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Kim & Chang Ranked “Tier 1” in All Eight Practice Areas – IFLR1000 (2024)

Kim & Chang once again received “Tier 1” (top-tier) rankings in all areas surveyed for Korea in the 2024 edition of IFLR1000. Additionally, 54 of our attorneys were recognized as “Market Leaders,” “Women Leaders,” “Highly Regarded,” “Expert Consultants,” “Rising Star Partners,” “Rising Stars,” and “Notable Practitioners” in their respective practice areas.

The following list details our wins this year.

Firm Rankings (“Tier 1” in all eight practice areas)

  • Banking and finance
  • Capital Markets: Debt
  • Capital Markets: Equity
  • Capital Markets: Structured finance and securitization
  • M&A
  • Private Equity
  • Project development
  • Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Individual Rankings

    Market Leader

  • Young Kyun Cho, Myoung Jae Chung, Kyung Taek Jung
  • Women Leader

  • Yoon Kyung Chang, Chang-hee Shin, Jackie Yang
  • Highly Regarded

  • Bo Yong Ahn, Myoung-Soo Cho, Jin Yeong Chung, Kye Sung Chung, Ick Ryol Huh, Young Man Huh, Gene-Oh (Gene) Kim, Geon Ho Kim, Janghoon Kim, Jae Myung Kim, Yong-Ho Kim, Young Min Kim, Chang Hyeon Ko, Bong Suk Koo, Hoin Lee, Sang Goo Lee, Sookyung Lee, Dong-Seok (Johan) Oh, Jong Koo Park, Chiyong Rim, Chang-hee Shin, Youngjin Sohn, Yong Seung Sun, Ie Hwan Yoo, Seung Jae Yoo, Hi Sun Yoon
  • Expert Consultant

  • Yon Kyun Oh
  • Rising Star Partner

  • Heesung Ahn, Dae-Hyuk Choi, Jungho Hong, Teo Kim, Chang Sup Kwon, Min-Young Oh, John Sangho Park
  • Rising Star

  • Sungjin Kim, Eun-Young Lee, Hyun Wook Lew, Jackie Yang
  • Notable Practitioner

  • Hyungjune An, Yoon Kyung Chang, Hyeon Deog Cho, Robert L. Gilbert, Bo Hyun Kim, Do Young Kim, Hye Sung Kim, Jung-Chull Lee, Kyung Yoon Lee, Sun Yul Lee, Jina Myung, Jong Hyun Park, Kwon-Eui Park, Tae Min Yun
  • About IFLR1000: IFLR1000, the guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms, annually publishes rankings based on law firm submissions, client feedback and independent research. In the 2024 edition, IFLR1000 ranked Korean law firms and lawyers in eight practice areas.

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