Based on research conducted by Asia Business Law Journal, the following are Korea’s top 100 lawyers (including foreign legal counsel/advisors/consultants practising in Korea).
Click here to read the editorial report that accompanies the A-List.
Biographies and contact details, where provided, were written by the lawyers themselves and have not been independently verified.
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Yong Seok Ahn Lee & Ko Tel: +82 2 772 4000 Email: yongseok.ahn@leeko.com |
| Key practice areas: Competition; M&A; general corporate |
Since March 2018, Yong Seok Ahn has been a managing partner at Lee & Ko. He was in charge of competition law, M&A and general corporate practices at Lee & Ko before becoming a managing partner. Since joining Lee & Ko in 1989, he has represented many cases involving multinational companies which are related to Korean competition laws including cartel, merger filing, abuse of dominance and unfair trade practices before the Korean Fair Trade Commission. He continues to be very active in the field of M&A and has represented many multinational corporations in their acquisition of Korean companies. He speaks Korean and English.
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Yong Jae Chang Lee & Ko Tel: +82 2 772 4000 Email: yongjae.chang@leeko.com |
| Key practice areas: Acquisition finance; structured finance; project finance; private equity; real estate |
| Yong-Jae is a partner in the banking and finance group with over 20 years of broad professional experience which covers various areas of acquisition finance, structured finance, project finance, private equity, real estate, asset management, capital markets, energy & natural resources, M&A and cross-border & overseas Investment. He is highly regarded as one of the leading lawyers in Korea by many leading legal publications and is particularly well-known for his expertise in banking, structured finance and cross-border transactions.
Yong-Jae regularly advises major international and Korean financial institutions and corporations (including asset management companies) and has represented his clients in numerous high-profile ‘cross-border’ transactions in Korea, some of which received the prestigious “Deal of the Year” awards in Asia. He was educated in Korea and overseas and is qualified as a solicitor of England & Wales and Australia (New South Wales and Queensland). He is also qualified as a CPA in Australia. |
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Christopher Joon Tae Cho Yulchon |
| Key practice areas: Banking/general finance; lease & transportation finance; acquisition finance/ real estate finance; project finance; capital markets |
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Sung Keuk Cho Cho & Lee Tel: +82 2592 5790 Email: skcho@cholee.co.kr |
| Key practice areas: Insurance; shipping; international trade; aviation; arbitration |
| Sung Keuk has been practising law since 1991 and is managing partner of his firm. His main practice areas are insurance (with a special focus on marine insurance, property insurance, liability insurance and reinsurance), shipping, and international trade.
Sung Keuk has acted for Korean insurance companies, foreign insurance companies in Korea and abroad, and advised clients with regard to insurance coverage issues, and disputes (including litigation, arbitration and mediation) related to insurance coverage and subrogated cargo claim. He has conducted cases before all tiers of Korean courts including the Korean Supreme Court and worked with foreign lawyers in relation to proceedings in foreign jurisdictions. Sung Keuk has also been an appointed conciliator in Seoul High Court for about 10 years and was elected as the chairman of The Korea Maritime Law Association in 2018. He believes the role of a lawyer is providing wise and good services to clients and named his law office “智賢” (which means “wise and good”). |
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Tae Yeon Cho Cho & Partners |
| Key practice areas: IP; commercial; dispute resolution |
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Jeong Yeol Choe Yulchon |
| Key practice areas: IP; patent/utility model; trademark/copyright; trade secret; IP risk management (IP compliance) |
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JH Choi Choi & Kim |
| Key practice areas: Maritime; marine insurance; international litigation; arbitration |
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Seung Soon Choi Yoon & Yang |
| Key practice areas: M&A; corporate law and finance; bankruptcy, corporate restructuring; corporate governance; international transactions |
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Woo-young Choi HMP Law |
| Key practice areas: Cross-border litigation; insolvency law; international arbitration; IP law; product liability |
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Peter Chun Muhann Patent & Law Firm |
| Key practice areas: IP; patent prosecution; patent litigation; patent licensing |
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Cecil Saehoon Chung Yulchon |
| Key practice areas: Antitrust; TMT; health & pharmaceutical; M&A; internal investigations & compliance |
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Eui Jong Chung Bae Kim & Lee |
| Key practice areas: Finance; capital market |
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Jin Yeong Chung Kim & Chang |
