Lee & Ko’s attorneys Hyeong Gun Lee, Seong Won Chang and Kyung Chun Kim were among the ‘Korean Super 30 Lawyers’ for 2022 and included in November’s publication of ALB (Asian Legal Business). In particular, in this survey, which began last year, Mr. Lee and Mr. Chang were once again named among the Super 30 Lawyers, achieving the feat of being selected as attorneys with excellent expertise for two consecutive years.
Attorney Hyeong Gun Lee is head of the healthcare team at Lee & Ko with special emphasis on cases pertaining to food industries, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, etc., and he is in charge of handling a wide range of cases including investment, licensing and compliance issues concerning the healthcare industry. Moreover, as the primary partner of the Corporate & M&A Practice Group, he is an expert in the field of corporate restructuring as well as M&A cases and has participated in numerous transactions in a wide range of areas involving corporate M&A, including M&A, foreign investment, corporate restructuring and joint ventures.
Based on his experience serving as the Chief Judge of both the Seoul Central District Court and the Seoul High Court, Attorney Seong Won Chang has successfully defended clients in complex civil and criminal litigations including intellectual property and construction litigations, and he also has extensive experience in seeking or lifting various types of injunctions. As an investment and finance attorney with a vast amount of experience in the capital market field, Attorney Ji Young Lee is in charge of handling private equity investment, corporate M&A and asset acquisition, asset management, acquisition finance, as well as other matters related to corporate finance.
As a corporate advisory lawyer at Lee & Ko, attorney Kyung Chun Kim is specialized in the areas of M&A in various industries, joint venture, corporate governance, foreign investment and corporate law. He also has extensive experience in corporate restructuring, including mergers, divisions, stock exchanges and conversion to holding companies, as well as in the fields of acquisition, sale, equity investment and joint venture.
ALB, an Asia-Pacific legal magazine published by Thomson Reuters announces the ‘Korean Super 30 Lawyers’ as a special feature, where such results reflect the selection of 30 lawyers who received the most recommendations from clients in Korea based on client satisfaction survey.