Asia's Top Lawyers

→ No. 01FigureAsia Index 99.0 International arbitration, constitutional advocacy, commercial litigation, public law and taxinternational arbitration, constitutional disputes, commercial litigation, public international law, tax controversies, strategic advocacy and India-linked global counsel work Harish Salve— Lawyer Read the profile →

→ No. 02FigureAsia Index 98.4 Commercial litigation, international arbitration, shareholder disputes, investigations and appellate advocacycommercial litigation, arbitration, crisis disputes, corporate governance, shareholder conflict, strategic advocacy and Singapore's disputes hub Davinder Singh SC— Read the profile →

→ No. 03FigureAsia Index 97.8 M&A, capital markets, governance, financial regulation, private equity and strategic corporate advisoryM&A, corporate governance, capital markets, private equity, financial regulation, board advisory and Indian market modernization Cyril Shroff— Lawyer Read the profile →

→ No. 04FigureAsia Index 97.2 M&A, private equity, capital markets, competition strategy and corporate governanceM&A, private equity, strategic investments, governance, competition-sensitive transactions, women-led professional leadership and Indian corporate law Zia Mody— Lawyer Read the profile →

→ No. 05FigureAsia Index 96.6 Equity capital markets, corporate governance, securities regulation and board advisoryequity capital markets, listings, governance, securities regulation, China-linked issuers, board advisory and Hong Kong market credibility Teresa Ko— Read the profile →

→ No. 06FigureAsia Index 96.0 M&A, insolvency, restructuring, competition, governance and financial regulationM&A, insolvency, restructuring, competition law, governance, financial regulation and Indian corporate transformation Shardul Shroff— Indian lawyer Read the profile →

→ No. 07FigureAsia Index 95.4 International arbitration, commercial litigation, treaty disputes, investigations and mediationinternational arbitration, commercial litigation, treaty disputes, mediation, investigations, tribunal practice and Singapore legal diplomacy Cavinder Bull SC— Read the profile →

→ No. 08FigureAsia Index 94.8 Competition law, regulatory disputes, arbitration, litigation and corporate investigationscompetition law, antitrust strategy, arbitration, investigations, commercial litigation, regulatory enforcement and professional leadership Pallavi Shroff— Read the profile →

→ No. 09FigureAsia Index 94.2 International arbitration, commercial litigation, investigations and restructuring-related disputesinternational arbitration, cross-border investigations, commercial disputes, restructuring disputes, tribunal appointments and Asia-linked conflict resolution John Choong— Read the profile →

→ No. 10FigureAsia Index 93.6 Financial services regulation, investigations, corporate governance, litigation and white-collar defensefinancial services regulation, corporate governance, investigations, litigation, enforcement risk, fintech regulation and Asia cross-border advisory Martin Rogers— Read the profile →

→ No. 11FigureAsia Index 93.0 International arbitration, mediation, commercial disputes, public law and professional leadershiparbitration, mediation, public law, commercial disputes, institutional credibility and Hong Kong legal services Rimsky Yuen SC— Read the profile →

→ No. 12FigureAsia Index 92.4 Intellectual property, media, technology, commercial litigation and appellate advocacyintellectual property, media rights, technology disputes, brand protection, appellate advocacy and Hong Kong barrister leadership Winnie Tam SC— Read the profile →

→ No. 13FigureAsia Index 91.8 Constitutional law, arbitration, public law and appellate advocacyconstitutional law, public law, arbitration, appellate advocacy, legal ethics, professional memory and Indian institutional law Fali S. Nariman— Read the profile →

→ No. 14FigureAsia Index 91.2 Constitutional law, commercial arbitration, public law, regulatory disputes and appellate advocacyconstitutional law, arbitration, public law, regulatory disputes, appellate advocacy and institutional legal reasoning Gopal Subramanium— Lawyer Read the profile →

