Atlas Legal has handled construction and real estate disputes from its offices in Songdo, Incheon — including construction payment claims, defect warranty disputes, and real estate sale and lease litigation. In construction matters, we have secured claims by pursuing provisional attachments and exercising contractor’s liens in parallel for unpaid prime and subcontracting fees, and obtained damages judgments in defect disputes through the expert assessment process.
In real estate matters, we cover the full range — sale contract breaches, contract rescission and penalty disputes, tenant deposit return and eviction proceedings, key money recovery obstruction claims, aggregate building defect warranty litigation, and title trust cancellation and ownership transfer registration disputes. We apply the Housing Lease Protection Act, the Commercial Building Lease Protection Act, and the Act on Ownership and Management of Aggregate Buildings with precision to maximize client protection.
Our Songdo location allows us to handle Incheon District Court cases efficiently, and we are well-positioned to respond to construction site and real estate disputes across the western Seoul metropolitan area — Incheon, Bucheon, Gimpo, and Siheung. The three-year statute of limitations on construction payment claims under Article 163 of the Korean Civil Act makes prompt action particularly critical.
Payment orders, civil litigation, provisional attachments, and contractor’s lien enforcement for unpaid prime and subcontracting fees. Direct payment claims against project owners (Construction Industry Basic Act Article 35), statute of limitations management (Korean Civil Act Article 163)
Defect repair and damages claims under Korean Civil Act Articles 667–671. Expert assessment applications, responding to expert opinions, application of aggregate building defect warranty special provisions under the Act on Ownership and Management of Aggregate Buildings
Sale contract breaches, rescission and penalties, ownership transfer registration claims, double sale damages, provisional registration preservation. Seller’s warranty liability for defects and title defects
Residential and commercial deposit return, eviction, lease right registration orders, lease renewal claims, prohibition on key money recovery obstruction (Commercial Building Lease Protection Act Article 10-4), scope of restoration obligations
Construction contract review, design change negotiations, extension of time claims, liquidated damages disputes, contract termination response. Analysis of multi-tier contract structures: owner — prime contractor — subcontractor
Title trust cancellation, ownership transfer registration cancellation, mortgage registration and cancellation, acquisitive prescription by possession, boundary and right-of-way disputes. Specialist in Incheon District Court cases under real property location jurisdiction
Unpaid subcontracting fees at an Incheon construction site — secured payment through provisional attachment of the prime contractor’s assets and exercise of a direct payment claim against the project owner under Construction Industry Basic Act Article 35
Aggregate building defect warranty litigation — proved construction defects through the expert assessment process and obtained a damages judgment against the contractor
Real estate sale contract rescission dispute — successfully argued that commencement of performance had occurred, preventing the seller’s rescission and obtaining a judgment for ownership transfer registration
Damages for key money recovery obstruction — proved that the landlord’s refusal to contract with the incoming tenant violated the Commercial Building Lease Protection Act, obtaining a damages judgment equivalent to the key money
Title trust cancellation and ownership transfer registration — proved a long-standing title trust relationship and obtained a judgment for ownership transfer registration in favor of the true owner