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Asia Pacific: Regional International Arbitration
Leading firms
Leading firms - ranked: tier 2
DLA Piper
In DLA Piper’s Hong Kong office, Kevin Chan and Ernest Yang (who represented GD Midea Air-Conditioning Equipment in a Singapore arbitration against its former Israeli distributor, with around 300GB of evidence involved) have been joined by Andrew Chin and Benjamin Ng, who joined from Baker McKenzie and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP respectively in Hong Kong. Other highlights concern the maritime sector and construction. Of counsel Xiaoshan Chen, who is based in Shanghai, is a notable contact in mainland China. Elsewhere in the region, Peter Shelford is a key contact in Bangkok, as is John Goulios in Singapore.
Hong Kong
Banking and finance
Banking and finance - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
DLA Piper's banking practice has gained momentum, following a number of key hires in 2017. Matthias Schemuth, who joined from Ashurst in February 2017, heads up the team, which was strengthened by the more recent arrivals of Douglas Murning and of counsel Tom Van Hoof from Kirkland & Ellis and Watson Farley & Williams respectively. The group has served as a trusted adviser to clients in a number of highly complex domestic and cross-border transactions, as was evidenced when Schemuth and Van Hoof acted for ANZ (as arranger) and a syndicate of 20 banks on the $200m financing to China Water Affairs for the development, construction and purchase of water-integrated projects in the PRC. Schemuth has also acted for Rabobank in a series of domestic Hong Kong and cross-border commodities finance transactions. Paul Lee is advising Huatai Financial Holdings as financial adviser on its HK$3.5bn financing of the privatisation of Bloomage BioTechnology from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Head of energy Carolyn Dong is another key figure.
Construction
Construction - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
May Ng, Harris Chan and Kevin Chan jointly lead the team at DLA Piper. Ng is singled out as being â€extremely hands-on, with excellent technical industry knowledge’. The team acted for a New World Development subsidiary - one of Hong Kong's largest property developers - in resisting court enforcement of an $18m ICC arbitration award in relation to the construction of Dubai's "Blue Tower" skyscraper. It also represented Thiess Mongolia in court proceedings to recover a $13m payment for its mining works in Mongolia from a Hong Kong-listed company and its subsidiary.
Leading individuals
May Ng - DLA Piper
Corporate (including M&A)
Corporate (including M&A) - ranked: tier 4
DLA Piper
DLA Piper's Hong Kong-based Asia corporate head Luke Gannon has overseen a major build-out of the firm's corporate offering across its offices in Greater China in recent years. In Hong Kong, the team includes Gloria Liu, who has been a key adviser to clients on private equity transactions, corporate strategic alliances and joint ventures, among other matters. Liu recently acted for Chinese state-owned enterprise China Merchants Group on a $2.5bn round of investment in JD Logistics, a subsidiary of NASDAQ-listed company JD.com. Liu is also working with the Shanghai office to advise Ping An Insurance's overseas investment arm (China Ping An Insurance Overseas) on its joint venture with Japan-based Tsumura & Co. Also recommended is Heng Loong Cheong, who divides time between the firm's Hong Kong and Singapore offices, and has a wealth of experience in cross-border M&A. Cheong recently led a multidisciplinary, cross-office team that acted for NASDAQ-listed company Laureate Education on the $162m sale of INTI International University & Colleges to Affinity Equity Partners. The firm has also recently handled mandates for China Huarong Macau, UCF Capital and CK Hutchison.
Insurance
Insurance - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
DLA Piper provides an â€excellent service’ and â€responses are speedy, appropriate and the quality of advice is good’. Clients include Aviva, Ping An Insurance, and China Life Insurance. The practice has also been newly appointed to the panels of AIG, Chubb, Zurich and QBE. Recent transactional work includes advising global healthcare provider Aetna on the acquisition of Bupa Group’s Thai business, Bupa Thailand.
Intellectual property
Intellectual property - ranked: tier 4
DLA Piper
Often working very closely with practitioners on the ground in mainland China, as well as forming part of the firm's wide-ranging capabilities across Europe, North America, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, DLA Piper's one-partner Hong Kong team excels at maintaining, protecting and commercialising the IPR of major international brands from a range of sectors including sports, technology and telecoms. Team head Edward Chatterton continues to provide ongoing advice to McDonald's across a range of IP matters related to the exploitation of its brand in China, and is also representing the Football Association Premier League as it seeks to clamp down on illegal feeds of Premier League content. Of counsel Elizabeth Wong is noted for acting for multinational corporates on transactional and commercial IP work including advice relating to license and franchise agreements.
Investment funds
Investment funds - ranked: tier 2
DLA Piper
DLA Piper's 'leading funds practice' in Asia is led by Luke Gannon, who has more than 25 years of experience in this practice area, and is 'one of the region's highest-profile partners'. Gannon acts for a broad base of clients in relation to various types of retail and private funds products, including investment banks, fund managers and investors. One of the firm's core areas of strength is real estate funds, where it acts for some of the most prominent sponsors in the market in many of their most notable fund launches, which target investments into real estate assets in greater China and elsewhere in Asia. In addition, the firm is highly active in the broader private equity funds realm, where highlights have included acting for ARM on its investment in a private equity fund which invests in the "Internet of Things" industry in Taiwan, and advising Sino-Ocean on its investment in a One Belt One Road private equity fund that invests in private equity investments in the technology and new media sector. Elsewhere, the firm captures a particularly significant share of the market from hedge fund managers; in 2017, Gannon assisted Auroville (HK) with the formation of a dual-legged master-feeder hedge fund, and also advised on associated US regulatory issues. On the investor side, Gannon acted for Huarong International Securities on its $133m investment in a hedge fund that invests in fixed-return private funds, unlisted debt investments and certain listed or over-the-counter quoted debt securities. LyGH Capital is another notable client.
