Partner Seowon Lee handles legal advisory, litigation, and dispute resolution regarding real estate redevelopment and reconstruction, as well as civil, criminal, and family litigation and dispute resolution at MAST Law Firm.
Real Estate·Construction
As a registered specialist attorney in the field of redevelopment and reconstruction with the Korean Bar Association, she performs advisory and litigation related to various real estate development projects including redevelopment, reconstruction, regional housing, and cooperatives. She possesses diverse work experience related to real estate, such as building construction and management, sales, leasing, and eviction.
Property Crimes
She handles various property crimes including occupational embezzlement, breach of trust, fraud (investment and loan), various voice phishing crimes, and pseudo-deposit taking related to stocks and cryptocurrency (so-called 'reading rooms').
Divorce·Inheritance
As a registered specialist attorney in family law with the Korean Bar Association, she has diverse experience in divorce disputes (property division, alimony, parental rights, custody) and inheritance disputes (adjudication on division of inherited property, claims for return of legal reserve, claims for recovery of inheritance). She also handles overall family matters including dissolution of de facto marriage, renunciation of inheritance, qualified acceptance, annulment and cancellation of marriage, adult guardianship, affiliation, and confirmation of existence or non-existence of parent-child relationship.
Sex Crimes
She performs criminal defense and complaint representation related to sexual assault, rape, indecent act by compulsion, prostitution, and digital sex crimes such as obscene acts using communication media and illegal filming using cameras.
Traffic Accidents·DUI
She performs criminal defense related to traffic accidents including drunk driving, unlicensed driving, hit-and-run, and retaliatory driving, as well as relief procedures for license revocation (objections, administrative appeals, administrative litigation).
School Violence·Juvenile Crimes
As a member of the School Violence Autonomous Committee and the Teachers' Rights Protection Committee, she handles criminal defense and complaint representation related to school violence and juvenile crimes.
Drugs·Other Offenses
She performs criminal defense and complaint representation related to drug crimes (psychotropic drugs, marijuana, etc.), defamation, assault, and bodily injury.
Background
Partner Seowon Lee holds a B.A. in English Literature and an LL.B. from Korea University. After passing the Korean Bar Examination, she completed the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court. Subsequently, she led outstanding results at Law Firm Junghyang, handling advisory, litigation, and dispute resolution for various corporate and individual clients, particularly in redevelopment and reconstruction matters.
Profile
- +Graduated from Korea University (B.A. in English Literature, 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 Institute of the Seoul Bar Association
- +Completed the Bankruptcy & Rehabilitation Training Institute of the Korean Bar Association
- +Registered Specialist in Redevelopment & Reconstruction, Korean Bar Association
- +Registered Specialist in Family Law, Korean Bar Association
- +Attorney at Law (South Korea)
- +Current) Partner, MAST Law Firm
- +Current) Advisory Member, Postal Finance Development Institute
- +Current) Advisory Member, Population Health and Welfare Association
- +Current) Advisory Counsel, Recording Industry Association of Korea
- +Current) Public Defender, Supreme Court of Korea
- +Current) Public Assistant, Seoul Family Court
- +Former) Partner, Law Firm Junghyang
- +Former) Advisory Member, Seoul Metropolitan Government Public Development Planning Group
- +Former) Evaluation Member, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education
- +Former) Member, School Violence Committee & Teachers' Rights Protection Committee
- +Former) Civil Conciliator, Seoul Central District Court
- +Former) Acting Prosecutor, Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office
1. Real Estate Advisory
- +Advisory for Paju Area A Housing Redevelopment Project
- +Advisory for Icheon 'K' Housing Redevelopment Project
- +Advisory for Pyeongtaek 'H' District Urban Development Project
- +Advisory for Gonjiam 'B' Officetel Development Project
- +Advisory for Seodaemun 'S' Officetel Development Project
- +Advisory for Cheonan 'D' Officetel Development Project
- +Advisory for Pangyo 'T' Officetel Development Project
- +Advisory for Seocho 'G' Commercial Building Reconstruction
- +Advisory for Jeonju 'M' District Knowledge Industry Center
- +Advisory for Gwangmyeong Area G Regional Housing Association
- +Advisory for Cheongju Area S Regional Housing Association
- +Advisory for Seogwipo 'D' Townhouse
- +Advisory for numerous other developers, sales agencies, and advertising agencies
2. Criminal Defense
1) Breach of Trust·Embezzlement·Fraud
- +Defense for an Association President and Agency CEO regarding service fees (KRW 11 billion, all charges fully acquitted).
