Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : South Korea
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Provided by Lee & Ko
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.
Chambers Review
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.
Work Highlights
- Lee & Ko represented Jeju-do and secured a victory by reversing the lower court’s decision in cancellation litigation regarding revocation of a permit to open a for-profit hospital.
Strengths
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"Lee & Ko were very quick to fully grasp and understand the event, and at the same time, they saw the event from various perspectives to establish a solid defence logic."
"Both the quality and speed of legal services are highly competitive."
"Lee & Ko were very quick to fully grasp and understand the event, and at the same time, they saw the event from various perspectives to establish a solid defence logic."
"Both the quality and speed of legal services are highly competitive."
Notable 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.
Ko Won Seok is a celebrated figure in the litigation space who leverages his extensive experience as a former judge. He acts on a range of contentious tax, competition and employment law and corporate mandates for clients across a broad range of sectors.
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.
"Da Joo has the perfect expertise. When I leave him to work, I do not have to take care of every step of the process one by one. He does his job proactively and satisfactorily."
Chang Seong Won brings his expertise and advocacy drawn from his previous position as a judge to the Lee & Ko litigation practice. He advises both private and public entities, focusing on corporate and construction-related matters.
Ranked Lawyers at
Lee & Ko
South Korea
Members
Provided by Lee & Ko
Chan Ik Jang
In Hyung Lee
In Sang Kang
Jae Heon Park
Seon Tae Kim
Wan Shik Lee
Yang Suk Han
Yong Sup Kim
Young Chul Shin