→ No. 15FigureAsia Index 90.6 Tax, constitutional law, economic regulation and appellate advocacytax law, constitutional law, fiscal disputes, regulatory interpretation, appellate advocacy and economic governance Arvind Datar— Read the profile →

→ No. 16FigureAsia Index 90.0 Constitutional law, equality rights, civil liberties, public law and appellate advocacyconstitutional rights, equality, civil liberties, public-interest litigation, social justice and Indian legal reform discourse Menaka Guruswamy— Lawyer Read the profile →

→ No. 17FigureAsia Index 89.4 Constitutional law, digital rights, free expression, gender justice and civil libertiesdigital rights, free expression, gender justice, constitutional law, public-interest advocacy and technology accountability Karuna Nundy— Jurist Read the profile →

→ No. 18FigureAsia Index 88.8 Corporate advisory, foreign investment, finance, governance and cross-border transactionscorporate law, foreign investment, finance, governance, cross-border transactions and Chinese legal market development Wang Junfeng— Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Read the profile →

→ No. 19FigureAsia Index 88.2 Commercial litigation, arbitration, investigations, financial disputes and corporate conflictcommercial litigation, arbitration, investigations, financial disputes, corporate conflict and China disputes strategy Zhang Baosheng— Read the profile →

→ No. 20FigureAsia Index 87.6 Competition law, antitrust investigations, merger control, compliance and regulatory strategycompetition law, antitrust investigations, merger control, platform regulation, compliance and China regulatory strategy Michael Han— Read the profile →

→ No. 21FigureAsia Index 87.0 Capital markets, private equity, M&A, securities regulation and strategic investmentscapital markets, private equity, M&A, securities regulation, growth companies and China-linked transactions Charles Li李小加 Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Read the profile →

→ No. 22FigureAsia Index 86.4 M&A, capital markets, private equity, restructuring and corporate governanceM&A, private equity, capital markets, restructuring, governance, issuer advisory and Chinese corporate transactions Zhang Jiping— Read the profile →

→ No. 23FigureAsia Index 85.8 M&A, finance, capital markets, corporate governance and strategic transactionsM&A, finance, capital markets, governance, cross-border transactions and Japanese corporate modernization Osamu Hirakawa— Read the profile →

→ No. 24FigureAsia Index 85.2 Banking, structured finance, derivatives, financial regulation and compliancebanking, structured finance, derivatives, financial regulation, compliance, risk allocation and Japanese financial markets Akira Ehira— Read the profile →

→ No. 25FigureAsia Index 84.6 Commercial litigation, investigations, crisis disputes, regulatory defense and corporate conflictcommercial litigation, investigations, regulatory defense, corporate disputes, crisis management and Japanese contentious practice Norimitsu Arai— Read the profile →

→ No. 26FigureAsia Index 84.0 Competition law, antitrust, merger control, investigations and regulatory strategycompetition law, merger control, antitrust investigations, regulatory strategy, platform conduct and Japanese market regulation Kenji Ito— Read the profile →

→ No. 27FigureAsia Index 83.4 International arbitration, treaty disputes, construction disputes and cross-border commercial conflictinternational arbitration, treaty disputes, construction disputes, commercial conflict, tribunal work and Korean arbitration leadership Kap-You Kim— Read the profile →

→ No. 28FigureAsia Index 82.8 Commercial litigation, corporate disputes, regulatory conflict and high-value contentious matterscommercial litigation, corporate disputes, regulatory conflict, shareholder matters and Korean contentious practice Pyoung Keun Song— Read the profile →

→ No. 29FigureAsia Index 82.2 Commercial litigation, arbitration, corporate disputes, investigations and regulatory conflictcommercial litigation, arbitration, investigations, corporate disputes, regulatory conflict and Korean disputes strategy Yong Sang Kim— Read the profile →

→ No. 30FigureAsia Index 81.6 Commercial litigation, corporate disputes, regulatory matters and cross-border conflictcommercial litigation, corporate disputes, regulatory matters, cross-border conflict and Taiwanese legal market leadership Jennifer Lin— Read the profile →

