SHORTLIST 2021
Firm awards
Practice area awards
Rising star awards
Jurisdiction awards
Firm awards
Gender Diversity - National Firm
Du-Baladad and Associates
ELLALAN
Lane Neave
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
SSEK Legal Consultants
WongPartnership
Zhao Sheng Law Firm
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Mentorship Programme - National Firm
Catherine O'Connell LAW
Deacons
Kabraji & Talibuddin
LCS & Partners
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Rajah & Tann Singapore
Trilegal
WongPartnership
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Minority Women Lawyer – National Firm
Deacons
East & Concord Partners
ELLALAN
Kabraji & Talibuddin
Lane Neave
LCS & Partners
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Trilegal
Zhao Sheng Law Firm
Talent Management - National Firm
Anand and Anand
East & Concord Partners
ELLALAN
LCS & Partners
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Rajah & Tann Singapore
WongPartnership
Zhao Sheng Law Firm
Work-Life Balance – National Firm
Akhund Forbes
Anand and Anand
East & Concord Partners
Kabraji & Talibuddin
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Rajah & Tann Singapore
Trilegal
WongPartnership
Zhao Sheng Law Firm
Women in Business Law - National Firm
Akhund Forbes
Anand and Anand
Bharucha & Partners
East & Concord Partners
ELLALAN
Lane Neave
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Russell McVeagh
WongPartnership
Pro Bono -
National Firm
Anand and Anand
Deacons
Du-Baladad and Associates
East & Concord Partners
Kabraji & Talibuddin
Kim & Chang
LCS & Partners
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
WongPartnership
Gender diversity -
International Firm
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Mourant Ozannes
Ogier
White & Case
Mentorship Programme - International Firm
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Linklaters
Mourant Ozannes
Ogier
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Minority Women Lawyer – International Firm
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Linklaters
Mourant Ozannes
Ogier
White & Case
Talent Management - International Firm
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Linklaters
Mourant Ozannes
Ogier
RPC
Shearman & Sterling
Tilleke & Gibbins
White & Case
Work-Life Balance – International Firm
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Linklaters
Mourant Ozannes
Ogier
White & Case
Women in Business Law - International Firm
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Mourant Ozannes
Ogier
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Pro Bono Work - International Firm
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Linklaters
Mourant Ozannes
RPC
White & Case
Best international firm - China practice
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie FenXun
Bird & Bird
Fujian Fideltiy Law Firm - Hogan Lovells International Associated Office
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
White & Case
Best international firm - Hong Kong SAR practice
Akin Gump
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Mourant Ozannes
Ogier
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Practice area awards
Rising star awards
Jurisdiction awards
Firm awards
Practice area awards
Banking & finance
Angela Lim - Rajah & Tann Singapore
Clara Shirota - White & Case
Danielle Roman - Mourant Ozannes
Esther Chik - Wong & Partners
Indri Pramitaswari (Mita) Guritno - HHP Law Firm
Lee Weilin - Rajah & Tann Singapore
Makiko Harunari - Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Vicki Liu - Allen & Overy
Xiaohui Ji - Linklaters
Commercial arbitration
Celeste Ang - Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Danielle Snell - Elit Lawyers by McGirr & Snell
Janice Tay - Wong & Partners
Julie Raneda - Schellenberg Wittmer
Maria Ahmad - Kabraji & Talibuddin
Melody Chan - White & Case
Noppramart Thammateeradaycho - Tilleke & Gibbins
Sheila Ahuja - Allen & Overy
Sungjean Seo - Kim & Chang
Competition & antitrust
