Attorney
Seongwoo Kim
Practice Areas
Key Achievements
Disputes over Corporate Issues and Management Right
- •Advised and litigated a dispute over the management of Lakeside CC, a prestigious golf course in the Seoul metropolitan area.
- •Represented Samsung Group in a $5 trillion appellate case involving Samsung Motors between Samsung Group and 14 financial institutions.
- •Advised and litigated a management dispute for CMNTech, the No. 1 market leader in calorimeters, etc.
- •Advised Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries on various matters and litigated criminal cases involving the CEO.
- •Advised Hana Bank on various matters and conducted litigation regarding the validity of loan agreements, etc.
Litigation & Arbitration
- •Conducted and won administrative proceedings to de-designate a large buffer green space for the Riverside Hotel in Gangnam, Seoul.
- •Represented global theme park LEGOLAND in a case involving a request for an injunction against the construction of a project in Chuncheon, Korea.
- •Conducting criminal cases such as bribery of lawmakers in connection with so-called graft cases, etc.
- •Conducted criminal cases, including the bribery of the CEO of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power in connection with nuclear power plant irregularities.
- •Criminal cases such as embezzlement and violation of the Securities and Exchange Act by the CEO of a KOSDAQ-listed company
- •Representative of a company that organized an international forum for the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries Conducted a criminal case involving bribery of a representative of a company that organized the forum
- •Conducted criminal cases such as embezzlement and bribery related to government pensions for the CEO of the company that organized the RFID project ordered by the Korea Information and Communication Industry Promotion Agency.
- •Conducted and won appeals and appeals relating to the jurisprudence of attribution of ownership in the sale of real estate at auction in the name of another (represented the other party in the appeals)
- •Conducted and won an appellate review of a dispute over the purchase price of a 1,000-unit apartment complex in Hwaseong, South Korea.
- •Appellate case involving interpretation of covenants in a funeral home membership purchase agreement.
- •Litigated Kumho Industries debenture workout resulting in loss of due profits clause
- •Conducted and won an administrative lawsuit against the head of IBK's corporate banking team for a work-related injury to a worker.
- •Trial and judgment on medical negligence related to laparoscopic laparotomy-related sequelae disorders [the arguments and legal principles of the Supreme Court's decision in the first trial of the Supreme Court's decision of March 27, 2008 (2007 Da76290), which provided important judgment criteria for related cases, have already been described above].
- •Trials and judgments related to disputes between Korea Water Resources Corporation and the city of Seoul, including Han River water fees.
- •Trial and judgment on whether the merger ratio was unfair in the case of Namhan Paper's absorption of Fungman Paper.
Qualifications
- Korean Bar (Korean Bar Association, Seoul District Bar Association)
- [Passed the 44th Bar Exam (2002)]
Education
1990
- Graduated from Suwon Suwon High School
2000
- Graduated from Seoul National University, Department of Justice
Professional Career
2002
- Passed the 18th Legislative High School Exam
- Pass the 44th Bar Exam
2005
- Graduated from the 34th Judicial Institute
- District Court Reserve Judge
2007
- District Court Judge
2008
- Lawyers at Shin & Kim
Languages
Korean