[The Korea Economic Daily] Sanggon Kim of Lee & Ko: “From Dispute Resolution to Full-Service Consulting Firm, Set to Usher in the KRW 500B Era”

On April 22, 2026, The Korea Economic Daily featured an interview with Managing Partner Sanggon Kim of Lee & Ko. In the interview, Mr. Kim articulated his strategic vision to reposition the firm as a comprehensive consulting practice, with a revenue target of KRW 500 billion for the current fiscal year. Having made history in 2024 as the first Korean law firm to surpass KRW 400 billion in annual revenue, Lee & Ko sustained its growth momentum by recording KRW 430.9 billion last year. Amid heightened demand for regulatory compliance services and a recovering M&A market, Mr. Kim confidently projected a growth rate of approximately 15% for this year and further emphasized that Lee & Ko is poised to transition into a full-service consulting firm through its distinctive “one team” approach, a model designed to dissolve the conventional silos between litigation and advisory services.