The Military Procurement & Defense Industry Team at Shin & Kim offers the following services:

Advisory

• Research and development and purchase of weapons systems, foreign military sales and arms exports.
• Assessment of proposals and tests, selection of companies and weapons, negotiation of contract terms and conditions and review of draft contracts.
• Offset program negotiations, product warranties, technology transfers and the protection of industrial property rights.
• Cost management including cost accounting and unjust profit accounting. 
• Designation of supplies and supplier companies in defense projects. 
• Technology transfers and import and export controls on defense technology.
• Improvement on defense industry promotion policies and systems.
• Mergers and acquisitions of defense companies, establishment of joint ventures, international transactions and obtaining approvals and permits. 
• Government procurement contracts.
• Defense and military facilities projects, military bases and state-owned properties.
• Construction contracts and Build-Transfer-Lease negotiations.
• Military base relocation issues including expropriation of privately owned land and compensation.
• Occupancy permits, repurchase and private contracts with respect to state-owned properties.
• Obtaining relief from not fit for military service rulings, unwanted discharge from military service and disciplinary action.
• Registration of military pensions and national merit programs.
• Enactment, amendment and interpretation of laws and regulations concerning the Ministry of Defense, including the Defense Acquisition Program Administration.
• Legal issues related to parliamentary and administrative inspections and media coverage and other general issues in the defense industry.

Litigation and Arbitration

• Prohibitions on bidding participation, liquidated damages for delay, penalty points and fines.
• Bidding, bid awards and contract execution and performance.
• Forces support system and the procurement of general supplies.
• Restrictions on protected military bases and facilities and the unpermitted use of privately owned land by the military.
• Investigations and trials in corruption cases including bribery and breach of the Military Secret Protection Act.

Advisory

• Advice to AgustaWestland on its maritime operations helicopter business.
• Advice to Airbus with respect to THX.
• Advice to Company H (a domestic defense company) with respect to KDX-1 performance improvements.
• Advice to Company D and Company L (domestic defense companies) with respect to research and development of core technologies.
• Advice to Company H (a domestic defense company) with respect to T-50 Aircraft.
• Advice to Merex with respect to supplying aircraft components to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration.
• Advice to Company S (a domestic defense company) in obtaining a defense company designation.
• Advice to Company A (an overseas defense company) with respect to a Board of Audit and inspection audit.
• Advice to Company M (a domestic defense company) with respect to the breach of the Punishment of Tax Offenses Act.
• Advice to Company L (a domestic construction company) with respect to the Yongsan US Army base relocation project.
• Advice to Company S and Company H (domestic defense companies) with respect to lifting prohibition sanctions on bidding participation.
• Advice to Company S and Company F (domestic defense companies) with respect to liquidated damages for delay.
• Advice to Company S and Company H (domestic defense companies) with respect to price fixing and breach of the Fair Transactions in Subcontracting Act.
• Advice to a client on the effect of a memorandum of understanding concerning the swap of state-owned land and privately owned land.
• Advice to arms dealer and an employee of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration with respect to a breach of the Military Secret Protection Act.
• Advice to combat boot supplier in choosing an optimal method of contracting with the Army.
• Advice to Company B with respect to unfair trade practices sanctions imposed against it because of the performance of its combat boots.
• Advice to clients in investigations and trials concerning fraud in the introduction of electronic warfare training equipment to the Air Force.
• Advice to clients in investigations and trials concerning false repair of Identification Friend or Foe equipment for the Air Force.
• Advice to Mirae Asset Investment and IMM Investment with respect to the sale of their shares of Doosan DST.
• Advice to Dassault in its acquisition of a Korean subsidiary of Computer Simulation Technology.
• Advice to DIP Holdings in its sale (block deal) of its shares of Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd.

Litigation and Arbitration

• Representation of AgustaWestland in arbitration with respect to its maritime operations helicopter business.
• Representation of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in a lawsuit seeking liquidated damages for delay regarding the ATS 31.
• Representation of Company P and Company H (domestic defense companies) in a case in which injunctions were imposed due to proposal assessment results.
• Representation of Company S in a lawsuit regarding payment for goods in the development of the Navy’s tactical C41 system.
• Representation of Company L in a lawsuit regarding the third stage of construction of the Army’s ground tactical C41 system.
• Representation of clients in a lawsuit with respect to the Korea Defense Industry Association’s surety obligations in the construction of Navy ships.
• Representation of Company P and Company H (domestic defense companies) in a lawsuit to lift prohibition sanctions on bidding participation under international law.

Investigations on Alleged Corruption in the Defense Industry

• Representation of Company I and Company S (domestic defense consulting companies) during investigations and related trials against them.
• Representation of Company W (a foreign defense consulting company).
• Representation of Spinning Company D (fabric supplier for the military) regarding a breach of the Design Protection Act.
• Representation of Company H in an alleged price inflation investigation regarding fabric supplies.
• Representation of a client during investigations and at trial concerning a private contract suspected to have been executed by taking advantage of an association of the disabled.
• Representation of an agency for Defense Development executives during alleged bribery investigations regarding research and development projects.
• Representation of clients during investigations and trials against them concerning breaches of the Military Secret Protection Act.