Heejin Joo

Heejin Joo, Partner

Attorney Heejin Joo completed the Judicial Research and Training Institute (JRTI) and has dedicated her career to real estate law, particularly real estate auction litigation, providing both advisory and litigation services. She is one of the very few attorneys in Korea to be certified by the Korean Bar Association as a specialist in both Real Estate Law and Civil Execution simultaneously. With outstanding litigation skills, she has resolved numerous cases considered highly complex in the auction field. She specializes in "special property litigation," which involves correcting legal defects in auctioned real estate to restore properties to their proper value, and has an extensive track record of successful outcomes and know-how in this area.

Publications

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Profile

Qualifications

Attorney-at-Law

Languages

Korean, English

Education

Sudo Girls' High School (2006)
Hanyang University, B.A. in Law, Early Graduation with Honors (2013)

Career

Passed the 54th Bar Exam (2012)
Civil Mediation Committee Member, Anyang Branch of Suwon District Court (2014)
Acting Prosecutor, Anyang Branch of Suwon District Court (2014)
Completed the 44th Class of JRTI (2015)
Law Firm Yeollin (2015-2023)

Instructor, Yeollin Academy Special Property Division and Advanced Auction Division (2019-2023)

(Current) Partner, WINS & CO Law Firm

Key Cases

[Corporate Advisory & Litigation]

-Advisory and litigation on loan recovery for numerous financial institutions including Geumho Saemaul Geumgo, Haengdang Saemaul Geumgo, Gwangmyeong Saemaul Geumgo, Gongdeok-dong Saemaul Geumgo, Wando Geumil Fisheries Cooperative, Buheung Credit Union, East Seoul Agricultural Cooperative, etc.
-Advisory for multiple development/sales companies including Sinyu Company
-Advisory and litigation for numerous financial lending companies including ENS PL Finance, Alpha Asset Management, Power Asset Management, etc.

[Real Estate Auction Litigation]

Objections to auction, stay of auction proceedings, cancellation of compulsory management, objection to sale approval, appeal against sale approval, application for sale approval, correction of sale approval decisions, objections to execution, applications for exclusion from distribution, provisional seizure of distribution proceeds, provisional disposition prohibiting distribution payment, distribution objections, stay of compulsory execution, orders for delivery of real estate, lending opinion letters for auctioned properties

[Real Estate Litigation]

-Building delivery claims, land delivery claims, building eviction claims, provisional dispositions prohibiting transfer of possession, provisional dispositions for vacating premises
-Confirmation of lien rights, confirmation of non-existence of lien rights, land delivery, building demolition, ground rent claims

[Registration Cases]

Cancellation of provisional registration, cancellation of lease registration, cancellation of collateral mortgage registration, cancellation of jeonse rights registration, cancellation of ownership transfer registration, consent to cancellation registration, ownership transfer registration claims, land rights transfer registration claims

[Partition of Co-owned Property]

[Preservation Measures]

Provisional seizure of claims, provisional disposition prohibiting transfer of possession, provisional disposition prohibiting disposition, objections to provisional seizure, cancellation of provisional seizure, cancellation of provisional disposition

[Neighbor Disputes in Real Estate]

Confirmation of parking rights, provisional disposition prohibiting obstruction of passage, confirmation of right of way over surrounding land

[Civil Execution Litigation]

Objections to issuance of execution title, objections to issuance of succession execution title, objections to claims, third-party objections, stay of compulsory execution, seizure and collection orders, applications for litigation cost security

[Lease-Related Litigation]

Claims for return of commercial and residential lease deposits, claims for damages due to interference with premium recovery opportunities, management fee claims, non-existence of management fee obligations

[General Civil Cases]

Rescission of sales contracts, rescission of purchase contracts, construction payment claims, defect repair claims, return of unjust enrichment, damages claims based on tortious acts, fraudulent transfer rescission actions, etc.

[Administrative & Tax Matters]

-Cancellation of construction commencement report rejection, cancellation of building permit revocation, local tax objections, tax tribunal petitions

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