Lee & Ko, Dispute Resolution: Litigation | Chambers Asia-Pacific Profile

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Lee & Ko’s Dispute Resolution Practice Group (“Group”) is undisputedly one of the largest and long-standing practice groups in the country with unparalleled manpower.

Landmark Cases : By working closely with practice experts, the Group’s leading performance and winning streak has satisfied our clients’ goals year after year. As a result, the Group has achieved numerous landmark cases which have made a momentous impact on how businesses are run in a broad range of industry sectors in Korea as well as setting precedence on multiple legal practice areas.

Caliber of Expertise and Cross-Sectional Seamless Collaboration : Lee & Ko consists of more than 40 practice teams and leading industry specialists, including economic analysts, international trade experts, accountants, tax specialists, patent attorneys and regulatory experts. The Group continues to streamline among various teams and specialists to offer our clients seamless legal services as a “one-stop shop” to fulfil their legal needs

Size : The Group consists of around 150 highly experienced litigators including former Supreme Court Justices, other significant bench careers such as tax, competition, labor, IP, construction, real estate, insolvency & restructuring, banking, finance, capital market, healthcare, insurance, pharmaceutical & bio, ICT and etc.

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Dispute Resolution: Litigation - South Korea

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Lee & Ko fields seasoned litigators with diverse experience covering both multi-jurisdictional cases and domestic disputes. It is well equipped to assist with class actions and technology and construction disputes thanks to its cross-departmental approach. The firm also advises clients doing business in China and Vietnam with the support of its offices in Beijing, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The team regularly collaborates with the firm's economic analysis team for complex commercial and corporate cases.

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Work Highlights

Lee & Ko represented Ilsan Grand Bridge Corp in the USD636 million lawsuit against Gyeonggi Province regarding the cancelling of a business license for Ilsan Grand Bridge.

Strengths

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Lee & Ko has extensive understanding of the current state of the industry and its systems.

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Lee & Ko focuses on the facts, clearly judges the merits and provides prompt action.

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Lee & Ko has extensive understanding of the current state of the industry and its systems.

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Lee & Ko focuses on the facts, clearly judges the merits and provides prompt action.

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Notable Practitioners

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Pyoung Keun Song

Eminent Practitioners

Song Pyoung Keun heads the firm's litigation department and offers extensive expertise in administrative, competition, technology and media-related cases. His client roster includes a number of large Korean corporations.

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Da Joo Jung

Band 4

Jung Da Joo enters the rankings for his experience in the field of litigation, leveraging his experience as a judge in the Korean judiciary for more than a decade. He regularly represents domestic clients in construction, financial and white-collar criminal disputes.

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Jae Heon Park

Band 5

Park Jea Heon often handles commercial and financial litigation though he has a wider practice also including family law.

He is a very good lawyer who not only has an ability to review issues and find solutions from the client's point of view, but also stands out for his sincere and friendly response.

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