| Key practice areas: International & cross-border litigation; corporate & M&A litigation; securities & finance litigation; business restructuring; regulatory & corporate investigations |
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Joon Hyug Chung Shin & Kim |
| Key practice areas: M&A; private equity; corporate; corporate disputes; Europe desk |
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Kye Sung Chung Kim & Chang |
| Key practice areas: Banking; securities; private equity; e-finance & fintech; M&A |
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Liz Kyo-Hwa Chung Microsoft (formerly Kim & Chang) |
| Key practice areas: International arbitration; cross-border litigation; government investigations; corporate compliance; crisis management |
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Gun Chul Do Bae Kim & Lee |
| Key practice areas: Real estate; construction; project development; foreign investment |
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Bong Hee Han Yulchon |
| Key practice areas: Corporate; finance; M&A; real estate; overseas investments |
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Ri Bong Han Bae Kim & Lee |
| Key practice areas: M&A; corporate; private equity; foreign investment; energy |
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Sang Jin Han Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton |
| Key practice areas: M&A; private equity; finance; restructuring |
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Sean Hayes IPG Legal Tel: 82 70 7847 9050 Email: SeanHayes@ipglegal.com |
| Key practice areas: Franchisors; defence companies; chemical companies; industrials; startups |
Experience
Sean Hayes is the first non-Korean employed as an attorney by the Korean courts and one of the first non-Koreans to be a full-time regular member of a Korean law faculty. Sean is known, over his 16+ years in Korea, for his aggressive advocacy and candid NY-style street-smart advice. His firm is renowned for taking on some of the most contentious matters in Korea in a non-conflicted and proactive manner. Sean is also one of the few attorneys in Asia that has experience managing non-consulting companies. He worked as an interim general manager/HR manager for oil & gas, new tech, pharmaceutical, franchise and manufacturing companies. He regularly appears in and is quoted by international media organizations including the NY Times, Wall Street Journal and international law journals. IPG Legal, Sean’s firm, is often chosen over the ubiquitous Korean law firms when unconflicted and aggressive representation is essential for success. IPG has been recognized by numerous legal publications and rating agencies as a leading firm practicing in Asia. Sean and IPG have successfully assisted in bringing into Asia numerous brands, oil & gas, manufacturers, defence companies, real estate, franchises, entertainment and new-tech companies. IPG has, also, been involved in some of the most noteworthy contentious matters via arbitration and litigation in Asia. Sean is a regular contributor to the Korean Law Blog (www.thekoreanlawblog.com). |
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Suakbuam Hong Yoon & Yang |
| Key practice areas: Competition and consumer law; large Retail business; franchise; e-commerce; network marketing |
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Young Man Huh Kim & Chang |
| Key practice areas: M&A; private equity; investment management; capital markets; corporate governance |
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Ju Myung Hwang HMP Law |
| Key practice areas: General corporate, employment law; international disputes; IP; antitrust & competition |
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Kyung Taek Jung Kim & Chang |
| Key practice areas: Antitrust & competition; M&A; IT/TMT; corporate governance; compliance |
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Woo Young Jung Lee & Ko Tel: +82 2 772 4000 Email: wooyoung.jung@leeko.com |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance; lease & transportation finance; structured finance; insolvency & restructuring; energy & natural resources |
| Woo Young is a partner of the banking & finance Group at Lee & Ko with more than 25 years of practice experience in area of finance and general banking. During his long tenure as a banking attorney, he has handled and advised on a wide variety of financing schemes, such as asset financing, structured financing, securities, corporate rehabilitation and asset backed securitization, but always with a concentration on the area of ship finance. He advises shipping companies and financial institutions (both local and offshore) on the acquisition of new buildings and second-hand ships, offshore oil and gas, cross border leases, tax leases under US, UK and France revenue regulations, the fund scheme and other structured financing, many of which have been bench mark deals in the Korean market. He also writes and lectures frequently on structured finance, ship finance, ship investment company at the Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Korea Securities Research and Training Institute and the International Bar Association. |
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Hee Chul Kang Yulchon |
| Key practice areas: M&A; labor & employment; securities; capital markets; corporate governance |
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Sinseob Kang Shin & Kim |
