Lee & Ko was selected as a leading group(Tier 1) in all 7 categories under the IFLR(International Financial Law Review) 1000 30th edition. The practice areas that IFLR1000 produces ranking tables for South Korea are as follows:
Banking and Finance
Capital Markets: Debt
Capital Markets: Equity
Capital Markets: Structured finance and securitisation
M&A
Project Development
Restructuring and Insolvency
In addition, IFLR recognized contributions to each field and 33 lawyers from Lee & Ko were selected as ‘Market Leader,’ ‘Highly Regarded,’ ‘Rising Star,’ ‘Notable Practitioner’ for the fields.
Market leader
Wonkyu Han, Dong Eun Kim
Highly regarded
Yong Seok Ahn, Yong-Jae Chang, Hwan Jeong, Jinyoung Jung, Woo Young Jung, Sung Min Kim, Hun Ko, Eunjai Lee, Je Won Lee, Jung Hyun Lee, Kyu Wha Lee, Wanshik Lee, Ho Joon Moon, Hyunjoo Oh
Rising Star
Seunga Hyun
Notable Practitioner
Eun Sam Choi, Seok Pyo Hong, Sung Mee Hong, Insoo Kim, Kwang Yul Kim, Sang Gon Kim, Myoung Chul Kwak, Hyeong Gun Lee, Yunjeong Seo, Jang Hyuk Yeo, Paul Hyun Joon Yoon, Yeo Kyoon Yoon
IFLR1000 is a global legal guide on finance published by Euromoney, a world-renowned finance magazine, and is the only legal directory that evaluates over 170 law firms and their attorneys worldwide based on their achievements in finance and corporate transactions.