Leading individuals

Luke Gannon - DLA Piper
Labour and employment
Labour and employment - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
The 'customer-oriented' team at DLA Piper provides 'practical and insightful' advice across the gamut of contentious and non-contentious employment matters for China-based, Hong Kong-based and overseas corporate entities from a broad swathe of industry sectors, including financial services, retail and transport. Despite a number of departures over the past couple of years, the team has rebuilt with some significant strategic hires of which Helen Colquhoun, who now heads the team following her arrival from Withers in October 2017, is the most notable. Praised for her 'in-depth global knowledge across employment law matters' as well as for her 'ability to use laypeople's terms to make her clients understand the risks and benefits', Colquhoun has hit the ground running since her arrival and has been particularly effective in advising on multi-jurisdictional matters. Alongside practitioners in the firm's mainland China offices, she recently advised AllSaints on its redundancy procedure in China and Hong Kong due to the closure of its business in Asia. 'Extremely knowledgeable' associate Wundy Lee displays 'a personal touch; being a Hong Kong local she very much understands the employment ordinances and reality from both the employer and employee viewpoints'.
Private equity
Private equity - ranked: tier 5
DLA Piper
Led out of Hong Kong by Gloria Liu, and aided by a significant and growing presence in mainland China, DLA Piper is continuing to pick up a significant volume of mandates for some major Chinese clients in the mid-market buyout space. Liu is particularly accomplished at handling outbound work for Asian entities, particularly on deals with a US nexus; she recently advised HOPU-ARM Innovation Fund on its investment in semiconductor company Innophase. Liu also handles a significant volume of work for China Huarong (Macau), including on its HK$390 million investment, in the form of convertible bonds, in the Hong Kong-listed Carnival Group. Other clients include China Merchants Group, Rajax and China Everbright.
Projects and energy
Projects and energy - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
Carolyn Dong and Matthias Schemuth head up the team at DLA Piper. Clients include ENN Ecological Holdings, China Energy Investment Corp (formerly China Shenhua Energy Company) and Pierfront Capital Fund Management. The team acted as international and Australian counsel for Shanghai-listed ENN, the largest private natural gas company in China, in its $750m acquisition of Hony Capital's 11.72% stake in Australian energy company, Santos.
Leading individuals
Matthias Schemuth - DLA Piper
Real estate
Real estate - ranked: tier 2
DLA Piper
Susheela Rivers heads up the team at DLA Piper, possessing â€brilliant subject matter expertise in structuring transactions and negotiations’. It advised a fund managed by TH Real Estate on its acquisition of a series of Florentia Village designer outlet malls. Cross-border work included advice to a European real estate investment and asset manager on its co-investment into a fund (alongside Gaw Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs and Great Wall), which has acquired 16 properties in Hong Kong. Senior associate Janice Yau Garton is â€intelligent, diligent and responsive’, â€her advice is solid and she is very quick to grasp issues’. Clients also include Deutsche Bank and McDonald’s.
Leading individuals

Susheela Rivers - DLA Piper
Next Generation Partners
Janice Yau Garton - DLA Piper
Regulatory
Regulatory - ranked: tier 4
DLA Piper
Kevin Chan heads up DLA Piper's practice jointly with Harris Chan, whose â€commercial acumen and deep understanding of doing business in China is just exceptional’. The team has seen significant expansion: Andrew Chin joined from Baker McKenzie, Benjamin Ng from Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, and Michael Turnbull from Tilleke & Gibbins’ Bangkok office. The team acted for Haitong International Financial Company, recovering debt arising out of a HK$435m loan facility granted to a BVI investment holding company under SFC investigation. Clients also include Ping An.
Regulatory: anti-corruption and compliance
Regulatory: anti-corruption and compliance - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
China head of investigation Sammy Fang and Asia head of litigation and regulatory Kevin Chan jointly head up the team at DLA Piper. The practice has seen a strong increase in cybercrime and data breach related reviews and investigations, where it acts closely with the firm's technology, data privacy and employment teams. Senior associate Christine Liu is singled out as â€a workhorse, who is dedicated and relentless in helping clients understand things’.
Restructuring and insolvency
Restructuring and insolvency - ranked: tier 1
DLA Piper
Benefiting from 'deep technical knowledge and expertise in the restructuring and insolvency field', DLA Piper's three-partner team has 'deep expertise and creative ways of applying the law to come up with practical and innovative solutions for complex issues' on behalf of a broad roster of stakeholders including banks, funds, insolvency practitioners and corporates. 'Very experienced' team head Mark Fairbairn is praised for his 'deep technical knowledge, creativity and practical knowledge'; he continues to spearhead many of the most significant matters in the region including advising the ad hoc group of holders of $550m of New York law-governed bonds in connection with the enforcement of their rights against China Shanshui Cement. Praised for his 'very strong cross-border insolvency and restructuring background', Jonathan Leitch adds value to clients by virtue of his 'in-depth knowledge of not just Hong Kong and English law but also familiarity with PRC and US law'. Leitch continues to represent Rabobank, Standard Chartered Bank and DBS Bank as major creditors of the Pacific Andes Group of companies. Ashley Bell has extensive experience in disputes related to cross-border restructuring matters.
