Kim Chang Lee has earned its reputation as a top choice of clients facing challenging and vital litigations. We count among our ranks a number of former members of the Korean judiciary and litigators with decades of experience whose combined judicial experience at all levels of the court system is invaluable to our clients. Our litigators provide a comprehensive set of legal services to safeguard the interests of our clients from all sectors of the economy. We cover a wide spectrum of laws in civil litigation by working closely with specialists in each area including corporate, finance, antitrust, banking, securities, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, labor and employment, mass torts and products liability, professional liability and tax.

Our attorneys represent clients in all stages of civil litigation, from pre-suit negotiations to trying cases before the trial and appellate courts in Korea. Through effective pre-suit counseling, we seek to resolve disputes in the most expeditious and satisfactory manner for our clients through mediation or settlement before disputes reach the trial stage. We also ensure that our clients’ ultimate objectives in these litigious matters are achieved through timely execution and enforcement of judgments.

• Lawsuit for damages for wrongful act brought by a person suffering from dental caries against a cola beverage manufacturer
• Dispute between Hyundai Space and Aircraft and Boeing involving manufacture and supply of airplane parts
• Application for enforcement of foreign arbitral award relating to a stock purchase agreement
• Lawsuit for return of the reduced portion of the stock purchase price pursuant to a stock purchase agreement
• Application for preliminary injunction barring execution of a contract with the winning bidder for construction of a bio powerplant
• Lawsuit for cancellation of designation as preferred bidder in connection with private investment in multi-track railways
• Lawsuit for invalidation of a special resolution of shareholders
• Preliminary injunction case seeking to enjoin supply of cola extract brought by a beverage product bottler against a cola extract supplier
• Lawsuit for damages arising from sinking of the Seohae Ferry
• Lawsuit for damages arising from importation of industrial-purpose alcoholic extracts for use in manufacturing spirits
• Lawsuit for damages brought by an institutional investor against an asset management company