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'Chambers Global 2025' Band 1 in 7 practice areas

Lee & Ko has once again been recognized by Chambers Global in 2025 for its outstanding legal services. In its latest 2025 edition, Chambers Global ranked the firm as a top-tier law firm(Band 1) across 7 practice areas. As for the individual rankings, 34 attorneys of Lee & Ko have been recognized as leading lawyers for their remarkable performance in their respective practice areas.

Firm Rankings
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Corporate/M&A
Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Intellectual Property
International & Cross-Border Capabilities: South Korean Firms
International Trade

Ranked Lawyers
Banking & Finance: Yeo Kyoon Yoon, Woo Young Jung, Yong-Jae Chang, Myoung Chul Kwak, Dong Seok Woo
Capital Markets: Hyunjoo Oh, Seunga Hyun, Jun Woo Cho
Capital Markets: Securitisation: Jin Hong Kwon
Corporate/M&A: Sanggon Kim, Hyeong Gun Lee, Ho Joon Moon, Yong Joon Yoon, Daehoon Koo, Hyung Sub Lim(Foreign Expert for North Korea)
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Saemee Kim, Sanghoon Han, Grace Yoon
Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Won Seok Ko, Pyoung Keun Song, Seong Won Chang, Dajoo Jung
IP: Jae Hoon Kim, Un Ho Kim, Keum Nang Park, Hyeon Gil Ryoo, Vera Eun Woo Lee, Jaewoo Kwak, Hankil D. Kang
International Trade: Kichang Chung, Young Gee Park, Young Jae Cho, Hyunsoo Joo, Heysoo Kim

Chambers Global Guide is a law firm evaluation publication released by Chambers and Partners, a leading global legal publisher based in England, which selects top law firms and top lawyers in the Asia-Pacific region each year based on a comprehensive analysis of data submitted by law firms, interviews with partner lawyers and clients, and recently accomplished work.
2025.02.14
‘Best Overall Law Firms’ at ABLJ Korea Law Firm Awards 2024


Lee & Ko has been selected as one of the “Best Overall Law Firms” at the Korea Law Awards 2024, hosted by Asia Business Law Journal(ABLJ). This recognition underscores the firm’s dedication to delivering one-stop legal services and its exceptional performance across a wide range of practice. In addition to this prestigious accolade, Lee & Ko has been distinguished in 23 practice areas, including corporate, mergers & acquisitions, banking, arbitration, inbound investment, real estate, insurance, patent, fintech, and healthcare.

 Best Overall Law Firms
 Anti-corruption & anti-bribery
 Arbitration / ADR
 Aviation
 Capital markets
 Competition & antitrust
 Compliance & corporate governance
 Corporate & commercial
 Defense
 Energy & natural resources
 Entertainment & sports
 Fintech
 Healthcare & life sciences
 Inbound investment
 Infrastructure & project finance
 Insolvency & restructuring
 Insurance & reinsurance
 Licensing & franchising
 Mergers & acquisitions
 Patent litigation
 Private equity & venture capital
 Real estate
 Structured finance & Securitisation

ABLJ has recognized two significant cases handled by Lee & Ko in 2024, including the arbitration with Westinghouse Electric Company before the Korea Commercial Arbitration Board(KCAB), where Lee & Ko represented Korea Electric Power Corporation(KEPCO) and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power(KHNP), as well as the regulatory advisory services and government support related to the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s reassessment of the reimbursement eligibility for the pharmaceutical product Mosapride.

Clients have acknowledged Lee & Ko for its outstanding logic, extensive experience, and prompt responses, noting the firm’s ability to effectively persuade foreign regulatory authorities.

