Given the complex and expansive nature of construction and real estate matters, Jipyong’s Construction & Real Estate Group is composed of seasoned professionals with specialized expertise in the field. Our team members include lawyers with extensive experience in construction tribunals, major construction company in-house counsel expertise, professional engineering and appraiser experience. Collaborating with experts from our Advisory Group (corporate/finance) and Taxation Group, we provide clients with comprehensive and strategic legal solutions to effectively manage and resolve disputes.
Jipyong’s Construction & Real Estate Group represents major construction companies, contractors, maintenance project associations, and urban development project associations in litigation arising from various construction and development projects. We also provide tailored legal counsel to leading construction firms, contractors, and industry associations in Korea on dispute resolution and risk mitigation.
Our team has extensive experience across all aspects of construction-related litigation, including disputes over construction payments, condominium and multi-family housing developments, real estate enforcement, auctions, residential and commercial leases, construction warranties, environmental claims, subcontracting, and construction-related bankruptcies.
Key Practice Areas Close
- Disputes related to construction payments (e.g. design changes, price fluctuations, additional construction costs under contractual terms, and overhead costs), delay damages, defect repairs, rescission and modification of contracts, disputes related to co-contractors (e.g. cost sharing), construction-related provisional injunction (e.g. suspension of construction), construction service disputes (e.g. design service, supervision service), and construction-related arbitration cases
- Disputes regarding sales advertisements and sales contracts for condominium buildings, disputes related to managers, management group, and meetings of management groups under the Act on Ownership and Management of Condominium Buildings, disputes regarding reconstruction under the same Act, and disputes involving land use rights and registration of condominium buildings
- Lien disputes, objections at the enforcement stage, preservative measures, and other enforcement-related litigation (objection to claim, objection by a third party)
- Providing advisory and litigation services on matters regarding the Housing Lease Protection Act and the Commercial Building Lease Protection Act, managing large-scale lease agreements, handling related disputes, and advising and litigating cases involving the Special Act on Private Rental Housing
- Providing advisory and litigation services on various surety bonds, letters of credit, and guarantees related to construction projects
- Providing advisory and litigation services on disputes regarding rights to sunlight, rights to a view, noise, vibration, dust, and other environmental damages
- Providing advisory and litigation services on various disputes under the Fair Transactions in Subcontracting Act and Mutually Beneficial Cooperation Act (e.g. damages), and disputes regarding direct payment claims under the Fair Transactions in Subcontracting Act
- Providing advisory and litigation services on claim filings, investigation confirmation judgements, and other disputes under the Debtor Rehabilitation and Bankruptcy Act regarding the rehabilitation and/or bankruptcy of the contractors or developers
Construction-Related Disputes
Condominium Buildings and Multi-Family Housing Disputes
Real Estate Enforcement and Auctions
Lease (Residential/Commercial)
Construction Guarantee
Environmental Disputes
Construction Subcontracting
Construction Bankruptcy
Experience Close
- Represented the residents of a multi-family housing in a claim for damages against the residents’ representative meeting, achieving partial success in the cases
- Represented a defendant company in a case brought by Company A for breach of contract and damages in relation to the use of an apartment brand, securing a victory
- Represented a developer in a case brought by individuals seeking the return of their purchase price and won the case
- Represented an urban development project developer and a trustee in an appeal case brought by purchasers seeking to recover the purchase price for condominium units,) and won the case
- Represented the developer in a case involving the duty to explain under the Act on the Regulation of Terms and Conditions, obtaining a Supreme Court ruling to reverse the original court’s decision and remanded the case
- Represented a trust company in a lawsuit to revoke a construction suspension order, and won the case
- Represented a developer in a case brought by the purchasers seeking rescission of contract and restoration and won the case
- Represented a construction company in a quasi-appeal case involving the conversion of a rental property into sale and won the case
- Obtained a Supreme Court decision to reverse the lower court’s judgment and remanded the case, which established a new legal principle regarding sectional ownership of open shopping centers
- Represented a project developer in an injunction case to halt the hand-over of real estate and a land hand-over claim case, winning both
- Represented members of an apartment commercial association in a case for a permission to convene an extraordinary general meeting, successfully obtaining the permission
- Represented a contractor and a project developer in an injunction case to suspend construction brought by the owner of a neighboring building
- Represented the Seoul Metropolitan Government in a case where a contractor claimed for overhead costs related to Phase 3 of Seoul Subway Line 9 construction and won the case
- Represented a developer in a lawsuit for the return of sales proceeds and damages brought by shopping center purchasers due to the presence of pillars in the store (appeal court) and won the case
- Represented the client in an arbitration case where a contractor claimed additional costs due to design changes and won the case
- Represented a construction company in a construction payment claim brought by a subcontractor and won the case
- Represented a construction company in an unjust enrichment claim against a redevelopment association on behalf of a construction company
- Represented Company E against claims under the product liability law and won the case in full
- Represented a construction company against a claim for joint cost-sharing against a consortium member company and won the case
- Represented a project owner in a claim for performance of heat exchanger installed in a nuclear power plant and won the case in full
- Represented an architectural firm in a fee-for-service case against a reconstruction association and won the case
- Represented the developer of a national industrial park development project in a case regarding an injunction to suspend land delivery—an injunction to prevent the removal and collection of obstructions and the underlying lawsuit and won the case
- Represented a construction company in a construction payment claim against the Republic of Korea and a public institution and won the case
- Represented a redevelopment association in a lawsuit for confirmation of the contractor’s status brought by a contractor and won the case
- Represented a land purchaser in an appeal case regarding the return of a prepayment discount and won the case
- Represented hotel purchasers in a claim for delay compensation and won the case
