Press release
November 18, 2025
The legal media outlet Legal Times has published the '2025 Best Law Firm Directory' to mark its 18th anniversary, selecting and introducing law firms that represent the corporate legal market in South Korea.
This directory evaluates a total of 46 law firms operating in the Korean market, providing materials that present the landscape of corporate legal firms in Korea that businesses actually trust and utilize.
Expertise and performance, expanding areas of business through member recruitment
The law firm Cheongchul has been named a Best Law Firm in Korea for 2025, following its recognition in 2024. This is a result of the expertise and practical performance officially recognized in core areas such as corporate legal affairs, construction real estate, fair trade, and regulatory response, as well as its recognition for expanding its scope of work by recruiting partner attorneys such as Kim Kwang-sik in finance, Oh Seung-hyun in tax and corporate advisory, and former prosecutor Lee Kyung-jun.
Strength in corporate advisory revealed through the expansion of client firms
In particular, the Legal Times directory highlights that the law firm Cheongchul provides legal advice to a variety of businesses, from large corporations such as Naver, Coupang, Naver Financial, and POSCO International to KOSDAQ-listed companies, securities firms, Toss, the beauty and medical information platform Gangnam Unnie, Karrot Market, healthcare companies, and real estate development firms, noting that its client base has consistently expanded, including consultations with government departments and semi-governmental organizations such as the Fair Trade Commission, Korea National University of Arts, Korea Institute for Information and Communication Technology Promotion, and Korea Intelligent Information Society Agency.
Legal firm Cheongchul also possesses expertise in criminal law, personal data, AI new business, and entertainment fields
In addition to construction real estate and fair trade mentioned in the article, Cheongchul handles various cases in criminal law, personal data, AI new businesses, and the entertainment sector. They actively respond to police and prosecutor investigations and criminal trials, provide healthcare advisory including AI development utilizing medical data, and offer legal advice in the personal data AI new business field, as well as actively providing legal advice to individuals in the entertainment industry, including actors and idols.
The original article can be referenced at the link below.
https://www.legaltimes.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=89911
If you need legal advisory services in criminal investigations and trials, construction real estate, fair trade, personal data, AI, etc., please contact the law firm Cheongchul.











