Bae, Kim & Lee LLC > Seoul, South Korea > Firm Profile

‘Competition team of BKL has a variety of partners who have a good command of English and Japanese. They have a deep knowledge of the KFTC’s practice which is very helpful.’

‘Junghun Kim is a good Japanese speaker and he is particularly experienced in KFTC cartel investigations.’

‘It is comprised of people who are more attentive than other local firms. They focus on listening to difficult-to-understand professional content, try to understand it, and also try to give us optimal advice. For this, they used internal human resources to combine teams and teams to present solutions from various perspectives.’

‘Seong Un Yun has long experience and has shown careful observation of the new industrial environment at the same time. In my opinion, because of this, he can think flexibly. ’

‘BKL’s key strengths are the quality and precision of its legal advice and multifaceted practice. I also appreciate that BKL has deep and experienced bench from which it operates a multifaceted capital markets practice, including a near-monopoly of foreign company IPO listings on the KRX – a sub-practice that BKL developed over the years.’

‘BKL is highly respected and a trusted name in the capital markets industry.’

‘Hee-Gang Shin is undisputedly one of the leaders in this industry and much credit must be given to him for building up and maintaining the quality of BKL’s capital markets practice. Mr. Shin is very sharp and quick to respond to issues, being at ease in giving advice in both English and Korean.’

‘They are a team that is highly experienced for both domestic and international capital markets deals’

‘Heesug Chung is particularly good. Very commercial and also thorough and is pro-active and ‘solutions’ orientated’

‘BKL’s capital markets team is one of the leading teams in Korea. Many clients turn to BKL for Korean law advice on complex capital markets transactions. They have a great track record in both equity and debt.’

‘BKL has top-notch lawyers and advisors in Korea from a knowledge and experience standpoint. Their experiences help clients navigate through difficult deal situations.’

‘In terms of the team, Bae, Kim & Lee LLC is highly collaborative, both internally and externally. Whenever a client asks a legal question, BKL is willing and does provide a holistic answer with views from multiple dimensions so that a client can make an informed decision.’

‘All of their attorneys are first-class and a pleasure to work with.’

‘BKL is very practical in negotiations while knowing what to focus on. They work very well with international law firms when collaboration is required.’

‘The firm provides a good conference environment to the clients.’

‘BKL has special expertise in the field of labour. But this is what most top class lawfirms have. I think What makes BKL special is a clear explanation of the issue. BKL allows the person in charge to understand the issue even if lacks legal knowledge. and that increase the efficiency of the company’s work.’

‘The lawyer Sang-min Kim. He is in charge of our company’s “litigation to confirm the status of regular employees”. He works more passionately than others, and this has a good effect on litigation.’

‘The advantage of this team is that there is a close collaboration system among the team members. For specific issues, a senior attorney develops the overall strategy and clearly defines the roles that team members should play, and a junior attorney conducts case studies and writing.’

‘Efficiency of work is high through smooth communication between team members. Compared to other law firms, the work progress is fast.’

‘Among the members of the bkl law firm, I recommend Sang-min Kim, a partner attorney. He carries out the case entrusted by the client with all his passion as if it were his own case. He is also very good at communicating with clients.’

‘The composition of personnel and management methods of large law firms are generally similar. However attorneys at the Bae, Kim & Lee LLC Labor team are very competent, experienced and good at communicating with clients. specially partner lawyer Sang Min Kim is outstanding among labor lawyers in Korea. Their advice is very practical, reasonable and applicable!’

‘BKL laour and employment team is made up of very experienced lawyers. Senior and junior lawyers of the tem are harmonious each other, so they are suitable for getting the best results. Me and my company are always satisfied with their results. ’

‘BKL real estate legal counsel team is excellent of legal advice for Korea investors purchased US office buildings. Especially, the BKL team is specialized in advisory for the K-REIT (Korean Real Estate investment Trust that korean investors use) authorized by Korea government.’

‘Special thanks to Hyeon Kang, Dongwook Kang, Dongwoo Seo because of long hours of dedication to the excellent legal advice. ’

‘The strength of the team is detailed and effective consulting and prompt feedback on inquiries, based on their expertise in the real estate sector.’

