23 ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS – SEPTEMBER 2023 WWW.LEGALBUSINESSONLINE.COM COVER STORY TIER 2 • Barun Law • DR & AJU • Hwang Mok Park • Jipyong • KL Partners • SEUM Law • Yoon & Yang SOUTH KOREA INTERNATIONAL TIER 1 • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton • Paul Hastings • Ropes & Gray • White & Case TIER 2 • Ashurst • Baker McKenzie • DLA Piper • Herbert Smith Freehills • Latham & Watkins • Milbank • O’Melveny • Simpson Thacher & Barlett • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom TAIWAN TIER 1 • Baker McKenzie • Jones Day • Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law • Tsar & Tsai Law Firm TIER 2 • Eiger Law • Formosa Transnational Attorneys at Law • K&L Gates • LCS & Partners • Lexcel Partners • Lin & Partners Attorneys-At-Law • Winkler Partners TIER 3 • Chen & Lin • Dentons • DTT Attorneys-At-Law • Formosan Brothers Attorneys at Law • Innovatus Law • Lee, Tsai & Partners • Liang & Partners • Nishimura & Asahi • PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal, Taiwan THAILAND TIER 1 • Allen & Overy (Thailand) • Baker McKenzie • Linklaters (Thailand) • Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners TIER 2 • Chandler MHM • Hunton Andrews Kurth • Siam Premier International Law Office • Thanathip & Partners • Tilleke & Gibbins NOTABLE FIRMS • Axis Legal • Blumenthal Richter & Sumet • DFDL • DLA Piper • ILCT • KPMG Law Thailand • Kudun & Partners • Norton Rose Fulbright • Rajah & Tann Thailand • SCL Nishimura & Asahi Limited • Silk Legal • SRPP • The Capital Law Office • Watson Farley & Williams VIETNAM TIER 1 • Allen & Overy • Allens • Baker McKenzie • Frasers Law Company • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer • VILAF • YKVN TIER 2 • DFDL • Duane Morris Vietnam • Hogan Lovells • LNT & Partners • Mayer Brown • Nishimura & Asahi • Rajah Tann LCT Lawyers • Tilleke & Gibbins • Vision & Associates NOTABLE FIRMS • Allen & Gledhill • Global Vietnam Lawyers • Indochine Counsel (NEW) • MHM Vietnam METHODOLOGY OUR RESEARCH • The research covers the period spanning from August 2022 to July 2023. This includes both ongoing work and matters that were closed during this timeframe. • ALB will draw results from firm submissions, Thomson Reuters M&A data, interviews, editorial resources and market suggestions to identify and rank the top firms for M&A in Asia. Interviews will be conducted only if needed. • The rankings will be divided into tiers, with the first tier identifying the strongest M&A firms in each jurisdiction. • The rankings will cover the following jurisdictions: China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. There will be no Asia-wide table. • The rankings will feature both domestic and international firms. The following jurisdictions will have separate tables for domestic firms and international firms: China, Japan and South Korea. • Our research does not cover Australia and New Zealand. OUR RANKINGS Our rankings are based on the following metrics: • The volume, complexity and size of work undertaken • Presence across Asia and in individual jurisdictions • Key personnel hires and growth of the practice group
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