Managing Partner Jinho Choi possesses extensive work experience integrating strategy, finance, human resources, and legal affairs based on his experience at a law firm, a consulting firm, and a major corporation. He performs legal advisory services, related litigation, and regulatory improvement matters regarding overall corporate management.
Corporate Management Advisory
He possesses diverse work experience in corporate establishment and liquidation of insolvent corporations, business transfers, share transfers, operation of general meetings of shareholders and boards of directors, issuance of new shares, corporate disclosures, appraisal rights of minority shareholders, stock valuations, financing (financial arrangements), review of investment contracts and NDAs, acquisition of business sites, bidding strategies, legal due diligence for share transfers, collective dismissals, operation of labor-management councils, and corporate compliance.
Healthcare
In the healthcare industry sector, he has advised on vision strategies for medical centers (tertiary general hospitals), clinic opening strategies, design of annual salary contracts, performance bonuses, and retirement pensions, joint clinic openings and dissolution of partnerships, establishment of medical foundations, attendance and advisory during on-site investigations by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA), and National Health Insurance Service (NHIS), introduction of integrated logistics management systems, response to licensing and permits, subrogation lawsuits by private insurance companies regarding arbitrary non-covered medical services, premium (key money) disputes for pharmacies located near hospitals, and ordinary wage issues. Furthermore, he has lectured for the management course at Ajou University Medical Center and the autumn academic conference of the Korean Dermatological Association.
Non-Profit·Public Enterprise Advisory
He has advised on the validity of board resolutions concerning the control of school foundations and dispute resolution measures, family business succession plans, issues regarding comprehensive university audits by the Ministry of Education, and litigation on land expropriation compensation.
Financial Advisory
Representing lending syndicates, he advises on the preparation of bibles (documentation) for real estate development project financing (PF), asset-backed lending (ABL), and other asset securitization agreements, as well as disputes related to the recovery of investments from development project implementers.
Real Estate Matters
He advises on responses to infringement of the right to sunlight and disputes involving condominium management bodies.
Background
Managing Partner Jinho Choi graduated from Seoul National University College of Law, passed the Judicial Examination, and completed the Judicial Research and Training Institute. Subsequently, he accumulated diverse experience working at a finance-specialized law firm, a consulting firm, and an LG Group affiliate. Currently, he serves as a member of the Korean Society of Medical Law and as an advisory attorney for numerous medical foundations and hospitals, possessing high expertise in overall medical management.
Profile
- +Graduated from Seoul National University, College of Law (LL.B.)
- +Passed the Korean Bar Examination
- +Completed the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea
- +Completed the Securities & Finance Training Program, Seoul Bar Association
- +Completed the Tax Law Training Program, Seoul Bar Association
- +Attorney at Law (South Korea)
- +Current) Managing Partner, MAST Law Firm (Gwanghwamun Office)
- +Current) Member, Korean Society of Medical Law
- +Current) Member, Korean Medical Lawyers Association
- +Current) Advisory Counsel, Hansung Medical Foundation (Pohang Semyeong Christianity Hospital, S Seoul Hospital)
- +Former) Legal Team, FarmHannong
- +Former) Consulting Division, ELIO & COMPANY
- +Former) Attorney, Law Firm Myungjin
- +Revocation lawsuit against business suspension and penalty surcharges imposed by the Minister of Health and Welfare.
- +Revocation lawsuit against the retrieval of medical care expenses by the National Health Insurance Service.
- +Revocation lawsuit against the feedback disposition by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.
- +Information disclosure request lawsuit.
- +Opening strategy for Chung-Ang University Hospital Gwangmyeong.
- +Vision strategy for Dongguk University Medical Center.
- +Advisory on faculty performance bonuses for Korea University Medical Center.
- +Advisory for the Korea Fertilizer Association.
- +Injunction prohibiting extraordinary general meetings of condominium management bodies.
- +Lawsuit confirming the invalidity of administrator election resolutions.
- +Injunction for suspension of administrator duties and appointment of acting administrator, application for appointment of temporary administrator.
- +Defense in various investment fraud cases.
- +Criminal defense for occupational breach of trust by executives representing foreign investors in a Joint Venture.
- +Appraisal rights lawsuit.
- +Criminal defense in fraud cases regarding performance guarantee deposits for share transfers.
- +Lawsuit confirming the invalidity of collective dismissal.
- +Criminal defense for delayed wage cases.
- +Damages lawsuit (class action) caused by unfair collaborative acts.
- +Medical malpractice damages lawsuit.
- +Severance pay claim lawsuit for medical staff under net salary contracts.
- +Unjust enrichment return lawsuit regarding arbitrary non-covered medical services by private health insurance companies.
- +Software development contract disputes (restitution following termination, claim for payment).
- +Direct payment claim lawsuit for subcontracting fees.
- +Investment return lawsuit for regional housing associations.
- +Defense in clan disputes (embezzlement of title-trusted land among clan members).
- +Divorce and property division lawsuit.
- +Land delivery claim lawsuit and injunction prohibiting the transfer of possession.
- +Negotiations related to various disputes.
- +Other criminal cases.