The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 edition has recognized K&L Gates as a leader in 36 practice categories across seven jurisdictions.
Published annually, The Legal 500 rankings highlight the practice area teams and practitioners that provide the most cutting-edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. Research is based on feedback from clients worldwide, as well as interviews with leading private practice lawyers.
The 2023 edition has recognized K&L Gates in the following categories:
Australia
- Banking and Finance
- Competition and Trade
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment and Planning
- Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory
- Infrastructure Projects and Construction
- Intellectual Property
- IT and Telecoms
- Labour and Employment
- Labour and Employment: Workplace Health & Safety (WHS)
- Real Estate
- Restructuring and Insolvency
- Tax
- Transport: Aviation
China
- Corporate and M&A (Foreign Firms)
- Intellectual Property (Foreign Firms)
- Investment Funds (Foreign Firms)
- Tax (Foreign Firms)
Hong Kong
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Investment Funds
Japan
- Banking and Finance (International Firms and Joint Ventures)
- Corporate and M&A (International Firms and Joint Ventures)
- Labour and Employment (International Firms and Joint Ventures)
Malaysia (as K&L Gates Straits Law LLC)
- Foreign Firms
Singapore (as K&L Gates Straits Law LLC)
- Asset Finance (Foreign Firms)
- Banking and Finance (Local Firms)
- Corporate and M&A (Foreign Firms) (Firm to Watch)
- Dispute Resolution (Local Firms)
- Energy (Foreign Firms)
- International Arbitration
- Investment Funds (Foreign Firms) (Firm to Watch)
- Labour and Employment (Foreign Firms)
- Projects (Foreign Firms)
- Shipping (Foreign Firm) (Firm to Watch)
Taiwan
- Capital Markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute Resolution
- Intellectual Property
K&L Gates individuals recognized include:
Australia
- Banking and Finance: Richard Hayes [Hall of Fame]
- Competition and Trade: Ayman Guirguis [Leading Individual]
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Tim Webster [Leading Individual]
- Infrastructure Projects and Construction: Sandra Steele [Leading Individual]
- Labour and Employment: Stephen Hardy [Next Generation Partner]
- Real Estate: Samuel Brown [Next Generation Partner]
- Tax: Betsy-Ann Howe [Leading Individual]
- Transport: Aviation: Julie Brown [Rising Star]
China
- Corporate and M&A (Foreign Firms): Simon Poh [Leading Individual]
- Intellectual Property (Foreign Firms): Edward Yao [Rising Star]
- Tax (Foreign Firms): Roberta Chang [Next Generation Partner] and Anita
- Zhou [Rising Star]
Hong Kong
- Investment Funds: Scott Peterman [Hall of Fame]
Japan
- Banking and Finance (International Firms and Joint Ventures): Robert Melson [Leading Individual]
- Labour and Employment (International Firms and Joint Ventures): Takahiro Hoshino [Leading Individual] and Nobuki Wada [Next Generation Partner]
Singapore (as K&L Gates Straits Law LLC)
- Dispute Resolution (Local Firms): N. Sreenivasan [Leading Individual]
- Labor and Employment (Foreign Firms): Christopher Tan [Leading Individual]
Taiwan
- Capital Markets: Jacqueline Fu [Leading Individual]
- Corporate and M&A: Jacqueline Fu [Hall of Fame], James Chen [Leading Individual], and Billy Chen [Next Generation Partner]
To view the firm's full rankings, including the listed lawyers, visit The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 edition.
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K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents. K&L Gates Straits Law LLC is the Singapore office of K&L Gates and a Singapore law firm with full representation capacity to advise on Singapore law. The firm represents leading multinational corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations and individuals.