01/15/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/15/2025 18:26
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
Indonesia (HHP Law Firm)
Japan
Malaysia (Wong & Partners)
Singapore (Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow)
Thailand
Vietnam
The following lawyers received new rankings:
Australia
Dispute Resolution: Class Actions
Real Estate
Indonesia (HHP Law Firm)
IT, Telecoms and Fintech
Japan
Antitrust and Competition: International Firms and Joint Ventures (Bengoshi)
Fintech - International Firms and Joint Ventures (Bengoshi)
Intellectual Property: International Firms and Joint Ventures (Bengoshi)
Malaysia (Wong & Partners)
Corporate and M&A
Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory
Labour and Employment
Real Estate and Construction
Singapore (Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow)
Corporate and M&A: Foreign firms
Data Protection and Cyber Security: Local firms
South Korea (Baker McKenzie & KL Partners Joint Venture Law Firm)
International Arbitration
Thailand
Intellectual Property
Tax
Vietnam
Banking and Finance
Corporate and M&A
Data Protection
Insurance
Intellectual Property: International Firms
Labour and employment
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.