Bae, Kim & Lee has long been regarded as the undisputed leader in Korea in the areas of litigation and dispute resolution. The firm’s origins lay as a litigation firm and since its beginnings, BKL’s litigation group has built its exceptional reputation from consistently delivering successful results for its clients on a wide range of litigation matters, including unfair trade practices, directors and officers liability, trademark and patent infringement, privacy, class actions, appeals, international disputes, and bankruptcy and creditors’ rights.

BKL’s partners are recognized leaders in various fields of litigation and they are joined by aspiring junior attorneys from the top educational institutions in Korea to provide the most practical and effective legal services available. In an effort to further strengthen the litigation practice, BKL has recently brought in a number of attorneys who have in-depth experiences as senior judges or prosecutors. Our team of litigators ensures that each case is handled promptly and cost-efficiently by drawing on the support of our experienced para-professionals to research and review records when necessary and by utilizing the firm’s vast collection of essays, precedents and records of cases handled by the firm in the past.

Rare among law firms in Korea, BKL has an experienced team of attorneys specializing in domestic and international arbitration. This team has been highly successful in the areas of domestic and international arbitration, execution of foreign judgments and approval and execution of foreign arbitration awards in Korea. In particular, it has extensive experience in arbitration activities before the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board and the International Chamber of Commerce.