‘I often ask the team at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC for advice that requires accurate and very quick feedback, and whenever that happens, the team at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC provides fast and accurate advisory services.’

‘Hyeon Kang is a very high-level expert in Korea. He provides accurate solutions when providing advisory services in the real estate sector. Despite being a partner, he engages in advisory details more than an associate. So, I actively recommend Hyeon Kang to other stakeholders.’

‘Good legal advice with commercial sensitivity. Prompt delivery and helpful team.’

‘I’ve worked closely with them on several matters and found them to be consistently reliable and professional. Very helpful and patient when dealing with difficult clients and issues. Always a pleasure to work with them.’

 ‘As a very experienced partner, Byoung Ha Jeon has been very helpful for me and the management team to understand implications concerning all the damages claims filed by investors. In addition to being a reliable legal advisor, he has been very pleasant to work with. He carefully considers clients’ needs and comes up with satisfactory feedback and advice. As a person, he is very humble and there is a lot to learn from him in this regard.’

‘The BKL team’s strengths are Collaboration & Diversity with great expertise. The BKL-Dispute practice consists of many experts who know how to link each specialisation into a new one.’ 

‘Elaborate logic and professional handling on legal matters, winning a series of lawsuits.’

‘BKL’s Intellectual Property team showed an excellent teamwork, expertise and professionalism throughout client’s project. BKL played a critical role to bring the dispute to a successful conclusion with a superb capability beyond IP matters and provdided comprehensive legal service to meet client’s needs. ’

‘Jihyun Kim presented great professionalism and expertise in resolving our dispute. Her service did not stop at just providing IP analysis, but covered broad matters beyond IP issues, oftentimes even helped the client come up with innovative business ideas in cases of making tough judgments. ’

‘BKL has an international presence and can work on IP cases globally. They support a big Korean multinational company against a big Japanese firm in well-known global IP litigation.

‘They maintain an excellent international legal network to provide the best supporting team for their client.’

‘I work with Hoodong Lee and Wonyoung Chung on big international litigation, and they support their client very well. They speak Japanese very well and support the client efficiently. They maintain excellent communication with the client.’

‘BKL lawyers have given their opinion very promptly. They find legal issues exactly and we are satisfied with their opinion. A specific stand-out partner is Jihyun Kim.’

‘BKL team handle technical disputes including patent infringement and invalidity cases with support of the patent prosecution division. They are very familiar with the Japanese practice of the court and the JPO. ’

‘BKL is a full-service firm providing robust support on Korean law issues across a variety of practice disciplines. BKL’s international arbitration team has a long history of handling complex and high-stakes matters under a variety of arbitral rules.’

‘The team is smart, highly responsive, hard-working, and efficient.’

‘Junu Kim is smart, analytic, hard-working, diligent, responsive, and has very good judgment and instincts. He knows Korean civil and administrative law extremely well, and is also well versed in international commercial and investment treaty arbitration. ’

‘The BKL is dedicated to answering and meeting the expectation of clients. Their strengths are to proceed with the complex international arbitration case with reasonable billings and to answer the clients’ inquiry in a short time regardless of volumes of materials and to produce the creative advices and strategy. ’’

‘Very responsive and easy to work with. Team is led by a Korean who speaks fluent English and understands western culture which makes communication excellent. Very collaborative.’

‘Brandon Bang is creative thinker who provides pragmatic solutions. He is friendly and easy to work with. He always tries to be available to clients and meet the client’s expectations.’

‘Bae, Kim & Lee’s international arbitration practice has a significant contingent of lawyers who were educated in the US and are licensed to practice in the in the US. This helps to make them user-friendly for US clients and lawyers.’

‘The team is a strong mix of lawyers that are steeped not only in Korean law, but also New York law and the laws of other key international commercial jurisdictions. The team brings local and international knowledge to bear, as well as a strong understanding of international arbitral practice. ’

‘BKL Team has experience in the sector. They also understand our company’s thinking and the communication is fluid and easy for both parties. The team also understands the time and culture barriers and adapts very well.’

