Reconfirming the findings published in its 2009/2010, 2010/2011 edition, the prestigious Asia Pacific Legal 500 report for 2012 has again rated Lee & Ko as a market-leading firm in all practice areas—reinforcing Lee & Ko’s long-standing reputation for excellence as one of Korea’s most respected and capable law firms in 14 legal practice areas, including “Tier 1 Law Firm” ranking in ▲Antitrust and Competition ▲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) and “Tier 2 Law Firm” ranking in ▲Dispute Resolution.In addition, several of the leading partners at Lee & Ko – Wonkyu Han, Mee-Hyon Lee, and Yeo Kyoon Yoon (Banking, Finance and Capital Markets), 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 specially named as leading individuals in their respective areas of legal practice.