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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‘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.’
Key clients
- Netflix
- Goldman Sachs
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.
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Practice head
Sang Ho Han; Jin Yeong Chung
Other key lawyers
Sang Bum Jin; Byung Hoon Kwak; Lee-Kyung Kim