Lee & Ko was ranked Band 1 by 'Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide 2026’ in 10 practice areas. For the individual rankings, 72 attorneys were recognized as ‘Leading Individuals’ throughout all practice areas.

<Firm Rankings>

  • Banking & Finance  
  • Capital Markets  
  • Competition/Antitrust
  • Corporate/M&A  
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property  
  • International Trade 
  • Projects & Energy  
  • Shipping Finance
  • Technology, Media, Telecoms

<Ranked Lawyers>

  • Banking & Finance: Woo Young Jung, Yeo Kyoon Yoon, Yong-Jae Chang, Myoung Chul Kwak, Dong Seok Woo
  • Capital Markets: Hyunjoo Oh, Seunga Hyun, Jun Woo Cho
  • Capital Markets: Securitisation: Jin Hong Kwon
  • Competition/Antitrust: Yong Seok Ahn, Hwan Jeong, Jeong-Ho Sun, Suruyn Kim, Miji Lee, Byong Ki Chung
  • Corporate/M&A: Sanggon Kim, Ho Joon Moon, Hyeong Gun Lee, Yong Joon Yoon, Daehoon Koo
  • Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Saemee Kim, Zachary Sharpe, Sanghoon Han, Grace Yoon
  • Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Pyoung Keun Song, Dajoo Jung, Seon Tae Kim, Jae Heon Park
  • Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime: Tae Ki Ghil, Taeyop Lee, Youngsub Jang, Jin So, Jae Man Yu
  • Employment: Sang Hoon Lee, Chang Soo Jin, Hyunseok Song, William Kim 
  • Insurance: Jinyoung Jung, Jin Hong Kwon, Yang Ho Yoon
  • Intellectual Property: Jae Hoon Kim, Un Ho Kim, Keum Nang Park, Hyeon Gil Ryoo, Vera Eun Woo Lee, Hankil D. Kang, Hwansung Park, Jaewoo Kwak, Hayoun Chun
  • International Trade: Kichang Chung, Hyunsoo Joo, Young Gee Park, Young Jae Cho, Heysoo Kim
  • Projects & Energy: Hun Ko, Dong Eun Kim, Kwang Yul Kim, Jungmin Pak
  • Real Estate: Junghwan Lee, Dong Seok Woo
  • Restructuring/Insolvency: Eunjai Lee, Wanshik Lee, Jung Hyun Lee, Seok Pyo Hong
  • Shipping: Jinyoung Jung, Yang Ho Yoon
  • Shipping: Finance: Woo Young Jung, Yunjeong Seo
  • Tax: Kyung Tae Kim, Tom Kwon 
  • Technology, Media, Telecoms: Kwang Bae Park, Hwan Kyoung Ko, Ju Bong Jang, Samuel (Soon-Yub) Kwon, Sunghee Chae, Tae Joo Kim
  • North Korea - General Business Law (Foreign Expertise based abroad in South Korea): Hyung Sub Lim

Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide is a law firm evaluation publication released by Chambers and Partners, a leading global legal publisher based in England, which selects top law firms and top lawyers in the Asia-Pacific region each year based on a comprehensive analysis of data submitted by law firms, interviews with partner lawyers and clients, and recently accomplished work.