Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2023

Chambers Asia Pacific 2023 Guide Recognises K&L Gates

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide 2023 edition has recognized K&L Gates as a leader in 36 practice categories across seven jurisdictions.

Firm Recognitions

Individual Recognitions

Firm Recognitions

The 2023 edition has recognized K&L Gates in the following categories:

Individual Recognitions

Published annually, Chambers and Partners rankings are based on thousands of in-depth interviews conducted with lawyers and clients to assess the reputations and experience of lawyers around the world.

The Legal 500 Recognizes K&L Gates in 2023 Asia Pacific Edition

To view the firm's full rankings, including the listed lawyers, visit The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 edition

Firm Recognitions

Individual Recognitions

Shilin Huang

James Chen

Jacqueline Fu

James Chen

Jacqueline Fu

Roberta Chang

Scott Peterman

Frank Voon

Susan Munro

K&L Gates individuals recognized include:

• 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

Australia

The 2023 edition has recognized K&L Gates in the following categories:

Firm Recognitions

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 Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 edition has recognized K&L Gates as a leader in 36 practice categories across seven jurisdictions.

• Corporate and M&A (Foreign Firms) • Intellectual Property (Foreign Firms) • Investment Funds (Foreign Firms) • Tax (Foreign Firms)

China

• Corporate (including M&A) • Investment Funds

Hong Kong

• 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)

Japan

• Foreign Firms

Malaysia (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)

Singapore (as K&L Gates Straits Law LLC)

• Capital Markets • Corporate and M&A • Dispute Resolution • Intellectual Property

Taiwan

Corporate and M&A (Foreign Firms): Simon Poh [Leading Individual]

China

Banking and Finance: Richard Hayes [Hall of Fame]

Australia

Investment Funds: Scott Peterman [Hall of Fame]

Hong Kong

Banking and Finance (International Firms and Joint Ventures): Robert Melson [Leading Individual]

Japan

Dispute Resolution (Local Firms): N. Sreenivasan [Leading Individual]

Singapore (as K&L Gates Straits Law LLC)

Capital Markets: Jacqueline Fu [Leading Individual]

Taiwan

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]

Intellectual Property (Foreign Firms): Edward Yao [Rising Star]

Tax (Foreign Firms): Roberta Chang [Next Generation Partner] and Anita Zhou [Rising Star]

Labour and Employment (International Firms and Joint Ventures): Takahiro Hoshino [Leading Individual] and Nobuki Wada [Next Generation Partner]

Labor and Employment (Foreign Firms): Christopher Tan [Leading Individual]

Corporate and M&A: Jacqueline Fu [Hall of Fame], James Chen [Leading Individual], and Billy Chen [Next Generation Partner]

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K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents. 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. For more information about K&L Gates or its locations, practices and registrations, visit klgates.com. K&L Gates has offices in: Austin, Beijing, Berlin, Boston, Brisbane, Brussels, Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Doha, Dubai, Dublin, Fort Worth, Frankfurt, Harrisburg, Hong Kong, Houston, Kansas City, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Melbourne, Miami, Milan, Munich, Nashville, Newark, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris, Perth, Pittsburgh, Portland, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, San Francisco, São Paulo, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, Washington, D.C., and Wilmington.

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)

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