Kim & Chang obtained a “Band 1” ranking in 18 practice areas in the 2025 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific, once again receiving the most “Band 1” rankings among Korean law firms. With the guide also recognizing 90 of our professionals, the highest number among Korean law firms, as “Leading Individuals,” we have demonstrated our market-leading capabilities across a wide range of fields.

In particular, for the fifth consecutive year, we were the only Korean law firm to be ranked “Band 1” in the Dispute Resolution - Arbitration category. Moreover, for the third year in a row, we were the only Korean law firm to be ranked “Band 1” in the Intellectual Property: Patent Specialist and Shipping categories.
 

About Chambers Asia-Pacific: The Chambers Asia-Pacific guide, which is published annually by world-renowned legal media Chambers and Partners, provides an assessment of the Asia-Pacific legal market. This year, the guide recognized outstanding law firms and lawyers across 19 practice areas specific to Korea based on its evaluation of firms’ submissions, interviews with key clients and partners, and independent research.

Below are the details of our rankings this year:

Firm Rankings

South Korea (“Band 1” in 18 out of 19 practice areas surveyed for Korea)

• Banking & Finance:  Band 1

• Capital Markets (Capital Markets: Securitisation):  Band 1

• Competition/Antitrust:  Band 1

• Corporate/M&A:  Band 1

• Dispute Resolution – Arbitration:  Band 1

• Dispute Resolution – Litigation:  Band 1

• Dispute Resolution – White-Collar Crime:  Band 1

• Employment:  Band 1

• Insurance:  Band 1

• Intellectual Property:  Band 1

• Intellectual Property – Patent Specialist:  Band 1

• International Trade:  Band 1

• Projects & Energy:  Band 1

• Real Estate:  Band 1

• Restructuring/Insolvency:  Band 1

• Shipping:  Band 1

• Shipping – Finance:  Band 2

• Tax (Tax: Consultant):  Band 1

• Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT):  Band 1
   

North Korea

• General Business Law:  Spotlight
   

Asia-Pacific Region

• Arbitration (International):  Band 4
   

Leading Individuals

South Korea

• Aviation:  Young Kyun Cho, Young Min Kim

• Banking & Finance:  Young Kyun Cho, Hi Sun Yoon, Young Min Kim, Ie Hwan Yoo

• Capital Markets:  Chang Hyeon Ko, Youngjin Sohn, Myoung Jae Chung

• Capital Markets – Securitisation:  Yong-Seung Sun, Yong-Ho Kim

• Competition/Antitrust:  Kyung Taek Jung, Youngjin Jung, Gene-Oh (Gene) Kim, Min-Ho Lee, Kyoung Yeon (Kay) Kim, Kee Hong Chun

• Corporate/M&A:  Jong Koo Park, Young Man Huh, Jong Hyun Park, Bo Yong Ahn, Shin Kwon Lim, Sang Goo Lee, Sun Yul Lee

• Dispute Resolution – Arbitration:  Byung-Chol (B.C.) Yoon, Matthew J. Christensen, Sae Youn Kim, Byung-Woo Im, Joel E. Richardson, Chul-Won Lee, Una Cho, Hyungkeun Lee, Hye Sung Kim, Woochul Hwang

• Dispute Resolution – Litigation:  Hye Kwang Lee, Jin Yeong Chung, Sungwook Kim

• Dispute Resolution – White-Collar Crime:  Kook Hyun Yoo, Dong Min Cha, Myungsuk Sean Choi, Seung Ho Lee, Byung Suk Lee

• Employment:  Chun Wook Hyun, Weon Jung Kim, Paul Cho, Hyun Jae Park

• Insurance:  Jay Ahn, Jae Ho Baek, Hyun Wook Shin, Sang Mi Baek

• Intellectual Property:  Jay (Young-June) Yang, Duck Soon Chang, Young Kim, Sang-Wook Han, Seong-Soo Park, Yu-Seog Won, John J. Kim, Chun Y. Yang, Minjung Park

• International Trade:  Juhong Kim, Seong Joong Kim

• Projects & Energy:  Young Kyun Cho, Chang-hee Shin, John Sangho Park, Chang Sup Kwon, Geon Ho Kim, Ken Nam, Dae-Hyuk Choi, Min-Young Oh

• Real Estate:  Yon Kyun Oh, Keun Ah Cho, Jin Ho Song, Sang Min Lee, Heung Suk Oh, Seung Hoon Yeom

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

• Shipping:  Byung-Suk Chung, Jin Hong Lee, Chul-Won Lee, Jae Bok Lee

• Shipping – Finance:  Hi Sun Yoon, Min Chul Kim

• Tax:  Sang-Woo Lee, Byung-Moon Jung, Sung Gweon Cho

• Tax – Consultants:  Woo Hyun Baik, Tae-Yeon Nam, Im Jung Choi, Dong So Kim

• Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT):  Dong Shik Choi, Min Chul Park, Seong-Hyeon Bang
   

North Korea

• General Business Law:  Eun Min Kwon (Expert based abroad)