Jipyong & Jisung is currently providing legal advice to an Australian law firm representing a seller of real estate on domestic legal issues arising from Korean legislations such as the Real Estate Investment Company Act and the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act, in relation to an Australian real estate investment project which is being conducted by a self-managed real estate investment trust ("REIT") specialized in development. In this indirect investment structure, a Korean REIT will establish a SPC in Australia and then acquire shares in the SPC, and in turn, such established SPC will acquire real estate in Australia with the investment funds. So far, there have been no cases where a Korean REIT has successfully carried out or is in the process of carrying out a development of overseas real estate nor any precedent of investment in development of overseas real estate in such indirect manner.