| Key practice areas: Litigation involving securities, derivative products, real estate, real estate investment trusts and project finance |
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Yully Kang Jipyong |
| Key practice areas: M&A; corporate & cross-border; finance & securities; private equity & hedge funds; structured finance |
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Young-Seok Ki Shin & Kim |
| Key practice areas: Labor and employment matters; labor disputes; corporate governance; M&A; hostile takeovers |
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Beomsu Kim KL Partners |
| Key practice areas: Commercial arbitration; investor-state disputes; cross-border litigation; mediation; general corporate |
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CJ Kim Choi & Kim Tel: +82 2 732 5577 Email: cjkim@choikim.com |
| Key practice areas: Shipping; insurance; trade dispute; cross-border litigation & arbitration; bankruptcy law |
| CJ KIM is a founding partner of Choi & Kim, the leading maritime law firm in Korea. He has been involved in major matters of maritime, insurance and trade disputes and has handled various cross-border litigations for over 30 years.
He is advising the IOPC Fund in the Hebei Spirit oil spill case, which is the largest oil spill case in Korean history. He has recently served as the Chairman of the Special Enquiry Authority for the tragic Sewol ferry disaster that took place in April 2014. He also serves as a mediation commissioner for the Seoul High Court and an arbitrator for the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board. |
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Dae Hui Kim DR & AJU |
| Key practice areas: M&A; corporate restructuring/rehabilitation/bankruptcy; corporate criminal/risk management/consulting; resource/energy development |
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Daniel Kim Paul Hastings |
| Key practice areas: M&A; private equity buyouts and investments; international joint ventures; private and public securities offerings |
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David Hunjoon Kim You Me Patent & Law Firm |
| Key practice areas: Patents; designs; trademarks; product liability; trade secret law; domain names. |
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Dong Eun Kim Lee & Ko Tel: +82 2 772 4000 Email: dongeun.kim@leeko.com |
| Key practice areas: Infrastructure; energy; real estate |
| Dong Eun is leading the project & energy practice group and co-leading the construction and real estate practice group. He has a wealth of experience and expertise in advising for over 20 years on all kinds of inbound and outbound transactions related to social overhead capital, energy and real estate development, construction, operation, financing, investment and restructuring.
He also has experience representing all important project stakeholders such as major project investors, syndicated lenders, project company and government. Since 2014 and over a 3-year span, he has provided advice on about 125 large inbound and outbound projects related to social overhead capital, energy and real estate. Dong Eun has been selected on numerous occasions as “Leading Lawyer” in the fields of project finance/ energy/ real estate by foreign top law firms ranking institutions such as Chambers Asia, Legal 500, etc, and is regarded as one of the finest experts in those areas. |
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Dong Soo Kim Yulchon |
| Key practice areas: Tax; North Korea business; legislative support; business reorganization; family business and succession planning |
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Doo Sik Kim Shin & Kim |
| Key practice areas: Cross-border investments; general corporate transactions; M&A; construction; projects |
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Hyun Suk Kim Clifford Chance |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; M&A |
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Jae Hoon Kim Lee & Ko Tel: +82 2772 4000 Email: jaehoon.kim@leeko.com |
| Key practice areas: IP; life sciences; product liability; criminal law; franchise |
| Jae Hoon joined Lee & Ko in 1986 and practiced in the Corporate Practice Group for 10 years. He then moved to head the IP practice group at Lee & Ko. Jae Hoon has served as a member of the management committee at Lee & Ko for over 10 years. He served as vice-chair for licensing and distribution committees of the International Bar Association and drafted Korean Fair Trade Commission guidelines for licensing. Throughout his professional career, Jae Hoon has been involved in numerous landmark cases, representing multinational companies in patent/trademark litigation. He has earned reputation as a brilliant litigation strategist and was named a top IP practitioner by numerous evaluators, including Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. He is admitted to the Korean and the New York bars. |
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Ji Hyung Kim Jipyong |
| Key practice areas: Real estate & construction; IP; labour & employment; white collar criminal defence; litigation & arbitration |
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John Kim Lee & Ko Tel: +82 2 772 4000 Email: john.kim@leeko.com |
| Key practice areas: IP; antitrust; cross-border litigation; regulatory compliance; international arbitration |
| John is a trial lawyer specializing in cross-border litigation and international dispute resolution.
