Overview of Korea's Legal System
- Korea's Legal System
- Top tier Law firms in Korea
- Top tier Law schools in Korea
- Korea's Legal Aid System
- Non-Government Organization
Korea's Legal System
Top Tier Law firms in Korea
- Practical strengths: antitrust and competition, banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and M&A, dispute resolution, employment, insurance, intellectual property, projects and energy, real estate, shipping
- Leading Layers: Young Moo Kim, Sookil Chang
2. Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
- Practical strengths: corporate, M&A, securities, finance, corporate restructuring, real estate, tax, antitrust, employment, telecommunications, and intellectual property
- Leading Layers: Yong Suk Oh
3. Shin & Kim
- Practical strengths: M&A, banking and finance, capital markets, corporate restructuring, monopoly regulation and fair trade, cross-border investment, tax, labor and employment, real estate and intellectual property
- Leading Layers: Beomsu Kim, Doo Sik Kim
4. Lee & Ko
- Practical strengths: banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and M&A, dispute resolution, employment, insurance, intellectual property, projects and energy, real estate, shipping
- Leading Layers: Wonkyu Han, Woo Young Jung
- Practical strengths: antitrust and competition, banking and finance, intellectual property, shipping, TMT, Tax
- Leading Layers: Dong-Geul Byun, Bo Hyun Kang
6. Yulchon
- Practical strengths: tax, antitrust and competition, banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and M&A, dispute resolution, employment, real estate, TMT
- Leading Layers: Bong Hee Han, Bong Hee Han
- Practical strengths: litigation and arbitration, corporate law, real estate/construction, intellectual property, presence in Southeast Asia, notarization
- Leading Layers: Hwang Sun Tae, Song Kee Young, Lee Sang Gon
- Practical strengths: restructuring and insolvency, corporate, finance, litigation
- Leading Layers: Kim Eui Jae, Kim Soo Chang, Choi Kyung-Joon
- Practical strengths: corporate & cross-border transactions, M&A, mergers, stock acquisitions, backdoor listings, business transfers, asset transfers, spin-offs, company establishments
- Leading Layers:Lee Ho-Won, Park Dong-Young, Cho Yong-Whan, Kang Seon
Top Tier Law Schools in Korea
1. Seoul National University College of Law
- Since its establishment in 1946, Seoul National University College of Law has played a central role in the modern history of Korea, both in name and reality. The foundation of the Judicial Officers Training Institute in 1895 at the closure of the old dynasty introduced into our society a modern legal system that was the symbol of the modern civilization. The centennial Hall memorializing the hundredth anniversary of the modern legal education in Korea, with its ultramodern educational facilities, thus symbolizes in turn that the College of Law struck root more than one century ago.
- Dean: Kon Sik Kim
2. Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea
- The Judicial Research and Training Institute (JRTI) was established on January 1, 1971 by the Supreme Court of Korea to further the education of those who have passed the Korean Bar Examination before entering the legal profession. Since then, JRTI has strived to instill the necessary basic skills for all areas of legal practice, regardless of individual preferences to become a judge, prosecutor or lawyer. JRTI is the only educational institution for the bench and the bar in Korea, producing over its 30 years, a total of 10,468 legal professionals. At present, 99% of judges and 100% of prosecutors and 83% of lawyers are graduates of JRTI.
3. Korea University, Collage of Law
- The Korea University College of Law is the number-one ranked law school in the nation. Throughout its 90-year history, it has been a prominent player in Korea's fight for independence, democracy, and a Constitutional system of law based on universal values of justice, fairness, and the rule of law.
4. Hanyang University Law School
- The Hanyang Univeristy Law School is one of the top law schools in Kore.
- Dean:Seo Taekyung
Korea's Legal Aid System
Non-Government Organization
Korean Bar Association
Seoul Bar Association
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