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Kim & Chang

Dispute Resolution: Litigation

Asia-Pacific Guide 2026 : South Korea

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The litigation landscape in Korea is fast-changing, continually giving rise to new and challenging issues. Kim & Chang has the resources and expertise to help our clients navigate in such a landscape. We assemble teams of experienced litigators and industry experts such as accountants and patent lawyers whose expertise will be brought to bear on all aspects of the relevant dispute. Our ability to assemble such customized teams sets us apart from other law firms in Korea and enables us to effectively and efficiently manage large-scale litigations.

Our Litigation Practice strives to maintain our firm’s position as the law firm of choice when clients need assistance on all disputes.

Key practices:

  • Administrative & Public Law Litigation
  • Antitrust & Competition Litigation
  • Banking, Securities & Finance Litigation
  • Constitutional Litigation
  • Construction & Engineering Disputes
  • Corporate & M&A Litigation
  • Criminal Defense Litigation
  • Employment Litigation
  • Family, Trusts & Estates Litigation
  • Insolvency & Restructuring Litigation
  • Insurance Litigation
  • Intellectual Property Dispute
  • International Trade & Customs Litigation
  • Media Litigation
  • Privacy Litigation
  • Product Liability & Consumer Claims
  • Shipping Litigation
  • Tax Litigation
  • Technology, Media & Telecommunications Litigation
  • Trade Secret & Corporate Information Protection

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Dispute Resolution: Litigation - South Korea

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What the Team is Known For

Kim & Chang has a premier litigation practice dealing with an extensive array of disputes from complex cross-border litigation to high-profile criminal cases. It possesses a deep bench of industry and technology specialists, foreign legal consultants and renowned ex-judges. The team regularly draws on broad expertise across a wide range of sectors, including antitrust, construction and tax. It remains a popular choice of counsel for advising Korean subsidiaries of major multinational companies as well as Korean conglomerates, and is well resourced for the purposes of advising on disputes involving European, Chinese and US entities.

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Work Highlights

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  • Kim & Chang represented Netflix in the USD2 million lawsuit alleging violation of individual rights and dissemination of false information brought by the religious group Cooperative Village Baby Garden and others regarding a Netflix documentary series.

Strengths

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  • Kim & Chang provides strategic and meticulous responses in the litigation context.

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  • Kim & Chang's reputation comes from its strong team profile, a winning track record and experience.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Hye Kwang Lee
    Hye Kwang Lee

    Hye Kwang Lee

    Lee Hye Kwang offers clients litigation expertise spanning competition law, finance and IP-related matters, which encompasses product liability and white-collar crime matters. He is also equipped to advise on investigations.
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  • Jin Yeong Chung
    Jin Yeong Chung

    Jin Yeong Chung

    Chung Jin Yeong offers impressive abilities across a wide variety of litigation mandates, including disputes in the manufacturing, corporate and finance areas. He is particularly well versed in handling cross-border cases spanning Asian and European jurisdictions.

    • Chung Jin Yeong has excellent team management, perfect English language ability, provides on-the-spot advice for us and is always on time.

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  • Sungwook Kim
    Sungwook Kim

    Sungwook Kim

    Sungwook Kim safeguards his position in the ranking table on account of his notable expertise in civil, criminal and administrative litigation. He focuses on privacy, product liability and labour cases. His track record of success in major litigation is evident, including in cross-border cases involving US or European entities.

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