Kim & Chang was named “Outstanding” in all 24 categories in the 2026 edition of asialaw, once again receiving the highest recognition across all surveyed categories for ten consecutive years. Moreover, 68 of our attorneys and patent attorneys were selected as Korea’s “Leading Lawyers” in their respective areas of expertise, earning recognition for their extensive capabilities.
 

Below are the details of our wins this year.

Firm Rankings (named “Outstanding” in all 24 categories in Korea)

Practice Areas

• Banking and Finance

• Capital Markets

• Competition/Antitrust

• Construction

• Corporate and M&A

• Dispute Resolution

• Intellectual Property

• Investment Funds

• Labour and Employment

• Private Equity

• Regulatory

• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Tax
   

Industry Sectors

• Aviation and Shipping

• Banking and Financial Services

• Consumer Goods and Services

• Energy

• Industrials and Manufacturing

• Infrastructure

• Insurance

• Media and Entertainment

• Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences

• Real Estate

• Technology and Telecommunications
   

Individual Rankings
 

• Aviation: Young Min Kim

• Banking and Financial Services: Young Kyun Cho, Kye Sung Chung, Myoung Jae Chung, Young Man Huh, Hoin Lee, Ie Hwan Yoo

• Banking and Finance: Young Kyun Cho, Kye Sung Chung, Ick Ryol Huh, Young Min Kim, Jina Myung, Ie Hwan Yoo, Hi Sun Yoon

• Capital Markets: Myoung Jae Chung, Young Man Huh, Yong-Ho Kim, Hoin Lee

• Competition/Antitrust: Jay Ahn, Kee Hong Chun, Brian Tae-Hyun Chung, Maria Hajiyerou, Jung-Won Hyun, Kyung Taek Jung, Youngjin Jung, Eun Hee Kim, Gene-Oh (Gene) Kim, Kyoung Yeon (Kay) Kim, Tae Hyuk Ko, Hwan Beom Lee, Luke Shin

• Corporate/M&A: Dae-Hyuk Choi, Kye Sung Chung, Young Man Huh, Kyung Taek Jung, Joon B. Kim, Wan Suk Kim, Kyung Yul Lee, Jong Koo Park, Young Jay Ro

• Dispute Resolution: Jin Yeong Chung, Byung-Woo Im, Hye Sung Kim, Sae Youn Kim, Hyo Je Lee, Hyungkeun Lee, Hee Won (Marina) Moon, Byung-Chol (B.C.) Yoon

• Energy: Young Kyun Cho, Dae-Hyuk Choi, Chang Sup Kwon, Chang-hee Shin

• Labour and Employment: Weon Jung Kim, Deok Il Seo

• Insurance: Jay Ahn, Jae Ho Baek, Chul-Won Lee

• Intellectual Property: Duck Soon Chang, Hyun-Jin Chang, Sang-Wook Han, In Hwan Kim, Young Kim, Sang Hun (Andrew) Lee, Cheonwoo Son, Jay (Young-June) Yang

• Investment Funds: Young Man Huh

• Media and Entertainment: Dong Shik Choi

• Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences: Myung Soon Chung, Eun Hee Kim, Hwan Beom Lee

• Private Equity: Wan Suk Kim

• Real Estate: Keun Ah Cho, Sang Min Lee, Yon Kyun Oh

• Regulatory: Myungsuk Sean Choi, Seung Ho Lee, Hee Won (Marina) Moon, Kook Hyun Yoo

• Restructuring/Insolvency: Jin Yeong Chung, Jungho Hong, Janghoon Kim, Chiyong Rim

• Shipping: Byung-Suk Chung, Young Min Kim, Chul-Won Lee, Jae Bok Lee, Jin Hong Lee, Hi Sun Yoon

• Tax: Taeheung Ha

• Technology and Telecommunications: Dong Shik Choi
   

About asialaw:  asialaw  is a legal directory annually published by asialaw, a legal media company associated with the Legal Benchmarking Group (formerly Delinian), covering law firms and legal practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region. Drawing from law firm submissions, client and peer feedback, independent research and data analysis, asialaw published its rankings of Korean law firms in 13 practice areas and 11 industry sectors.

asialaw 2026