Kim & Chang was named as “Tier 1” in all 15 practice areas surveyed, according to the Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2017 edition), a leading global law firm directory published by Legalease, a UK legal publisher.
Separately, 17 professionals at Kim & Chang were recognized as “Leading Individuals” in their respective practice areas; additional 6 professionals of the firm were selected as “Next Generation Lawyers” in their fields.
The Legal 500 wrote “Kim & Chang’s ‘excellent’ team, which includes a mix of Korean and foreign counsel, ‘works together very well, supporting the international legal advice with first-rate Korean law advice’ and is commended for its ‘consistent quality of advocacy, both written and oral’” based on quotes from some of our clients.
Our winning details are as follows:
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust & Competition
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets
- Corporate/M&A
- Dispute Resolution
- Employment
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property – Patents & Trade marks
- International Arbitration
- Projects & Energy
- Real Estate
- Shipping
- TMT
- Tax
Leading Individuals
- Antitrust & Competition: Kyung Taek Jung
- Banking & Finance: Young Kyun Cho
- Capital Markets: Myoung Jae Chung
- Corporate & M&A: Young Jay Ro, Jong Koo Park, Young Man Huh, Sang Goo Lee
- Dispute Resolution: Sang Ho Han
- Employment: Chun Wook Hyun, Weon Jung Kim
- Insurance: Jay Ahn
- Intellectual Property: Jay (Young-June) Yang
- International Arbitration: Byung-Chol (B.C.) Yoon, Eun Young Park, Liz Kyo-Hwa Chung
- Shipping: Byung-Suk Chung, Jin Hong Lee
- Next Generation Lawyers
- Corporate & M&A: Sun Yul Lee
- Insurance: Joon Young Kim
- Intellectual Property: Sang Young Lee
- International Arbitration: Una Cho, Hye Sung Kim
- Shipping: Helen Heoun Joo Kim
