YOON&YANG
Administrative disputes arise from relationships with the state, a local government, or a public institution. Depending on the nature of each case, a different set of regulations apply. With multiple levels of provisions—acts, legal orders, administrative rules, and ordinances—as well as legal principles that differ from private disputes, this practice area is noted as an independent and specialized field. A trustworthy advice from thought leaders is essential in order to succeed in a wide array of complex administrative litigation matters.

Key Services

  • Offering legal advice and handling administrative appeals/administrative litigation on approvals of various businesses or business plans, authorization for establishment, development permits, and construction permits under individual laws, and all administrative actions related to licenses/permits, authorizations, and approvals and revocation, and withdrawal that occur in connection with administrative laws
  • Representing in a litigation seeking for an increase in compensation for losses
  • Representing in a civil and administrative litigation on the Act on Contracts to which the State is a Party


 

Representative Cases

  • Multiple administrative litigation cases, representing Kolon Life Science, regarding “Invossa”
  • Litigation seeking for a revocation of the lecture fee adjustment order
  • Dispute over a disposition related to the Saemangeum public water reclamation license
  • Litigation seeking for a revocation of a disposition to refuse the approval of change of a registered sports facility business plan (golf course)
  • Litigation seeking for a cancelation of the Sungin-dong new town improvement plan; litigation seeking for a revocation of the disposition to designate Heuksu-dong, Haengdang-dong, and Anyang-dong as redevelopment/reconstruction improvement zones; and litigation seeking for a revocation of the disposition to designate Mapo as an urban environment improvement zone
  • Administrative and civil litigation on usage fee, lending cost, and unjust enrichment related to the reconstruction of Banpo Districts II and III
  • Preliminary injunction litigation on a suspension of contract performance related to a terminal construction bidding (worth approximately KRW 100 billion) carried out by a contracting authority
  • Litigation between a public institution and local governments on contributions to compensation for losses under the Agreement on the Implementation of the Integrated Transfer Discount System for Public Transportation (approximately KRW 18 billion)