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Kim & Chang

Key statistics

Ranked Practice Areas
44
Awards Won
27
Ranked Lawyers
64
Male:Female Ratio of Ranked Lawyers
57:7

Firm summary

Analysis

Kim & Chang is a Domestic: Multi-practice firm in South Korea.

In 2022, the firm was ranked in 44 practice area(s) and 64 of its practitioner(s) were accredited.

In the same year, Kim & Chang was nominated for 93 awards, of which it won 27.

This information is based on aggregated legal ranking and awards data from the world’s market-leading legal publications. Legal Media 360’s sentiment index methodology can be viewed here.

Rankings

within South Korea

Practice Area Subcategory BAND No. of rankings Ave. Band Table
Antitrust and competition
Disputes BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
General BAND 1 3 1.0 View full ranking table
Banking and finance
General BAND 1 4 1.0 View full ranking table
Shipping finance BAND 2 1 2.0 View full ranking table
Capital markets
Debt BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
Equity BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
General BAND 1 3 1.0 View full ranking table
Structured finance and securitisation BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
Construction
Disputes BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
General BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
Corporate and M&A
General BAND 1 4 1.0 View full ranking table
Dispute resolution
Arbitration BAND 1 3 1.0 View full ranking table
Commercial and transactions BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
General BAND 1 3 1.0 View full ranking table
Healthcare and lifesciences
General BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
Insurance
General BAND 1 3 1.0 View full ranking table
Intellectual property
Copyright BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
Disputes BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
General BAND 1 3 1.0 View full ranking table
Patent BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
Patent litigation BAND 1 2 1.0 View full ranking table
Patent prosecution BAND 1 2 1.0 View full ranking table
Patent transactions BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
Trademark enforcement and litigation BAND 1 2 1.0 View full ranking table
Trademark prosecution BAND 1 2 1.0 View full ranking table
Transactions BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
International trade and WTO
General BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
Investment funds
General BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
Labour and employment
General BAND 1 4 1.0 View full ranking table
Media and entertainment
General BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
Private equity
General BAND 1 2 1.0 View full ranking table
Product liability and recall
Disputes BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
Project development
Including energy and infrastructure BAND 1 3 1.0 View full ranking table
Real estate
General BAND 1 3 1.0 View full ranking table
Regulatory
General BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
Restructuring and insolvency
Disputes BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
General BAND 1 3 1.0 View full ranking table
Shipping
General BAND 1 2 1.0 View full ranking table
Tax
Disputes BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
General BAND 1 3 1.0 View full ranking table
Technology and telecommunications
General BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table
Technology, media, telecoms
General BAND 1 2 1.0 View full ranking table
White collar crime
Disputes BAND 1 2 1.0 View full ranking table
General BAND 1 1 1.0 View full ranking table

Deals/Case awards

Total nominations-to-win ratio 46:9

Award Nomination(s) Win(s)
Banking and finance - Project finance
Combined Cycle Power Plant in Yeouju project financing 1 0
Incheon-Gimpo Expressway project financing 1 0
INSPIRE Entertainment Resort project financing 1 0
LNG combined cycle power plant loan financing 1 0
Capital markets - Debt
CVC Capital / Shiseido personal care business acquisition 1 0
POSCO zero coupon green convertible bonds  1 0
Republic of Korea foreign exchange stabilization bonds issuance 1 0
Capital markets - Equity
Aphrodite Acquisition Holdings / Hugel acquisition 1 0
Krafton IPO 3 0
LG Energy IPO  1 1
Megazone Cloud Corporation Series C shares issuance 1 0
POSCO zero coupon green convertible bonds  1 0
Samsung BioLogics / Biogen Therapeutics share sale 1 0
Capital markets - General
KakaoPay IPO  1 0
Krafton IPO 1 0
LG Energy IPO  1 1
Corporate and M&A - General
Aphrodite Acquisition Holdings / Hugel acquisition 1 0
Chubb / Cigna's Selected Operations acquisition 1 0
eBay Inc / eBay Korea $3.6 billion 80% stake sale 1 0
Emart / EBay Korea acquisition 1 0
Global Shipping Business Network blockchain platform incorporation 1 1
HYBE / Ithaca Holdings $1 billion acquisition 1 0
IMM Private Equity / Hanssem sale 1 0
KKR / SK E&S investment 1 0
LINA Life Insurance of Korea, Cigna Korea and LINA Financial Service acquisition 1 1
Match Group / Hyperconnect 1 0
Samsung BioLogics / Biogen Therapeutics share sale 1 0
Starbucks Coffee Korea S$2 billion controlling stake sale 1 0
Dispute resolution - General
Hanjin KAL v shareholders 1 1
General business law - General
LG Energy Solution KRX IPO 1 1
Novartis International patent infringement suit 1 1
US automobile manufacturer v labour union 1 1
Private equity - General
CVC Capital / Shiseido personal care business acquisition 1 0
Real estate - General
Logistics Center forward purchase 1 0
Millennium Hotel acquisition 1 0
Technology, media and telecoms - General
DANAWA acquisition and Koreacenter sale 1 0
Delivery Hero / Woowa $4 billion regional partnership 1 0
Delivery Hero / Yogiyo sale 1 1
Delivery Hero Korea acquisition 1 0
Dunamu / HYBE joint venture investment 1 0
KakaoPay IPO  1 0
Krafton IPO 1 0
Softbank / Yanolja investment 1 0
SVF-II CRYSTAL SUBCO / YANOLJA's New and existing share sale 1 0

Firm awards

Total nominations-to-win ratio 47:18

Award Nomination(s) Win(s)
Jurisdiction
Antitrust and competition 1 0
Aviation and shipping 1 0
Banking and finance 2 1
Banking and financial services 1 0
Construction 1 0
Copyright 1 1
Corporate and M&A 1 0
Dispute resolution 3 2
Energy and natural resources 1 0
Firm of the year 3 2
Insurance 1 0
Intellectual property 1 1
Intellectual property - Patent 2 1
Intellectual property - Trademark 1 0
Intellectual property - Transactions 1 0
Japan practice 1 0
Labour and employment 1 0
Regulatory 2 1
Restructuring and insolvency 1 1
Shipping 1 1
South Korea practice 1 1
Tax 1 1
Technology, media, telecoms 1 0
Transactional firm of the year 1 1
Practice management
Environmental, social and corporate governance 1 0
Pro Bono 1 0
Regional
Antitrust and competition - Disputes 1 1
Asia-Pacific firm of the year 1 0
Capital markets - Structured finance, derivatives and securitisation 1 0
Dispute resolution 2 1
Dispute resolution - Arbitration 1 1
Firm of the year 3 1
Regulatory - Disputes 1 0
Restructuring and insolvency - Disputes 1 0
Shipping - Disputes 1 0
Technology and innovation 1 0
White collar crime - Disputes 1 0

Ranked lawyers at this firm

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Lawyers

Kim & Chang

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