Kim & Chang was named as “Tier 1” in all 15 practice areas surveyed, according to the Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2017 edition), a leading global law firm directory published by Legalease, a UK legal publisher.

Separately, 17 professionals at Kim & Chang were recognized as “Leading Individuals” in their respective practice areas; additional 6 professionals of the firm were selected as “Next Generation Lawyers” in their fields.

The Legal 500 wrote “Kim & Chang’s ‘excellent’ team, which includes a mix of Korean and foreign counsel, ‘works together very well, supporting the international legal advice with first-rate Korean law advice’ and is commended for its ‘consistent quality of advocacy, both written and oral’” based on quotes from some of our clients

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Firm Rankings

  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Banking & Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate/M&A
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Employment
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Intellectual Property – Patents & Trade marks
  • International Arbitration
  • Projects & Energy
  • Real Estate
  • Shipping
  • TMT
  • Tax

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Leading Individuals

  • Antitrust & Competition: Kyung Taek Jung
  • Banking & Finance: Young Kyun Cho
  • Capital Markets: Myoung Jae Chung
  • Corporate & M&A: Young Jay Ro, Jong Koo Park, Young Man Huh, Sang Goo Lee
  • Dispute Resolution: Sang Ho Han
  • Employment: Chun Wook Hyun, Weon Jung Kim
  • Insurance: Jay Ahn
  • Intellectual Property: Jay (Young-June) Yang
  • International Arbitration: Byung-Chol (B.C.) Yoon, Eun Young Park, Liz Kyo-Hwa Chung
  • Shipping: Byung-Suk Chung, Jin Hong Lee

Next Generation Lawyers

  • Corporate & M&A: Sun Yul Lee
  • Insurance: Joon Young Kim
  • Intellectual Property: Sang Young Lee
  • International Arbitration: Una Cho, Hye Sung Kim
  • Shipping: Helen Heoun Joo Kim

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