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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 Technology, media, and telecoms in 2021:
Individual Firm and Lawyer Leaders
In 2021, only fifteen firms and sixteen lawyers lawyers were consistently ranked in the highest tier in multiple publications.
FIRMS
CHINA
Hogan Lovells
Morrison & Foerster
INDONESIA
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
MALAYSIA
Christopher & Lee Ong
PHILIPPINES
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
SINGAPORE
Allen & Gledhill
Herbert Smith Freehills
Norton Rose Fulbright
Rajah & Tann
SOUTH KOREA
Kim & Chang
TAIWAN
Baker McKenzie
THAILAND
Baker McKenzie
VIETNAM
Baker McKenzie
Tilleke & Gibbins
LAWYERS
CHINA
Anthony Jing Zhao, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Yu Cao, Haiwen & Partners
INDIA
Ameet Naik, India, Naik Naik & Co, India
Rahul Matthan, India, Trilegal, India
Stephen Mathias, India, Kochhar & Co, India
INDONESIA
Zacky Zainal Husein, Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
MALAYSIA
Deepak Pillai, Christopher & Lee Ong
SINGAPORE
Chong Kin Lim, Drew & Napier
Luke Grubb, Cavenagh Law
Rajesh Sreenivasan, Rajah & Tann
Mark Robinson, Herbert Smith Freehills
Stella Cramer, Norton Rose Fulbright
SOUTH KOREA
Dong Shik Choi, Kim & Chang
Kwang Bae Park, Lee & Ko
THAILAND
Dhiraphol Suwanprateep, Baker McKenzie
VIETNAM
Yee Chung Seck, Baker McKenzie
Firms with firm and lawyer rankings in the highest tier
Only eight firms had both a firm and at least one lawyer ranked in highest tier:
INDONESIA
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
MALAYSIA
Christopher & Lee Ong
SINGAPORE
Herbert Smith Freehills
Norton Rose Fulbright
Rajah & Tann
SOUTH KOREA
Kim & Chang
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 Technology, media, and telecoms are considered along with firms that have both tier 1 firm and lawyer rankings, only five firms are featured.
The Undisputed Leaders for Technology, media, and telecoms in 2021 are:
INDONESIA
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
MALAYSIA
Christopher & Lee Ong
SINGAPORE
Norton Rose Fulbright
SOUTH KOREA
Kim & Chang
THAILAND
Baker McKenzie
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