Lee & Ko was selected as Tier 1 law firm in Korea across 16 fields according to ‘The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025’. Furthermore, 51 Lee & Ko attorneys were selected as ‘Hall of Fame’, ‘Leading Partners’, ‘Next Generation Partners’, and ‘Leading Associates’ in their respective fields.


<Firm Rankings>

  •  Antitrust and Competition
  •  Banking & Finance
  •  Capital Markets 
  •  Corporate and M&A 
  •  Dispute Resolution 
  •  Fintech and financial services regulatory 
  •  Insurance 
  •  Intellectual Property
  •  International Arbitration
  •  Labour and Employment
  •  Projects and Energy 
  •  Real Estate 
  •  Regulatory: white-collar, compliance and investigations
  •  Shipping
  •  Tax
  •  TMT


<Ranked Lawyers>

  •  Antitrust and Competition: Hwan Jeong, Suruyn Kim, Jung Won Kwon, Jeong Yoon Choi
  •  Banking & Finance: Yeo Kyoon Yoon, Myoung Chul Kwak, Hyunsu Kim
  •  Capital Markets: Hyunjoo Oh, Dongyon Kim
  •  Corporate and M&A: Hyeong Gun Lee, Sang Gon Kim, Ho Joon Moon, Kyungchun Kim, Sung Min Kim, Daehoon Koo
  •  Dispute Resolution: Pyoung Keun Song, Seong Won Chang, Jae Heon Park, Yeon Woo Lee
  •  Fintech and financial services regulatory: Jongsoo (Jay) Yoon, Hyeong Min Yoo, Seong Hwan Ju
  •  Insurance: Jin-Young Jung, Jin Hong Kwon, Sae Um Kim
  •  Intellectual Property: Un Ho Kim, Keum Nang Park
  •  Intellectual Property: PATMA: Kyungjin Kim, Soo Yeon Park
  •  International Arbitration: Saemee Kim, Elizabeth Shin, Han-Earl Woo
  •  Labour and Employment: Chang-Soo Jin, Sang-Hoon Lee, Jae Hoon-Choi, William Kim, Shawn (Seong Ho) Han
  •  Projects and Energy: Hun Ko, Hyunsu Kim
  •  Real Estate: Jin Wook Yang, Jee In Kim
  •  Regulatory: white-collar, compliance and investigations:: Tae Yop Lee, Jae Woo Jung
  •  Shipping: Jin-Young Jung, Yun Jeong Seo, Yang Ho Yoon, Young Jae Park
  •  Tax: Byeong Jun Son, Sung Hyun Ryu
  •  TMT: Hwan Kyoung Ko, Kwang Bae Park, Hyun Jun Kim, Il Shin Lee


The Legal 500 Asia Pacific is annually published by Legalease, a global agency that evaluates the capacity of law firms all over the world based on various standards through a comprehensive review of submitted documents by law firms, interviews with lawyers specialized in each field, and feedback from over 300,000 clients.