Mr. Hanjun Cho is an associate at Shin & Kim, and his practice focuses on public procurement, public sanctions, state-owned property (public property), constitutional and administrative litigation, lease, construction, etc.

Public procurement

• Responded to the procedures for imposing sanctions on an inappropriate business entity that supplied goods other than those specified in the contract at the request of an end-user institution
• Advised and responded to negotiations to amend unfair contract terms of a military supply contract
• Responded to administrative proceedings for exemption from liquidated damages in connection with the supply of bulletproof vests and handled litigation for payment of goods
• Responded to administrative proceedings for exemption from liquidated damages in connection with the supply of naval vessels and handled related litigation
• Responded to the Public Procurement Service's debarment proceedings and represented an electronics company in the related administrative litigation
• Advised and litigated for a client in a dispute over a foreign procurement contract following the Russia-Ukraine war

Public Sanctions

• Advised and represented clients in responding to debarment proceedings imposed by public enterprises arising from alleged bid rigging (collusion)
• Responded to a lawsuit seeking to overturn a public corporation’s restriction on the eligibility of its subsidiary to participate in tenders
• Represented in litigation to cancel the disposition of fishing suspension for failure to comply with fishing methods
• Represented in litigation to cancel the disposition of business suspension against a waste management company
• Represented a client in litigation to revoke the suspension of business activities of an environmental impact assessment agency

State-owned and Public Property

• Represented in litigation to cancel the refusal to renew a license to use state-owned property of which contributed acceptance was at issue
• Responded to a lawsuit to cancel the disposition of imposition of indemnities for unauthorized occupation of state-owned property
• Responded to a claim for ancestral land against the State

Constitutional and Administrative Litigation

• Represented clients in administrative litigation concerning the existence and scope of statutory obligations related to urban railway operations
• Handled a case requesting adjudication on the constitutionality of laws relating to the legal reserve of inheritance
• Represented in a constitutional complaint relating to a foreign national’s right to freedom of expression and general freedom of action
• Responded to a lawsuit filed by the owner of the land to be expropriated, seeking the annulment of the approval decision for an industrial park project
• Represented a person who was injured during training in a lawsuit seeking the cancelation of the decision to disqualify him as a person of merit and a person eligible for veterans’ compensation
• Represented in a lawsuit to cancel the disposition refusing to grant a permit to convert a fishing vessel on the grounds of the unconstitutionality of the relevant Enforcement Rules
• Represented in a lawsuit to cancel the imposition of gift tax where the method of calculating the gift gains from the allocation of new shares was at issue
• Represented in a lawsuit to cancel the disposition of returning a subsidy that was used for purposes other than its original purpose by a local government
• Represented in a claim for increased compensation for land expropriation and a claim for the purchase of residual land
• Represented in a lawsuit to cancel disciplinary measures taken against a public official, etc
• Represented in a lawsuit to cancel departure, deportation and protection orders against a foreigner
• Responded to an administrative lawsuit related to the cap on SMP for a solar power plant operator

Leases

• Represented in a lawsuit in connection with a cinema operator’s claim for rent reduction due to COVID-19 and notice of termination of lease agreement
• Responded to a lessee’s claim for damages against a lessor for breach of trust by an employee
• Represented in a lawsuit against a lessee who had refused to vacate a commercial building to execute handover of the building and return unjust enrichment

Construction

• Represented clients in damages claims arising from construction defects within residential housing complexes
• Represented in an arbitral case concerning a contracted interior design company’s claim for damages against its subcontractor
• Represented a contractor in a case involving a claim for payment and the provisional injunction to suspend the effect of a termination notice against its subcontractor
• Represented a main contractor of a consortium in a cost sharing claim
• Responded to a claim by a developer of a residential complex for the cost of relocating power transmission lines into underground space
• Represented in a lawsuit seeking the cancellation of a decision to refuse a building permit due to environmental issues
• Represented a contractor who had borrowed a construction business license in a lawsuit to confirm the non-existence of a debt for construction costs

Criminal

• Represented in a trial for alleged indecent assault of a male non-commissioned officer by a female commissioned officer under the Military Criminal Act
• Represented in a trial for alleged death by occupational negligence related to a traffic accident that occurred during military service
• Represented in a trial of a former member of the National Assembly for alleged bribery, embezzlement in the course of business, and aiding and abetting the escape of a criminal
• Represented in a trial of an entertainment company representative on charges of violating of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (threat of retaliation)
• Represented in a trial of a small-and-medium-sized enterprise CEO for alleged fraud related to embezzlement of loans
• Represented in a trial of a start-up CEO for alleged fraud for non-payment of service fees
• Represented in a trial of a non-commissioned officer in the army for alleged bribery
• Represented in a trial of an employee of a large company responsible for procurement for allegedly accepting bribes through breach of trust and occupational breach of trust
• Represented in a trial of a budget phone operator for violation of the Telecommunications Business Act
• Represented a landowner in a case of extortion, fraud, etc. against an investor, contractor, and developer
• Represented a client in a criminal case involving alleged violations of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (customs duties) in connection with high-end watches

Civil

• Handled compulsory real estate auction proceedings and related litigation, including actions to contest enforcement and claims objections
• Responded to a claim for damages relating to the quality of 5G communications services
• Represented in a lawsuit for confirmation of a land boundary where the conversion of forest land registration was at issue
• Represented in a lawsuit filed by a trustee in bankruptcy of a savings bank to cancel a fraudulent act against a joint guarantor of loan claims
• Responded to a lawsuit seeking the return of unjust enrichment equivalent to connection fees due to a power generator’s conversion of a shared transmission network
• Responded to a claim for construction costs relating to the relocation of a gas pipeline for the construction of a railway
• Represented a purchaser of a resort and residential complex in a lawsuit for the return of the purchase price
• Represented a claim for damages for workplace harassment in a media content company
• Represented a client in a dispute over electricity billing involving misinterpretation of terms and conditions
• Responded to a claim for compensation for defects in power generation equipment