In this special feature, we highlight certain exceptional female legal professionals and their triumphs in defying cultural and professional biases to make their mark within Asia’s legal sector.

In a special feature, we speak with Kirana D. Sastrawijayakirana, senior partner at UMBRA - Strategic Legal Solutions. This feature highlights exceptional female legal professionals and their achievements in overcoming cultural and professional biases to make a significant impact in Asia’s legal sector.

India’s legal industry is seeing a quiet gender revolution, as an increasing number of women move up the ranks in both law firms and in-house legal departments.

The number of in-house lawyers is on the rise in Japan, but more noteworthy, in a country with notoriously poor gender parity, is that the trend has been noticeably female.

As a follow-up to its discussion about women in leadership roles at law firms, ALB speaks to Darani Vachanavuttivong and Tiziana Sucharitkul, the co-managing partners of Thailand-headquartered Tilleke & Gibbins, about what law firms can do to ensure there are more female leaders.

Being a woman in the business of law is not easy, as issues related to gender parity and diversity seem to plague the legal industry. And despite some laudable efforts, law firms are a long way off from closing this diversity gap.

In this year’s edition of Women in Law, ALB profiles seven female lawyers working in Asia’s biggest markets who are not just moving and shaking the industry, but are also blazing new trails for others to follow.