South Korea

Established in 1973, Kim & Chang is Korea’s premier law firm with a market leading position in all practice areas including antitrust and competition; banking; capital markets; corporate investigations and white collar defense; environment; financial regulation and compliance; financing; fintech; health; insolvency and restructuring; insurance; intellectual property; international arbitration and cross-border litigation; international trade and customs; labor and employment; litigation; mergers and acquisitions; privacy and data security; private equity; real estate; securities; shipping; tax; and technology, media and telecommunications.

Established through a merger between law firms Daeryook and AJU in 2009, DR & AJU LLC is a leading full-service law firm in South Korea. Based on strong fundamentals created by the collective experience and expertise of over 250 Korean and foreign attorneys and 130 qualified experts and advisors, DR & AJU offers clients highly specialized legal advisory and representation services in a comprehensive range of practice areas.

A leader in Korea's disputes space, Barun Law’s litigation and arbitration practice is second-to-none, with many of the firm’s litigation partners former judges or prosecutors. Based on the firm’s competitiveness in litigation-related service, its corporate lawyers have achieved enormous growth as well, allowing the firm to provide the best-quality legal services in all practice areas.

Yoon & Lee is a specialist IP law firm with over 30 years of experiencing in providing the highest quality services to leading domestic and foreign companies. The firm provides a comprehensive range of IP services from prosecution and litigation for patents and trademarks to consultation services for management and enforcement of IP rights.

Lee & Ko is a premier full-service law firm with more than 800 professionals dedicated to providing expertise across all legal sectors. Since its inception in 1977, Lee & Ko has represented a wide range of clients, from leading Korean conglomerates and multinational corporations to financial institutions and private equity firms, in the most complex and high-profile domestic and cross-border matters involving Korea.

Now in its 40th year, Shin & Kim is one of the largest and highly regarded law firms in Korea.