Lee & Ko

Lee & Ko has become one of Korea’s premier full-service law firms, widely recognized for its leadership and outstanding success in every area of legal practice. As has been confirmed in numerous reviews conducted by Korea’s major media outlets, as well as ratings produced by international law firm rating services, Lee & Ko enjoys one of the highest levels of client satisfaction and a particularly excellent reputation for the quality of the firm’s legal services. Among other things, Lee & Ko prides itself on its ability to provide clients with the following advantages.

Premier Full – Service Firm

Our objective is to provide the best possible service to our clients, with a full range of legal expertise custom - tailored to meet each client’s particular needs. Lee & Ko maintains specialized practice groups and teams in every area, each of which is nationally recognized for excellence and staffed by leading experts in their fields, with additional subspecialties within each practice group. As a client’s particular legal situation may involve a broad array of legal issues that require expertise in various specialized areas of law, our firm has developed a system that maximizes efficient cooperation, coordination and communication among the firm’s various specialists to ensure that each client benefits from market-leading expertise for each issue of concern.

One–stop Solutions

Lee & Ko is highly regarded for providing its clients with timely, effective and practical solutions for nearly any complex legal situation. Due to the wealth of specialized professional resources available within the firm, our clients, in the vast majority of cases, will have no need to go elsewhere in order to simply and effectively obtain any professional services that may be required. In addition to expert attorneys in every legal practice area, there are numerous other experienced professionals at Lee & Ko, including, among others, accountants (including certified public accountants and certified tax accountants), patent agents and former highranking government officials, who are available to advise our clients on any matter where their expertise may be needed.

Global Network

Lee & Ko maintains an excellent network of contacts in various jurisdictions around the world, including long - standing working relationships with leading international law firms. Accordingly, the firm is in an excellent position to ensure that clients involved in cross-border transactions receive not only the best advice on Korean legal matters, but also to assist clients in obtaining excellent, cost-effective advice from legal advisors and professionals in any other jurisdiction that may be involved. We routinely provide services to clients that require legal assistance in countries such as China, Japan, Vietnam (and other Southeast Asian nations), India, the Middle East, Russia, CIS countries, North and South America, and Europe. Lee & Ko also maintains its own offices in Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.

Social Responsilbility

Lee & Ko not only strives to be a valuable partner to our clients, but also accepts a responsibility to contribute to making society a better place and to serve disadvantaged members of society. Among other things, Lee & Ko encourages the firm’s attorneys and other professionals to utilize their expertise and knowledge to provide pro bono services to people in need. Lee & Ko, at the corporate level, as well as individual members of the firm, participate regularly in charitable activities and work closely with numerous non-profit organizations.