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정상적으로 구동되도록 구현되었습니다.

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엣지, 크롬, 사파리등의 다른 브라우저로 접속을 부탁드립니다. 감사합니다.

Choi, Jin Sook Attorney (Partner)

Professionals Introduction

Attorney Choi Jin Sook is a partner of the Corporate Advisory Group (Finance), and is in charge of general advisory services for special and general financial matters, such as PF, real estate financing, asset securitization, cross-border investment, real estate funds, and entertainment funds.

Since starting her practice as an attorney specialized in financial matters at HMP Law, she has been devoted to financial matters, and has secured a specialized field in legal advisory services for leading domestic banks, securities companies, and asset management companies.

In addition, Attorney Choi keeps developing new advisory fields in relation to cross-border real estate investments in China, Cambodia, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia for financial institutions, real estate funds and construction companies.

In recent years, she is carrying out more specialized legal advisory service in response to changes in the financial environment, such as reorganization of insolvent PF establishments, collection of bonds related to overseas real estate development projects, and advice on collection of bonds by creditor financial institutions in bankruptcy proceedings.

Education

  • 1999Judicial Research and Training Institute of Supreme Court of Korea (28th)
  • 1996Passed the Bar Exam (38th)
  • 1991College of Law, Seoul National University
  • 1986Geochang Girls’ High School

Experience

  • 2018 ~ PresentPartner, Barun Law LLC
  • 2022 ~ PresentMember, Central Land Appropriation Committee of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
  • 2022 ~ PresentMember, Alternative Investment Committee of Yellow Umbrella Mutuals, Korea Federation of SMEs
  • 2021 ~ PresentMember, Finance and Investment Deliberations Committee of Korea Post
  • 2021 ~ PresentMember, Deposit Money Funds Operations Sub-Division of Korea Post
  • 2021 ~ PresentMember, Construction Industry Guarantee Operations Committee
  • 2021 ~ PresentLegal Counsel, Korea Housing and Urban Guarantee Corporation
  • 2021 ~ PresentMember, Legal Risk Management Committee, Korea Housing and Urban Guarantee Corporation
  • 2020 ~ PresentMember, Global Project Advisory Committee, Korea Securities Depository
  • 2020 ~ PresentMember, Sanctions Exemption Deliberation Committee of the Financial Supervisory Service
  • 2017 ~ PresentMember, Special Association for Adult Guardianship Legal Assistance of the Korean Bar Association
  • 2017 ~ PresentMember, Asset Management Committee of Housing Urban Fund, Korea Housing and Urban Guarantee Corporation
  • 2017 ~ 2020Member, Gyeonggi Provincial Land Appropriation Committee
  • 2012 ~ PresentArbitrator (construction field), Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
  • 2006 ~ 2018Partner, Jipyoung Law Firm
  • 2005 ~ 2006Partner, Jahayeon Law Firm
  • 1999 ~ 2005Associate, HMP Law (Hwang Mok Park)

Practice Areas and Representative Matters

Finance

M&A

Securities

StructuredFinancing

RealEstate

Construction

Cross-Border Investment

Publication(s)

- Measures to Facilitate Publicly Traded Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (REITs Journal, Vol. 15, pp. 10-16), Korea Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, 2015

- Asset-Backed Securitization and True Sale: Based on Matters concerning the Corporate Reorganization Act (co-authorship with Yong Yeon CHO) (BFL, Vol. 6), Seoul National University Center for Financial Law, 2004


Press Release   

- [Maeil Business Newspaper, etc.] Barun Law and KEWIC signs business partnership agreement - 2023. 1. 6. 

- [The Bell] [Law Firms with Teams Specializing in Real Estate Matters] Barun Law operates teams specializing in certain matters and seeks to focus on debt collection and non-performing loans (NPLs) - 2023. 2. 13. 

Qualifications/License

2016    Completed 2016 Adult Guardian Education and Training for Professionals provided by the Korean Bar Association

2001    Completed 2nd Real Estate Asset Management Export Program of the Korea Productivity Center and MK-Land Co., Ltd.

Profile

02-3479-2345

jinsook.choi@barunlaw.com

Recent Cases

[Finance] Barun completed due diligence of an Italian healthcare service in relation to a private equity fund

[Administration·Environment] Barun obtained a decision from an appeal court that the district court’s decision and the administrative agency’s disposition would be cancelled in favor of a waste treatment service provider on the ground that the court could not find any grounds for the administrative agency to have rejected the service provider’s application for designation as developer and the approval of the project plan and that the administrative agency had abused and deviated from discretionary power granted to it

[Finance · Administration] Barun Law advises asset management company H on obtaining MLIT’s concurrent business permit for asset management companies under Real Estate Investment Company Act (Attorneys: Choi Jin-Sook, Ahn Ju-Hyun, Jang Bo-Yun)

[Finance·Civil] Barun Law overturns a district court’s decision and wins the case at appeal court for the client in the lawsuit between local financial institutions over the sharing of the down payment worth about KRW10 billion that was forfeited during the purchase of overseas real estate.

[Finance·Civil] In the case where an asset manager and a securities company forfeited the down payment of about KRW10 billion in the course of purchasing a hotel in the U.S., Barun Law obtains the decision from the Supreme Court that the underwriter (i.e., the securities company) is responsible for the payment of the additional deposit.

[Intellectual Property] Barun Law helps a famous franchisor conclusively eliminate the risk of being under dispute with regard to its trademark, "Woori Halmae Tteokbokki"

[Financial/Civil] A case in which we obtain a favorable ruling by overturning the first trial court's ruling that recognized the termination of the agreement due to a change in circumstances because the target company was delisted after the signing of the stock purchase agreement

[Financial Advisory] Completion of Woori Bank’s Q2 Special Bond Sale Advisory (Approximately KRW 522.6 Billion)

[Financial Advisory] Completion of Advisory Services for Woori Bank Regarding the Sale of Special Bonds (Approx. USD140 million) in Q3