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Submissions for the ALB Top 50 Largest Law Firms 2017 rankings are now open.

Our Rankings

The rankings will have two main tables identifying the 50 largest Asian law firms and the 50 largest International law firms by headcount in Asia.

ALB will also compile separate tables identifying the largest law firms by headcount in the following jurisdictions: China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

The following jurisdictions will have separate tables for domestic firms and international firms: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea.

The Top 50 Largest Law Firms Rankings Submission Form and Methodology can be downloaded by clicking the links below:

Our Research

Firms are contacted in August-September 2017 and asked to provide partner and lawyer numbers across their Asian offices.

In the instance where a firm does not make a submission, figures will be obtained either from the firm’s website, an official Law Society resource, or from last year’s submission. ALB accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of information published on a law firm’s website.

  • Only lawyers and partners based in Asia will be counted.
  • The research does not cover Australia and New Zealand. 

For China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, please send submissions to John Kang at john.kang@thomsonreuters.com.

For India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, please send submissions to Raj Gunashekar at raj.gunashekar@thomsonreuters.com.

For PRC firms, please also email TRALB.Ranking@thomsonreuters.com. 

The deadline for submission is FridaySeptember 1, 2017.

The ALB Top 50 Largest Law Firms 2017 rankings will be published in ALB’s November 2017 issue. 

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