Lee & Ko was selected as Tier 1 law firm in Korea across 16 fields according to ‘The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026’. Furthermore, 44 Lee & Ko attorneys were selected as ‘Hall of Fame’, ‘Leading Partners’, ‘Next Generation Partners’, and ‘Leading Associates’ 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: white-collar, compliance and investigations
- Shipping
- Tax
- TMT
[Ranked Lawyers]
- Antitrust and Competition: Hwan Jeong, Suruyn Kim, Jung Won Kwon, Jeong Yoon Choi
- Banking & Finance: Yeo Kyoon Yoon, Myoung Chul Kwak
- Capital Markets: Hyunjoo Oh
- Corporate and M&A: Hyeong Gun Lee, Sang Gon Kim, Ho Joon Moon, Kyungchun Kim, Sung Min Kim, Daehoon Koo
- Dispute Resolution: Pyoung Keun Song, Seong Won Chang, Jae Heon Park, Yeon Woo Lee
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: Hyeong Min Yoo, Seong Hwan Ju
- Insurance: Jin-Young Jung, Jin Hong Kwon, Sae Um Kim
- Intellectual Property: Un Ho Kim, Keum Nang Park
- Intellectual Property: PATMA: Kyungjin Kim, Soo Yeon Park
- International Arbitration: Sanghoon Han, Saemee Kim, Han-Earl Woo
- Labour and Employment: Chang-Soo Jin, Sang-Hoon Lee, Jae Hoon-Choi, William Kim, Shawn (Seong Ho) Han
- Projects and Energy: Hun Ko
- Real Estate: Jin Wook Yang, Jee In Kim
- Regulatory: white-collar, compliance and investigations:: Tae Yop Lee
- Shipping: Jin-Young Jung, Yun Jeong Seo, Yang Ho Yoon, Young Jae Park
- TMT: Hwan Kyoung Ko, Kwang Bae Park, 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.