Kim & Chang is leading the nominations for the ALB 2014 Korea Law Awards with a total of 12 mentions in firm categories, including Deal Firm of the Year, Managing Partner of the Year and Korean Law Firm of the Year. In addition, 17 deals the firm worked on are also listed as finalists.
Close behind them are Bae Kim & Lee, Lee & Ko and Yulchon, each having more than 20 nominations across the deal and law firm award categories.
Of the foreign law firms, Herbert Smith & Freehills has seven nods in law firm categories, while Ropes & Gray and DLA Piper have four nominations each.
A number of in-house teams have been nominated in three in-house categories, including tech giants Google, IBM and Microsoft, as well as Korea’s CJ E&M Corp and Samsung Engineering.
The winners of the awards, to be decided by an independent panel of judges, will be announced at a gala event on Nov. 14, 2014 in central Seoul.
The 2nd annual ALB Korea Law Awards event will not only honour the outstanding achievements of the leading law firms and in-house legal teams, it will also recognise and reward Korea’s top deals and deal makers of the past 12 months.
ALB 2014 Korea Law Awards nominees:
Firm name | Nominations | Notable categories |
Kim & Chang | 21 | IP Firm of the Year |
Korea Law Firm of the Year | ||
Lee & Ko | 20 | Korea Law Firm of the Year |
Managing Partner of the Year | ||
Yulchon | 20 | IP Firm of the Year |
Managing Partner of the Year | ||
Shin & Kim | 18 | IP Firm of the Year |
Deal Firm of the Year | ||
Bae, Kim & Lee | 17 | Deal Firm of the Year |
Korea Law Firm of the Year | ||
Yoon & Yang | 16 | TMT Law Firm of the Yea |
Litigation Law Firm of the Year | ||
Herbert Smith & Freehills | 10 | Overseas Practice Law Firm of the Year |
Managing Partner of the Year | ||
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | 8 | Foreign Law Firm of the Year |
Linklaters | 6 | Deal Firm of the Year |
Foreign Law Firm of the Year | ||
DLA Piper | 4 | Managing Partner of the Year |
Foreign Law Firm of the Year |
In-house nominations
Firm | Notable category |
CJ E&M Corp | Korea In-House Lawyer of the Year |
Korea In-House Team of the Year Award sponsored by Yulchon | |
Samsung Engineering | Korea In-House Lawyer of the Year |
Korea In-House Team of the Year Award sponsored by Yulchon | |
Hyundai Heavy Industries | Korea In-House Team of the Year Award sponsored by Yulchon |
A full list of finalists can be found here:
http://www.legalbusinessonline.com/korea-law-awards-2014
Winners of these awards will be announced at a gala dinner in Seoul on Nov. 14, and seats are available for finalists through the following weblink: https://www.regonline.com/KLA2014.
For more information on this event, or to discuss any of the finalists, please contact colin.wang@thomsonreuters.comor call Colin on +86 10 6267 4306
