Gun Chul Do

Partner

T. +82-2-3404-0142
F. +82-2-3404-7308
E. gunchul.do@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Gun Chul Do is a partner at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC. Mr. Do's major practice areas include: consultation and litigation services in the areas of real estate, real estate finance, indirect investment in real estate, foreign investment, project finance, etc. Since he joined BKL in 1993, he has successfully advised clients on various projects including NSIC's New Songdo International City development project, Hanwha E&C's Bismayah New City development project, sale and acquisition of Namdaemun Daewoo Building, Kolon Building, Daewoo Securities Building in Yeouido, Kukdong E&C Building, etc., sale of Hynix's non-memory business, and sale of Homeplus.

Mr. Do earned an LL.B. from Seoul National University in 1988 and an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1999. He completed the Judicial Research and Training Institute course in 1990 and served as a judge advocate in the Korean Army, and then joined BKL in 1993. While serving as vice president in charge of legal affairs at Gale International Korea, he also demonstrated his ability in directly conducting a new city development project.

Related Practices

Representative Experience

2008-2009 Vice President, Gale International Korea

1993-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC

1990-1993 Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army

2017-Present Consultant, South Saad Al Abdullah New City Development Project, Korea Land & Housing Corporation

2016-Present Member, Foreign Urban Development Advisory Committee, Korea Land & Housing Corporation

2016-Present Member, Management and Investment Review Committee, Korea Land & Housing Corporation

2016-Present Member, Smart City Exportation Committee, Korea Land & Housing Corporation

2014-Present Advisor, Investment Attraction Planning Department, Saemangeum Development and Investment Agency

2004-2009 Member, Cartel Advisory Committee, Korea Fair Trade Commission

Representative Matters

Advised Gale International and its Korean subsidiary on New Songdo International City Development Project in Incheon Free Economic Zone (Korea's largest real estate development project with a total project cost of KRW 25 trillion)

Advised Hanwha E&C on Bismayah New City development project

Advised Korea Land & Housing Corporation on South Saad Al Abdullah New City Development Project in Kuwait

Advised Hynix on the sale of its non-memory business

Advised on Tesco's Sale of Homeplus (the largest transaction in the history of domestic M&A)

Advised Hanwha E&C on Bismayah New City development project

Advised Korea Land & Housing Corporation on South Saad Al Abdullah New City Development Project in Kuwait

Advised Hynix on the sale of its non-memory business

Advised on Tesco's Sale of Homeplus (the largest transaction in the history of domestic M&A)

Advised Christian Dior Couture on its acquisition of a site for the new Korean flagship store and head quarter

Advised Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds on its acquisition of buildings in Seoul

Advised Macquarie on its acquisition and disposition of buildings in Seoul

Advised on sale and acquisition of Namdaemun Daewoo Building, Kolon Building, Daewoo Securities Building in Yeouido, Kukdong E&C Building, etc.