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Lee & Ko’s Real Estate Group, with its vast and diversified manpower, provides a full range of services to a wide array of clients, including domestic and foreign real estate developers, asset management companies, REITs, pension funds, banks, and insurance companies.  We offer clients wide range of experience handling all types of property such as prime offices, shopping malls, hotels and resorts, factories, logistic facilities and data center.

The core strength of Lee & Ko’s Real Estate Practice is its ability to provide seamless coordination between its real estate transaction practice with other practices, dispute resolutions and regulatory affairs in particular.  Our professionals are also renowned for being able to develop and analyze optimal tax structures for cross-border real estate transactions.

Another strength is its ability to assist foreign clients in inbound real estate investments, with the depth of experience in navigating the foreign clients through complex and intricate real estate laws and regulations in Korea along with our global perspective and insight.

Being a true one-stop shop, we are able to guide our clients through every stage of a sophisticated and complex real estate transaction.

Chambers Review

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Real Estate - South Korea

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Lee & Ko is a full-service law firm in South Korea with pronounced strength in real estate financing. The team is often mandated to draft and negotiate complex sale and purchase agreements, and advise on the coordination of large-scale commercial property investment projects and overseas real estate developments, as well as handling a range of REIT and REF matters. It also acts in land and property-related disputes, with extensive experience advising on construction-related litigation. The team's client roster includes major commercial banks and asset management companies.

Work Highlights

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  • Lee & Ko advised Samsung SRA Asset Management on the acquisition of a logistics warehouse development in Malaga, Spain.

Strengths

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The firm demonstrates excellent ability to identify tasks that should be prioritised to solve complex problems.

Real Estate respondent
Asia-Pacific

Lee & Ko understand the client's budget and work within the requirements. The team is business-savvy.

Real Estate respondent
Asia-Pacific

Notable Practitioners

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Junghwan Lee
2
Junghwan Lee
2
Band 2

Lee Junghwan leads Lee & Ko's real estate group in Seoul and is commended for his work advising domestic investors and private funds on their outbound acquisitions and investments in real estate assets based throughout Europe and the USA. He is often mandated on transactions involving commercial and residential properties.

Lee Junghwan is a standout lawyer - super responsive and helpful.

Lee Junghwan is a trusted adviser who has deep and long-term relationships with his clients. His combination of superb legal acumen and practical business savvy provides unique value.

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Dong Seok Woo
3
Dong Seok Woo
3
Band 3

Woo Dong Seok utilises his finance experience to advise clients on a range of real estate transaction matters, including investments and acquisitions. His work remit covers both Korean and international issues.

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Ranked Lawyers at
Lee & Ko

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South Korea

Real Estate
Junghwan Lee
2
Junghwan Lee
2
Band 2
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Dong Seok Woo
3
Dong Seok Woo
3
Band 3
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Members

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Chanik Jang

Eunyoung Shin

Jee In Kim

Jin Wook Yang

Joonghoon Kwak

Jun Woo Cho