Bae,

Kim & Lee ("BKL") has been named the "Best Firm in South Korea" at the Euromoney

Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2017 hosted by the global legal

publisher Euromoney Legal Media Group on November 9, 2017 at the JW Marriott

Hotel in Hong Kong. Furthermore, senior partner Il Young CHO was honored as the

best lawyer in transfer pricing while senior patent attorney Catherine

Eunkyeong LEE was recognized as the best lawyer in patent and trademark

prosecution among Asia's leading women in the legal profession.

Euromoney

Legal Media Group (“Euromoney LMG”) is the legal publishing arm of Euromoney

Institutional Investor PLC, the world-renowned business information group, with

offices in London, New York and Hong Kong. The group publishes market-leading law

magazines, including International Financial Law Review (IFLR) and Managing Intellectual

Property, for in-house counsel, external practitioners and industry leaders

around the world.

The

annual Asia Women in Business Law Awards was organized in 2011 to foster women’s

leadership and promote women-friendly working environments in the legal sector

across Asia. Euromoney LMG selects winners for practice area categories, firm

awards and country awards based on their initiatives for gender diversity,

innovation, work-life balance, pro-bono work and talent management. The country

award, in particular, is a highly coveted award given to a single law firm in

each country that has set the standard in promoting gender diversity in the

work place and contributed to the advancement of women in the legal profession.

BKL claimed the honor of winning the country award for South Korea and also being

shortlisted for 12 awards, procuring the highest number of shortlisted entries

among Korean law firms.

“As

the first Korean law firm to establish the ‘Women Lawyers Forum,’ BKL endeavors

to increase female leadership and talent, and to create women-friendly workplaces.

We will further advance our efforts to support our female professionals’ growth

into great leaders,” commented Ms. CHO in response to the firm’s outstanding

achievements in the Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law

Awards 2017.