Leading individuals

Jonathan Leitch - DLA Piper

Mark Fairbairn - DLA Piper
Shipping
Shipping - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
Often working in coordination with practitioners in mainland China, the 'experienced and knowledgeable' team at DLA Piper provides 'client-oriented and value-for-money service' across the panoply of matters impacting shipping clients, from dry shipping and marine casualty response to recoveries, shipbuilding and freight forwarding. 'Strong in shipping-related commercial court cases and arbitrations', the team takes 'a sensible and reasonable approach to handling cases'. The 'very diligent and hardworking' Ernest Yang has 'in-depth insights into and knowledge of the law and the shipping industry'; praised for his 'measured, tactical and client-centric approach', Yang's advice is 'always thoughtful, practical and commercially savvy'. The 'outstanding' Kevin Chan also regularly handles shipping-related disputes and is noted for his 'strategic and innovative recommendations'. Nicholas Mallard is also recommended, particularly for shipbuilding disputes.
Leading individuals

Nicholas Mallard - DLA Piper
TMT
TMT - ranked: tier 2
DLA Piper
The 'excellent' team at DLA Piper excels at handling high-profile, strategically important IT projects on behalf of an impressive range of clients, including Maxwell Technologies, HSBC, Barings and Intercontinental Hotels Group. Combining IP knowledge with computer science expertise, team head Scott Thiel has a unique insight into IT work; he is regularly at the forefront of the most significant mandates handled by the team, including its recent work for HSBC Hong Kong and HSBC Singapore on the establishment of a cloud services master framework agreement with Google. Thiel also has significant expertise in the fintech sector, and recently acted for Ping An Technology on successfully securing the contract to design, implement, deploy and provide support and maintenance services for a blockchain-based trade finance platform. Drawing on the expertise of practitioners spread throughout the firm's extensive network of offices, a significant amount of the team's work relates to handling multi-jurisdictional projects requiring a global coordinated approach; it is currently acting on several multi-jurisdictional data protection compliance projects. Of counsel Carolyn Bigg is recommended for her privacy and data protection expertise throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Tax and trusts
Tax and trusts - ranked: tier 1
DLA Piper
With four partners based in Hong Kong, and able to leverage the expertise of lawyers based in mainland China and across the firm's global offices, DLA Piper has the critical mass and breadth of expertise to handle the full spectrum of non-contentious and contentious tax matters affecting multinationals, including as it relates to M&A tax structuring and transfer pricing. It also provides private clients with estate planning and general tax and trust advice. The head of the Hong Kong tax team, Anderson Lam has extensive experience in advising local and international clients on structuring their business operations in a legally compliant and tax-efficient manner. Alongside Doris Ho, Lam recently provided regional tax structuring coordination across five Asia-Pacific jurisdictions, including Hong Kong and Japan, for a global financial services entity's global reorganisation. Daniel Chan is the overall head of the firm's Asia tax offering, and focuses on providing advice to multinationals on investment and taxation matters in Greater China. The team is rounded out by Patrice Marceau, who has a focus on private client and wealth management tax matters.
Leading individuals

Daniel Chan - DLA Piper
Hong Kong: Capital markets
Capital markets (equity)
Capital markets (equity) - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
DLA Piper's full-service offering is a major draw for clients, as is illustrated by the fact that more than 30 Hong Kong-listed companies turn to the firm for post-listings and compliance support in relation to the Hong Kong Listing Rules and Hong Kong Takeovers Code. Melody He-Chen, who heads the practice with Liu Wei, is US- and Hong Kong-qualified. Her experience includes acting for sponsors and companies on global offerings and Hong Kong Stock Exchange listings, rights issuances and share placings. Newly promoted partner Christina Loh co-led a cross-office team in advice to longstanding client Ping An Insurance (Group) as controlling shareholder on the $1.1bn listing of Ping An Healthcare and Technology (also known as Ping An Good Doctor) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; this was the largest Hong Kong IPO in the first quarter of 2018. Another high-profile mandate saw He-Chen, Loh, of counsel Janny Tai and Christine Chen act for China Merchants Securities as the sole sponsor, global coordinator and bookrunner on CSMall Group's circa HK$462m global offering and Hong Kong Main Board listing. In addition, Wei and Loh were the lead advisers to China Maple Leaf Educational Systems on its HK$1bn+ top-up placing of shares. The firm has also recently handled mandates for clients such as KGI Capital Asia, China Southern Airlines and Yestock. Henry Cheng joined from Kirkland & Ellis, while Mike Suen left to join Withers.
Hong Kong: Dispute resolution
Dispute resolution: international arbitration
Dispute resolution: international arbitration - ranked: tier 4
DLA Piper
Kevin Chan and Ernest Yang lead the team at DLA Piper, which impresses with its â€innovative recommendations for solving disputes and formulating strategies’. Recent work includes acting for a major construction company, a subsidiary of a Hong Kong-listed company, in resisting enforcement of an ICC arbitration award issued in Dubai, involving complex issues relating to enforcement and potential annulment of the arbitration award. Hip Hing Overseas is also a client. The team expanded with Andrew Chin joining from Baker McKenzie, and Benjamin Ng from Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.
Dispute resolution: litigation
Dispute resolution: litigation - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
Kevin Chan and Harris Chan, â€a very shrewd strategist in litigation and court practice’, head up the team at DLA Piper. Recent work includes acting for a client to recover onshore and offshore loan debts of over HK$2bn from China Huishan Dairy Holdings, one of China's largest dairy producers. Andrew Chin joined the team as senior associate from Baker McKenzie, and associate Benjamin Ng from Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. Ping An Bank, Thiess Mongolia and Zurich also count among the team's clients.
