Attorney Hwang Seo-woong is a partner at Barun Law LLC and serves as the head of the firm's Financial Group. Since joining Barun Law in 2009, he has built extensive expertise through handling a wide range of major civil, commercial, and criminal cases. His primary practice areas include finance, capital markets, corporate law, and real estate and construction litigation, where he has consistently delivered outstanding results.

Key representative matters include the following:

Finance
• Disputes concerning the validity of KIKO contracts
• The Busan Savings Bank case
• Damages claims relating to the delisting of China Gosem
• Damages claims arising from the mis-selling of financial products

Civil / Commercial
• A KRW 80 billion share purchase price claim involving ○○ Hotel
• A KRW 200 billion indemnity claim brought by a major Korean conglomerate against an overseas company
• Disputes over the validity of an M&A transaction involving a KOSDAQ-listed company

Real Estate / Construction
• Injunction cases, including preservation of bidder status for the detailed design qualified bidder in connection with the Pohang Yeongilman Port South Breakwater project
• Defect-related disputes involving thermal power plants, wind power plants, and solar power plants

Finance

- Busan Savings Bank case

- Cases involving injunctions suspending the effect of KIKO option contracts and unjust enrichment claims

- Damages claims relating to the delisting of China Gosem

- Damages claims arising from mis-selling of financial products

- Numerous litigation matters representing financial investment companies and banks

- Disputes relating to the validity and settlement of trust agreements

Corporate / Commercial

- KRW 80 billion share purchase price claim involving ○○ Hotel

- KRW 200 billion indemnity claim by a major Korean conglomerate against an overseas company

- Disputes over the validity of M&A transactions involving a KOSDAQ-listed company

Construction / Real Estate

- Injunction and merits cases regarding preservation of bidder status in the Pohang Yeongilman Port South Breakwater construction project

- Damages claims arising from false or exaggerated advertising (e.g., exclusive floor area) in mixed-use developments

- Damages claims following termination of land supply agreements for a mixed-use development site in the Goyang Tourism and Culture Complex (Zone 2)

- Ownership disputes relating to The Riverside Hotel

- Disputes concerning defects in plants, thermal power plants, wind power plants, and solar power plants

Criminal

- Public Official Election Act cases (general and local elections)

- Cases involving violations of the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes Act (bribery) by high-ranking public officials

- Embezzlement, breach of trust, and concealment of criminal proceeds involving slush funds of large corporations

- Tax evasion cases

Publications

- A Study on Regulatory Improvement Measures in the Convergence of Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Master's Thesis, Korea University, 2007

- On the Substantive Persistence of Administrative Acts, Litigation Materials Vol. 12, Seoul High Prosecutors' Office

- Commentary on the Food Sanitation Act, Barun Law's Food & Drug Team, Parkyoungsa, 2019