The Family, Divorce and Estates team provides comprehensive services ranging from advice on a broad range of family, divorce and estates law issues to zealously advocating for clients in the courtroom. Our family, divorce and estates law practice is particularly renowned for its successful representation of high profile and high net-worth individuals while handling all matters with the utmost sensitivity and confidentiality.

Many of our clients have complex financial and business arrangements. Working closely with our colleagues in the Tax, Corporate/M&A and Trust groups, and drawing upon the extensive resources of the firm’s Litigation group, we are able to handle even the most complex and challenging issues.

Lee & Ko has been selected as Band 1 law firm in Private Wealth Law category in the “Chambers High Net Worth (HNW) 2019” issued by the global legal media Chambers & Partners.

Expertise

Wills, inheritance, business succession issues, and claims on estates by heirs
Divorces, property division, custody, child support, and right of access to the child
Paternity/maternity claims, adoptions
Incompetency, quasi-incompetency, guardianships, and family counselling
Change of family name, issues relating to registry of family relations
International disputes relating to families, divorces and estates matters

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Major Cases

Represented a co-founder of a corporation in divorce and property division proceedings against the other-co-founder.
Advised the President of a renowned Korean company in connection with estates disputes.
Advised the President of a renowned Korean company in connection with preparation of a will.
Advised the President of a renewed Korean company in connection with estate planning.