In the 2018 edition of the prestigious legal guide, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Kim & Chang was the only law firm in Korea to receive top rankings (“Band 1”) across all 19 practice areas surveyed.

Our firm was also the only Korean firm to receive “Band 1” rankings in three firm categories—Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime; Intellectual Property: Patent Specialist; and Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT).  

Additionally, our firm again continues to be regionally ranked for International Arbitration – Asia-Pacific Region (in “Band 4”).  We were also recognized for our North Korea-related work by being ranked in “General Business Law – North Korea.”

On an individual lawyer/professional level, we broke our own record by five, having a total of 60 attorneys, patent attorneys and accountants be recognized as "Leading Individuals” across all surveyed practice areas.  17 additional professionals were also chosen as "Other Noted Practitioners."  

Below are the details of our rankings:

Firm Rankings

South Korea ("Band 1" in All 19 Practice Areas)

  • Banking & Finance 
  • Capital Markets 
  • Competition/Antitrust 
  • Corporate/M&A 
  • Dispute Resolution: Arbitration 
  • Dispute Resolution: Litigation 
  • Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime 
  • Employment 
  • Insurance 
  • Intellectual Property
  • Intellectual Property: Patent Specialist 
  • International Trade 
  • Projects & Energy 
  • Real Estate 
  • Restructuring/Insolvency 
  • Shipping 
  • Shipping: Finance 
  • Tax 
  • Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) 

North Korea

  • General Business Law: Desk based Abroad in South Korea