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Undisputed Leaders: Tax 2021

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 Tax in 2021:

Individual Firm and Lawyer Leaders 

In 2021, only twenty firms and twenty five lawyers lawyers were consistently ranked in the highest tier in multiple publications.

FIRMS

CHINA
Baker McKenzie
King & Wood Mallesons
Zhong Lun Law Firm

HONG KONG
Baker McKenzie

INDIA
Economic Laws Practice
Khaitan & Co
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
Nishith Desai Associates

JAPAN 
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Baker McKenzie, JE
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

MALAYSIA
Shearn Delamore & Co
Wong & Partners

PHILIPPINES
Baniqued Layug & Bello
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan

SINGAPORE
Allen & Gledhill
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, JV

SOUTH KOREA
Kim & Chang
Yulchon

THAILAND
Baker McKenzie

LAWYERS

CHINA
David Dingfa Liu, Duan & Duan
Brendan Kelly, Baker McKenzie

HONG KONG
Steven Sieker, Baker McKenzie

INDIA
Ajay Bahl, AZB & Partners
Mukesh Butani, BMR Legal
Nishith Desai, Nishith Desai Associates
Varadachari Lakshmikumaran, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

JAPAN
Koichi Inoue, Jones Day, JE
Koji Fujita, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Edwin Whatley, Baker McKenzie, JE

MALAYSIA
Adeline Wong, Wong & Partners
Anand Raj, Shearn Delamore & Co
DP Naban, Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership

PHILIPPINES
Benedicta Du-Baladad, Du-Baladad & Associates
Rolando Medalla, SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan

SINGAPORE
Sim Ho Ong, Drew & Napier

SOUTH KOREA
Dong Soo Kim, Yulchon
Je Heum Baik, Shin & Kim
Kyu Dong Kim, Yulchon
Seung Soon Lim, Yoon & Yang
Tae Yeon Nam, Kim & Chang
Woo Hyun Baik, Kim & Chang

THAILAND
Piphob Veraphong, LawAlliance
Kitipong Urapeepatanapong, Baker McKenzie
Panya Sittisakonsin, Baker McKenzie

 

Firms with firm and lawyer rankings in the highest tier

Only ten firms had both a firm and at least one lawyer ranked in highest tier:

CHINA
Baker McKenzie

HONG KONG
Baker McKenzie

INDIA
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
Nishith Desai Associates

JAPAN
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Baker McKenzie, JE

PHILIPPINES
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan

SOUTH KOREA
Kim & Chang
Yulchon

THAILAND
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 Tax are considered along with firms that have both tier 1 firm and lawyer rankings, only six firms are featured.

The Undisputed Leaders for Tax in 2021 are:

CHINA
Baker McKenzie

INDIA
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
Nishith Desai Associates

SOUTH KOREA
Kim & Chang
Yulchon

THAILAND
Baker McKenzie

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