Eunice Chan Wei Lynn - Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Fay Zhou - Linklaters
Kala Anandarajah - Rajah & Tann Singapore
Maheen Faruqui - Kabraji & Talibuddin
Nisha Kaur Uberoi - Trilegal
Pornapa Luengwattanakit - Baker McKenzie
Shweta Shroff Chopra - Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Sohyun (Sophia) Hong - Kim & Chang
Vivian Cao - Zhao Sheng Law Firm
Copyright
Annie Tsoi - Deacons
Eunice Chan Wei Lynn - Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Gowri Tirumurti - Anand and Anand
Nathalie Marchand - Baker McKenzie
Yuwadee Thean-ngarm - Tilleke & Gibbins
Corporate governance
Fu Qinqin (Jane) - Jingtian & Gongcheng
Grace Chong - Simmons & Simmons JWS
Joy Tan - WongPartnership
Manjula Chawla - Phoenix Legal
Mei Fern Johnson - Russell McVeagh
Michelle Gon - Han Kun Law Offices
Debt capital markets
Deemple Budhia - Russell McVeagh
Esther Chik - Wong & Partners
Kaya Proudian - White & Case
Lee Xin Mei - Rajah & Tann Singapore
Maria Pedersen - Dechert
Pallavi Gopinath Aney - Allen & Overy
Richa Choudhary - Trilegal
Energy, natural resources, & mining
Adeline Pang - White & Case
Allison Arthur-Young - Russell McVeagh
Anna Chung - Shearman & Sterling
Linh Doan - Watson Farley Williams
Maheen Faruqui - Kabraji & Talibuddin
Nadia Soraya - HHP Law Firm
Nayantara Nag - Trilegal
Sandra Seah - Bird & Bird ATMD
Sarah Sinclair - MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Environment
Allison Arthur-Young - Russell McVeagh
Claire Smith - Clayton Utz
Elisa de Wit - Norton Rose Fulbright
Felicity Rourke - Allens
Jihong Wang - Zhong Lun Law Firm
Nadia Soraya - HHP Law Firm
Penny Murray - Addisons
Rachel Devine - MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Equity capital markets
Celia Lam - Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Evelyn Wee - Rajah & Tann Singapore
Ivy Wong - Baker McKenzie
Jessica Zhou - White & Case
Kaya Proudian - White & Case
Maria Pedersen - Dechert
Richa Choudhary - Trilegal
Silvana Schenone - MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Financial regulation
Charlotte Robins – Allen & Overy
Emmeline Rushbrook – Russell McVeagh
Eunjin Heo – Kim & Chang
Grace Chong – Simmons & Simmons JWS
Indri Pramitaswari (Mita) Guritno – HHP Law Firm
Joy Tan – WongPartnership
Kim Kit Ow – Bird & Bird ATMD
Maria Sit – Dechert
Siyuan Liu – Jingtian & Gongcheng
Stephanie Magnus – Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Insurance & reinsurance
Angela S Y Yim - Mayer Brown
Anna Tipping - Norton Rose Fulbright
Athistha (Nop) Chitranukroh - Tilleke & Gibbins
Elaine Tay - Rajah & Tann Singapore
Marika Eastwick-Field - Russell McVeagh
Michelle Fox - Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart
Min Yuan - King & Wood Mallesons
Rehana Box - Ashurst
Wang Ying Shuang - Rajah & Tann Singapore
International trade
Bo Yang - Jingtian & Gongcheng
Koon Huan Lim - Skirne
Melisa Uremovic - Rajah & Tann Asia
Sarah Salmond - MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Tatman Savio - Akin Gump
Vivian Wang - East & Concord Partners
Yao Feng - Sunland Law Firm
Investment funds
Anne Yeo - Rajah & Tann Singapore
Anne-Marie Godfrey - Akin Gump
Catherine Chen - Zhong Lun Law Firm
Kate Hodson - Ogier
Lorna Chen - Shearman & Sterling
Olivia Chung - Akin Gump
Sarah McQueen - Russell McVeagh
Su Cheen Chuah - Deacons
Labour & employment
Andrea Randall - RPC
Celeste Ang - Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Kylie Dunn - Russell McVeagh
Manjula Chawla - Phoenix Legal
Megan Richards - MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Melody Chan - White & Case
Pattie Walsh - Bird & Bird
Samantha Cornelius - Linklaters
Se Ry Lee - Kim & Chang
Life sciences
Alison Wong - Bird & Bird
Isabella F. C. Liu - Baker McKenzie
Lynne Lewis - Bird & Bird
Peerapan Tungsuwan - Baker McKenzie
Yunjoh Lee - Kim & Chang
Litigation
Catherine McBride - Latham & Watkins
Celeste Ang - Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Danielle Snell - Elit Lawyers by McGirr & Snell
Dorothy Patricia Siron - Zhong Lun Law Firm
