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Lee & Ko

Real Estate

Asia-Pacific Guide 2026 : South Korea

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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.

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Real Estate - South Korea

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.

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Work Highlights

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  • Lee & Ko served as transaction counsel to Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund on its acquisition of a 100% stake in Hanam Data Center through its wholly owned subsidiary, Green Digital Infra.

Strengths

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  • Lee & Ko strives to respond to customers in real time and offers a multifaceted perspective by sharing legal opinions that address not only the customer's interests, but also current market practices.

    Real Estate respondentAsia-Pacific

  • The team is incredibly personal and thoughtful and goes above and beyond scoped work to flag all risk items relevant to the transaction.

    Real Estate respondentAsia-Pacific

Notable Practitioners

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  • Junghwan Lee
    Junghwan Lee

    Junghwan Lee

    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.

    • Junghwan continues to keep in close contact, offering industry updates even after the transaction closed.

      Real Estate respondentAsia-Pacific

    • Particularly impressive was the prompt communication, meticulous risk management and strategic coordination during negotiations.

      Real Estate respondentAsia-Pacific
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  • Dong Seok Woo
    Dong Seok Woo

    Dong Seok Woo

    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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