Asia Pacific: Regional International Arbitration
Leading firms
Leading firms - ranked: tier 2
DLA Piper
In DLA Piper’s Hong Kong office, Kevin Chan and Ernest Yang (who represented GD Midea Air-Conditioning Equipment in a Singapore arbitration against its former Israeli distributor, with around 300GB of evidence involved) have been joined by Andrew Chin and Benjamin Ng, who joined from Baker McKenzie and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP respectively in Hong Kong. Other highlights concern the maritime sector and construction. Of counsel Xiaoshan Chen, who is based in Shanghai, is a notable contact in mainland China. Elsewhere in the region, Peter Shelford is a key contact in Bangkok, as is John Goulios in Singapore.
Hong Kong
Banking and finance
Banking and finance - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
DLA Piper's banking practice has gained momentum, following a number of key hires in 2017. Matthias Schemuth, who joined from Ashurst in February 2017, heads up the team, which was strengthened by the more recent arrivals of Douglas Murning and of counsel Tom Van Hoof from Kirkland & Ellis and Watson Farley & Williams respectively. The group has served as a trusted adviser to clients in a number of highly complex domestic and cross-border transactions, as was evidenced when Schemuth and Van Hoof acted for ANZ (as arranger) and a syndicate of 20 banks on the $200m financing to China Water Affairs for the development, construction and purchase of water-integrated projects in the PRC. Schemuth has also acted for Rabobank in a series of domestic Hong Kong and cross-border commodities finance transactions. Paul Lee is advising Huatai Financial Holdings as financial adviser on its HK$3.5bn financing of the privatisation of Bloomage BioTechnology from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Head of energy Carolyn Dong is another key figure.
Construction
Construction - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
May Ng, Harris Chan and Kevin Chan jointly lead the team at DLA Piper. Ng is singled out as being â€extremely hands-on, with excellent technical industry knowledge’. The team acted for a New World Development subsidiary - one of Hong Kong's largest property developers - in resisting court enforcement of an $18m ICC arbitration award in relation to the construction of Dubai's "Blue Tower" skyscraper. It also represented Thiess Mongolia in court proceedings to recover a $13m payment for its mining works in Mongolia from a Hong Kong-listed company and its subsidiary.
Leading individuals
May Ng - DLA Piper
Corporate (including M&A)
Corporate (including M&A) - ranked: tier 4
DLA Piper
DLA Piper's Hong Kong-based Asia corporate head Luke Gannon has overseen a major build-out of the firm's corporate offering across its offices in Greater China in recent years. In Hong Kong, the team includes Gloria Liu, who has been a key adviser to clients on private equity transactions, corporate strategic alliances and joint ventures, among other matters. Liu recently acted for Chinese state-owned enterprise China Merchants Group on a $2.5bn round of investment in JD Logistics, a subsidiary of NASDAQ-listed company JD.com. Liu is also working with the Shanghai office to advise Ping An Insurance's overseas investment arm (China Ping An Insurance Overseas) on its joint venture with Japan-based Tsumura & Co. Also recommended is Heng Loong Cheong, who divides time between the firm's Hong Kong and Singapore offices, and has a wealth of experience in cross-border M&A. Cheong recently led a multidisciplinary, cross-office team that acted for NASDAQ-listed company Laureate Education on the $162m sale of INTI International University & Colleges to Affinity Equity Partners. The firm has also recently handled mandates for China Huarong Macau, UCF Capital and CK Hutchison.
Insurance
Insurance - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
DLA Piper provides an â€excellent service’ and â€responses are speedy, appropriate and the quality of advice is good’. Clients include Aviva, Ping An Insurance, and China Life Insurance. The practice has also been newly appointed to the panels of AIG, Chubb, Zurich and QBE. Recent transactional work includes advising global healthcare provider Aetna on the acquisition of Bupa Group’s Thai business, Bupa Thailand.
Intellectual property
Intellectual property - ranked: tier 4
DLA Piper
Often working very closely with practitioners on the ground in mainland China, as well as forming part of the firm's wide-ranging capabilities across Europe, North America, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, DLA Piper's one-partner Hong Kong team excels at maintaining, protecting and commercialising the IPR of major international brands from a range of sectors including sports, technology and telecoms. Team head Edward Chatterton continues to provide ongoing advice to McDonald's across a range of IP matters related to the exploitation of its brand in China, and is also representing the Football Association Premier League as it seeks to clamp down on illegal feeds of Premier League content. Of counsel Elizabeth Wong is noted for acting for multinational corporates on transactional and commercial IP work including advice relating to license and franchise agreements.
Investment funds
Investment funds - ranked: tier 2
DLA Piper
DLA Piper's 'leading funds practice' in Asia is led by Luke Gannon, who has more than 25 years of experience in this practice area, and is 'one of the region's highest-profile partners'. Gannon acts for a broad base of clients in relation to various types of retail and private funds products, including investment banks, fund managers and investors. One of the firm's core areas of strength is real estate funds, where it acts for some of the most prominent sponsors in the market in many of their most notable fund launches, which target investments into real estate assets in greater China and elsewhere in Asia. In addition, the firm is highly active in the broader private equity funds realm, where highlights have included acting for ARM on its investment in a private equity fund which invests in the "Internet of Things" industry in Taiwan, and advising Sino-Ocean on its investment in a One Belt One Road private equity fund that invests in private equity investments in the technology and new media sector. Elsewhere, the firm captures a particularly significant share of the market from hedge fund managers; in 2017, Gannon assisted Auroville (HK) with the formation of a dual-legged master-feeder hedge fund, and also advised on associated US regulatory issues. On the investor side, Gannon acted for Huarong International Securities on its $133m investment in a hedge fund that invests in fixed-return private funds, unlisted debt investments and certain listed or over-the-counter quoted debt securities. LyGH Capital is another notable client.
