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Shin & Kim

Shin & Kim is a law firm in South Korea, founded in 1983, with 800 professionals and 975 lawyers listed on its own site. It stands No. 6 of 10 in South Korea, recognised by 2 independent publishers. Its practice areas include Antitrust, Competition, Banking, Corporate.

Jurisdiction
South Korea
Standing
No. 6 of 10 in South Korea
Founded
1983
Professionals
800
Offices
7
Recognitions
93
Lawyers on file
975
In the news
18
shinkim.com
Shin & Kim, homepage
Shin & Kim’s own websiteCaptured 4 Nov 2026

Standing in South Korea

No. 6of 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 · 975 lawyers on the firm’s site

How Shin & Kim 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

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

Lawyers

975 on the firm’s own site

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

2 ranked individually by the directories, shown first

Directory placements

16 practice areas · read from the publishers’ tables

Where the directories place Shin & Kim, 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
Banking and FinanceBand 1Band 3Tier 1Tier 2
Capital MarketsBand 1Tier 1
Competition and AntitrustBand 1Tier 1
Corporate and M&ABand 1Tier 2
Employment and LabourBand 1Tier 1
Energy, Resources and InfrastructureBand 1Tier 1
Litigation and DisputesBand 1Band 3Band 1Tier 1
Real Estate and ConstructionBand 1Tier 1
TaxBand 1Tier 2
Technology, Media and TelecomsBand 1Tier 2
Arbitration—Tier 2
Compliance, Investigations and White-Collar—Tier 2
Insurance and ReinsuranceBand 3Tier 2
Intellectual PropertyBand 2Tier 2
International TradeBand 2—
Restructuring and InsolvencyBand 2—

Recognition

93 announcements

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

  • ChambersBand 12026

    “Shin & Kim ranks in Band 1 for 11 practice areas in Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide 2026 Shin & Kim LLC (“Shin & Kim”), headed by senior managing partner Jong-Han Oh, announced that the firm was selected as a Band 1 Law Firm in 11 out of total 19 practice areas in the Chambers Asia-Pacific G”

    Shown on Shin & Kim’s home page

  • ChambersBand 12026

    Banking & Finance

    “Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026: Band 1, Banking & Finance, South Korea”

    Chambers’s published table

  • ChambersBand 12026

    Capital Markets

    “Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026: Band 1, Capital Markets, South Korea”

    Chambers’s published table

  • ChambersBand 12026

    Competition/Antitrust

    “Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026: Band 1, Competition/Antitrust, South Korea”

    Chambers’s published table

  • ChambersBand 12026

    Corporate/M&A

    “Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026: Band 1, Corporate/M&A, South Korea”

    Chambers’s published table

  • ChambersBand 12026

    Dispute Resolution: Litigation

    “Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026: Band 1, Dispute Resolution: Litigation, South Korea”

    Chambers’s published table

From the Firm

What Shin & Kim has published on its own site lately: news, deals, recognitions and publications. Each links to the firm.

In the News

Coverage in which Shin & Kim 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
13 Aug 2026

Read from: practice areas · headcount · emails · phones

On its size, the firm says: “…solutions whilst preserving its core values of integrity and excellence. It has grown with our clients. With over 800 professionals comprising of domestic and foreign lawyers, accountants, patent attorneys and tax accountants, Shin & Kim…”

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