‘Bae, Kim & Lee LLC innovates constantly, continuously upgrading their services to provide clients with efficient cutting-edge legal solutions to address their clients’ evolving business needs. By using a combination of the latest legal technology, process innovation, flexible teams and creative culture, professionals of BKL work seamlessly to deliver the greatest value to their clients.’

‘Three major business philosophy of Bae, Kim & Lee LLC are talent management, value management, and advanced system management as the top three indicators and they aim for customer-centered legal services. And this makes BKL value ethics and righteousness rather than benefits.This makes BKL more unique and allows us to trust it. ’

‘Top-tier litigation and arbitration reputation – Aggressive and strategic’

‘Jun Ki Park – excellent lawyer who bridges the cultural differences and expectations between east and west. Great insight into regulatory matters.

‘Unlike other large Korean firms, BKL does not just throw a bunch of lawyers at a problem. They do a good job of selecting the most appropriate professionals to address issues based on a focused approach. This may be largely due to the partner I work with — Jun Ki Park. He is very hands-on and does an excellent job focusing on client needs.’

‘The partner I work with is Jun Ki Park. He is one of the most intelligent lawyers I have met. He is completely bilingual (Korean and English). And he does a superb job identifying client needs and using the right resources to meet such needs. He is hands-on, which is not always common among talented partners of large Korean firms.’

‘We got quick feedback on our questions. The team was perfectly aligned and all contact partners were informed about our case and our situation. The collaboration was extremely professional and friendly. The team showed strong flexibility and was able to react quickly to different situations during our case.’

‘Our contact persons from BKL were real experts, were strong in understanding our case and worked deeply in technical details of our products which was necessary to win the case / to give us perfect support. Moreover, the lawyers were strong in local Korean law and in communicating to our international internal team in English. This gave headquarter strong confidence in our team and ensured that we had a great internal and external project team.’

‘BKL Tax team consists of top tax professionals, including attorneys, certified public accountants who have practiced in internationally recognized accounting firms, as well as former tax agents at the Korean tax authorities.’

‘The team of dedicated professionals seems to be fully committed to developing effective tax strategies to manage tax risks involved in operating businesses.’

‘BKL professionals seems to have in-depth experience as well as tax knowledge in all aspects of tax law – Among other BKL partners, Tae Kyoon Kim is very impressive. His strength arises from intimate knowledge about information and trends regarding the Korean tax authority’s rulings and accurate understanding of the legislative history of tax laws.’

‘I appreciate very much Donghyun Kim who is one of my best legal and tax advisors. Also, he is very expert in M&A cases. Additionally, he is very good at organizing and harmonizing with the people he works with. I was very happy to work with him and his team in this firm. ’

‘The BKL Tax Group is known as one of the strongest in handling tax disputes, with particularly high success rate in representing clients in major corporate and value added tax impositions and disputes.’

‘The team has provided us with tax services with expertise, good collaboration with other teams when needed. Also, their response was timely. Their team members’ career was long enough to provide us tax services.’

‘Great local expertise with excellent service quality.’

‘Working with BKL facilitates the most efficient tax structuring for our investments and by working with them for many years, we have not once encountered any issue.’

‘They are our go-to-firm in South Korea for privacy & data protection matters.’

‘While most law firms will profess that they have a balanced team with experts in every avenue, the TMT team at BKL truly has a well-rounded team that can accommodate the client in every situation.’

‘While this team responds to various customer needs with the highest level of expertise, its strength is that it emphasizes friendly relationships with clients and communication with clients.’

‘BKL team has been showing a great combination of senior partners with extensive experience and know-how and junior attorneys equipped with innovative legal reasoning based on their new idea. I believe this makes BKL very professional in resolving any type of difficulties clients face.’

‘Ji Yeon Park is the best lawyer in the field of TMT practice. She has incomparable accomplishments in litigation and consultation. She always gives clients satisfying results.’

‘Kwang Hyun Ryoo, who heads the TMT practice, always provides very practical advice. He understands that how it is difficult for multinational tech companies to comply with local laws as they provide global service. He thinks through with clients to find out alternatives, which impact the business less but also satisfy the local regulators.’