The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023, a globally renowned legal publication, has released assessment results for law firms and lawyers across various practice areas.

DR & AJU has achieved its first-ever rankings in practice areas such as Antitrust and Competition, Intellectual Property, and Tax. In addition, 13 attorneys have been named as Recommended Lawyers.

[Practice Areas Ranking]

• Antitrust and Competition: local firms: Tier 3 (First-time award)
• Dispute Resolution: local firms: Tier 3 (Unchanged from the previous year’s ranking results)
• Intellectual Property: local firms:  Tier 3 (First-time award)
• Projects and Energy: local firms: Tier 3 (Unchanged from the previous year’s ranking results)
• Shipping: local firms: Tier 4 (Unchanged from the previous year’s ranking results)
• Tax: local firms: Tier 3 (First-time award)

[Lawyers Ranking]

• Antitrust and Competition: local firms: Partner Sang Mo KOO, Managing Partner Jeong Ran LEE, and Partner Ki Sung LEE have been named as Recommended Lawyers
• Dispute Resolution: local firms: Partners Tae Kyung KIM (for two consecutive years), Seon Hee OH, and Wang Min LEE have been named as Recommended Lawyers
• Intellectual Property: local firms:  Partners Jong Sun CHOI and Shin Jeong LEE have been named as Recommended Lawyers
• Projects and Energy: local firms: Foreign Attorney Melissa PARK has been named as a Recommended Lawyer (for three consecutive years)
• Shipping: local firms: Partner Sang Bong LEE has been named as a Recommended Lawyer (for two consecutive years)
• Tax: local firms: Managing Partner Kyu Chul LEE and Partner Shin Hee KIM have been named as Recommended Lawyers