Lee & Ko

• Premier full-service law firm in Korea
• Founded in 1977, and comprising more than 890 professionals, organized into 8 practice groups with 40 specialty teams
• One-stop service for all legal needs, based on efficient collaboration among highly specialized team
• Emphasis on responsiveness and practical solutions
• 8 major practice groups:
  (i) corporate and M&A
  ii) banking & finance
  (iii) litigation & arbitration
  (iv) white-color crime
  (v) intellectual property
  (vi) tax & customs
  (vii) antitrust & competition
  (viii) labor & employment
• 40 specialised teams: Within the firm’s 8 major practice groups there are approximately 40 highly specialised teams of legal professionals including the following: anti-corruption and FCPA; antitrust and competition; aviation; banking; bankruptcy, insolvency and corporate restructuring; capital markets and securities; class actions and consumer claims; construction; consumer goods and services; corporate and M&A; corporate governance; derivatives; dispute resolution; energy; entertainment; environment; finance (acquisition finance, asset finance, project finance, structured finance); foreign direct investment; healthcare; industry and manufacturing; infrastructure; insurance; intellectual property; internal investigations; international practice (Chinese, European, Japanese practice); international trade; investment funds; labour and employment; maritime and shipping; overseas investment; private equity and venture capital; privatisation; product liability; real estate; regulatory compliance; tax and customs (tax consulting, audits, dispute resolution, transfer pricing); technology, media and telecommunications; and white-collar crime.

Recognition and Awards

Asialaw Awards 2025
- South Korea Firm of the Year
- Impact Deal and Case of the Year

ALB Korea Law Awards 2025
- Korea Deal Firm of the Year
- Litigation Law Firm of the Year
- Tax and Trusts Law Firm of the Year
- Debt Market Deal of the Year
- Equity Market Deal of the Year
- M&A Deal of the Year

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards 2025
- South Korea Firm of the Year

Asia Business Law Journal (ABLJ) Korea Law Firm Awards 2024
- Best Overall Law Firms
- Anti-corruption & anti-bribery
- Arbitration / ADR
- Aviation
- Capital markets
- Competition & antitrust
- Compliance & corporate governance
- Corporate & commercial
- Defense
- Energy & natural resources
- Entertainment & sports
- Fintech
- Healthcare & life sciences
- Inbound investment
- Infrastructure & project finance
- Insolvency & restructuring
- Insurance & reinsurance
- Licensing & franchising
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Patent litigation
- Private equity & venture capital
- Real estate
- Structured finance & Securitisation