Chang Hoon Baek > Kim & Chang > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile
Kim & Chang Offices
39 SAJIK-RO 8-GIL
JONGNO-GU
SEOUL 03170
South Korea
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Chang Hoon Baek
Work Department
Corporate & M&A Litigation; Criminal Defense Litigation; Insolvency & Restructuring Litigation; Banking, Securities & Finance Litigation; Trade Secret & Corporate Information Protection
Career
Chang Hoon Baek is an attorney at Kim & Chang. He practices primarily in the areas of corporate and M&A litigation, criminal defense litigation, insolvency and restructuring litigation, trade secret litigation, and banking and finance litigation.
Before joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Baek served in the judiciary for 17 years, as a judge at various District and High Courts. He also served as a professor at the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court. During his tenure as a judge, he accumulated extensive experience in a wide range of criminal, civil and administrative cases involving corporations and individuals.
Mr. Baek has a broad practice in civil, administrative and criminal litigation at the firm. In his civil litigation practice, Mr. Baek has specialized in finance and securities-related regulation, intellectual property, hostile M&A, insolvency and corporate restructuring. As a criminal defense lawyer, Mr. Baek has dealt with the most high profile white collar crime cases in Korea.
Reflecting his experience as a judge in the Bankruptcy division at Seoul District Court, Mr. Baek is the author of “The Corporate Restructuring Law.” This book is considered as the most prestigious by lawyers and market participants alike.
In 2007, Mr. Baek was selected as one of the 12 best Lawyers in Korea by Chosun Daily Newspaper, and was appointed as the best distinguished litigator in Korea. He was also recognized as the Litigation and Investigations Lawyer of the Year at the Asia Legal Awards 2019 held by ALM.
Languages
Korean and English
Memberships
Admitted to bar, Korea, 1983
Education
UC Berkeley (Visiting Scholar, 1993)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1983)
College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1980)
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Dispute resolution: local firms
Housing a team of ‘outstanding professionals’, Kim & Chang’s market leading practice covers civil disputes and administrative litigation, in addition to cases concerning antitrust and competition, M&A and white collar crime. Esteemed litigators Sang Ho Han and Jin Yeong Chung co-lead the team, which includes former judge Chang Hoon Baek and senior attorney Seok Beom Hong, both of whom are notable practitioners in criminal and civil litigation, representing major corporate Korean clients. Former judge Yong Sang Kim is recommended for real estate and administrative litigation, often handling shareholder disputes, while senior attorney Chul-Won Lee regularly advises international clients on insolvency and restructuring cases.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- Insurance: local firms
- Intellectual property: local firms
- International arbitration
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Regulatory: compliance and investigations: local firms
- Shipping: local firms
- Tax: local firms
- TMT: local firms