Jaewoo Song

  • Partner
  • T. +82-2-3404-0193
  • F. +82-2-3404-0806
  • E. jaewoo.song@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Jaewoo Song is a partner of Bae, Kim & Lee LLC and a member of the Construction Team. Mr. Song mainly advises and represents clients in real estate and construction matters, real estate development projects and private investment projects.

Mr. Song's expertise lies on the construction and real estate fields as he has not only served as a legal advisor for all aspects of the construction of Seoul Subway Line No. 9, including the construction contract and the private investment project for building the the subway line's first section, but provided advisory and representation services as well in relation to cases involving enormous private investments and disputes over huge construction projects, such as the one involving the private-investment Yongin Light Rail Transit construction project and private-investment Gyeongin Canal construction project. Mr. Song graduated from Korea University College of Law and completed the 27th training course of the Judicial Research and Training Institute. He earned an LL.M. from University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

Representative Experience

2001-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
1998-2001 Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army
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2008-2010 Special Legal Counsel, Yongin City

Representative Matters

Advised a client on refinancing for the private-investment Incheon International Airport Railroad construction project
Advised a client on all aspect of the all aspects of the construction of Seoul Subway Line No. 9, including the construction contract.
Represented the Yongin city government in a lawsuit filed against the client seeking cancellation of imposition of development impact fees in relation to the construction of infrastructure facilities in Seongbok-dong, Suji-gu, Yongin City
Advised, and conducted litigation for, a client in relation to all aspects of the insolvency of six construction sites (Wolgot, Siheung; Sauri, Kimpo; Shinsaengdong, Incheon; Pungmuri, Kimpo; Jinsari, Anseong; Mabukri, Yongin), for which the construction company concerned had succeed to all the rights and obligations related to the unfinished construction works
Advised a client on the operation of the Pangyo Complex PF Project
Advised a client on refinancing for the private-investment Incheon International Airport Railroad construction project
Advised a client on all aspect of the all aspects of the construction of Seoul Subway Line No. 9, including the construction contract.
Represented the Yongin city government in a lawsuit filed against the client seeking cancellation of imposition of development impact fees in relation to the construction of infrastructure facilities in Seongbok-dong, Suji-gu, Yongin City
Advised, and conducted litigation for, a client in relation to all aspects of the insolvency of six construction sites (Wolgot, Siheung; Sauri, Kimpo; Shinsaengdong, Incheon; Pungmuri, Kimpo; Jinsari, Anseong; Mabukri, Yongin), for which the construction company concerned had succeed to all the rights and obligations related to the unfinished construction works
Advised a client on the operation of the Pangyo Complex PF Project
Advised, and conducted litigation for, the Ansan city government in relation to the BTO private-investment project for building sports facilities in Choji-dong, Ansan
Represented a client as a mediator in a case seeking confirmation of absence of the obligation to increase direct construction costs in relation to a BTL private-investment project for constructing sewage culverts
Advised a client on the mediation between it and the operator of the private-investment Yongin Light Rail Transit construction project, with whom no settlement had been reached
Advised a client on the private-investment project for building the first section of Seoul Subway Line No. 9
Advised Incheon North Port Terminal on its private-investment project for building the general pier-type Incheon North Port
Advised a client on the private-investment project for building the Bongdam-Songsan express highway
Advised a client on the private-investment project for building a wastewater reuse facility in Gumi
Advised a client on the New Songdo City Development Project in Incheon
Advised a client on the sale of a substitute land plot associated with Yongin's urban development project in its Yeoksam district
Advised a client on all aspects of Gimhae's urban development project in its Naedeok district
Advised a client on the operation of Cheonan's urban development project in its Guryong district and the related disputes
Advised a client on the resale of a substitute land associated with Yongin's urban development project in its area adjacent to the Giheung Station
Advised a client on the operation of the urban environment rearrangement project for Seun District's Sector 6-3
Advised a client on legal matters concerning the private-investment project for building a park in Jik-dong, Uijeongbu
Advised a client on the private-investment project for building a community park in Chu-dong, Uijeongbu
Advised Lotte World on its operation of the East Busan Theme Park project
Advised POSCO Engineering on a strategy for exiting from the project for a 100 MW onshore wind farm in South Jeolla Province
Advised a client on the development project for building an organic waste disposal facility in Ulsan
Advised a client on the relocation of a factory in Dochong-dong, Gunsan and the related site development project
Advised a client on the development project for building Terminal A in the Stage 1-1 Container Berth in Incheon New Port
Advised a client on the development project for building apartment houses in the Siksa and Deoki districts in Goyang
Advised Haesley Nine Bridges on its golf village development project
Advised a client on the development project for building a logistics complex in Chowol, Gwangju
Advised a client on its disputes with purchasers of units of Le Meilleur Jongno Town in Cheonjindong and the related trust-related matters
Advised a client on the project of operating the Suseo-Mokpo and Suseo-Busan high-speed rails
Represented a client in its application for preliminary injunction for prohibition of construction works in a mansion owned by the Samsung Group's chairman
Represented a client whose right to enjoy sunshine had been infringed on by the project for building Haecheong Apt. in Cheongdam-dong in its application for preliminary injunction for prohibition of the construction works
Represented a client whose right to enjoy sunshine had been infringed on by Donga Apt. in Daechi-dong in its damage claim
Represented a client who was a member of a construction joint venture in a lawsuit seeking the joint venture's representative to perform the obligation to jointly bear construction costs

Education

2007 University of Southern California Gould School of Law (LL.M.)
1998 Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
1995 Korea University (LL.B.)

Selected Activities

Publications
All Issues Concerning National Land Planning Law (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2020)
Commentaries on State Contract Law (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2017)

Qualifications

1998 Korea