For the thirteenth consecutive year, Kim & Chang won the “Korea Law Firm of the Year” award at the ALB Korea Law Awards 2025 held in Seoul on November 6, 2025.
At the awards ceremony, Kim & Chang received the highest recognition in a total of nine categories, receiving five firm awards, which honor the best law firms in each field, three deal awards, which recognize influential deals from the previous year, and an individual category award, which is presented to professionals who have shown exceptional performance.
The ALB Korea Law Awards ceremony, which celebrates its thirteenth anniversary this year, is an annual awards ceremony hosted by Asian Legal Business (“ALB”), an Asian legal media under Thomson Reuters, which recognizes outstanding law firms, deals, lawyers and in-house legal teams in each category through evaluation by a panel of experts in the fields of the respective awards.
The following is a list of our firm’s wins this year.
Firm Award Categories – Sole Winner
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Korea Law Firm of the Year (thirteenth consecutive win)
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Banking and Financial Services Law Firm of the Year
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Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year (Full-Service) (seventh consecutive win)
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Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year
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Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year (third consecutive win)
Deal Award Categoriess – Co-Winner
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Equity Market Deal of the Year: LG Chem, Ltd. Issuance of Exchangeable Bonds due 2028
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M&A Deal of the Year: Korean Air Lines Acquisition of Asiana Airlines and Sale of Asiana Airlines Cargo Business
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Project Finance Deal of the Year: SK Hyundai Georgia Battery Plant Financing
Individual Award Categories – Sole Winner
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Dealmaker of the Year: Heejun Choi