- +Defense for a PM Company CEO regarding redevelopment acquisition fees (KRW 900 million, fully acquitted).
- +Defense for a PM Company CEO regarding land acquisition fees (KRW 1 billion, fully acquitted).
- +Defense for PM Company executives for Housing Act violations (fully acquitted).
- +Defense and representation for voice phishing crimes (organization of criminal groups, fraud, aiding and abetting fraud, violation of Electronic Financial Transactions Act, violation of Telecommunications Business Act, violation of Special Act on the Prevention of Loss Caused by Telecommunications-based Financial Fraud, etc.).
- +Defense and representation for financial fraud (cryptocurrency, Jeonse deposits, investments, loans, pseudo-deposit taking, 'reading rooms', etc.).
2) Sex Crimes
- +Defense and representation for rape, indecent act by compulsion, prostitution, use of cameras for illicit filming, and obscene acts using communication media.
3) Traffic Accidents·DUI
- +Defense for hit-and-run resulting in injury under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (Acquitted of hit-and-run charges).
- +Defense for DUI, unlicensed driving, and administrative relief procedures for license revocation (objections, administrative appeals, administrative litigation).
4) Tax Crimes
- +Defense for violations of the Punishment of Tax Offenses Act and the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes.
5) Drugs
- +Defense for drug offenses including possession, ownership, management, trafficking, transport, use, administration, and importation.
6) Other Criminal Cases
- +Defense and representation for defamation, assault, bodily injury, school violence, and juvenile crimes.
3. Civil Litigation
1) Real Estate·Construction
- +Return of sales payment lawsuits involving Mugunghwa Trust, Korea Asset Trust, and Asia Trust.
- +Lawsuits for return of contributions due to cancellation of regional housing association agreements.
- +Return of commercial sales payment lawsuits due to contract cancellations.
- +Ownership transfer registration lawsuits based on the completion of adverse possession.
- +Damages lawsuits due to building defects.
- +Real estate down-payment return lawsuits.
- +Building eviction lawsuits and provisional injunctions for delivery.
- +Lease (Jeonse) deposit return lawsuits.
- +Damages lawsuits due to refusal of lease renewal.
- +Pre-litigation conciliation (building eviction) and leasehold registration orders.
- +Ownership transfer registration lawsuits due to termination of title trust.
2) Divorce·Inheritance·Family Law
- +Divorce, dissolution of de facto marriage, property division, alimony, parental rights, custody, and child support.
- +Adjudication on division of inherited property, return of legal reserve of inheritance, contributory portion, recovery of inheritance, and will invalidation.
- +Renunciation of inheritance, qualified acceptance, adult guardianship, affiliation, and confirmation of existence or non-existence of parent-child relationship.
- +Marriage annulment/cancellation, child support payments, change of custodian, and access restriction injunctions.
3) Corporate Disputes·Rehabilitation·Bankruptcy
- +Commercial injunctions, provisional attachments, collection, and assignment orders.
- +Claims for loan return, product payment, and indemnity claims.
- +Filing of rehabilitation claims, claim investigation confirmation, and right of avoidance lawsuits.
- +Stock transfer registration and escrow deposit claim lawsuits.
4) Jongjung (Clan) Disputes
- +Ownership transfer registration lawsuits based on adverse possession by clans.
- +Ownership transfer registration lawsuits based on title trust termination by clans.
- +Clan member status confirmation lawsuits.
- +General assembly convocation lawsuits and holding prohibition injunctions.
- +Injunctions suspending the execution of duties by clan executives.
5) Medical·Insurance
- +Medical malpractice damages lawsuits.
- +Insurance payment claim lawsuits.