Maria Ahmad - Kabraji & Talibuddin
Melody Chan - White & Case
Sneha Jaisingh - Bharucha & Partners
Stacey Shortall - MinterEllisonRuddWatts
M&A
Alex Bidlake - Linklaters
Duangkamon Amkaew - Baker McKenzie
Kosturi Ghosh - Trilegal
Manjula Chawla - Phoenix Legal
Natashaa Shroff - Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Silvana Schenone - MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Stephanie Keen - Hogan Lovells
Stephanie Phua - Wong & Partners
Vivian Tsoi - White & Case
Offshore
Ann Ng - Maples Group
Danielle Roman - Mourant Ozannes
Judy Lee - Appleby
Kate Hodson - Ogier
Laura Rogers - Walkers
Vivien CS Fung - Conyers
Patent
Catherine Zheng - Deacons
Helen Macpherson - Baker McKenzie
Isabella F. C. Liu - Baker McKenzie
Ping Gu - Zhong Lun Law Firm
Vidisha Garg - Anand and Anand
Privacy & data protection
Athistha (Nop) Chitranukroh - Tilleke & Gibbins
Divina Ilas-Panganiban - Quisumbing Torres
Grace Chong - Simmons & Simmons JWS
Kelley Loo - Deacons
Liz Blythe - Russell McVeagh
Pattaraphan Paiboon - Baker McKenzie
Sophie Dawson - Bird & Bird
Private equity
Alex Bidlake - Linklaters
Ayako Kawano - White & Case
Natashaa Shroff - Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Quak Fi Ling - WongPartnership
Sandy Foo - Rajah & Tann Singapore
Siew Kam Boon - Dechert
Stephanie Keen - Hogan Lovells
Stephanie Phua - Wong & Partners
Stephanie Tang - Hogan Lovells
Project finance
Anna Chung - Shearman & Sterling
Esther Chik - Wong & Partners
Jihong Wang - Zhong Lun Law Firm
Nadia Soraya - HHP Law Firm
Sarah Wilson - Allen & Overy
Xiaohui Ji - Linklaters
Xue Wang - Allen & Overy
Real estate
Anna Crosbie - Russell McVeagh
Ayako Kawano - White & Case
Dora Stillanos - Baker McKenzie
Duangkamon Amkaew - Baker McKenzie
Lanping Zhou - Zhong Lun Law Firm
Tabitha Saw - White & Case
Tamina Mehraby - Bird & Bird
Restructuring & insolvency
Naomi Moore - Akin Gump
Misha - Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Nafisa Nihmat - Zhong Lun Law Firm
Paralee Techajongjintana - Baker McKenzie
Polly Pope - Russell McVeagh
Sheila Ng - Rajah & Tann Singapore
Wendy Tan - Morgan Lewis
Shipping & maritime
Madeline Leong - Watson Farley Williams
Mei Lin Goh - Watson Farley Williams
Noppramart Thammateeradaycho - Tilleke & Gibbins
Sarah Salmond - MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Tatman Savio - Akin Gump
Wendy Tan - Morgan Lewis
Structured finance and securitisation
Deemple Budhia - Russell McVeagh
Eriko Ozawa - Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Grace Ku - LCS & Partners
Indri Pramitaswari (Mita) Guritno - HHP Law Firm
Karolina Popic - Allen & Overy
Mei Nah - Mayne Wetherell
Rosabel Ng - WongPartnership
Sonia Goumenis - Clayton Utz
Taemin Yun - Kim & Chang
Tax
Benedicta Du-Baladad - Du-Baladad and Associates
Betsy-Ann Howe - K&L Gates
Dawn Quek - Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Jean Li - EY
Jean Loi - VDB Loi
Joanne Dunne - PwC
Ria Muhariastuti - HHP Law Firm
Simone Bridges - Baker McKenzie
Vivian Jiang - Deloitte China
Tax dispute resolution
Angela Wood - KPMG
Benedicta Du-Baladad - Du-Baladad and Associates
Carmen McElwain - MinterEllison
Kristy Keating - EY
Yvonne Beh - Wong & Partners
Technology, media, & telecommunications
Anne Petterd - Baker McKenzie
Charmaine Koo - Deacons
Dewi Savitri Reni - SSEK Legal Consultants
Divina Ilas-Panganiban - Quisumbing Torres
Li Chen - Shearman & Sterling
Liz Blythe - Russell McVeagh
Pattaraphan Paiboon - Baker McKenzie
Sophie Dawson - Bird & Bird
Waewpen Piemwichai - Tilleke & Gibbins
Trademark
Annie Tsoi - Deacons
Divina Ilas-Panganiban - Quisumbing Torres
Elisabeth White - Baker McKenzie
Eunice Chan Wei Lynn - Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Gowri Tirumurti - Anand and Anand
Linh Thi Mai Nguyen - Tilleke & Gibbins
Lynne Lewis - Bird & Bird
Transfer pricing
Adriana Calderon - Transfer Pricing Solutions
Ay Tjhing Phan - PwC
Benedicta Du-Baladad - Du-Baladad and Associates
Eunice Kuo - Deloitte China
Felicia Chia - KPMG
