Kim Chang Lee has several specialists in the construction/real estate practice area, which requires a high degree of specialization and relevant experience. We provide systematic and comprehensive advisory services in real estate transactions and developments, construction projects, real estate trusts, project financing, real estate financing, reconstruction/redevelopment/urban development projects and public infrastructure projects, etc. to major construction companies, developers, housing maintenance business unions and urban development business unions.

Our construction/real estate practice group also represents our clients in various disputes involving every stage of a construction or real estate project ranging from the project planning stage, execution of construction contracts, financing stage to construction completion and repair of defects. We have accumulated an enviable track record in disputes involving construction and real estate, including those relating to construction price, biddings, delay damages, defects, default interest, inspection for use, warranty and security; environment, industrial disasters, subcontracting, and permits/licenses.

• Drafting and review of various types of construction contracts
• Advisory on and representation in litigation involving construction permits and licenses, designated amount for restoration of restricted development area, allotted amount for infrastructure, etc.
• Advisory on and representation in litigation involving filing of real estate transaction reports
• Advisory on and representation in litigation involving government contracts and tenders, changes to public development projects, plans, subcontracts, extension of construction period, occupation permit, scope of subcontracts, payment and distribution of overhead costs, biddings in public tenders, confirmation of preferred bidder status, and related provisional dispositions; advisory on and litigation involving thermal and wind power generation projects
• Advisory on and representation in litigation involving construction of residential and commercial building, roads, bridges, first-time sales, transfer of title, lease, show houses and advertising relating to fist-time sales
• Advisory on and representation in disputes involving urban development/reconstruction/redevelopment processes and disputes between reconstruction/redevelopment unions and construction contractors including amendments to contracts, termination of contracts, settlement of accounts, etc.; advisory on and representation in litigation involving collection of claims in urban maintenance projects, changes to urban development projects, project costs, public land manager consent etc.
• Advisory on and representation in disputes involving cancellation of construction permits/licenses and registrations, sanctions, suspension of business, and tenders and other construction-related administrative and judicial proceedings
• Advisory on and representation in disputes involving real estate disposition trust, collateral trust and development trust
• Disputes involving defects in collective housing buildings
• Advisory on and representation in disputes involving land development plans, urban planning, etc.
• Advisory on and representation in construction-related arbitrations
• Advisory on and representation in disputes involving construction- and subcontracting-related fair trade cases
• Advisory on and representation in disputes involving collection of construction contract price and debt including loans, securitization by means of transfer of ownership in construction equipment and materials, and liens
• Advisory on and representation in disputes involving division of costs and settlement of accounts between consortium members
• Advisory on and representation in litigation and arbitrations between contractor and constructor involving changes to the construction plan, construction contracts, construction costs, construction period, delay damages, liens, repair and maintenance of equipment, etc.
• Advisory on and representation in disputes between construction companies and partner companies involving warranty liability, payment of construction contract price, contracts and payment guarantees
• Applications for preliminary injunction involving suspension of construction arising from civil petitions, prohibition against interference with construction, transfer of possession and representation in related lawsuits for damages
• Applications for preliminary injunction and lawsuits for damages involving solar right and right to a view and lawsuits involving compensation of fishing right
• Advisory on and representation in construction-related criminal cases (criminal cases arising from violations of the Framework Act on the Construction Industry, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Fair Transactions in Subcontracting Act and other construction-related laws and criminal cases involving obstruction of business on construction sites, destruction of property, breach of duty, etc.)