Lee & Ko was selected as Tier 1 law firm in Korea across 15 fields according to ‘The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024’. Furthermore, 52 Lee & Ko attorneys were selected as ‘Hall of Fame’, ‘Leading Individuals’, ‘Next Generation Partners’, and ‘Rising Stars’ in their respective fields.

 

[Firm Rankings]

 

  • Antitrust and Competition
  • Banking & Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate and M&A 
  • Dispute Resolution 
  • Fintech and financial services regulatory 
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • International Arbitration
  • Labour and Employment
  • Projects and Energy 
  • Real Estate 
  • Regulatory: Compliance and Investigations
  • Shipping
  • Tax

 

[Ranked Lawyers]

 

  • Antitrust and Competition: Hwan Jeong, Suruyn Kim, Jung Won Kwon
  • Banking & Finance: Yeo Kyoon Yoon, Myoung Chul Kwak, Hyunsu Kim
  • Capital Markets: Hyunjoo Oh, Dongyon Kim
  • Corporate and M&A: Hyeong Gun Lee, Ho Joon Moon, Sang Gon Kim, Daehoon Koo, Kyungchun Kim, Sung Min Kim
  • Dispute Resolution: Pyoung Keun Song, Seong Won Chang, Jae Heon Park, Yeon Woo Lee
  • Fintech and financial services regulatory: Jongsoo (Jay) Yoon, Hyeong Min Yoo, Seong Hwan Ju
  • Insurance: Jin Hong Kwon, Jin-Young Jung, Sae Um Kim
  • Intellectual Property: Young Mo Kwon, Choong Jin Oh, Keum Nang Park, Un Ho Kim,
  • Intellectual Property: PATMA: Kyungjin Kim, Soo Yeon Park
  • International Arbitration: Robert Wachter, Sean (Sungwoo) Lim, Saemee Kim, Sunyoung Kim, Elizabeth Shin
  • Labour and Employment: Chang-Soo Jin, Sang-Hoon Lee, Jae Hoon-Choi, William Kim, Shawn (Seong Ho) Han
  • Projects and Energy: Hun Ko, Hyunsu Kim
  • Real Estate: Jin Wook Yang, Jee In Kim
  • Regulatory: Compliance and Investigations : Tae Yop Lee, Jae Woo Jung, Jung Han Nam
  • Shipping: Jin-Young Jung, Yang Ho Yoon
  • Tax: Byeong Jun Son, Sung Hyun Ryu
  • TMT: Kwang Bae Park, Hyun Jun Kim, Il Shin Lee

 

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific is annually published by Legalease, a global agency that evaluates the capacity of law firms all over the world based on various standards through a comprehensive review of submitted documents by law firms, interviews with lawyers specialized in each field, and feedback from over 300,000 clients.