Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2009/2010 edition) has chosen Lee & Ko as one of the leading firms in Korea in all the areas of legal practice. Especially, Lee & Ko has been ranked Tier 1 Law Firm in 12 areas of legal practice, such as ▲Banking and Finance, ▲Capital Markets, ▲Corporate and M&A, ▲Employment, ▲Insurance, ▲Intellectual Property, ▲IP: Patents and Trade Marks, ▲Project and Energy, ▲Real Estate, ▲Shipping, ▲ Tax, ▲TMT(Technology, Media and Telecommunications).
In addition, some of the leading partners at Lee & Ko – Wonkyu Han, Mee Hyon Lee, and Yeo Kyoon Yoon (Banking, Finance and Capital Markes), Kyu Wha Lee and Hyeong Gun Lee (Corporate and M&A), Heung Seop Song (Dispute resolution), Jae Hoon Kim (Intellectual Property), and Jin Young Jung (Shipping) – have been chosen as the leading individuals in their respective areas of legal practice.
Korean Economic Daily, one of the leading economic newspapers in Korea, has said about this evaluation of Korean law firms by Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2009/2010 edition) that Lee & Ko and Kim & Chang are the two most capable legal service providers in Korean legal market.