
Minwoo Cha
AssociateIntroduction
Mr. Minwoo Cha is an associate at Shin & Kim, mainly practicing in the areas of antitrust litigation and administrative litigation and remedies.
Areas of Expertise
Professional Career
- 2024-PresentShin & Kim, LLC
- 2025-PresentMember of the Education Committee of the Seoul Bar Association
Key Experience
Antitrust Litigation
- Advised a logistics company on the applicability of special terms in a freight forwarding contract as unfair trade practices
- Represented a steel company in an antitrust litigation seeking damages for bid-rigging practices
- Represented a client in a public trial involving alleged violations of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act and the Fair Transactions in Subcontracting Act by an employee of a telecommunications company
Administrative Litigation
- Represented a photovoltaic company in administrative proceedings for an injunction and reversal of a sanction against a disqualified party and revocation of a direct production certificate
- Represented a construction company in preliminary proceedings for the issuance of a notice of defective quality following a site inspection and construction evaluation of a construction project
- Represented a construction company in preliminary proceedings for the imposition of penalty points and sanctions following a special audit
- Represented a local government official in administrative proceedings for an injunction and reversal of disciplinary measures imposed on the official
- Advised a local government foundation on recruitment procedures and represented it in response to an order to suspend recruitment procedures
- Represented a trade union in administrative injunction and revocation proceedings concerning the issuance of a license extension permit
- Advised a developer of an urban high-tech logistics complex on quality inspection under the Building Act
- Advised a housing rental business entity in connection with a change in the registration of the business under the Special Act on Private Rental Housing
Civil Litigation
- Advised a local government on the right to manage and operate social infrastructure and represented it in response to an injunction against the sale of real estate
- Represented a construction company in a claim for transfer of title and injunction against disposal of rights under provisional registration based on the exercise of the right to request the sale of a plot of land under the Housing Act
- Represented a construction company in a claim for payment of construction costs under a construction contract
- Represented a soil remediation company in a claim for the restitution of unjust enrichment based on the termination of a consulting and construction contract
- Represented an automotive company in an international arbitration concerning a claim for payment under an engine supply contract
- Advised an IT company on a service contract under the Act on Contracts to which the State is a Party
Criminal Litigation
- Represented a construction company in the prosecution of allegations of evasion of execution and violations of the Act on the Registration of the Real Estate Under Actual Titleholder’s Name
- Represented an employee of a public corporation in a public trial on charges of violating the Act on the Prevention of Corruption and the Establishment and Management of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission
- Represented an employee of a bank in a public trial on charges of violating the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes
Education
- 2025-PresentSeoul National University, Graduate School of Law (Ph.D. coursework, Administrative Law)
- 2021-2024Hanyang University, School of Law (J.D.)
- 2014-2021Seoul National University, College of Education (B.Ed. in Korean Language Education)
Qualifications
- 2024Admitted to bar, Korea
Languages
Korean, English, Japanese