Kim & Chang was the only Korean firm to rank “Tier 1” (top tier) across all eight categories in the 2019 edition of Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, a review and guide to the litigation and disputes market in the Asia-Pacific region.

Below is a full list of our wins: 

Firm Rankings (“Tier 1” in all eight categories surveyed for Korea)

• Commercial and Transactions 
• Competition/Antitrust*
• Construction 
• Insolvency*
• Intellectual Property 
• International Arbitration 
• Labor and Employment* 
• Product Liability and Recall*

Additionally, 14 of our attorneys were recognized as “Dispute Resolution Stars” and “Future Stars” in their respective practice areas.  In the practice area of Intellectual Property, Duck-Soon Chang, Sang-Wook Han, and Jay (Young-June) Yang were recognized as "Dispute Resolution Stars."

About Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific:  Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, published by the global legal media group Euromoney, identifies the most distinguished dispute resolution and litigation firms and attorneys in the Asia-Pacific region based on law firm submissions, interviews and independent research.  This year, the scope of the guide expanded to include three new countries, surveying a total of 12 countries, and the number of categories for the Korean legal market also doubled in comparison to the 2018 rankings.