In the 2026 edition of Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, a guide that recognizes leading litigation law firms and lawyers in the Asia-Pacific region, Kim & Chang was once again recognized as a leading law firm across all 11 practice areas surveyed in Korea. Additionally, this year, 66 of our attorneys were named as “Litigation Stars” and “Future Stars” in their respective practice areas.

The following list details this year’s rankings:

Firm Rankings

South Korea (recognized as leading law firm in all 11 practice areas)

• Commercial and Transactions: Tier 1

• Competition/Antitrust: Tier 1

• Construction: Tier 1

• Insolvency: Tier 1

• Intellectual Property: Tier 1

• International Arbitration: Tier 1

• Labor and Employment: Tier 1

• Product Liability and Recall: Tier 1

• Tax: Tier 1

• White Collar Crime: Tier 1

• Government and Regulatory: Recommended
   

Individual Rankings

Litigation Star

• Commercial and Transactions: Jin Yeong Chung, Yong Sang Kim, Hye Kwang Lee, Cheolhee Park, Jung Keol Suh

• Competition/Antitrust: Cheol Hwan Choi, Sang Wook Kang, Dae Kwon Yang, In Sung Yoon

• Construction: Sam Bum Kim, Song-Ho Lee, Yong Ho Ryu

• Insolvency: Jin Yeong Chung, Hee-Joong Kim, Janghoon Kim, Chiyong Rim

• Intellectual Property: Duck Soon Chang, Sang-Wook Han, Seok Hee Lee, Minjung Park, Seong-Soo Park, Cheonwoo Son, Yu-Seog Won, Jay (Young-June) Yang

• International Arbitration: Sup-Joon Byun, Una Cho, Matthew J. Christensen, Byung-Woo Im, Sae Youn Kim, Chul-Won Lee, Hyungkeun Lee, Sue Hyun Lim, Harold Noh, Dong-Seok (Johan) Oh, Joel E. Richardson, Sungjean Seo, Byung-Chol (B.C.) Yoon

• Labor and Employment: Hyeon Tae Bae, Junho Hong, Choon-Ho Kim, Weon Jung Kim, Do Hyung Lee

• Product Liability and Recall: Sang Ho Han, Sung Jin Kim, Sungwook Kim, Jai Ho Yang

• Shipping: Chul-Won Lee

• Tax: Sung Gweon Cho, Taeheung Ha, Byung-Moon Jung, Heechul Kim, Sang Woo Lee, Yoon Sang Sim

• White-Collar Crime: Chang Hoon Baek, Myungsuk Sean Choi, Yun Sik Lee
   

Future Star

• Construction: Jae Chang Lee

• Insolvency: Jungho Hong

• International Arbitration: James H. Chun, Bo Ram Hong, Woochul Hwang, Hye Sung Kim, Jae Ha Kwon, Dami Park, Shul Park, Wonyoung (Karyn) Yoo

• Tax: Kwang-Jin Jung, Jae Chan Park
   

About Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific:  Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, a guide published by the global legal media group Legal Benchmarking Group (formerly Delinian), evaluates law firm submissions, interviews and independent research results to identify leading dispute resolution and litigation firms and attorneys in 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.