In the recently published The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018, one of the legal industry’s most prominent guides to the legal market in Asia, Kim & Chang was the only Korean law firm to be top-ranked ("Tier 1") in all 16 practice areas surveyed.  Particularly noteworthy is the fact that our IP group was the only Tier 1-ranked practice to be recognized in the “Intellectual property – Patents and Trademarks” category.

In addition to the firm awards, 27 Kim & Chang professionals were named as "Leading Individuals" and "Next Generation Lawyers" in their respective practice areas.

Below are the details of our ranking results:

Firm Rankings ("Tier 1" in All 16 Practice Areas)

• Antitrust & Competition
• Banking & Finance
• Capital Markets
• Corporate/M&A
• Dispute Resolution
• Employment
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property – Patents & Trademarks
• International Arbitration
• Projects & Energy
• Real Estate
• Regulatory Compliance and Investigations
• Shipping
• TMT
• Tax

Leading Individuals

• Antitrust & Competition: Kyung Taek Jung
• Banking & Finance: Young Kyun Cho, Young Min Kim
• Capital Markets: Myoung Jae Chung
• Corporate and M&A: Young Jay Ro, Jong Koo Park, Young Man Huh
• 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
• Projects and Energy: Young Kyun Cho
• Real Estate: Kwan Sik Yu
• Shipping: Byung-Suk Chung, Jin Hong Lee
• TMT: Dong Shik Choi
• Tax: Je Heum Baik

Next Generation Lawyers

• Corporate and M&A: Sun Yul Lee
• Employment: Hyun Jae Park
• Insurance: Joon Young Kim
• International Arbitration: Una Cho, Hye Sung Kim, Sejong Youn
• Real Estate: Sang Min Lee

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018: A market-leading law firm directory for the region, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific is annually published by Legalease, a world-renowned UK legal media. The directory conducts extensive research and analyzes feedback of 250,000 clients to publish law firm rankings in 20 Asia Pacific jurisdictions across major practice areas.