Construction & Real Estate Disputes

"Bae, Kim & Lee LLC has great breadth of expertise, with connections to external advisers from senior industry and government backgrounds to address difficult and niche issues."

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Overview Key Services Practices Representative Cases Key Contacts Related Content

Overview

BKL, as the first law firm to specialize in the construction and real estate law practice in Korea, is a recognized leader with unparalleled understanding of the complex legal issues and experiences in this area.

The construction and real estate projects and transactions become increasingly complex and subject to a variety of complicated legal and regulatory issues. As a pioneer to specialize in the construction and real estate law practice in Korea, our experience and expertise in the field are unsurpassed. We are experienced in a wide variety of matters involving construction-related issues and disputes. We routinely advise clients on their most complex regulatory, corporate and litigation matters and provide insight into emerging commercial, regulatory and legal trends. The strength and breadth of our experience is recognized by the clients since we have been consistently ranked No.1 in the construction and real estate practice for many years. Our leading practitioners who are recognized as industry experts provide superior legal representation to the Korean and international construction and real estate companies.

Key Services

Large Scale Construction Project Contracts

All construction-related agreements, including construction management agreements, supervision contracts, and design services contracts, and issues arising out of such agreements, including adjustment of contract amounts.

State Contracts and Bidding

Bidding and contracts to which the state, a local government, a public institution, or a local public enterprise is a party.

General Construction Projects

Contractual issues, such as construction costs, defect repairs, liquidate damages, approval to use, damages compensation, adjustment of contract amounts, various guarantees and collaterals and consortium

Administrative measures, construction related laws and regulations, including restriction on participation in bidding, suspension of business, approval on project plans, authorization on project implementation and development of restriction zones

Environmental issues (e.g., sunlight, view, noise, light reflection), industrial accidents, sub-contracting, insurance, labor, loss compensation and construction appraisal

Large Scale Real Estate Development Projects

Reconstruction projects and redevelopment projects

District planning and urban planning facilities projects

Urban development projects, industrial complex development projects, enterprise cities development projects, tourist facilities complex development projects, and free economic zone development projects

SOC projects

Infrastructure projects such as roads, railroads, ports, canals, energy facilities, information and communications facilities, distribution and tourism facilities

Shareholder agreements, financial contracts such as senior and subordinate loan agreements, management & operation contracts, design services contracts, and supervision contracts in connection with such infrastructure project

Real Estate Trust Business

Real estate disposition trust, collateral trust, and development trust including land trust for unit sale

Overseas Real Estate Development and Overseas Construction

Overseas development projects for buildings, resorts, oil fields, various plants and roads

Bidding and overseas construction contracts

Arbitration

Arbitration cases in connection with construction, plant and civil engineering projects relating to construction costs, defect repairs, liquidate damages, damages compensation, and adjustment of contract amounts

Fair Trade Cases

Violations of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act, such as bid rigging

Violation of the Act on Fair Transactions in Subcontracting

Criminal Cases

Criminal charges resulting from the violation of relevant laws, such as the Framework Act on the Construction Industry, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and the Act on Fair Transactions in Subcontracting

Practice Areas

Representative Cases

Claim for additional construction costs in an exhibition center construction project, Seoul city hall construction project, USFK military base relocation project and east coast expressway construction project

Environmental dispute cases, including as litigation seeking damages arising from light reflection and infringement on the right of light by office building

Lawsuit relating to an urban development project

Large Scale Construction Project Contracts

Civil, criminal and administrative cases with respect to the restoration project of four major rivers in Korea

Civil and administrative cases with respect to a naval base construction project

Environmental dispute cases, including as litigation seeking damages arising from light reflection and infringement on the right of light by office building

State Contracts and Bidding

Restriction on participation in bidding

Injunction for suspension of bidding procedures in a high-tech IT center project

Injunction for suspension of qualification review in a highway construction project

Large Scale Real Estate Development Projects

Lawsuit relating to an urban development project

Lawsuit relating to a digital media city project and a central business district development project

Disputes relating to the development projects for free economic zones

International arbitration case with respect to an Incheon development project

A number of disputes relating to reconstruction and redevelopment projects

Dispute with respect to a resort development project

SOC Projects

Disputes with respect to large scale infrastructure construction projects, including Incheon International Airport railroad, a high-speed train, a subway line No. 9 and a canal and an expressway in Seoul

Overseas Real Estate Development and Overseas Construction

International arbitration with respect to a nuclear power plant construction project in UAE

International arbitration with respect to a combined cycle power plants construction project in Qatar

Arbitration

Arbitrations with respect to large scale construction and civil engineering projects including an energy cogeneration plant and a thermal power plant, on construction cost disputes

Arbitration concerning a damage claim in a synthetic natural gas production plant project

Key Contacts

Our Team