As a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, John represented multinational clients from both the plaintiff and defence perspective at the US International Trade Commission, the Eastern District of Texas, and the Northern District of California. Resident in Quinn Emanuel’s Silicon Valley office, he also led strategic counselling teams on behalf of a diverse international client base to maximize leverage and create real-world solutions in multiple IP disputes and competition law matters. John has also been involved in negotiating patent licenses in the semiconductor, consumer electronics, and software industries and he has represented clients regarding standard-essential patent licensing issues before tribunals and competition authorities around the world. John combines his corporate experience with his law firm experience to provide a wide range of clients with legal advice and counselling grounded in the practical realities of global businesses. |
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Sae Youn Kim Yulchon |
| Key practice areas: Dispute resolution; international litigation/arbitration; construction/real estate disputes; real estate finance disputes; healthcare disputes |
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Sang Gon Kim Lee & Ko Tel: +82 2 772 4000 Email: sanggon.kim@leeko.com |
| Key practice areas: General corporate and business law; M&A; hostile takeovers & defence; corporate governance; private equity |
| Sang Gon is a partner at Lee & Ko. Since joining the firm in 1994, he has concentrated his practice in general corporate and business law, focusing on mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Kim has handled a wide variety of M&A transactions in the financial and petrochemical industries. His experience in friendly takeovers includes Representation of SK Telecom in the acquisition of Hana Card in late 2009, which was the first case of consolidation between a mobile telecom business and credit card business; CJ Group (the largest cable TV program provider in Korea) in its acquisition of On Media (the second largest program provider in Korea); Citibank in its acquisition of KorAm Bank; the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation in its sale of Korea First Bank to Newbridge and LG Chem in the acquisition of Hyundai Petrochemical followed by a spin-off and merger. He can speak and read Korean and English, and read Japanese and German. |
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Sang Jun Kim Jipyong |
| Key practice areas: M&A; corporate & cross-border; antitrust & competition; bankruptcy & restructuring; IP |
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Sung Geun Kim Shin & Kim |
| Key practice areas: M&A; TMT; energy and resources; corporate governance |
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Young Kim Kim & Chang |
| Key practice areas: IP litigation |
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Won Seok Ko Lee & Ko Tel: +82 2 772 4000 Email: wonseok.ko@leeko.com |
| Key practice areas: Finance; general corporate; administrative litigation |
| Won Seok is reputed as one of the leading litigators in Korea with extensive experience. He primarily practices in finance, general corporate and administrative litigation.
