Legal Media 360 specializes in the research and analysis of market leading legal rankings and awards.
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 Banking and Finance in 2021:
Individual Firm and Lawyer Leaders
In 2021, thirty-four firms and forty-one lawyers were consistently ranked in the highest tier in multiple publications.
FIRMS
CHINA
Clifford Chance
JunHe
King & Wood Mallesons
HONG KONG
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
INDIA
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
JSA
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
INDONESIA
Ginting & Reksodiputro
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
JAPAN
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
MALAYSIA
Adnan Sundra & Low
Albar & Partners
Zul Rafique & Partners
PAKISTAN
Haidermota & Co
Mohsin Tayebaly & Co
PHILIPPINES
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
SINGAPORE
Allen & Gledhill
Linklaters
WongPartnership
SOUTH KOREA
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
SRI LANKA
Nithya Partners
TAIWAN
Baker McKenzie
THAILAND
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Linklaters
VIETNAM
Allen & Overy
VILAF
YKVN
LAWYERS
CAMBODIA
Youdy Bun, Bun & Associates
CHINA
Hongjiu Zhang, Jingtian & Gongcheng
Ling Wang, King & Wood Mallesons
HONG KONG
Anthony Wang, Clifford Chance
David Irvine, Kirkland & Ellis
Roger Lui, Allen & Overy
INDIA
Cyril Shroff, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Rajiv Luthra, L&L Partners
Shardul Shroff, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
INDONESIA
Ahmad Fikri Assegaf, Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Daniel Ginting, Ginting & Reksodiputro
Emir Nurmansyah, ABNR Counsellors at Law
Indri Pramitaswari Guritno, Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
JAPAN
Akihiro Wani, Morrison & Foerster (JE)
Hiroo Atsumi, Atsumi & Sakai
Masanori Sato, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Naoaki Eguchi, Baker McKenzie (JE)
Takashi Ejiri, Natori Law Office
MACAU
Carlos D Simões, DSL Lawyers
Jorge Neto Valente, Jorge Neto Valente Advogados
Manuela António, Manuela António - Lawyers and Notaries
MALAYSIA
Deepak Sadasivan, Adnan Sundra & Low
Mei Mei Loh, Zul Rafique & Partners
PAKISTAN
Irfan Tayebaly, Mohsin Tayebaly & Co
Kairas Kabraji, Kabraji & Talibuddin
Salman Butt, Afridi Shah & Minallah
PHILLIPINES
Mia Gentugaya, SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Rafael Morales, Morales & Justiniano
SINGAPORE
Chee Wai Kok, Allen & Gledhill
David Zemans, Milbank
Gautam Narasimhan, Allen & Overy
Susan Wong, WongPartnership
SOUTH KOREA
Helen Hyun Ju Pak, Shin & Kim
Young Kyun Cho, Kim & Chang
THAILAND
Jessada Sawatdipong, Chandler MHM
Stephen Jaggs, Allen & Overy
Wilailuk Okanurak, Linklaters
TAIWAN
Thomas McGowan, Russin & Vecchi
VIETNAM
Duc Tran Anh, Allen & Overy
Mark Fraser, Frasers Law Company
Tran Tuan Phong, VILAF
Firms with firm and lawyer rankings in the highest tier
Nineteen firms had both a firm and at least one lawyer ranked in highest tier:
CHINA
King & Wood Mallesons
HONG KONG
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
INDIA
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
INDONESIA
Ginting & Reksodiputro
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
JAPAN
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
MALAYSIA
Adnan Sundra & Low
Zul Rafique & Partners
PAKISTAN
Mohsin Tayebaly & Co
PHILIPPINES
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
SINGAPORE
Allen & Gledhill
WongPartnership
SOUTH KOREA
Kim & Chang
THAILAND
Allen & Overy
Linklaters
VIETNAM
Allen & Overy
VILAF
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 Banking and Finance are considered along with firms that have both Tier 1 firm and lawyer rankings, only eight firms are featured.
The Undisputed Leaders for Banking and Finance in 2021 are:
CHINA
King & Wood Mallesons
HONG KONG
Allen & Overy
INDIA
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
INDONESIA
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
MALAYSIA
Adnan Sundra & Low
SOUTH KOREA
Kim & Chang
VIETNAM
Allen & Overy
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