Lee & Ko’s Trust Practice Group is reputed for its outstanding expertise in dealing with disputes over investment funds, real estate trusts, structured financing projects, and other trust matters.
Since the Asian Financial Crisis in the late 1990s, the Group has been prominent as a leading pioneer of trust cases related to investment funds and real estate trusts. For example, with the collapse of the Daewoo group, we successfully initiated lawsuits on behalf of investors when investment funds which, having purchased securities issued by Daewoo group companies, refused redemptions.
With extensive experience in dispute settlement of trust cases, we are frequently consulting for major real estate trust companies and financial institutions, especially when they wish to employ a new trust scheme for financial structuring.
The Group is well-experienced in assisting clients with trust-related agreements, trust-related project finance agreements, establishment of project finance vehicles (PFVs), establishment and dissolution of real estate investment trusts (REITs), various transactions including trust-related real estate transactions, asset sale and purchase, trust-related tax issues, due diligence, etc.
Major Cases
Real Estate and REITs-related Cases
- Acquisition of Sungdo Building owned by Tomboy Co., Ltd.
- Acquisition of Gangnam Metro Building owned by GE Real Estate Co., Ltd.
- Sale of Dacom Building
- Acquisition of office building(s) owned by Kumho Life Insurance
- Issues relating to Kocref NPS No. 2 and 3
PFV-related Cases
- Development of apartment-type factories in Pungsan-dong, Hanam-si
- Construction of Unbuk leisure complex
- Development of commercial complex buildings in Cheongjin-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Development of golf courses in Suryong-ri, Noeun-myeon, Chungju-si
- Construction of IT center in Yeomchang-dong
Real Estate Trust-related Cases
- Land trust project relating to Seocho Hansin Residential & Commercial Complex Lots
- Trust project relating to Yongin Solecity Apartment
- Trust project relating to Tanhyeon Keunmaeul Apartment Lots
- Development of Daejeon Wonsan Building
- Development of Hongcheon Hot Spring
- Development of Paju Bong-lcheon Apartment
- Development of Hawseong Tool Shopping Mall
- Development of Prime Town
- Development of Jongno Saewoon Complex
- Project relating to SK VIEW in Songcheon-dong, Jeonju-si
- Project relating to complexes in Daeyeon-dong, Nam-gu, Busan
- Construction and sale of Dongdaemun Fashion TV
- Construction of apartments in Songnae-dong, Bucheon-si
- Lawsuits on revocation of fraudulent trusts
- ctions, asset sale and purchase, trust-related tax issues, due diligence, etc.
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