Won Seok received his LLB from college of law, Seoul National University in 1984, and he also studied at Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea. He was a visiting scholar at Stanford law school from 1997 to 1998. He is a member of the Korean Bar Association, and the Seoul Bar Association. Prior to joining Lee & Ko, Won Seok served as a judge in various courts, including Seoul District Court Northern Branch, Seoul Civil District Court, Seoul District Court Eastern Branch, Seoul High Court. He was also the Research Judge at Supreme Court of Korea from 1999 to 2001. In 2002, he became a professor at Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea, where he taught civil litigation. |
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Taeil Kwon Kwon & Co |
| Key practice areas: Shipping; insurance; arbitration; international trade; commodity dispute |
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Young-Mo Kwon Lee & Ko Tel: +82 2 772 4000 Email: youngmo.kwon@leeko.com |
| Key practice areas: IP, IP litigation; healthcare; life sciences/pharmaceuticals; international arbitration |
| Young Mo, a partner at Lee & Ko, is recognized as one of the leading IP trial lawyers in Korea with a wealth of experience to back his reputation and a solid technical background making him more unique and distinctive among other IP practitioners. Since starting his practice in 1987, he has focused on the enforcement of IP rights with a particular emphasis on patents and technology licensing. His extensive representation of multinational and domestic corporations covers all major technical fields including electrical, mechanical, chemical, pharmaceutical, bio, computer and other industries.
He has been awarded with many accolades in Chambers Asia, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, AsiaLaw and Who’s Who Legal for his involvement in many of Korea’s most critical precedents and notable cases. He is speaks English and Korean. |
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Daniel Lee DLA Piper |
| Key practice areas: International arbitration/litigation; cross-border M&A; foreign direct investment; project/energy; IP litigation |
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Eui-Hoon Lee C&S Patent and Law Office |
| Key practice areas: Patent prosecution; patent litigation; patent licensing; IP consulting; claim negotiation |
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Haeng Gyu Lee Jipyong |
| Key practice areas: Finance & securities; private equity & hedge funds; Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam |
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Hoin Lee Kim & Chang |
| Key practice areas: Labour & employment; banking; structured finance; financial regulation; compliance |
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Jaewoo Lee Ropes & Gray |
| Key practice areas: Cross-border corporate transactions; PE transactions; M&A; Asian Pacific; TMT |
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Kyu Wha Lee Lee & Ko Tel: +82 2772 4000 Email: kyuwha.lee@leeko.com |
| Key practice areas: M&A; corporate; corporate governance; cross-border investments; hostile takeovers & defence |
| Kyu Wha is a senior partner and heads the corporate and M&A practice group at Lee & Ko. He is an experienced practitioner with over 25 years of experience in all areas of corporate and business laws including: the sale and purchase of business and property, M&A transactions, establishment and representation of various types of corporate entities, restructuring, foreign direct investment, overseas investment, labour, and fair trade. He received his LLB from Seoul National University in 1981, MCL from George Washington University Law School in 1988, and JD from Tulane Law School in 1990. Mr. Lee currently serves as an arbitrator of the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board and is a member of the Korea and New York Bars. |
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S Yong Lee YP Lee, Mock & Partners |
| Key practice areas: IP; trademark; design; unfair competition; copyright |
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Simon Lee Pureum Law Office |
| Key practice areas: Criminal defence; legal consulting pertaining to foreign investment; international divorce & adoption; immigration (VISA, sojourn, refugee); labour |
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Soonghee Lee Yoon & Yang |
| Key practice areas: Banking and securities law; financial services regulatory; financial dispute resolution |
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Soowan Lee AIP Patent & Law Firm |
| Key practice areas: IP procurement and enforcement; patents; trademarks; design; copyright |
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Sun Yul Lee Kim & Chang |
| Key practice areas: M&A; private equity; FDI; international trade & economic sanctions; entertainment, sports & leisure |
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Tong Gun Lee Shin & Kim |
| Key practice areas: M&A; private equity; foreign investments (in-bound/out-bound); restructuring and insolvency; management disputes and hostile M&A |
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Wan Shik Lee Lee & Ko Tel: +82 2 772 4000 Email: wanshik.lee@leeko.com |
| Key practice areas: Securities; corporate; litigation & arbitration; corporate restructuring; trusts |
| Wan Shik is a partner and head of the insolvency & restructuring practice group at Lee & Ko. He is a prominent expert in the areas of civil litigation, white collar crime and corporate insolvency. While serving as a judge for 12 years, he has handled many prominent civil and criminal trials. In particular, during his tenure as a judge with the bankruptcy division of the Seoul Central District Court, he handled a vast number of insolvency proceedings.
