Vera Eun Woo Lee, a partner of Lee & Ko’s IP Group, has been named one of the “Top 15 Female Lawyers 2025” by Asian Legal Business (ALB) Magazine in its August issue. Among the 15 lawyers selected, she was the sole lawyer from Korea to receive this distinction, a testament to her exceptional expertise and distinguished accomplishments in the IP field.
Since joining Lee & Ko in 2004, Ms. Lee has built a distinguished career in IP law, handling the full spectrum of IP matters, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, domain names, unfair competition, IP licensing, and employee inventions. She has also overseen numerous high-profile copyright, trademark, and unfair competition litigations with considerable legal significance. Among her career highlights, Ms. Lee has successfully led complex dispute cases that had no prior legal precedents, namely, a Supreme Court case that served to establish the standards for determining copyright infringement in game works, as well as other landmark cases delineating the scope of protection for photographic works and addressing the long-standing unauthorized use of a mark.
ALB Magazine is a leading legal magazine in the Asia-Pacific region published by Thomson Reuters, a prestigious legal business publisher. Each year, the magazine recognizes the “Top 15 Female Lawyers” who have demonstrated outstanding achievements throughout their careers, selecting honorees from 13 different Asian countries, including India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, and Japan.