Asia Business Law Journal, a leading legal publication in the Asia-Pacific region, conducts annual surveys of lawyers from both domestic and international law firms and corporations. The journal assesses firms based on performance data submitted by domestic law firms for each practice area, beginning in 2021.
2025.01.24
'Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025' ranks Lee & Ko in the top tier in 16 practice areas
Lee & Ko was selected as Tier 1 law firm in Korea across 16 fields according to ‘The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025’. Furthermore, 51 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, Hyunsu Kim
 Capital Markets: Hyunjoo Oh, Dongyon Kim
 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: Jongsoo (Jay) Yoon, 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: Saemee Kim, Elizabeth Shin, 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, Hyunsu Kim
 Real Estate: Jin Wook Yang, Jee In Kim
 Regulatory: white-collar, compliance and investigations:: Tae Yop Lee, Jae Woo Jung
 Shipping: Jin-Young Jung, Yun Jeong Seo, Yang Ho Yoon, Young Jae Park
 Tax: Byeong Jun Son, Sung Hyun Ryu
 TMT: Hwan Kyoung Ko, 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.
 
2025.01.16
Lee & Ko Ranked Band 1 in Chambers FinTech Guide 2025
The 2025 edition of Chambers FinTech Guide has awarded Lee & Ko the highest ranking, Band 1, in the legal category.

In its commentary, Chambers and Partners noted Lee & Ko as a premier law firm in South Korea, hailing its robust corporate and capital markets expertise and proven track record in advising and representing major financial institutions and FinTech startups across a broad spectrum of issues, such as digital payments, virtual assets, and internet banking. It further featured input from clients to highlight Lee & Ko’s exceptional ability to navigate regulatory compliance challenges and manage potential risks. 

It is worth noting that Lee & Ko’s Digital Finance Team advised and secured Galaxia Moneytree’s designation as an innovative financial service for issuing blockchain-based trust beneficiary certificates for aircraft engine leases, marking the first successful case by a law firm since the announcement of security token guidelines by Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC). Well-versed in matters related to the Electronic Financial Transactions Act, the team also provided counsel to major clients such as Samsung C&T, Shinsegae, Lotte Shopping, and HYBE on the registration of their prepaid business and successfully represented virtual asset companies, including DSRV and BDACS, in filing and obtaining a virtual asset service provider (VASP) license this year. 

Currently, Lee & Ko’s digital finance professionals handle legal affairs to provide regulatory assistance to global virtual asset companies such as Worldcoin, BitGo, and NTT Docomo for their entry into Korea. On the domestic front, they offer expert legal guidance to the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Korea, namely, Dunamu (Upbit) and Bithumb, as well as major Korean companies like LINE NEXT, Shinsegae, Com2us, and SK Networks, in response to cryptocurrency regulatory authorities. In criminal cases, the team handles various high-profile cases involving virtual assets in Korea, such as the Terra-Luna and Haru Invest cases, demonstrating its unparalleled and in-depth expertise in the overall discipline of virtual assets. Furthermore, its competence extends to advising clients on obtaining innovative financial service status with a focus on integrating AI technologies into the financial sector, as showcased by a comprehensive legal review of Hana Bank’s use of AI-generated images.

Hyunkoo Kang, a partner at Lee & Ko specializing in financial regulatory compliance, has been recognized as a notable practitioner in the individual category. Drawing upon outstanding expertise, Mr. Kang advises his clients on various FinTech and financial regulatory matters related to payment models, blockchain, and cross-border e-wallet services, among others. 

The Chambers FinTech Guide, one of the world’s leading legal ranking directories in the UK released by Chambers and Partners, identifies and ranks top law firms in the Fintech sector across more than 50 countries worldwide.
2024.12.20
'Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025’ Band 1 in 11 practice areas


Lee & Ko was ranked Band 1 by 'Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide 2025’ in 11 practice areas. For the individual rankings, 66 attorneys were recognized as ‘Leading Individuals’ throughout all practice areas.


Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Corporate/M&A
Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Employment
Intellectual Property
International Trade
Projects & Energy
Restructuring/Insolvency
Shipping Finance
Technology, Media, Telecoms


Banking & Finance: Yeo Kyoon Yoon, Woo Young Jung, Yong-Jae Chang, Myoung Chul Kwak, Dong Seok Woo
Capital Markets: Hyunjoo Oh, Seunga Hyun, Jun Woo Cho
Capital Markets: Securitisation: Jin Hong Kwon
Competition/Antitrust: Yong Seok Ahn, Hwan Jeong, Jeong-Ho Sun, Suruyn Kim
Corporate/M&A: Sanggon Kim, Hyeong Gun Lee, Ho Joon Moon, Yong Joon Yoon, Daehoon Koo
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Saemee Kim, Sanghoon Han, Grace Yoon
Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Won Seok Ko, Pyoung Keun Song, Seong Won Chang, Dajoo Jung
Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime: Tae Ki Ghil, Taeyop Lee, Youngsub Jang, Jae Man Yu, Jin So
Employment: Sang Hoon Lee, Chang Soo Jin, Hyunseok Song, William Kim
Insurance: Jinyoung Jung, Jin Hong Kwon, Yang Ho Yoon
Intellectual Property: Jae Hoon Kim, Un Ho Kim, Keum Nang Park, Hyeon Gil Ryoo, Vera Eun Woo Lee, Jaewoo Kwak, Hankil D. Kang
International Trade: Kichang Chung, Young Gee Park, Young Jae Cho, Hyunsoo Joo, Heysoo Kim
Projects & Energy: Dong Eun Kim, Hun Ko, Kwang Yul Kim, Jungmin Pak
Real Estate: Junghwan Lee, Dong Seok Woo
Restructuring/Insolvency: Eunjai Lee, Wanshik Lee, Jung Hyun Lee
Shipping: Jinyoung Jung, Yang Ho Yoon
Shipping: Finance: Woo Young Jung, Yunjeong Seo
Tax: Kyung Tae Kim, Byeong Jun Son, Tom Kwon
Technology, Media, Telecoms: Kwang Bae Park, Hwan Kyoung Ko, Ju Bong Jang, Samuel (Soon-Yub) Kwon, Sunghee Chae
North Korea - General Business Law (Expertise Based Abroad): Hyung Sub Lim

Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide is a law firm evaluation publication released by Chambers and Partners, a leading global legal publisher based in England, which selects top law firms and top lawyers in the Asia-Pacific region each year based on a comprehensive analysis of data submitted by law firms, interviews with partner lawyers and clients, and recently accomplished work.
2024.12.13
Asia Business Law Journal Selects 17 Lee & Ko Lawyers in '2024 Korea's Top 100 Lawyers'


In the '2024 Korea’s Top 100 Lawyers' researched by Asia Business Law Journal, 17 lawyers from Lee & Ko have been selected.
 
The list of Korea’s Top Lawyers selected from Lee & Ko is as follows:

 Banking & Finance: Jin Hong Kwon, Woo Young Jung
 Capital Markets: Hyunjoo Oh, Jin Hong Kwon
 Competition/Antitrust: Yong Seok Ahn, Hwan Jeong
 Corporate/M&A: Sanggon Kim, Kyu Wha Lee, Hyeong Gun Lee
 Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Jinyoung Jung
 Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Won Seok Ko
 Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime: Yong Seok Park
 Employment: Sang Hoon Lee 
 Insurance: Jin Hong Kwon, Jinyoung Jung
 IP: Jae Hoon Kim
 Projects & Energy: Hun Ko, Dong Eun Kim
 Shipping: Jinyoung Jung, Woo Young Jung
 TMT: Hwan Kyoung Ko, Kwang Bae Park, Hyeong Gun Lee
 
Asia Business Law Journal (ABLJ), an Asian regional law magazine, conducts research on thousands of domestic and foreign in-house counsel as well as lawyers at international law firms to select the Top 100 lawyers in Korea every year.
2024.11.29