Baker & McKenzie LLP

01/15/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/15/2025 18:26

Baker McKenzie Earns 125 Practice Areas and 239 Individual Rankings in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025

The Legal 500 has released its 2025 guide, ranking Baker McKenzie and its member firms collectively in 125 practice areas and in 239 lawyer categories.

The Firms achieved 108 Tier 1 & Tier 2 practice rankings and 156 Hall of Fame/ Leading Partner recognitions.

The Firm gained a new ranking for Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory (Malaysia), and saw improved rankings in four categories: Projects and Energy (Malaysia), Energy: Foreign Firms (Singapore), Dispute Resolution: Class Actions (Australia) and Capital Markets.

In the lawyer categories, the Firm gained 29 new individual rankings and 14 improved rankings.

The practice areas that have earned Tier 1 rankings are as follows:

Australia

  • Intellectual Property

Indonesia (HHP Law Firm)

  • Banking and Finance
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Intellectual Property
  • IT, Telecoms and Fintech
  • Labor and Employment
  • Real Estate
  • Tax

Japan

  • Antitrust and Competition: International Firms and Joint Ventures
  • Banking and Finance: International Firms and Joint Ventures
  • Corporate and M&A: International Firms and Joint Ventures
  • Fintech: International Firms and Joint Ventures
  • Intellectual Property: International Firms and Joint Ventures
  • Labour and Employment: International Firms and Joint Ventures
  • Projects and Energy: International Firms and Joint Ventures
  • Real Estate and Construction: International Firms and Joint Ventures
  • Restructuring and Insolvency: International Firms and Joint Ventures
  • Tax: International Firms and Joint Ventures

Malaysia (Wong & Partners)

  • Antitrust and Competition
  • Banking and Finance (including Islamic Finance)
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory
  • Intellectual Property
  • Labour and Employment
  • Real Estate and Construction
  • Tax

Singapore (Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow)

  • Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory: Local Firms
  • Intellectual Property: Local Firms
  • Investment Funds: Foreign Firms
  • Labour and Employment: Local Firms
  • Private Wealth and Family Law: Local Firms
  • Tax: Local Firms

Thailand

  • Banking and Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Customs and International Trade
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Labour and Employment
  • Projects and Energy
  • Real Estate and Construction
  • Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Tax
  • TMT

Vietnam

  • Data Protection
  • Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
  • Dispute Resolution: Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property: International Firms
  • Labour and Employment
  • Real Estate and Construction
  • Tax
  • TMT

The following lawyers received new rankings:

Australia

Dispute Resolution: Class Actions

  • Jayme-Lyn Hendriks - Leading Associate

Real Estate

  • Sarah Merrett - Next Generation Partner

Indonesia (HHP Law Firm)

IT, Telecoms and Fintech

  • Adhika Wiyoso - Leading Associate

Japan

Antitrust and Competition: International Firms and Joint Ventures (Bengoshi)

  • Hiroaki Nagahashi - Next Generation Partner

Fintech - International Firms and Joint Ventures (Bengoshi)

  • Masato Honma - Leading Partner

Intellectual Property: International Firms and Joint Ventures (Bengoshi)

  • Yosuke Takenaka - Leading Partner

Malaysia (Wong & Partners)

Corporate and M&A

  • Sue Wan Wong - Leading Partner

Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory

  • Sue Wan Wong - Leading Partner

Labour and Employment

  • Trishelea Ann Sandosam - Leading Partner

Real Estate and Construction

  • Janice Tay - Leading Partner

Singapore (Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow)

Corporate and M&A: Foreign firms

  • Shirin Tang - Leading Partner
  • Lip Kian Ang - Next Generation Partner

Data Protection and Cyber Security: Local firms

  • Ken Chia - Leading Partner

South Korea (Baker McKenzie & KL Partners Joint Venture Law Firm)

International Arbitration

  • Sean (Sungwoo) Lim - Leading Partner
  • Sunyoung Kim - Next Generation Partner

Thailand

Intellectual Property

  • Yada Viseswongsa - Leading Associate

Tax

  • Nopporn Charoenkitraj - Leading Partner

Vietnam

Banking and Finance

  • Ngo Thai Ninh - Leading Associate

Corporate and M&A

  • Lan Phuong Nguyen - Leading Partner

Data Protection

  • Manh Hung Tran - Leading Partner

Insurance

  • Viet Trung Nguyen - Leading Associate

Intellectual Property: International Firms

  • Hoa Tran - Leading Partner
  • Dat Nguyen - Leading Associate

Labour and employment

  • Tri Trung Pham - Leading Associate

The Legal 500 rankings are based on a series of criteria, including work conducted by law firms over the past 12 months, experience and depth of teams, areas of specialization, and client feedback.