From December 6 to 7, 2023, JoongAng Ilbo named 14 lawyers from Lee & Ko as “Best Lawyers of the Year (5 professionals)” and “Rising Stars (9 professionals),” who have demonstrated outstanding performance in the areas of M&A · PE · Funds, Finance, Platform · Distribution, Heavy Industry, Arbitration, International Litigation · Overseas Legal Affairs, Insurance, AI · Fintech · Virtual Assets, Real Estate · Construction, Information Protection, Healthcare ·Biotechnology, and Corporate Crime. Refer to the articles below with the full list of selections by field.

Overall Assessment (Link:
https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/25212679 )

M&A·PE·Funds: Ho Joon Moon, Partner (Best Lawyer) & Kyung Gyoon Park, Partner (Rising Star) (Link:
https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/25212668)

Finance: Hyun Joo Oh, Partner (Best Lawyer) (Link:
https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/25212969)

Platform·Distribution: Tae Joo Kim, Partner (Best Lawyer) (Link:
https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/25212970)

Heavy Industry: Seon Tae Kim, Partner (Best Lawyer) & In Hyung Lee, Partner (Rising Star)

Arbitration: Sang Hoon Han, Partner (Best Lawyer)

International Litigation·Overseas Legal Affairs: Sae Mee Kim, Partner (Rising Star)

Insurance: Young Jae Park, Partner (Rising Star)

AI·Fintech·Virtual Assets: Hyun Jeong Cha, Associate (Rising Star)

Real Estate·Construction: Jae Sung Yoo, Partner (Rising Star)

Information Protection: Chang U Jeong, Associate (Rising Star)

Healthcare·Biotechnology: Hyun Ah Song, Partner (Rising Star)

Corporate Crime: Kap Jin Choi, Partner (Rising Star)