HWANG Seo Woong joined Barun Law LLC in 2009, after serving as public-service judge advocate, and he was promoted to partner in 2016.  Mr. Hwang mainly dealt with cases in the areas of financial litigation, financial criminal affairs, commercial and corporate litigation, and real estate/construction litigation.  During his career at Barun Law, he achieved successful results in numerous cases, including the dispute case concerned with the validity of KIKO, a case concerning a savings bank, disputes concerning the several shares transfer agreements, disputes concerning large-scale real estate development projects, and cases filed to claim for damages for plant defects, etc. and obtained extensive knowledge and expertise in such areas.

Finance

- A litigation action involved by a foreign business relating to Busan Savings Bank with regard to a violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (in re the breach of duty)

- A case concerned with a dispute on the validity of KIKO (a decision that accepted the interim injunction suspending the validity was delivered)

- A case concerned with the validity of settlement and provision of beneficiary right as security, following conclusion of trust

- A case concerned with stock price manipulation, profit from short-term trade and insider trading

Commercial Affairs

- M&A management disputes

- Disputes on the validity of commercial contracts, including SPAs

- An interim injunction case on non-competition

Construction and Real Estate

- A case on the scope of liability pursuant to the duty of responsible completion under the PF agreement

- A case involving a claim for damages following termination of agreement on supply of land for a complex facility

- A case on ownership dispute over a large hotel

- Advising on Yongsan International Business District development project

- A case involving interim injunction and the merits thereof, such as preservation of status of the qualified detailed designer in relation to a public bid

- Litigation cases concerned with plant defects, including those from thermal power plants, wind power plants, solar power plants and river weirs involved in the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project

Criminal Matters

- A litigation action concerning a violation of the Public Service Election Act in relation to the election of lawmakers

- A litigation action involved by a senior government official in relation to a violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (in re bribery)

- A crime committed in relation to slush fund of a large corporation with regard to the concealment of criminal gains