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Korea’s Lee & Ko adds arbitration veteran to head int’l disputes

BY Sarah Wong |

South Korean law firm Lee & Ko has significantly enhanced its dispute resolution capabilities with the appointment of international arbitration expert Park Eun Young as head of the firm's international disputes group.
Lee & Ko international arbitration co-heads join Shin & Kim

BY Nimitt Dixit |

South Korean Big Six firm Shin & Kim has continued the strategic expansion of its international arbitration roster with the addition of Robert Wachter and Sean (Sung-woo) Lim as partners. Wachter and Lim move from Lee & Ko, where they co-led the same practice group.
Bakers-KL JV adds arbitration pro from Lee & Ko

BY Nimitt Dixit |

Baker McKenzie’s South Korean alliance law firm with KL Partners, Baker McKenzie KLP JV, has bolstered its dispute capabilities with the addition of arbitration partner Sunyoung Kim from Lee & Ko in Seoul.
Baker McKenzie and KL Partners Korea JV adds international arbitration pro in Seoul

BY Nimitt Dixit |

South Korean firm Lee & Ko's international construction disputes head, David Kim, has taken his practice to Baker McKenzie and KL Partners' South Korean joint venture law firm, Baker McKenzie KLP JV.
Korea’s Yoon & Yang makes senior hires from Lee & Ko, Samsung

BY Mari Iwata |

Korean Big Six law firm Yoon & Yang has hired shipping finance specialist Elayne Heeseung Sung and corporate expert Irene Y. Kim as senior foreign attorneys in Seoul from Lee & Ko and Samsung Electronics, respectively.
Korea’s Yoon & Yang adds three aviation lawyers, including Lee & Ko partner

BY Mari Iwata |

Korean law firm Yoon & Yang has hired aviation expert Hye Kyung Helen Sohn from fellow Big Six firm Lee & Ko, where she was a partner.
Greenberg Traurig expands in Seoul with Lee & Ko, Paul Hastings hires

BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |

U.S. law firm Greenberg Traurig has bolstered its presence in Korea after hiring corporate lawyers Jang Hyuk Yeo and Eun Sang Hwang as shareholders.
Kim & Chang continues red-hot streak at ALB Korea Law Awards 2017

BY ALB |

South Korea’s largest firm Kim & Chang continued its dominant run at the ALB Korea Law Awards this year, winning 10 categories, including Deal Firm of the Year, Private Equity Law Firm of the Year, and the coveted Korea Law Firm of the Year.
Kim & Chang scores major wins at 2016 Korea Law Awards

BY Eileen Ang |

Kim & Chang emerged as the biggest victor at the 4th annual ALB Korea Law Awards, taking home seven gongs, including the coveted Korea Law Firm of the Year prize.
Kim & Chang, BKL among firms assisting Korea’s Lotte on probe

BY Ashima Ohri, Reuters |

A number of law firms including Kim & Chang, Bae, Kim & Lee, Lee & Ko and Shin & Kim have been hired by South Korea’s Lotte Group over a probe into a possible slush fund as well as breach of trust involving transactions among the group's companies.