Lee & Ko was selected as a Tier 1 law firm in Korea for the following 9 categories by ‘Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2025’, a world-renowned publication which highlights the fields of dispute resolution and litigation.

Firm Ranking

- Commercial and Transactions

- Competition/Antitrust

- Construction

- Insolvency

- Intellectual Property

- Labor and Employment

- Product Liability and Recall

- Tax

- White Collar Crime

In addition, 51 Lee & Ko attorneys were selected as either ‘Litigation Stars’ or ‘Future Stars’ in recognition of their achievements in their respective fields.

Ranked Lawyers

- Litigation Star

Competition/antitrust: Jangwoo Park, Jeong-Ho Sun, Pyoung Keun Song, Mi Ji Lee, Hwan Jeong

Commercial and transactions: Won Seok Ko, Jae Heon Park, Dajoo Jung, Jin Soo Han

Construction: Myung Jong Kim, Seon Tae Kim, Chanik Jang

Intellectual Property: Un Ho Kim, Jae Hoon Kim, Keum Nang Park, Hayoun Chun

International arbitration: Sang Hoon Han

Insolvency: Wan Shik Lee, Jung Hyun Lee, Jiwoong Lim

Labor and employment: Young Jin Kim, Hyunseok Song, Sang Hoon Lee, Chang Soo Jin

Product liability and recall: Dajoo Jung

Tax: Tom Kwon, Sung Hwan Kim, Ok Hyun Ma, Byeong Jun Son, Kyung Tae Kim

White collar crime: Jae Deog Bae, Jin So, Tae Yop Lee, Young Sub Jang

- Future Star

Competition/antitrust: Byong Ki Chung

Construction: Janghee Yoon, Joo Hye Hong

Intellectual Property: Hyeon Gil Ryoo

International arbitration: Saemee Kim, Grace Yoon

Labor and employment: William Kim

Product liability and recall: Yangsuk Han

Tax: Steve Minhoo Kim, Soo Hyuk Yim

Future Star(Practice Not Stated): Se young Kang, Jaewoo Kwak, Ki Jung Sung, Soo Yeon Oh, Jung Ho Ryu, Kyeong-Seop Yoon, Kiri Yi, Gang Cheol Chu

Benchmark Litigation conducts its annual rankings based on in-dept analysis of law firm submissions and interviews with legal practitioners, clients, and litigation experts.