Kim & Chang law firm news

DLA Piper promotes 53 globally; seven new partners in Asia
| Thursday, 21 April 2011

DLA Piper has promoted seven new partners in Asia – two in China, three in Hong Kong and one each in Singapore and Tokyo. The promotions will take effect from 1 May 2011. The promotions in Asia are part of a round that sees 53 new partners joining its ranks.

Trusted advisors Bae Kim & Lee and Kim & Chang help build Korea’s third-largest bank
| Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Two of Korea’s largest law firms, Bae Kim & Lee and Kim & Chang, have played key roles in Hana Bank’s acquisition of its smaller rival Korea Exchange Bank.

Japan Big Four targets Southeast Asia: structural shift in Japanese client trends
| Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Nagashima, Ohno & Tsunematsu (NO&T), Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (MHM), Nishimura & Asahi (N&A) and Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (AM&T) have all indicated expansions and secondments into Asia as Japanese businesses shift from domestic markets and go regional.

SIAC appoints Norton Rose partner to board
| Thursday, 30 September 2010

Norton Rose dispute resolution partner Guy Spooner has been appointed to the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) board of directors, effective 1 October 2010.

ALB 50 2010: Shin & Kim, Khaitan and PRC firms shoot up the rankings
| Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Korea’s Shin & Kim, India’s Khaitan & Co and two PRC law firms are the five best performing firms in this year’s ALB 50, the guide to the largest law firms in the Asia-Pacific region.

Korean banking big bang:Lee & Ko and Shin & Kim appointed to advise on watershed Woori privatisation
| Wednesday, 1 September 2010

Korean law firms Lee & Ko and Shin & Kim have both been awarded advisory roles on the landmark privatisation of Woori Finance Holdings (WFH), the country’s largest bank, fending off eight other law firms including Kim & Chang, Bae Kim & Lee and Yulchon to win the mandate.

Baker & McKenzie, Linklaters, Clifford Chance lead finalist count for ALB Law Awards
| Thursday, 29 July 2010

With less than two months to go before the Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2010, the race for the best trophy haul of the night is intensifying, and five firms are finalists in more than ten categories apiece.

Inter-Asian M&A deals on the rise
| Thursday, 22 July 2010

A rising trend of consolidation amongst Asian companies have led to a paradigmatic shift in cross-border M&A deal flows as well as increasing the demand for intra-Asian legal advice served.

Local firms dominate M&A legal advisory tables for 1H10
| Thursday, 15 July 2010

India’s AZB & Partners, Singapore’s WongPartnership and Korea’s Kim & Chang have benefited from a resurgence in Asian (ex Japan and Australasia) M&A in the first half of this year by claiming the top three spots on legal advisory leader boards, according to data released by mergermarket.

Firms breathe life into largest ever IPO by Korean company
| Thursday, 13 May 2010

Korean law firms Shin & Kim and Kim & Chang as well as international players Cleary Gottlieb and Simpson Thacher have acted on the largest ever public offering by a Korean company: the US$4.4bn IPO of Samsung Life Insurance.

Kim & Chang, Bae Kim & Lee take on US$363m cosmetics M&A
| Monday, 1 March 2010

Korean heavyweights Kim & Chang and Bae Kim & Lee have helped LG Household & Health Care acquire cosmetics brand The Face Shop Korea for US$363m.

Korea 2010
| Thursday, 4 February 2010

ALB reports from Seoul on a legal services market that has recovered

Merger hands Hwang Mok Park new Shanghai office
| Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Korean firm Hwang Mok Park’s merger with boutique litigation firm Hanseung has helped it to acquire an office in Shanghai.

Nishimura to open in Beijing; finds China practice ally
| Friday, 11 December 2009

Japan’s Nishimura & Asahi is opening an office in Beijing and has formed an alliance with Soga, Uryu & Itoga (SUI) to target the Chinese market.

Kim & Chang hires former Wilson Sonsini competition lawyer
| Wednesday, 9 December 2009

Kim & Chang has boosted its competition practice by hiring a former chief at the country’s competition watchdog, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KTFC).

ANALYSIS: Islamic finance in North Asia
| Monday, 30 November 2009

From rising sun to morning calm: Islamic finance in North Asia

Shin & Kim launches international dispute resolution practice group with new hire
| Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Shin & Kim has hired Benjamin Hughes as partner and co-chair of its new international dispute resolution practice group.

Korea’s Yulchon boosts antitrust practice
| Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Korean firm Yulchon has strengthened its antitrust practice by hiring a former official from the country’s chief antitrust watchdog, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC)

International arbitration lawyers in demand in Korea
| Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Demand for lawyers specialising in international arbitration and antitrust matters in Korea is likely to increase as the legal market opens up to foreign firms and international arbitration gains more ground in the country.

Kim & Chang makes major hires with eye on trade liberalisation
| Friday, 23 October 2009

Korean firm Kim & Chang has made two major appointments in just over one month, hiring Yulchon partner Dr Youngjin Jung and former patent judge Hoe Kee Lee.