Hyunju CHANG - Kim & Chang

Bio

Attorney Hyunju Chang of Kim & Chang has provided legal advice and counsel in areas such as construction/real estate disputes, labor/employment disputes and domestic/inheritance disputes.

Ms. Chang served as a judge at the Seoul Central District Court and a senior administrative officer at the Office of Legal Secretary of the Office of the President, and has extensive experience in litigation. Currently, she is active in the field of construction and real estate disputes. In particular, she provides litigation and advisory services on issues related to the field of real estate development, such as reconstruction, redevelopment and urban development. For many years, Ms. Chang lectured on reconstruction and redevelopment at the Construction Real Estate Law Training Institute of the Seoul Bar Association. In addition, she has provided advice, internal investigations and preventive training on issues regarding the improvement of workplace culture, such as sexual harassment, harassment and discrimination in the workplace, which have recently been newly raised at the ESG level. Moreover, based on her experience in various family cases and understanding of people, she provides litigation and advisory services in the fields of domestic affairs, inheritance and property management.

Obtaining recognition for her extensive experience in construction and real estate, Ms. Chang served as a member of the Public Land Reservation Deliberation Committee, the Real Estate Service Industry Policy Committee, and the Defect Examination Dispute Mediation Committee under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. In 2017 and 2021, Ms. Chang was introduced as a leading lawyer actively engaged in the construction and real estate sector by the Legal Times.

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Experience

Senior Administrative Officer, Office of Legal Secretary, Office of Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs, Office of the President (2024)

Member, Public Land Reservation Deliberation Committee, MOLIT (2021-2024)

Operating Member, Cargo Cooperative (2020-2024)

Member, Real Estate Service Industry Policy Committee, MOLIT (2020-2022)

Member, Proactive Administrative Support Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2020-2021)

Lecturer, Construction Real Estate Law Training Institute, Seoul Bar Association (2019-2023)

Steering Member, Construction Guarantee (2019-2021)

Sub-chairman of the Defect Examination Dispute Mediation Committee of the MOLIT (2018-2019)

Human Rights Commissioner, Seoul Bar Association (2015-2016)

Kim & Chang (2009-2024, 2026-Present)

Judge, Seoul Central District Court (2007-2009)

Representative Mattersshow

[Engineering and Construction]
Represented a client in various disputes related to the general meeting and the board of representatives of an urban development project.
Advised on the state-owned, public-owned, free-of-charge and paid-for attribution of an urban development project, and represented the client in a dispute litigation.
Advised on the implementation agency agreement for an urban development project and represented the client in a dispute litigation.
Advised on licenses/permits for urban development projects and represented the client in dispute litigations.
Advised on the replotting plan of an urban development project and the designation of land reserved for replotting, and represented the litigant in a dispute.
Advised on the general progress of urban development projects and represented the litigants in disputes.
Advised on the establishment of an association for an urban rearrangement project and represented the client in a lawsuit.
Advised and represented a client in a lawsuit related to a dispute over the selection of a contractor for an urban rearrangement project.
Advised and provided legal representation in relation to the management and disposal plan of an urban rearrangement project.
Represented a client in various preliminary injunction cases related to the general meeting and the board of representatives of an urban improvement project.
Advised on the general progress of an urban rearrangement project and represented a litigant in a dispute.
Advised and represented a local housing association in general meetings, appointment of officers, construction contracts, and various license and permit procedures.
Advised and represented a local housing association and a registered business entity in disputes and dissolutions.
Advised a local housing association on the general progress of its project and represented it in a related dispute litigation.
Advised on the designation of the developer of an urban park project and represented the developer in a related dispute litigation.
Represented a developer in various lawsuits for damages filed between the developer and the contractor.
Provided legal advice to and represented a construction company in dispute litigation related to construction insurance.
Provided advice and legal representation related to bidding.

[Human Resources and Labor]
Provided training on preventing sexual harassment, harassment and discrimination in the workplace, and conducted internal investigations.
Provided legal representation related to personnel affairs.

[Family and Inheritance]
Advised on inheritance trusts such as will substitute trusts.
Advised on wills and provided legal representation in will dispute litigation.
Represented a client in a lawsuit regarding the division of inherited property.
Advised on legal reserve and represented the client in disputes including a claim for legal reserve.
Advised and represented clients in various inheritance disputes and litigations.
Advised on divorce (property division) cases and represented clients in litigation.
Advised and represented clients in litigation on custody and interview rights, etc.

Representative Activitiesshow

Publications/Activities

Lecture on "Major Disputes and Practices on Reconstruction and Redevelopment" (Seoul Bar Association Construction Real Estate Training Institute, 2019-2023)
Lecture on "Key Issues and Recent Trends in the SAPA" (Korea Construction Law Association, 2025)