Kim & Chang was the only Korean firm to rank “Tier 1” (top tier) across all eight categories in the 2019 edition of Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, a review and guide to the litigation and disputes market in the Asia-Pacific region.  

Additionally, 14 of our attorneys were recognized as “Dispute Resolution Stars” and “Future Stars” in their respective practice areas. 

Below is a full list of our wins: 

Firm Rankings (“Tier 1” in all eight categories surveyed for Korea)

• Commercial and Transactions 
• Competition/Antitrust*
• Construction 
• Insolvency*
• Intellectual Property 
• International Arbitration 
• Labor and Employment* 
• Product Liability and Recall

    (*four new ranking categories added this year)

Dispute Resolution Stars

• Byung-Chol (B.C.) Yoon (International Arbitration)
• Chiyong Rim (Insolvency)
• Duck Soon Chang (Intellectual Property)
• Eun Young Park (International Arbitration)
• Hye Kwang Lee (Commercial and Transactions)
• Jay (Young-June) Yang (Intellectual Property) 
• Jin Yeong Chung (Commercial and Transactions, Insolvency) 
• Joel E. Richardson (International Arbitration)
• Jung Keol Suh (Commercial and Transactions) 
• Sang Ho Han (Product Liability and Recall)
• Sang-Wook Han (Intellectual Property)
• Yong Sang Kim (Commercial and Transactions)

Future Stars

• Hye Sung Kim (Commercial and Transactions, International Arbitration)
• Sejong Youn (International Arbitration)

About Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific:  Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, published by the global legal media group Euromoney, identifies the most distinguished dispute resolution and litigation firms and attorneys in the Asia-Pacific region based on law firm submissions, interviews and independent research.  This year, the scope of the guide expanded to include three new countries, surveying a total of 12 countries, and the number of categories for the Korean legal market also doubled in comparison to the 2018 rankings.