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In the run up to the launch of our 2022 edition, Legal Media 360 reveals Asia’s best law firms and lawyers by area of practice from our 2021 dataset.
To find out who the Undisputed Leaders are, we look at which firms have been consistently ranked in Tier 1 in firm and lawyer rankings AND have won at least one award. Here are our findings for Antitrust and Competition in 2021:
Individual Firm and Lawyer Leaders
In 2021, twenty firms and nineteen lawyers were consistently ranked in the highest tier in multiple publications.
FIRMS
CHINA
Clifford Chance
Fangda Partners
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters
T&D Associates
Zhong Lun Law Firm
INDIA
AZB & Partners
Khaitan & Co
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
INDONESIA
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
JAPAN
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
MALAYSIA
Shearn Delamore & Co
SINGAPORE
Allen & Gledhill
Drew & Napier
Rajah & Tann
SOUTH KOREA
Kim & Chang
LAWYERS
CHINA
John Yong Ren, T&D Associates
Peng Wu, Zhong Lun Law Firm
HONG KONG
Stephen Crosswell, Baker McKenzie
INDIA
Avaantika Kakkar, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Pallavi Shroff, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Samir Gandhi, AZB & Partners
JAPAN
Harumichi Uchida, TMI Associates
Kozo Kawai, Nishimura & Asahi
Tsutomu Nakato, Hibiya Sogo Law Office
MALAYSIA
Anand Raj, Shearn Delamore & Co
Beng Chai Tay, Tay & Partners
Phye Keat Chew, Raja Darryl & Loh
SINGAPORE
Ameera Ashraf, WongPartnership
Chong Kin Lim, Drew & Napier
Daren Shiau, Allen & Gledhill
Kala Anandarajah, Rajah & Tann
SOUTH KOREA
Hoil Yoon, Yoon & Yang
Kyung Taek Jung, Kim & Chang
Sai Ree Yun, Yulchon
Firms with firm and lawyer rankings in the highest tier
Only nine firms had both a firm and at least one lawyer ranked in highest tier:
CHINA
Clifford Chance
T&D Associates
Zhong Lun Law Firm
INDIA
AZB & Partners
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
JAPAN
Nishimura & Asahi
MALAYSIA
Shearn Delamore & Co
SINGAPORE
Allen & Gledhill
Drew & Napier
Rajah & Tann
SOUTH KOREA
Kim & Chang
Leading the Pack
While rankings performance reflects year-on-year consistency, awards recognise the top firms and lawyers based on recent work. Therefore, awards is a key differentiator that reveals who is currently doing outstanding work.
When award wins for Antitrust and Competition are considered along with firms that have both tier 1 firm and lawyer rankings, only five firms are featured.
The Undisputed Leaders for Antitrust and Competition in 2021 are:
CHINA
T&D Associates
Zhong Lun Law Firm
INDIA
AZB & Partners
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
SINGAPORE
Rajah & Tann
SOUTH KOREA
Kim & Chang
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