Fielding a sizeable team of specialist lawyers with backgrounds in the judicial system, Kim & Chang has extensive experience handling civil, criminal, and administrative litigation. Under the leadership of Sang Ho Han and Jin Yeong Chung, the practice boasts a comprehensive offering, ranging from white-collar crime to corporate governance. With over thirty years of experience, Chung has represented foreign and domestic clients on disputes pertaining to financial products, derivatives, and M&A transactions, while Han is a leading authority for multinational companies on domestic and international litigation, including product liability, professional liability, and corporate governance. The team benefits from Sang Bum Jin's broad capabilities garnered from twenty-eight years as a judge and Byung Hoon Kwak's expertise in civil and criminal cases regarding finance litigations.
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Testimonials
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‘Currently working with the shareholders' dispute team. This team is organised very well and provides a creative solution based on deep research, including court precedents of the US and Japan.'
'This team provided top-notch legal briefs submitted to the court and performed outstanding presentations to the court.’
‘Lee-Kyung Kim is the outstanding partner among these team members. She has good knowledge of court proceedings and Supreme Court precedents. And she made a full dedication to the case, including active interactions with the company personnel to find out the relevant facts and documents.’
‘Jin Yeong Chung, partner at Kim & Chang and his team members have never turned me down for the last decade. He brought absolutely satisfactory results for every case with appropriate measures and logic every time.’
‘We are dealing with Kim & Chang on several IP matters, usually patent litigation and consider them as go-to persons for this type of work in Korea.’
‘The Kim & Chang team provides excellent, high-end legal advice perfectly customised for the client's specific needs with an outstanding local market knowledge.’
Key clients
- Netflix
- Goldman Sachs
- Morgan Stanley
- Volkswagen AG
- Hyundai Motor Company
- JP Morgan
- Schindler Holding AG
- Korean Air
- Naver Corporation
- Hyundai Heavy Industries
Work highlights
Defended HYBE Co., Ltd. against a preliminary injunction filed by a minority shareholder (and a former Representative Director) of ADOR Co., Ltd., seeking an injunction against exercising the directors’ voting rights to appoint ADOR’s Representative Director based on a shareholders agreement with HYBE.
Represented Netflix in a lawsuit brought by Cooperative Village Baby Garden and others who sought a preliminary injunction to prevent Netflix from screening of a documentary programme titled “In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal” as well as damages.
Represented an air transportation association in its appeal before the Seoul High Court as well as the Supreme Court of the KFTC's corrective order for alleged violation of the Regulation of Standardized Contracts Act.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Sang Ho Han; Jin Yeong Chung
Other key lawyers
Sang Bum Jin; Byung Hoon Kwak; Lee-Kyung Kim