Since joining Lee & Ko in 2002, Wan Shik has been in charge of major cases in the field of insolvency and restructuring. Cases represented by him include: lawsuits about shareholders’ derivatives and numerous other civil and criminal cases; corporate reorganization and rehabilitation procedures sale of companies in bankruptcy or reorganization; advice on acquisition of companies under reorganization; advice on measures for Korean financial institutions in respect of the Lehman Brothers crisis. |
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Won Lee Baker McKenzie |
| Key practice areas: Cross-border M&A; energy and infrastructure development; investment projects |
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YP Lee YP Lee Mock & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Patents |
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Seung Soon Lim Yoon & Yang |
| Key practice areas: Tax; family business succession |
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Sung-Taek Lim Jipyong |
| Key practice areas: Litigation; real estate & construction; North Korea; public policy; risk management |
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Kun Su Mok HMP Law |
| Key practice areas: Pharmaceutical and healthcare law; corporate restructuring |
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Hyun Joo Oh Lee & Ko Tel: +82 2772 4000 Email: hyunjoo.oh@leeko.com |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; securities; derivatives; compliance; asset management |
| Hyun Joo is licensed as a member of Korean Bar Association. Obtained LLM at Columbia Law School. She is ranked as band 1 lawyer by Chambers and recognized a leading lawyer by Asialaw in the area of capital markets and received official commendations from the Korean President, the MOSF and KSD. She is also serving as a member of the Financial Disputes Mediation Committee, Financial Advisory Committee of FSS, Credit Rating Market Evaluation Committee of FSC and Fund Management Committee of Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-Aid Association. Hyun Joo served as a deliberation member of Administrative Guidance of FSS and a member of Stewardship Code TF of FSC and an expert member of Advertisement Review Committee of Korea Financial Investment Association. |
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Jong Han Oh Shin & Kim |
| Key practice areas: Domestic and international litigation & arbitration related to finance; securities and commercial transactions; hostile M&A; labour law; environmental law |
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Keum Seok Oh Bae Kim & Lee |
| Key practice areas: Antitrust and competition; antitrust litigation |
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Helen Pak Shin & Kim |
| Key practice areas: Project finance; asset financing; private equity |
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Ghyo Sun Park Shin & Kim |
| Key practice areas: Commercial litigation; IP; product liability; M&A; corporate governance |
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Jae Hyun Park Yulchon |
| Key practice areas: Banking/general finance; M&A; asset management & funds; project finance; private equity & venture capital |
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Jong Hyun Park Kim & Chang |
| Key practice areas: M&A; corporate governance; securities; private equity |
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Jong Koo Park Kim & Chang |
| Key practice areas: M&A; private equity; corporate governance |
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Ki Tai Park Barun Law |
| Key practice areas: Construction and real estate; corporate; M&A |
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Sang Il Park HMP Law |
| Key practice areas: General corporate; M&A; securities & finance; international disputes; foreign exchange & foreign investment |
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Seung-Moon Park Darae Law & IP Firm |
| Key practice areas: IP disputes; finance/tax; corporate; litigation |
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Sung Uk Park Kim & Chang |
| Key practice areas: M&A; private equity; capital markets |
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Chiyong Rim Kim & Chang |
| Key practice areas: Corporate restructuring; cross-border insolvency; work-out; insolvency; restructuring litigation |
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Brandon (Myong-Hyon) Ryu Shin & Kim |
| Key practice areas: M&A; foreign investments (in-bound/out-bound); private equity; corporate governance; restructuring and insolvency |
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Dong Woo Seo Bae Kim & Lee |
| Key practice areas: Corporate; M&A; private equity; foreign investment |
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Hee Gang Shin Bae Kim & Lee |
| Key practice areas: Securities; capital markets; banking and finance; financial regulation; private equity |
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Tom Shin Lee & Ko Tel: +82 2 772 4000 Email: tom.shin@leeko.com |
| Key practice areas: Banking; project finance; energy & natural resources; M&A |
| Tom is a partner at Lee & Ko and one of the leading banking and finance lawyers in Korea. He is recognized by both peers and clients as one of the foremost lawyers in projects, power, infrastructure and renewable energy in Korea. He has been profiled in Legal 500 (2005/2006 and 2007/2008, 2012) as one of the leading lawyers in project finance. More recently, Chambers Global and Chambers Asia have named him as a “highly regarded deal maker, particularly in the field of project finance” with “years of cross-border expertise”. He has also been nominated as a leading lawyer by International Financial Law Review in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. His expertise also includes securities regulation.
