YOON&YANG

Don Eok Choi Partner

TEL 82 2 6003 7575
FAX 82 2 6003 7018
E-MAIL dechoi@hwawoo.com

Don Eok Choi is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice areas are advisory and litigation matters on construction/real estate and real estate trusts.
Since 1994, Mr. Choi started his career by providing advisory and litigation services for construction companies, including Woosung Construction, and Samsung C&T Corporation. He continues to advise on construction re-construction, re-development, and housing association related matters for a wide array of clients, including the affiliates of Samsung Group, Shinsegae Engineering & Construction, LIG Engineering & Construction, Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Hanwha Engineering & Construction, and Daelim Industrial Corporation. In addition, he advises and acts in disputes related to real estate trust companies, including Korea Real Estate Trust, KORAMCO REITs & Trust, Daehan Real Estate Trust, and Korea Asset In Trust, various real estate development and transactions.

Experience

2006-present Yoon & Yang LLC
2023-present Member, Asset Acquisition Committee, Korea Asset Management Corporation
2017-present Member, Investment Review Board, Korea Teachers Pension
2014-present Commissioner, Deliberation Committee for Investment in Rental House REITs Fund, Korea Housing Guarantee
2013-present Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
2011-present Member, Ethics Committee, Korea Venture Capital Association
2011-present Member, Investment Review Committee, Korea Teachers Pension
2008-present Visiting Professor, Youngsan University Graduate School of Legal Studies
1996-05 Partner, First Law Offices
1993-95 Associate, Min, Sohn & Kim
1990-93 Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army

Education

1990 Judicial Research and Training Institute
1987 Sungkyunkwan University College of Law, LL.B.

Representative Matters

Advised KORAMCO REITs & Trust, asset management companies, and REITs and REFs estblished by the Korea Land & Housing Corporation in connection with various real estate transactions
Represented STX Construction, LIG E&C, Namkwang Construction and other construction companies subject to rehabilitation procedures in actions for confirmation of rehabilitation credits and provided related legal advice
Represented Samsung C&T, Samsung Engineering, Hyundai E&C, Hanwha E&C, Daelim Industrial and other companies in construction-related disputes and provided related legal advice
Represented KORAMCO REITs & Trust, Daehan Real Estate Trust, Korea Asset Investment Trust and other companies in trust-related disputes and provided related legal advice
Represented Daesung Company and hadled the matter of developing measures to collect payment by subrogation upon the bankruptcy of the developer of Saeun District 5 Re-development Project