Constitutional & Administrative Litigation

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Overview

We provide top-notch legal services with the collaboration of former judges, former government officials, highly experienced litigators and other attorneys with expertise in the relevant fields. With our unmatched expertise and experience, we have a track record of obtaining favorable results in litigations and administrative appeals and providing effective legal advisory services on complex constitutional and administrative litigation matters.

Based on a wealth of experience and knowledge in all stages of administrative and regulatory processes, we provide optimal solutions of both litigation and non-litigation approaches, from filing civil petitions for grievance to the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission to filing with the Constitutional Court, to a wide range of administrative dispositions.

Our group consists of leading practitioners with demonstrated expertise and extensive experience in relevant areas. Included in the group are former judges from the Seoul Administrative Court and the Constitutional Court, and former government officials from government and administrative agencies such as the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Environment, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration and the Board of Audit and Inspection. Our expertise and experience enable us to offer optimal solutions in a wide range of issues relating to administrative actions, government policies and municipal ordinances.

Key Services

Response to Proposed Administrative Dispositions
Advising on responding to proposed administrative dispositions
Drafting and submitting opinions
Hearing preparations
Dispute Resolution
Representing in administrative appeals and litigations in connection with administrative dispositions
Filing civil petitions for grievance to the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission as well as review requests to the Board of Audit and Inspection
Representing in constitutional litigations to adjudicate on the constitutionality of statutes and to file constitutional complaints
Regulatory Advice
Obtaining authoritative interpretations on legislation
Responding to audits and administrative investigations
Advising on the criminal procedures arising from violation of administrative regulations

Representative Cases

Represented in a case on cancellation of drug price reductions and suspension of medical care benefits for all pharmaceutical products manufactured by pharmaceutical companies
Petition on constitutionality of Article 18, Paragraph (1), Subparagraph (6) of the Health Functional Foods Act
Advised on a matter relating to the return of a government subsidy (approximately KRW 50 billion) for a waste water treatment facility
Administrative Litigations
Represented in civil and criminal proceedings on cancellation of a penalty surcharge on a medical institution in relation to the MERS outbreak
Represented in a case on cancellation of drug price reductions and suspension of medical care benefits for all pharmaceutical products manufactured by pharmaceutical companies
Represented in a case on cancellation of port facility usage fees
Represented in a case on revocation of the private high school designation in Seoul
Represented in a case on cancellation of a price adjustment order on the government-authorized textbooks issued by the Minister of Education
Represented in a case on cancellation of termination of a clinical faculty employment contract at a private medical school as well as return of unfair profits
Represented in a case on the return of the overcrowding charges paid based on retroactive application of a ground for charge exemption
Represented in a case on greenhouse gas emissions quota system
Represented LH Corporation in a case on charges for school sites for a construction project
Constitutional Litigations
Petition on constitutionality of Article 18, Paragraph (1), Subparagraph (6) of the Health Functional Foods Act
Petition on constitutionality of Article 18, Paragraph (1) of the Regulations on Training and Qualifications of Dentists
Regulatory Advice
Advised a foreign automobile manufacturer in a matter relating to alleged emissions manipulation
Advised a foreign airline with respect to its application for operation of new routes
Advised on the sale of port facilities
Advised a foreign cosmetics company in responding to a proposed administrative disposition regarding cosmetics import
Advised on a matter relating to recall of mattresses and interior building materials that have been detected to contain radon
Advised on a criminal matter relating to an environmental impact assessment with respect to permission for collecting earth or stone
Advised on a matter relating to the acquisition of a construction license by a coal-fired power plant
Advised on a matter relating to the return of a government subsidy (approximately KRW 50 billion) for a waste water treatment facility
Advised on a number of matters relating to accidents and environmental pollution at factories and workplaces