Leading individuals

Luke Gannon - DLA Piper
Labour and employment
Labour and employment - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
The 'customer-oriented' team at DLA Piper provides 'practical and insightful' advice across the gamut of contentious and non-contentious employment matters for China-based, Hong Kong-based and overseas corporate entities from a broad swathe of industry sectors, including financial services, retail and transport. Despite a number of departures over the past couple of years, the team has rebuilt with some significant strategic hires of which Helen Colquhoun, who now heads the team following her arrival from Withers in October 2017, is the most notable. Praised for her 'in-depth global knowledge across employment law matters' as well as for her 'ability to use laypeople's terms to make her clients understand the risks and benefits', Colquhoun has hit the ground running since her arrival and has been particularly effective in advising on multi-jurisdictional matters. Alongside practitioners in the firm's mainland China offices, she recently advised AllSaints on its redundancy procedure in China and Hong Kong due to the closure of its business in Asia. 'Extremely knowledgeable' associate Wundy Lee displays 'a personal touch; being a Hong Kong local she very much understands the employment ordinances and reality from both the employer and employee viewpoints'.
Private equity
Private equity - ranked: tier 5
DLA Piper
Led out of Hong Kong by Gloria Liu, and aided by a significant and growing presence in mainland China, DLA Piper is continuing to pick up a significant volume of mandates for some major Chinese clients in the mid-market buyout space. Liu is particularly accomplished at handling outbound work for Asian entities, particularly on deals with a US nexus; she recently advised HOPU-ARM Innovation Fund on its investment in semiconductor company Innophase. Liu also handles a significant volume of work for China Huarong (Macau), including on its HK$390 million investment, in the form of convertible bonds, in the Hong Kong-listed Carnival Group. Other clients include China Merchants Group, Rajax and China Everbright.
Projects and energy
Projects and energy - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
Carolyn Dong and Matthias Schemuth head up the team at DLA Piper. Clients include ENN Ecological Holdings, China Energy Investment Corp (formerly China Shenhua Energy Company) and Pierfront Capital Fund Management. The team acted as international and Australian counsel for Shanghai-listed ENN, the largest private natural gas company in China, in its $750m acquisition of Hony Capital's 11.72% stake in Australian energy company, Santos.
Leading individuals
Matthias Schemuth - DLA Piper
Real estate
Real estate - ranked: tier 2
DLA Piper
Susheela Rivers heads up the team at DLA Piper, possessing â€brilliant subject matter expertise in structuring transactions and negotiations’. It advised a fund managed by TH Real Estate on its acquisition of a series of Florentia Village designer outlet malls. Cross-border work included advice to a European real estate investment and asset manager on its co-investment into a fund (alongside Gaw Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs and Great Wall), which has acquired 16 properties in Hong Kong. Senior associate Janice Yau Garton is â€intelligent, diligent and responsive’, â€her advice is solid and she is very quick to grasp issues’. Clients also include Deutsche Bank and McDonald’s.
Leading individuals

Susheela Rivers - DLA Piper
Next Generation Partners
Janice Yau Garton - DLA Piper
Regulatory
Regulatory - ranked: tier 4
DLA Piper
Kevin Chan heads up DLA Piper's practice jointly with Harris Chan, whose â€commercial acumen and deep understanding of doing business in China is just exceptional’. The team has seen significant expansion: Andrew Chin joined from Baker McKenzie, Benjamin Ng from Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, and Michael Turnbull from Tilleke & Gibbins’ Bangkok office. The team acted for Haitong International Financial Company, recovering debt arising out of a HK$435m loan facility granted to a BVI investment holding company under SFC investigation. Clients also include Ping An.
Regulatory: anti-corruption and compliance
Regulatory: anti-corruption and compliance - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
China head of investigation Sammy Fang and Asia head of litigation and regulatory Kevin Chan jointly head up the team at DLA Piper. The practice has seen a strong increase in cybercrime and data breach related reviews and investigations, where it acts closely with the firm's technology, data privacy and employment teams. Senior associate Christine Liu is singled out as â€a workhorse, who is dedicated and relentless in helping clients understand things’.
Restructuring and insolvency
Restructuring and insolvency - ranked: tier 1
DLA Piper
Benefiting from 'deep technical knowledge and expertise in the restructuring and insolvency field', DLA Piper's three-partner team has 'deep expertise and creative ways of applying the law to come up with practical and innovative solutions for complex issues' on behalf of a broad roster of stakeholders including banks, funds, insolvency practitioners and corporates. 'Very experienced' team head Mark Fairbairn is praised for his 'deep technical knowledge, creativity and practical knowledge'; he continues to spearhead many of the most significant matters in the region including advising the ad hoc group of holders of $550m of New York law-governed bonds in connection with the enforcement of their rights against China Shanshui Cement. Praised for his 'very strong cross-border insolvency and restructuring background', Jonathan Leitch adds value to clients by virtue of his 'in-depth knowledge of not just Hong Kong and English law but also familiarity with PRC and US law'. Leitch continues to represent Rabobank, Standard Chartered Bank and DBS Bank as major creditors of the Pacific Andes Group of companies. Ashley Bell has extensive experience in disputes related to cross-border restructuring matters.
