Yulchon Wins FT Innovative Law Firm Award in Infrastructure... Only Korean Law Firm Selected

Recognized for Advisory Achievements on the El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant Project in Egypt

Nominated in Four Categories Including Legal Tech

Yulchon LLC has been awarded the Innovation Law Firm of the Year in the Infrastructure category at the "2026 FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific," organized by the Financial Times (FT) in the United Kingdom.

Woo Jaehyung, lawyer at Yulchon LLC who participated in the Awarded Infrastructure Project (from left), foreign attorney Jung Dayeon, lawyers Lee Kyungjun, Son Geumjoo, Kang Hyunkyoo, advisor Jung Youngik, and lawyer Kim Jinseop are taking a commemorative photo. Provided by Yulchon

Yulchon announced on May 21 that it had demonstrated its competitiveness in the global market by being nominated in a total of four categories at this awards ceremony.

Yulchon was the only Korean law firm to be included in both the winners' and nominees' lists. In particular, the firm received the highest honor in the infrastructure category for its advisory achievements on the El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant project in Egypt. The El Dabaa project is regarded as a major initiative in the global energy and infrastructure sector, involving complex legal, commercial, technical, and project execution issues.

For this project, Yulchon provided comprehensive advisory services, reviewing contract structures and risk allocation, stakeholder and regulatory responses, and project implementation strategies. According to Yulchon, FT highly evaluated the originality, leadership, and influence of the firm's legal services throughout this process, especially highlighting the possibility of dispute prevention through legal advisory.

Additionally, Yulchon received a "Highly Commended" recognition in the Knowledge & Data category for its achievement in building the closed internal AI system "AI:Yul." The firm was also "Commended" in the Deal-making category for its advisory work on strategic cross-border joint ventures in the defense and aerospace sectors, and in the Digital Legal Services category for developing a real-time regulatory monitoring dashboard to support compliance and regulatory change response.

Managing Partner Kang Sukhoon stated, "It is meaningful to be internationally recognized for our capabilities in complex cross-border projects and innovative legal services," adding, "This recognition is the result of our efforts to provide practical solutions by aligning with our clients' business objectives and addressing various legal challenges in overseas infrastructure projects."

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