In recent years, Tom has been leading the way in new and renewable energy finance in Korea and has concluded a number of solar photovoltaic and wind farm projects in Korea and abroad. |
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Won Son C&S Patent and Law Office |
| Key practice areas: Patents in mechanics; chemical engineering; textile engineering |
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Chang Young Song Sehan |
| Key practice areas: Bankruptcy and restructuring; capital markets; financial institutions; litigation & arbitration; M&A |
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Chris Chang-Hyun Song Shin & Kim |
| Key practice areas: M&A; private equity; corporate governance; corporate dispute; compliance |
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Jay (Young-June) Yang Kim & Chang |
| Key practice areas: IP litigation; trademark and copyright; entertainment, sports & leisure; product liability & consumer claims |
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Sky (Sih Kyoung) Yang Bae Kim & Lee |
| Key practice areas: Corporate; M&A; financial regulation |
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Joonki Yi Bae Kim & Lee |
| Key practice areas: Corporate governance; M&A; energy and natural resources; defence industry/national defence procurement; foreign investment |
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Tehyok Daniel Yi Yulchon |
| Key practice areas: M&A; private equity & venture capital; joint ventures; corporate finance; capital markets |
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Young Chul Yim Shin & Kim |
| Key practice areas: Antitrust including cartels; excessive concentration of economic power; merger filings; abuse of market dominance; unfair trade practice |
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Byung Chol (BC) Yoon Kim & Chang |
| Key practice areas: Arbitration; corporate and M&A litigation; construction; tax controversy; cross-border litigation |
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Hee Woong Yoon Yulchon |
| Key practice areas: Corporate & finance; corporate governance; M&A; TMT; private equity & venture capital |
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Hi Sun Yoon Kim & Chang |
| Key practice areas: Insolvency and restructuring; banking and finance; shipping and shipbuilding; project and infrastructure financing |
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Hoil Yoon Yoon & Yang |
| Key practice areas: Antitrust & competition law; international business transaction; international dispute resolution |
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Yeo Kyoon Yoon Lee & Ko Tel: +82 2 772 4000 Email: yeokyoon.yoon@leeko.com |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance; acquisition finance; project finance; banking; financial disputes |
| Yeo Kyoon is one of the leading partners in the banking and finance group at Lee & Ko with 20 years of practice experience. He has extensive experience in leveraged and acquisition finance, having regularly represented many leading Korean and international banks and financial institutions on a variety of high profile M&A transactions including leveraged finance transactions for the acquisition of, ADT Caps, ING Insurance, Oriental Brewery, Hi-Mart, Nepa, Coway, Superior Essex and Fila Global.
Yeo Kyoon has served as a committee member of the Financial Disputes Mediation Committee of the Financial Supervisory Service since 2006. He also writes and lectures frequently on general banking, asset finance, project finance, leveraged finance and ECA-backed finance at the Judicial Research and Training Institute and various banks and financial institutions in Korea including the Korea Trade Insurance Corporation. |
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Sai Ree Yun Yulchon |
| Key practice areas: M&A; antitrust; tax; corporate & finance; corporate governance |
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Seong Un Yun Bae Kim & Lee |
| Key practice areas: Antitrust and competition; corporate governance; antitrust litigation |
