ESTABLISHED IN 1977
Total number of professionals: 550
Number of partners: 180       Number of associates: 370
Principal office: Seoul
Other offices: Beijing, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh

Firm overview

Lee & Ko has provided high quality legal services to multinational and domestic companies for more than 40 years (following its founding in 1977) and has firmly established its leading position among Korea’s largest law firms. The firm’s extensive professional resources include approximately 550 highly capable lawyers, 80 other professionals, including patent and trademark attorneys, certified public accountants, as well as expert advisers in such specialised areas as antitrust, labour, tax and customs.

Lee & Ko’s professional expertise covers all areas of law. The firm’s practice is broadly divided into five main practice groups: (1) Corporate and International Transaction; (2) Finance; (3) Intellectual Property; (4) Litigation and Arbitration; and (5) Tax. A total of 30 further specialised practice teams are included within the five main practice groups. Such specialised teams include, among others, teams with particular expertise in antitrust, tax & customs, labour, compliance, foreign investment, technology licensing, corporate governance, insolvency, international arbitration, TMT, FCPA, real estate and construction, international trade, healthcare, energy, environmental concerns, franchising, white-collar crime and governmental procurement. Our specialised teams also include Korea’s highest rated M&A team, as well as China, Vietnam and Japan teams specially focused on matters relating to those countries.

Legal publications overseas and in Korea have rated Lee & Ko as the “Number 1 Firm in Korea.” According to worldwide surveys conducted by law firm reviewers, such as Legal 500, Asia Law Profile and Chambers Asia, as well as the The Chosun Ilbo (the largest circulation newspaper in Korea), Lee & Ko is consistently given top-tier ranking in all of its practice areas.

Key practice areas

Anti-bribery; antitrust/competition; banking; capital markets; compliance & regulatory; customs; data privacy; defence industry; dispute resolution; energy; environment; finance; financial institutions; healthcare/life sciences; insurance; intellectual property; labour & employment; maritime; mergers & acquisitions; real estate & construction; tax; TMT; white-collar crime.

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