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Lee & Ko

Lee & Ko is a law firm in South Korea, with 308 professionals and 2,128 lawyers listed on its own site. It stands No. 5 of 10 in South Korea, recognised by 2 independent publishers.

Jurisdiction
South Korea
Standing
No. 5 of 10 in South Korea
Founded
Not stated
Professionals
308
Offices
8
Recognitions
36
Lawyers on file
2,128
In the news
18
www.leeko.com
South Korea
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Standing in South Korea

No. 5of the top 10, recognised by 2 independent publishers

In South Korea, 10 of 22 verified firms are placed: 10 placed by recognitions the firm announced from at least two independent publishers, reconciled to one figure per publisher. Firms on file without either are listed in the directory below and are not ranked. No composite score is published for South Korea. The full list for South Korea

Organization

0 practice areas and sectors · 2,128 lawyers on the firm’s site

How Lee & Ko is organised, read from the titles and practice areas it publishes for each lawyer. A head is named only where the firm states one; otherwise the partner admitted earliest on record stands first and is labelled so.

Leadership

1,476 of Lee & Ko’s profiles print the firm’s whole practice list rather than the person’s own, so they are left out of the groups above; only titles the firm states are shown.

1 lawyers list no practice area on the firm’s site; they appear in the list below.

Lawyers

2,128 on the firm’s own site

Names, titles and practice areas as Lee & Ko publishes them, senior titles first. Each name opens the firm’s own page for that person.

59 ranked individually by the directories, shown first

Matters and stories in the press

1 written by the newsroom

Directory placements

17 practice areas · read from the publishers’ tables

Where the directories place Lee & Ko, practice area by practice area, as each table stands on the publisher’s own site. Each cell links to that table. The columns are the same on every page of this site.

Practice areaChambersThe Legal 500
Arbitration—Tier 1
Banking and FinanceBand 1Band 1Tier 1Tier 1
Capital MarketsBand 1Tier 1
Competition and AntitrustBand 1Tier 1
Compliance, Investigations and White-Collar—Tier 1
Corporate and M&ABand 1Tier 1
Employment and LabourBand 2Tier 1
Energy, Resources and InfrastructureBand 1Tier 1
Insurance and ReinsuranceBand 1Tier 1
Intellectual PropertyBand 1Band 3Tier 1Tier 2
International TradeBand 1—
Litigation and DisputesBand 2Band 2Band 3Tier 1
Real Estate and ConstructionBand 2Tier 1
Shipping, Aviation and TransportBand 2Tier 1
TaxBand 3Tier 1
Technology, Media and TelecomsBand 1Tier 1
Restructuring and InsolvencyBand 2—

Recognition

36 announcements

What other publishers have said, as Lee & Ko reports it on its own site, with the lawyers each announcement names. Each entry links to the page where it was read.

  • The Legal 500Tier 12026

    Antitrust and competition: local firms

    “The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026: Tier 1, Antitrust and competition: local firms, South Korea”

    The Legal 500’s published table

  • The Legal 500Tier 12026

    Banking and finance: local firms

    “The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026: Tier 1, Banking and finance: local firms, South Korea”

    The Legal 500’s published table

  • The Legal 500Tier 12026

    Capital markets: local firms

    “The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026: Tier 1, Capital markets: local firms, South Korea”

    The Legal 500’s published table

  • The Legal 500Tier 12026

    Corporate and M&A: local firms

    “The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026: Tier 1, Corporate and M&A: local firms, South Korea”

    The Legal 500’s published table

  • The Legal 500Tier 12026

    Dispute resolution: local firms

    “The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026: Tier 1, Dispute resolution: local firms, South Korea”

    The Legal 500’s published table

  • The Legal 500Tier 12026

    Fintech and financial services regulatory

    “The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026: Tier 1, Fintech and financial services regulatory, South Korea”

    The Legal 500’s published table

In the News

Coverage in which Lee & Ko was named. Each headline links to the publisher.

Sponsored: guides and chapters the firm wrote

Written by the firm. Practice guide chapters are placed with the publishers that carry them, usually for a fee. Listed for the reader’s use; never counted in the firm’s standing.

Record

Jurisdiction
South Korea
Founded
Not stated
Entity source
The firm's own website
Firm’s site read
9 Nov 2026

Read from: headcount

On its size, the firm says: “…308 lawyers, as stated on the firm's The Legal 500 profile…”

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