of Jung-gu Office in Seoul in a case filed by individuals seeking revocation of the project implementation plan approval, and won the case
- Represented Sinchon Station in a constitutional petition related to Article 651 of the Civil Act (2011 Heonba 234) and successfully obtained a ruling of unconstitutionality
- Represented Seoul City Gas in a dispute over gas facility cost-sharing charges and won the lawsuit
- Successfully litigated a case to annul the imposition of development-related charges, including a lawsuit to revoke school site contribution fees
- Represented a trust company in an action to cancel the stop-work order and won the case
- Successfully represented a design service company in obtaining a stay of execution against the imposition of penalty
- Represented the head of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Western Waterworks Project in a lawsuit to revoke imposition of liability charges
- Represented the Seoul Asan Medical Center consortium in advising on the bidding process for the development of Cheongna Medical Complex Town, hosted by the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority
- Represented the Mayor of Seongnam in a lawsuit defending against the claim brought by an urban development project implementer seeking to revoke the enforcement order under the Environmental Impact Assessment Act
- Represented a real estate investment company in a lawsuit challenging the refusal to approve a registration change for a rental business and secured a favorable ruling
- Represented an international school corporation in an action to revoke a refusal by the Superintendent of Education of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province to use surplus funds
- Represented a consortium of the Seoul Asan Medical Center, the preferred bidder, in securing an injunction against the suspension of its designation as the preferred bidder for the Cheongna Medical Complex Town project in Incheon