Fiona Craig - Deloitte Australia
Natalya Marenina - BDO
Tae-Yeon Nam - Kim & Chang
Yukiko Komori - Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)
Trusts and estates
Bock Eng Sim - WongPartnership
Dawn Quek - Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Han Bao - Zhong Lun Law Firm
Patricia Woo - Squire Patton Boggs
Valerie Wu - Pinsent Masons
White collar crime
Alina Arora - Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Bingna Guo - White & Case
Dorothy Patricia Siron - Zhong Lun Law Firm
Josephine Chee - Rajah & Tann Singapore
Joy Tan - WongPartnership
Maria Sit - Dechert
Michelle Gon - Han Kun Law Offices
Sonam Gupta - Bharucha & Partners
Tan Weiyi - Harry Elias Partnership
Rising star awards
Jurisdiction awards
Firm awards
Practice area awards
Rising star awards
Corporate
Ari Yoon - Kim & Chang Danielle Wu - Hogan Lovells Davina Turnbull - RPC Ekta Gupta - Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Jyotsna Jayaram - Trilegal Louise Taylor - Russell McVeagh Peiwen Chen - White & Case Shuhui Kwok - Allen & Overy Sonia Lor - Akin Gump
Finance
Bilyana Belcheva - Shearman & Sterling
Gye-Jeong Kim - Kim & Chang
Isabella Wong - Deacons
Kaveeta Sandhu - Hogan Lovells
Ling Yan Pang - Russell McVeagh
Lizzie Roe - Watson Farley Williams
Stephanie Yeo – WongPartnership
Viola Jing – Allen & Overy
IP
Brigette Shone - Russell McVeagh
Emmy Chow - Deacons
Esther Wee - Harry Elias Partnership
Hyewon Kang - Kim & Chang
Julia Peng - Hogan Lovells
Kritiyanee Buranatrevedhya - Baker McKenzie
Shariqa Mestroni - Bird & Bird
Sher Hann Chua - Tilleke & Gibbins
Yuanyuan Jia - Zhong Lun Law Firm
Litigation
Christine Cuthbert - Baker McKenzie
Hannah Bain - Russell McVeagh
Hee Won (Marina) Moon - Kim & Chang
Katharine Hockly - Lane Neave
Rui Yang - Zhao Sheng Law Firm
Stephanie Tsui - Hogan Lovells
Yuanyuan Zhu - Zhong Lun Law Firm
Tax
Ashley Hu 胡颖绮 - Zhong Lun Law Firm
Elke Bremner - Ashurst
Janet Cho - Baker McKenzie
Mabel L Buted - Du-Baladad and Associates
Jurisdiction awards
Firm awards
Practice area awards
Rising star awards
Jurisdiction awards
Australia
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Elit Lawyers by McGirr & Snell
White & Case
China
East & Concord Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
Jingtian & Gongcheng
River Delta Law Firm
Zhao Sheng Law Firm
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Hong Kong SAR
Charltons
Deacons
ELLALAN
Gall
RPC
Vivien Chan & Co
India
Anand and Anand
Bharucha & Partners
Phoenix Legal
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Trilegal
Indonesia
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
HHP Law Firm
Makarim & Taira S
SSEK Legal Consultants
Tilleke & Gibbins
Japan
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)
Catherine O'Connell Law
Linklaters
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Malaysia
Albar & Partners
Azimi & Associates
Chooi & Company + Cheang & Ariff
Herbert Smith Freehills
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Wong & Partners
New Zealand
Bell Gully
Chapman Trip
Lane Neave
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Russell McVeagh
Pakistan
Akhund Forbes
Kabraji & Talibuddin
Liaquat Merchant Associates
Moshin Tayebaly & Co
Orr Dignam & Co
Philippines
Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon & San Jose
Du-Baladad and Associates
PJS Law
Quisumbing Torres
Romulo Mabanta Savoc Buenaventura & de los Angeles
Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Singapore
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Rajah & Tann Singapore
RPC
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
WongPartnership
South Korea
Bae Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Shin & Kim
Yoon & Yang
Yulchon
Taiwan
Baker McKenzie
LCS & Partners
Lee and Li
Lexcel Partners
Tsar & Tsai Law Firm
Thailand
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Linklaters
Tilleke & Gibbins
Vietnam
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Freshfields
Tilleke & Gibbins
Vision & Associates
Watson Farley Williams