35 ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS – NOVEMBER 2023 WWW.LEGALBUSINESSONLINE.COM ASIA TOP 50 Looking ahead to 2024, it will be interesting to see how the market evolves in the year to come. It is likely – but not guaranteed – that deal work will make a comeback. There is also the promise of fast-rising practice areas such as ESG, currently a rising star in the legal world, as well as artificial intelligence, which has been a prolific topic all year. Expect the legal market to evolve again next year. JAPAN FIRMS (INTERNATIONAL) 2023 Rank Firm Total Partners Total Associates Total Lawyers 1 Baker McKenzie 43 81 156 2 Morrison & Foerster 36 63 99 3 Clifford Chance 8 31 39 4 White & Case 14 22 36 5 K&L Gates 13 12 31 6 Squire Patton Boggs 12 5 27 7 Hogan Lovells 6 13 27 8 Linklaters 4 21 27 9 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 10 12 25 10 DLA Piper 6 13 24 11 Herbert Smith Freehills 5 15 22 12 Withersworldwide 10 11 21 13 Allen & Overy 6 10 19 14 Ashurst 6 9 19 15 King & Wood Mallesons 5 13 18 16 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 5 13 18 17 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe 7 7 17 18 Jones Day 5 4 17 19 Morgan Lewis & Bockius 6 9 15 20 Shearman & Sterling 4 7 11 JAPAN FIRMS (DOMESTIC) 2023 Rank Firm Total Partners Total Associates Total Lawyers 1 Nishimura & Asahi 199 387 648 2 Anderson Mori & Tomotsune 180 334 571 3 Mori Hamada & Matsumoto 147 328 544 4 TMI Associates 155 339 541 5 Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu 135 333 507 6 Atsumi & Sakai 100 79 202 7 City-Yuwa Partners 85 73 180 8 Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners 62 64 159 9 Kitahama Partners 41 45 97 10 Miura & Partners 49 26 81 SINGAPORE FIRMS 2023 Rank Firm Total Partners Total Associates Total Lawyers 1 Allen & Gledhill 157 254 418 2 Drew & Napier 116 128 362 3 Rajah & Tann 162 186 354 4 WongPartnership 121 217 338 5 Dentons Rodyk 95 96 191 6 Baker Mckenzie Wong & Leow 32 92 143 7 Shook Lin & Bok 61 80 141 8 Withers Khattarwong 27 65 98 9 Clifford Chance 22 67 89 10 Allen & Overy 15 58 75 11 Stephenson Harwood Alliance 22 43 65 12 Harry Elias Partnership 23 40 63 13 Norton Rose Fulbright 15 46 61 14 Ashurst 15 28 57 15 Bird & Bird ATMD 14 35 53 16 Oon & Bazul 19 29 48 17 White & Case 14 33 47 18 Herbert Smith Freehills 14 15 47 19 RHTlaw 17 15 46 20 K&L Gates Straits Law 16 26 43 Our Rankings • ALB will publish two main tables, ranking the 50 largest Asian law firms and the 50 largest international law firms in Asia based on headcount. • ALB will also compile separate tables to identify the largest law firms in China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam based on headcount. • The following jurisdictions will have separate tables for domestic firms and international firms: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. Our Research Our rankings are based on the following metrics: • We will be contacting firms between May and August 2023 requesting them to provide the number of partners and lawyers across their Asian offices. • In case a firm does not make a submission or respond to our repeated requests, we will obtain figures from the firm’s website, an official Law Society resource, or last year’s submission. Note that Asian Legal Business 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. METHODOLOGY The following country tables can be viewed at www.legalbusinessonline.com China / Indonesia / South Korea / Malaysia Philippines / Thailand / Vietnam
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