Leading individuals

Jonathan Leitch - DLA Piper

Mark Fairbairn - DLA Piper
Shipping
Shipping - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
Often working in coordination with practitioners in mainland China, the 'experienced and knowledgeable' team at DLA Piper provides 'client-oriented and value-for-money service' across the panoply of matters impacting shipping clients, from dry shipping and marine casualty response to recoveries, shipbuilding and freight forwarding. 'Strong in shipping-related commercial court cases and arbitrations', the team takes 'a sensible and reasonable approach to handling cases'. The 'very diligent and hardworking' Ernest Yang has 'in-depth insights into and knowledge of the law and the shipping industry'; praised for his 'measured, tactical and client-centric approach', Yang's advice is 'always thoughtful, practical and commercially savvy'. The 'outstanding' Kevin Chan also regularly handles shipping-related disputes and is noted for his 'strategic and innovative recommendations'. Nicholas Mallard is also recommended, particularly for shipbuilding disputes.
Leading individuals

Nicholas Mallard - DLA Piper
TMT
TMT - ranked: tier 2
DLA Piper
The 'excellent' team at DLA Piper excels at handling high-profile, strategically important IT projects on behalf of an impressive range of clients, including Maxwell Technologies, HSBC, Barings and Intercontinental Hotels Group. Combining IP knowledge with computer science expertise, team head Scott Thiel has a unique insight into IT work; he is regularly at the forefront of the most significant mandates handled by the team, including its recent work for HSBC Hong Kong and HSBC Singapore on the establishment of a cloud services master framework agreement with Google. Thiel also has significant expertise in the fintech sector, and recently acted for Ping An Technology on successfully securing the contract to design, implement, deploy and provide support and maintenance services for a blockchain-based trade finance platform. Drawing on the expertise of practitioners spread throughout the firm's extensive network of offices, a significant amount of the team's work relates to handling multi-jurisdictional projects requiring a global coordinated approach; it is currently acting on several multi-jurisdictional data protection compliance projects. Of counsel Carolyn Bigg is recommended for her privacy and data protection expertise throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Tax and trusts
Tax and trusts - ranked: tier 1
DLA Piper
With four partners based in Hong Kong, and able to leverage the expertise of lawyers based in mainland China and across the firm's global offices, DLA Piper has the critical mass and breadth of expertise to handle the full spectrum of non-contentious and contentious tax matters affecting multinationals, including as it relates to M&A tax structuring and transfer pricing. It also provides private clients with estate planning and general tax and trust advice. The head of the Hong Kong tax team, Anderson Lam has extensive experience in advising local and international clients on structuring their business operations in a legally compliant and tax-efficient manner. Alongside Doris Ho, Lam recently provided regional tax structuring coordination across five Asia-Pacific jurisdictions, including Hong Kong and Japan, for a global financial services entity's global reorganisation. Daniel Chan is the overall head of the firm's Asia tax offering, and focuses on providing advice to multinationals on investment and taxation matters in Greater China. The team is rounded out by Patrice Marceau, who has a focus on private client and wealth management tax matters.
Leading individuals

Daniel Chan - DLA Piper
Hong Kong: Capital markets
Capital markets (equity)
Capital markets (equity) - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
DLA Piper's full-service offering is a major draw for clients, as is illustrated by the fact that more than 30 Hong Kong-listed companies turn to the firm for post-listings and compliance support in relation to the Hong Kong Listing Rules and Hong Kong Takeovers Code. Melody He-Chen, who heads the practice with Liu Wei, is US- and Hong Kong-qualified. Her experience includes acting for sponsors and companies on global offerings and Hong Kong Stock Exchange listings, rights issuances and share placings. Newly promoted partner Christina Loh co-led a cross-office team in advice to longstanding client Ping An Insurance (Group) as controlling shareholder on the $1.1bn listing of Ping An Healthcare and Technology (also known as Ping An Good Doctor) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; this was the largest Hong Kong IPO in the first quarter of 2018. Another high-profile mandate saw He-Chen, Loh, of counsel Janny Tai and Christine Chen act for China Merchants Securities as the sole sponsor, global coordinator and bookrunner on CSMall Group's circa HK$462m global offering and Hong Kong Main Board listing. In addition, Wei and Loh were the lead advisers to China Maple Leaf Educational Systems on its HK$1bn+ top-up placing of shares. The firm has also recently handled mandates for clients such as KGI Capital Asia, China Southern Airlines and Yestock. Henry Cheng joined from Kirkland & Ellis, while Mike Suen left to join Withers.
Hong Kong: Dispute resolution
Dispute resolution: international arbitration
Dispute resolution: international arbitration - ranked: tier 4
DLA Piper
Kevin Chan and Ernest Yang lead the team at DLA Piper, which impresses with its â€innovative recommendations for solving disputes and formulating strategies’. Recent work includes acting for a major construction company, a subsidiary of a Hong Kong-listed company, in resisting enforcement of an ICC arbitration award issued in Dubai, involving complex issues relating to enforcement and potential annulment of the arbitration award. Hip Hing Overseas is also a client. The team expanded with Andrew Chin joining from Baker McKenzie, and Benjamin Ng from Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.
