Barun Law

Barun Law established the Real Estate Development Law in order to create the means through which experts can exchange various ideas and experiences concerning public construction projects to civil development projects as well as the overall practical issues concerning the development and construction of real estate, including lands, housing and commercial buildings, and trusts, permits, urban development, reconstruction and redevelopment, land appropriation, procurement of funds (financing), and leases.

On June 22, 2022, Barun held a seminar titled, “Future Litigation Prospects based on the Supreme Court of Korea Judgment concerning the Salary Peak System”

Due to the prolonged war between Russia and Ukraine, many companies that invested in or have considered investing in Russia are facing many difficulties.  Due to the economic sanctions imposed against Russia by Western countries, the global economy has shrunk and many countries are silently enduring their losses. On June 16, 2022, Barun Law held a seminar to diagnose the current situation and future prospects for companies in Korea that are struggling to make wise management decisions and to search for ways to respond to such global situation.

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have become more of an issue lately. In order to create a forum to carry out lively discussions on the legal issues concerning NFTs as well as to raise related concerns both inside and outside the firm, the NFT Society (Chairman: Attorney Lee Sung-Hoon) been newly launched in March 2022. NFT is an area that has gained much attention recently and there is considerable amount of issues that needs to be legally cleared up or organized since it is an area that is not greatly known. As a result, the NFT Society will carry out studies and presentations on any legal issues or example cases concerning NFTs, including NFT and copyright, restriction of virtual NFT assets, metaverse and NFTs, securities restriction concerning NFTs, issue of control under traditional civil and criminal codes, and actual dispute cases concerning NFTs and try its best to provide a forum for in-depth analysis and discussions.

On May 10, Barun Law LLC and DNews jointly hosted a webinar on measures to respond to construction cost adjustments following inflation.

On March 21, 2022, Barun Law joined an expert panel, hosted by the Korea Business Leaders Alliance (KBLA), at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul. KBLA, one of Korea’s most reputable forums for connecting and providing vital information to businesspeople in South Korea, asked a series of questions to Barun Law attorneys related to the topic of dispute resolution.

Attorneys Jang Joo-Hyoung, Ahn Ju-Hyun, Lee Ju-Eun and Foreign Attorney Caroline Yoon of Barun Law LLC published the International Comparative Legal Guide – Digital Health 2022 (South Korea), which is issued by Global Legal Group (GLG).

Serious Accidents Punishment Act ("SAPA") went into effect on January 27. The purpose of SAPA is to prevent disasters in advance by imposing safety and health-related obligations on top corporate managers. However, due to the characteristics of industrial sites, it is impossible to prevent all accidents even if sufficient preparations are made. If anyone were to lose their life or become injured at an industrial site, the business manager will be unable to avoid investigation that will check to see if the business manager has fully complied with the safety and health-related obligations under SAPA.

On February 10, 2022, Attorneys Park Sung-Keun and Jung Sang-Tae presented a webinar, titled “Major Issues Concerning Korea’s Serious Accident Punishment Act (SAPA)” together with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Korea.

Barun Law’s International Arbitration Team and KCAB International jointly hosted a webinar on “Practical Matters to Note to Prepare for and Respond to International Arbitration Cases.”

Foreign Attorneys Rieu Kim and Michael van Muelken and Attorney Baik Ji-won gave presentations on “Different Ways to Respond to Disputes Foreign Companies Can Face in Korea” at the live webinar hosted by the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea, on September 9, 2021.

Barun Law LLC will hold the 2nd webinar on "Analysis of and Response Measures to the Enforcement Decree Announced for Enactment” on September 7, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.

Barun Law LLC has been honored with the 4th Korea Legal Awards in Litigation.

Barun Law is scheduled to host a webinar on “Serious Accidents Punishment Act and Response Thereto” at 2 p.m. on March 30, 2021.

- The 2020 Autumn Symposium of the Korea Commercial Cases Association was held online on December 11, 2020.

- Attorney Yang Hun Chung gave a lecture on December 15, 2020, on the “Theory and Practice of the Act on Fair Transactions in Large Retail Businesses”, and explained of the major terms under the Act and on the particular aspects concerning duty free businesses.

Attorney Baek gave a video lecture on “Major Terms of the Act on Fair Labeling and Advertising and Understanding Example Cases” for the officers and employees of Public Home Shopping at the Legal Edu Studio located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on December 2, 2020.