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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 Labour and Employment in 2021:
Individual Firm and Lawyer Leaders
In 2021, twenty-eight firms and twenty-four lawyers were consistently ranked in the highest tier in multiple publications.
FIRMS
CHINA
Baker McKenzie
Baohua Law Firm
JunHe
King & Wood Mallesons
HONG KONG
Mayer Brown
Simmons & Simmons
INDIA
Nishith Desai Associates
Trilegal
INDONESIA
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Kemalsjah & Associates
JAPAN
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
MALAYSIA
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Shearn Delamore & Co
Zul Rafique & Partners
PHILIPPINES
Quisumbing Torres
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
SINGAPORE
Allen & Gledhill
Herbert Smith Freehills
Linklaters
Rajah & Tann
SOUTH KOREA
Bae Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
TAIWAN
Baker McKenzie
Lee and Li
THAILAND
Baker McKenzie
VIETNAM
Baker McKenzie
LAWYERS
CHINA
Baohua Dong, Baohua Law Firm
Jason Jingbo Lu, River Delta Law Firm
Junlu Jiang, Puran Law Firm
Lesli Ligorner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
HONG KONG
Kim Boreham, Tanner De Witt
Duncan Abate, Mayer Brown
Fiona Loughrey, Simmons & Simmons
Hong Tran, Mayer Brown
Jennifer Van Dale, Eversheds Sutherland
Sarah Berkeley, Simmons & Simmons
INDIA
Vikram Shroff, Nishith Desai Associates
JAPAN
Akiko Yamakawa, Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo
Kazutoshi Kakuyama, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Lawrence Carter, DLA Piper JE
MALAYSIA
Heng Seng Lim, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Jayasingam Poopalasingam, Zul Rafique & Partners
Sivabalah Nadarajah, Shearn Delamore & Co
Thavalingam Thavarajah, T Thavalingam & Co
SINGAPORE
Laure de Panafieu, Linklaters
SOUTH KOREA
Ji Hyung Kim, Jipyong
Weon Jung Kim, Kim & Chang
TAIWAN
Seraphim Ma, Baker McKenzie
THAILAND
Suriyong Tungsuwan, Baker McKenzie
VIETNAM
Thuy Hang Nguyen, Baker McKenzie
Firms with firm and lawyer rankings in the highest tier
Thirteen firms had both a firm and at least one lawyer ranked in highest tier:
CHINA
Baohua Law Firm
HONG KONG
Mayer Brown
Simmons & Simmons
INDIA
Nishith Desai Associates
JAPAN
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
MALAYSIA
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Shearn Delamore & Co
Zul Rafique & Partners
SINGAPORE
Linklaters
SOUTH KOREA
Kim & Chang
TAIWAN
Baker McKenzie
THAILAND
Baker McKenzie
VIETNAM
Baker McKenzie
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 Labour and employment are considered along with firms that have both tier 1 firm and lawyer rankings, only seven firms are featured.
The Undisputed Leaders for Labour and employment in 2021 are:
CHINA
Baohua Law Firm
HONG KONG
Simmons & Simmons
INDIA
Nishith Desai Associates
MALAYSIA
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Shearn Delamore & Co
SOUTH KOREA
Kim & Chang
THAILAND
Baker McKenzie
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