Dispute resolution: litigation
Dispute resolution: litigation - ranked: tier 3
DLA Piper
Kevin Chan and Harris Chan, â€a very shrewd strategist in litigation and court practice’, head up the team at DLA Piper. Recent work includes acting for a client to recover onshore and offshore loan debts of over HK$2bn from China Huishan Dairy Holdings, one of China's largest dairy producers. Andrew Chin joined the team as senior associate from Baker McKenzie, and associate Benjamin Ng from Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. Ping An Bank, Thiess Mongolia and Zurich also count among the team's clients.
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution: arbitration and international litigation
- Employment
- Energy and infrastructure
- Intellectual property
- Real estate
- TMT
Angola
Offices in Luanda
Argentina
Offices in Buenos Aires
Australia
Offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, and Brisbane
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and trade
- Construction
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution: class actions
- Energy (transactions and regulatory)
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- IT and telecoms
- Labour and employment
- Natural resources (transactions and regulatory)
- Project development
- Real estate
- Regulatory compliance and investigations
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
Austria
Offices in Vienna
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: white-collar crime (including fraud)
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Private client
- Projects and energy
- Real estate
- Tax
Belgium
Offices in Antwerp and Brussels
- Aviation
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition: EU and global
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Environment
- EU regulatory: Financial services
- EU regulatory: information technology
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: energy
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: IT and telecoms
- Industry focus: media and entertainment
- Industry focus: Retail
- Industry focus: Transport
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Not-for-profit
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
Burundi
Offices in Bujumbura
Botswana
Offices in Gaborone
China
Offices in Beijing and Shanghai
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance: foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A: foreign firms
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: foreign firms
- Healthcare and life sciences : Healthcare and life sciences: foreign firms
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property: foreign firms
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment: foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Private equity/venture capital: foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy: foreign firms
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction: foreign firms
- Regulatory/compliance : Regulatory/compliance: foreign firms
- Shipping : Shipping: foreign firms
- Tax : Tax: foreign firms
- TMT : TMT: foreign firms
Chile
Offices in Santiago
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources : Electricity/oil and gas
- Energy and natural resources : Mining
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- Public law
- Real estate
- Tax
Canada
Offices in Yellowknife, Edmonton, Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, and Calgary
Colombia
Offices in Bogota
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Litigation
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Projects
- Tax
- TMT
Czech Republic
Offices in Prague
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Real estate and construction
Germany
Offices in Cologne, Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Munich
- Antitrust
- Banking and finance : Lending and borrowing
- Compliance
- Compliance : Internal investigations
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: large deals (€500m+)
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized deals (sub-€500m)
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Employment
- Industry focus : Energy
- Information technology : Data protection
- Information technology : Information technology (including contracts)
- Information technology : Outsourcing
- Insurance : Advice to insurers
- Insurance : Insurance litigation
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation
- Intellectual property : Trade marks and unfair competition
- Media : Entertainment
- Media : Press and publishing
- Private equity : Transactions
- Public sector : Planning and environment
- Public sector : PPP
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring
- Tax
- Trade and distribution
- White-collar crime : Advice to companies
Denmark
Offices in Copenhagen and Aarhus
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- Environment
- EU and competition
- Information technology
- Insolvency
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment
- Real estate and construction
- Shipping and transport
- Tax
- Telecoms
Algeria
Offices in Algiers
Ethiopia
Offices in Addis Ababa
Spain
Offices in Madrid
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Manufacturing
- Industry focus: Retail
- Industry focus: TMT
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Intellectual property: Trade marks
- Private equity
- Projects and energy
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
Finland
Offices in Helsinki
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Intellectual property
- Maritime and transport
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
France
Offices in Paris
- Aviation
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Employment
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus : Industry focus: energy
- Industry focus : Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : Industry focus: IT, telecoms and the internet
- Insurance
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity : Private equity: Fund formation
- Private equity : Private equity: LBO
- Project finance
- Real estate
- Tax
Ghana
Offices in Accra
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets (equity)
- Construction
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: international arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: litigation
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Investment funds
- Labour and employment
- Private equity
- Projects and energy
- Real estate
- Regulatory
- Regulatory: anti-corruption and compliance
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Shipping
- Tax and trusts
- TMT
Hungary
Offices in Budapest
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- TMT
Indonesia
Latin America: International firms
Italy
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Compliance
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition law
- Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: luxury goods
- Industry focus: Manufacturing
- Industry focus: Retail
- Industry focus: TMT
- Intellectual property
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A – International firms and joint ventures
- Labour and employment : Labour and employment – International firms and joint ventures
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction – International firms and joint ventures
- Tax : Tax – International firms and joint ventures
Kenya
Offices in Nairobi
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Privatisation and projects
- Real estate and construction
Kuwait
Offices in Kuwait City
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: lower mid-market deals, ÂŁ50m-ÂŁ500m
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions – mid-tier – up to £250m
- Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Gaming and betting
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : Competition litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Public international law
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Asset based lending
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives (including commodities)
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : High yield
- Finance : Structured products and securitisation
- Finance : Transport finance & leasing
- Human resources : Employment: employers
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Pensions (non-contentious)
- Human resources : Pensions: dispute resolution
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance : Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Insurance : Product liability: defendant
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Public sector : Administrative and public law
- Real estate : Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate : Commercial property: development
- Real estate : Commercial property: hotels and leisure
- Real estate : Commercial property: investment
- Real estate : Commercial property: retail
- Real estate : Construction: contentious
- Real estate : Contruction: non-contentious
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Planning
- Real estate : Property finance
- Real estate : Property litigation
- Risk advisory : Brexit
- Risk advisory : Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Risk advisory : Regulatory investigations and corporate crime
- Risk advisory : Reputation management
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Brand management
