{"id":44818,"date":"2024-10-24T11:14:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T11:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=44818"},"modified":"2024-10-24T11:14:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T11:14:26","slug":"lee-ko-awarded-in-9-areas-including-asia-firm-of-the-year-and-south-korea-firm-of-the-year-in-the-asialaw-awards-2024","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/lee-ko-awarded-in-9-areas-including-asia-firm-of-the-year-and-south-korea-firm-of-the-year-in-the-asialaw-awards-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee &amp; Ko Awarded in 9 Areas including Asia Firm of the Year and South Korea Firm of the Year in the &#8216;Asialaw Awards 2024&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lee &amp; Ko was honoured with the most awards among South Korean law firms by winning awards in 9 areas including \u2018Asia Firm of the Year\u2019 and \u2018South Korea Firm of the Year\u2019 in the &#8216;Asialaw Awards 2024&#8217;.<\/strong> <!--more-->In particular, Lee &amp; Ko has won both the \u2018Asia Firm of the Year\u2019 and \u2018South Korea Firm of the Year\u2019 Awards for the second consecutive years, and has demonstrated a clear difference from the second-ranked law firm, which has won 3 awards, by winning 10 awards in 9 areas.<\/p>\n<p>Regional Awards<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year &#8211; Hyunjoo Oh<\/li>\n<li>Competition\/Antitrust Firm of the Year<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Regulatory Firm of the YearJurisdictional Awards<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0South Korea Firm of the Year<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0South Korea Female Lawyer of the Year &#8211; Suruyn KimEditor\u2019s Choice Awards<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Asia Firm of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Impact Deals and Cases<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0LG Chem $2 Billion Exchangeable Bonds: Largest Equity-Linked Issuance Since 2021<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Google v. KFTCClient Choice Awards<\/li>\n<li>South Korea Lawyer of the Year &#8211; Jeong Yoon Choi<\/li>\n<li>South Korea Honourable Mention Lawyer &#8211; Minhoo (Steve) KimIn addition to winning the \u2018Competition\/Antitrust Firm of the Year\u2019 and the \u2018Regulatory Firm of the Year\u2019 awards, Lee &amp; Ko was selected as one of the \u2018Impact Deals and Cases\u2019 for LG Chem\u2019s issuance of $2 Billion Exchangeable Bonds (Capital Market) and claims for damages due to Google\u2019s violation of the Fair Trade Act (Google v. KFTC) (Litigation).\n<p>Furthermore, in the individual sector, Lee &amp; Ko was recognised for its outstanding competence in various practice areas, as Lee &amp; Ko attorney Hyunjoo Oh was selected as \u2018Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year\u2019 for lawyers in Asian region, attorney Suruyn Kim as \u2018South Korea Female Lawyer of the Year\u2019, attorney Jeong Yoon Choi as \u2018Client Choice Awards-South Korea Lawyer of the Year\u2019 and attorney Minhoo (Steve) Kim as \u2018Client Choice Awards-South Korea Honourable Mention Lawyer\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Recently selected as the best law firm in all 24 areas in the Asialaw\u2019s annual assessment, Lee &amp; Ko has further solidified its status as the best law firm in the Asia-Pacific region and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Asialaw Award is given by Asialaw, which is an affiliate of the global financial journal Euromoney. Each year, the awards celebrate leading law firms across 11 practice areas, 7 industries and 23 jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-44818","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/44818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}