LEE, Sung Hun served as Judge at the Seoul Central District Court, the Seoul Southern District Court and Uijeongbu District Court; Senior Judge at the Gwangju District Court; Judicial Researcher at the Supreme Court of Korea; Senior Judge at the Seoul Central District Court for 23 years from 1984 to 2008. After serving as Chief Judge of the Suwon District Court in 2008, he joined Barun Law LLC as partner attorney in 2010. He heard a number of civil and criminal cases as well as administrative cases behind the bench for 23 years. Since joining Barun Law LLC, he has successfully represented his clients through direct meetings with clients, thorough case reviews and aggressive argument at court.

Civil/Commercial Matters

- Representing Sung Won Corporation, Sung Won Industrial Development in applying for corporate rehabilitation and advising on the rehabilitation procedure

- A case on execution of financial structure improvement agreement among 13 companies, including Hyundai Motors and Foreign Exchange Bank, and involving a claim for interim injunction to suspend the effect of the joint sanctions resolution

- A case filed by Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation against the management of Hyundai Group for damages arising from window dressing practices

- A case involving Seoul Foods Co., Ltd. on management right dispute arising from hostile M&A

- Cases involving Mukunghwa Corporation on interim injunction and merit of the case in relation to the management right dispute among the shareholders of the company

- A case involving Samil PwC filing a claim for interim injunction against Kim & Chang concerning the non-competition duty of an accountant

- A case where a claim for damages was filed by E-Trade Securities concerning online securities transaction

- A case on a claim for litigation costs of the litigation action filed against Samsung Electronics

- A case on recovery of land owned by ancestors

- A case on a golf club

- Cases on interim injunction and merit of the case involving the management dispute of Daehan Consultants Co., Ltd.

- A case involving a claim filed by Guri Urban Corporation for interim injunction against GS E&C to prohibit execution of a business agreement concerning an urban development project (amounting to KRW 3.8 trillion)

- Cases involving an injunction against the issuance of new shares by Donghwa Industry and a lawsuit on the merits, and an injunction against access to and photocopying of accounting books

- Cases involving injunction against issuance of new shares and exercise of voting rights by Dowon Development

- A case involving a claim for the agreement amount against JCF III K Holdings LP (an overseas private equity fund), etc.

Criminal Matters

- A case on breach of the Act on the Punishment of Tax Evaders concerning offshore tax evasion

- A case on breach of the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act concerning OLED

- A case involving breach of duty, embezzlement, fraud, etc, in the joint golf course development project with a large conglomerate

- Cases involving Samhwa Savings Bank, SK Group, Eugene Group, Lotte Himart Co., Ltd. and Hanwha Group

- A case on breach of the Act on Prevention of Divulgence and Protection of Industrial Technology concerning OLED technology

- A criminal case involving the purchase and sale of a school corporation

Administrative Matters/Constitution

- A case on stay of execution of the disposition dismissing the Commissioner of Arts Council Korea

- A case on cancellation of disposition dismissing the Commissioner of Korean Film Council

- A case on cancellation of disposition approving the golf course-related urban planning-based facility

- A case on cancellation of disposition allowing expropriation in relation to a golf course

- A constitutional petition filed concerning the provisions pertaining to non-liability of land owners under the Soil Environment Conservation Act of Korea

- A case on cancellation of disposition imposing taxes against rebates provided by pharmaceutical companies

- A case on cancellation of dispositions approving new creation and construction of ready-mix concrete factory within a development restricted area

- A case concerning relief expenses