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On April 17, 2025, the JoongAng Ilbo featured the Corporate Control Disputes Team of Lee & Ko. The article reported, “Lee & Ko has established a permanent task force dedicated to corporate control disputes, providing comprehensive responses ranging from shareholder and Proxy advisory firm engagement to media strategies.”
It went on to explain, “Responding to corporate control disputes requires expertise in both traditional M&A and litigation. This makes it an area where Lee & Ko, a longstanding powerhouse in M&A and a rapidly rising player in litigation, can showcase its strengths most effectively.”
The article continued, “Responding to disputes over corporate control—a field regarded as the epitome of M&A—requires a multifaceted approach that takes into account hostile opponents and various stakeholders, as well as the ability to adapt to constantly evolving circumstances. In this regard, extensive M&A experience is absolutely essential.”
Finally, the article emphasized, “Lee & Ko has consistently received top-tier (Band 1) rankings from major domestic and international evaluation agencies such as Chambers and The Legal 500 for decades. This solid foundation enables the firm to deliver optimal strategies for any type of corporate control dispute.”

February 28, 2025
An interview with Tae Jung Kim and Hee Woong Lee, Lee & Ko’s attorneys, was featured in EDAILY. In response to questions about the upcoming shareholders' meeting season in March, they stated, "Individual investors' interest in the capital market has significantly increased compared to the past. As a result, there is greater attention on shareholders' meetings, and recently, approval of executive compensation limits and the actions of minority shareholders have become key issues."

Additionally, Tae Jung Kim emphasized, "Recent lower court rulings have suggested that the voting rights of major shareholders on matters such as executive compensation limits should be restricted even in cases of compensation limits for registered executives," noting that if the Supreme Court confirms such rulings, there will likely be increased pressure from minority shareholders. As such, he further stressed that companies should thoroughly prepare in advance to gain the support of external shareholders by establishing reasonable decision-making criteria.
 

February 12, 2025
EDAILY reported on a seminar titled "Discussion on Practical Issues Related to Shareholders' Meeting Preparation and Operations in In-house Practice," jointly hosted by Lee & Ko and the In-house Counsel Association. The seminar was conducted as a town hall meeting, where Lee & Ko’s lawyers Tae Jung Kim and Hee Woong Lee, along with other lawyers from the Korean In-house Counsel Association, freely exchanged opinions on various relatively small topics based on pre-submitted questions from attendees. The seminar began with the issue of “special interests in the approval of director compensation limits,” which has recently become an important issue due to a series of lower court rulings that conflict with existing practices, and continued with heated discussions on a variety of issues, including “proxies for reviewing proxy statements, including electronic proxy statements,” which is still in the introduction stage, “problems with responding to general meeting attendees,” which is a frequent issue related to general meetings, and “problems with responding to issues raised by minority shareholders,” which is becoming increasingly more severe.