Kim & Chang ranked “Band 1” in all seven practice areas surveyed in the 2016 edition of Chambers Global, a leading law firm directory published by Chambers & Partners. The firm had the highest ranking among law firms in South Korea. The firm also ranked “Band 4” in International Arbitration in Asia-Pacific region.
Separately, 25 professionals were selected as “Leading Individuals” in their respective practice areas; additional four professionals of the firm were recognized as “Other Noted Practitioners” in their fields.
Our winning details are as below:
Practice Areas
South Korea
- Banking & Finance: Band 1
- Capital Markets: Band 1
- Corporate/M&A: Band 1
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Band 1
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Band 1
- Intellectual Property: Band 1
- International Trade: Band 1
Asia Pacific
- Arbitration (International): Band 4
Leading Individuals
South Korea
- Banking & Finance: Ick Ryol Huh, Young Kyun Cho, Hi Sun Yoon, Young Min Kim
- Capital Markets: Chang Hyeon Ko, Young Man Huh, Myoung Jae Chung
- Corporate/M&A: Kyung Taek Jung, Young Jay Ro, Jong Koo Park, Young Man Huh, Young Hoon Byun (Expertise Based Abroad - Japan), Jong Hyun Park**, Sun Yul Lee**
- Dispute Resolution - Arbitration: Byung Chol Yoon*, Eun Young Park, Liz Kyo-Hwa Chung, Kay-Jannes Wegner, Richard Menard, Joel E. Richardson**
- Dispute Resolution - Litigation: Jin Yeong Chung, Jung Keol Suh
- Intellectual Property: Young June Yang, Duck Soon Chang, Chun Y. Yang, Young Kim, Sang-Wook Han, Martin Kagerbauer (Expertise Based Abroad - Germany)
- International Trade: Ju-Hong Kim **
* Star Individual: A lawyer with exceptional recommendations in his field.
** Other Noted Practitioner: An individual who handles notable matters and / or has received some recommendation during the course of our research. However, he has not received a sufficiently high level of sustained recommendation to be included in the printed version of the Chambers guide. Instead, the ‘Other Noted Practitioner' category shows that the individual is on Chambers’ research radar.
** Other Noted Practitioner: An individual who handles notable matters and / or has received some recommendation during the course of our research. However, he has not received a sufficiently high level of sustained recommendation to be included in the printed version of the Chambers guide. Instead, the ‘Other Noted Practitioner' category shows that the individual is on Chambers’ research radar.
