Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : South Korea
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Provided by Kim & Chang
The litigation landscape in Korea is fast-changing, continually giving rise to new and challenging issues. Kim & Chang has the resources and expertise to help our clients navigate in such a landscape. We assemble teams of experienced litigators and industry experts such as accountants and patent lawyers whose expertise will be brought to bear on all aspects of the relevant dispute. Our ability to assemble such customized teams sets us apart from other law firms in Korea and enables us to effectively and efficiently manage large-scale litigations.
Our Litigation Practice strives to maintain our firm’s position as the law firm of choice when clients need assistance on all disputes.
Key practices:
- Administrative & Public Law Litigation
- Antitrust & Competition Litigation
- Banking, Securities & Finance Litigation
- Constitutional Litigation
- Construction & Engineering Disputes
- Corporate & M&A Litigation
- Criminal Defense Litigation
- Employment Litigation
- Family, Trusts & Estates Litigation
- Insolvency & Restructuring Litigation
- Insurance Litigation
- Intellectual Property Dispute
- International Trade & Customs Litigation
- Media Litigation
- Privacy Litigation
- Product Liability & Consumer Claims
- Shipping Litigation
- Tax Litigation
- Technology, Media & Telecommunications Litigation
- Trade Secret & Corporate Information Protection
Chambers Review
Kim & Chang has a premier litigation practice dealing with an extensive array of disputes from complex cross-border litigation to high-profile criminal cases. It possesses a deep bench of industry and technology specialists, foreign legal consultants and renowned ex-judges. The team regularly draws on broad expertise across a wide range of sectors, including antitrust, construction and tax. It remains a popular choice of counsel for advising Korean subsidiaries of major multinational companies as well as Korean conglomerates, and is well resourced for the purposes of advising on disputes involving European, Chinese and US entities.
Work Highlights
- Kim & Chang represented SoCar and VCNC in a case on the question of whether the app TADA is a short-term rental car service coupled with a driver referral service or a taxi business.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They are always flexible in their thinking and take a multi-scenario approach to the case, finding the solution that is in the best business interest of the client."
"Their team is well organised to give legal opinions clearly and in a timely manner."
"They are always flexible in their thinking and take a multi-scenario approach to the case, finding the solution that is in the best business interest of the client."
"Their team is well organised to give legal opinions clearly and in a timely manner."
Notable Practitioners
Lee Hye Kwang offers clients litigation expertise spanning competition law, finance and IP-related matters, which encompasses product liability and white-collar crime matters. He is also equipped to advise on investigations.
Chung Jin Yeong offers impressive abilities across a wide variety of litigation mandates, including disputes in the manufacturing, corporate and finance areas. He is particularly well versed in handling cross-border cases spanning Asian and European jurisdictions.
"He provides excellent legal advice and market knowledge with perfect English language capabilities."
"His ability to respond strategically is unmatched."
Sungwook Kim safeguards his position in the ranking table on account of his notable expertise in civil, criminal and administrative litigation. He focuses on privacy, product liability and labour cases. His track record of success in major litigation is evident, including in cross-border cases involving US or European entities.
"He always has a great sense for communication with courts and filing strategic affidavit statements or motion submissions."
Ranked Lawyers at
Kim & Chang
South Korea