Overview
Soojin Choi mainly advises and represents clients in civil, criminal, and administrative litigation involving construction, real estate development, real estate transactions, public procurement contracts, public-private partnership, redevelopment and reconstruction.
Ms. Choi has provided advice and represented clients in various litigation cases involving development of industrial complexes, golf courses, tourism complexes, and international business complexes; real estate transactions; government procurement projects (including bidding and sanctions against unqualified bidders), public-private partnership and reconstruction/redevelopment projects. As an attorney specializing in those areas, she always tries hard to provide prompt and accurate legal services that satisfy clients' demand.
Based on the accumulated knowledge and experience as stated above, Ms. Choi provides legal advice to, and serves as legal counsel for leading construction companies, public corporations and project operators.
Related Practices
Representative Experience
2009-Present
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2005-2007
Korea Fair Trade Commission
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2024-Present
Member, Gangseo District Office's Personnel Committee, Seoul Metropolitan City
2022-Present
Member, Administrative Appeals Commission, Seoul Metropolitan City
2020-2021
Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Konkuk University
Representative Matters
Advised a client on an urban development project involving the area adjacent to Songdo Station, litigating to defend the client's rights
Advised a client on the settlement of accounts related to the construction of Magok Industrial Complex, litigating to defend the client's rights
Provided advisory services to help amend the Korean industrial cluster laws and other laws related to the introduction of industrial REITs
Advised a client on the omission of shear reinforcement bars, litigating to defend the client's rights
Advised a public corporation on photovoltaic power plant business
Advisory and Litigation Services on Real Estate Issues
Advised a client on an urban development project involving the area adjacent to Songdo Station, litigating to defend the client's rights
Advised a client on the settlement of accounts related to the construction of Magok Industrial Complex, litigating to defend the client's rights
Provided advisory services to help amend the Korean industrial cluster laws and other laws related to the introduction of industrial REITs
Handled a city's proceedings seeking an adjudication of its dispute over the settlement of accounts related to an industrial complex development project
Advised a company on an industrial complex development project and a transaction of the site therefor
Advised a public corporation on a wide range of station-adjacent area development projects, etc., litigating to defend the client's rights
Advised a client on reconstruction and redevelopment, litigating to defend the client's rights
Represented a client on the acquisition, sale and securitization of large real properties, litigating to defend the client's rights
Advised a client on the laws governing large-scale development projects, including the one for constructing a golf course, resort condominium, tourism complex or international business complex, litigating to defend the client's rights
Advisory and Litigation Services on Construction Issues
Advised a client on the omission of shear reinforcement bars, litigating to defend the client's rights
Handled a variety of proceedings seeking an adjudication of disputes over the apartment unit price ceiling system
Advised a client on a project financing, litigating to defend the client's rights
Handled a company's proceedings seeking an adjudication of its dispute over a naval base construction project
Advised a construction company on the construction of a plant, power station, apartment building, shopping center, office building and residential-commercial building, litigating to defend the client's rights
Advised a construction company on construction costs (additional costs and overheads), defects, delay damages, acceptance inspection, and various guarantees and securities, litigating to defend the client's rights
Advised a client on a wide range of real estate trust businesses, including guaranteeing the apartment unit allocation under the Korean Housing Act, litigating to defend the client's rights
Advised a client on consortium-related disputes, litigating to defend the client's rights
Advisory and Litigation Services on Energy and Infrastructure Issues
Advised a public corporation on photovoltaic power plant business
Advised several different corporate clients on their respective private investment projects, including those for constructing an airport railway, bridge, light railway and expressway, litigating to defend their respective rights
Advised a client on the laws governing contracts with government agencies and public procurement contracts, litigating to defend their respective rights
Education
2016
University of Southern California Gould School of Law (LL.M.)
2009
Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
2003
Seoul National University (B.A.)
Selected Activities
Publications
Problems of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2020)
Qualifications
2009
Korea