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Franchising
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment (including media finance)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Sport
- Transport : Aviation
- Transport : Rail
- Transport : Shipping
Luxembourg
Offices in Luxembourg
Myanmar
Mongolia
Morocco
Offices in Casablanca
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Projects and public law
- Tourism and real estate
Mauritius
Offices in Ebene
Mexico
Offices in Mexico City
Malaysia
Mozambique
Offices in Maputo
Nigeria
Offices in Lagos
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources
- Real estate and construction
Netherlands
Offices in Amsterdam
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&a
- Construction
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Employment
- Energy: transactional
- Environment and planning
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Industry focus: telecoms
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights
- Private equity
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
Norway
Offices in Oslo
- Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Electricity and renewable energy
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Real estate
- Tax
- TMT
North West
Offices in Liverpool and Manchester
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Liverpool
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Crime: general
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Liverpool
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Finance : Banking and finance
- Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Pensions
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Energy
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Project finance and PFI
- Public sector : Local government
- Real estate : Commercial property: Liverpool
- Real estate : Commercial property: Manchester
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Planning and environment
- Real estate : Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- Transport
New Zealand
Offices in Auckland and Wellington
- Banking and finance
- Competition law
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Insurance
- Investment funds
- Labour and employment
- Projects and resource management (including environment)
- Real estate and construction
Oman
Offices in Muscat
Peru
Offices in Lima
Philippines
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition/antitrust
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Public law
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT
- White-collar crime
Portugal
Offices in Lisbon
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- EU and competition
- Intellectual property
- Projects and project finance
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- TMT
- Transport
Qatar
Offices in Doha
Asia Pacific: Regional International Arbitration
Romania
Offices in Bucharest
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- EU and competition
- Intellectual property
- PPP and procurement
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- TMT
- TMT: gambling law
Russia
Offices in Moscow, Moscow, and St Petersburg
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: Lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&a: Moscow
- Commercial, corporate and M&a: St Petersburg and elsewhere
- Competition
- Dispute resolution: arbitration and mediation
- Dispute resolution: Litigation
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- TMT
- Transport
South Africa
Offices in Johannesburg
Scotland
Offices in Edinburgh
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Finance : Banking and finance
- Human resources : Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Energy (excluding oil and gas)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Projects
- Public sector : Parliamentary and public affairs
- Real estate : Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Planning
- Real estate : Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
Sweden
Offices in Stockholm and Stockholm
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- Insolvency
- Insurance
- Intellectual property and media
- IT and telecoms
- Real estate
- Tax
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Capital markets : Capital markets – Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A – Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy – Foreign firms
South Korea
Offices in Seoul
Slovakia
Offices in Bratislava
Senegal
Offices in Dakar
Saudi Arabia
Offices in Riyadh, Jeddah, and Al-Khobar
Thailand
Offices in Bangkok
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution: international arbitration
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT
- Transport
Tanzania
Offices in Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, and Zanzibar
Ukraine
Offices in Kiev
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- White-collar crime
Uganda
Offices in Kampala
United States
Offices in San Francisco, Seattle, Silicon Valley, San Diego (Downtown), Boston, Los Angeles (Century City), Tampa, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington DC, New York, Philadelphia, Dallas, Raleigh, Austin, Houston, Reston, Virginia, Minneapolis, Atlanta, La Jolla, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Diego (Golden Triangle), Los Angeles (Downtown), Orlando, New Jersey (Short Hills), Baltimore (Downtown), Miami, Wilmington, Baltimore (Mount Washington), and Atlantic City
- Antitrust : Cartel
- Antitrust : Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution : Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution : M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class actions: automotive/transport - defense
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class actions: consumer products (including tobacco) - defense
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class actions: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class actions: toxic tort - defense
- Dispute resolution : Securities litigation - defense
- Finance : Capital markets: debt
- Finance : Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance : Commercial lending
- Finance : Project finance
- Finance : Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance : Structured finance: securitization
- Industry focus : Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Industry focus : Energy: transactions: conventional power
- Industry focus : Energy: transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus : Healthcare: life sciences
- Industry focus : Healthcare: service providers
- Industry focus : Insurance: advice to insurers
- Industry focus : Insurance: non-contentious
- Intellectual property : Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property : Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property : Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property : Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Investment fund formation and management : Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Labor and employment : Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment : Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment : Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Labor and employment : Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial : Commercial deals and contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial : M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- M&A/corporate and commercial : Private equity buyouts
- M&A/corporate and commercial : Venture capital and emerging companies
- Media, technology and telecoms : Advertising and marketing: transactional
- Media, technology and telecoms : Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Media, technology and telecoms : Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms : Outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Real estate : Construction (including construction litigation)
- Real estate : Land use/zoning
- Real estate
- Real estate : Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Tax : International tax
- Tax : US taxes: contentious
- Tax : US taxes: non-contentious
Vietnam
West Midlands
Offices in Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Finance : Banking and finance
- Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Human resources : Employment
- Real estate : Commercial property: Birmingham
- Real estate : Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
Yorkshire and the Humber
Offices in Leeds and Sheffield
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Licensing
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Finance : Banking and finance
- Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Human resources : Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Human resources : Employment: Sheffield and South Yorkshire
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Professional negligence: claimant
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) : Energy
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) : Infrastructure
- Public sector : Education
- Public sector : Local government
- Real estate : Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate : Commercial property: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Planning
- Real estate : Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- Transport
Zambia
Offices in Lusaka