→ No. 31FigureAsia Index 81.0 Commercial litigation, arbitration, construction disputes, energy disputes and corporate conflictcommercial litigation, arbitration, construction disputes, energy disputes, corporate conflict and Malaysian contentious practice Nitin Nadkarni— Read the profile →

→ No. 32FigureAsia Index 80.4 Commercial litigation, public law, regulatory disputes, arbitration and professional leadershipcommercial litigation, public law, regulatory disputes, arbitration, governance and Malaysian legal profession leadership Lim Chee Wee— Read the profile →

→ No. 33FigureAsia Index 79.8 Commercial litigation, arbitration, restructuring disputes, investigations and corporate conflictcommercial litigation, arbitration, restructuring disputes, corporate conflict, investigations and Thai contentious practice Sakchai Limsiripothong— Read the profile →

→ No. 34FigureAsia Index 79.2 International arbitration, construction, energy, infrastructure disputes and cross-border conflictinternational arbitration, construction disputes, energy disputes, infrastructure, cross-border conflict and Thai arbitration leadership Noppramart Thammateeradaycho— Read the profile →

→ No. 35FigureAsia Index 78.6 Energy, projects, corporate transactions, finance and regulatory advisoryenergy, infrastructure, corporate transactions, finance, regulatory advisory and Vietnamese investment law Nguyen Viet Ha— Read the profile →

→ No. 36FigureAsia Index 78.0 International arbitration, M&A, infrastructure, corporate advisory and dispute resolutioninternational arbitration, M&A, infrastructure, corporate advisory, Vietnam-linked disputes and legal market development Le Net— Read the profile →

→ No. 37FigureAsia Index 77.4 M&A, capital markets, finance, private equity and Vietnam inbound investmentM&A, capital markets, finance, private equity, inbound investment, issuer advisory and Vietnam corporate growth Phong Tran— Read the profile →

→ No. 38FigureAsia Index 76.8 M&A, capital markets, governance, financial services and strategic investmentsM&A, capital markets, governance, financial services, strategic investments and Indonesian corporate law Melli Darsa— Read the profile →

→ No. 39FigureAsia Index 76.2 Commercial litigation, corporate disputes, investigations and regulatory conflictcommercial litigation, corporate disputes, investigations, regulatory conflict and Indonesian contentious practice Ignatius Andy— Read the profile →

→ No. 40FigureAsia Index 75.6 Arbitration, commercial disputes, human rights, governance and public lawarbitration, commercial disputes, human rights, governance, public law and Indonesian legal reform discourse Todung Mulya Lubis— LawyerUniversity of Indonesia Read the profile →

→ No. 41FigureAsia Index 75.0 Commercial litigation, arbitration, corporate disputes and complex civil litigationcommercial litigation, arbitration, corporate disputes, civil litigation and Philippine contentious practice Alejandro Alfonso Navarro— Read the profile →

→ No. 42FigureAsia Index 74.4 Appellate advocacy, constitutional law, commercial disputes and public-law litigationappellate advocacy, constitutional law, commercial disputes, public law and Philippine legal tradition Estelito Mendoza— Solicitor General of the Philippines Read the profile →

→ No. 43FigureAsia Index 73.8 Commercial litigation, arbitration, restructuring disputes, shareholder disputes and investigationscommercial litigation, arbitration, restructuring disputes, shareholder conflict, investigations and Singapore disputes practice Wendy Lin SC— Read the profile →

→ No. 44FigureAsia Index 73.2 International arbitration, commercial litigation, investment disputes and complex cross-border conflictinternational arbitration, commercial litigation, investment disputes, cross-border conflict and Singapore arbitration leadership Koh Swee Yen SC— Read the profile →

→ No. 45FigureAsia Index 72.6 Commercial disputes, arbitration, corporate advisory, regulatory strategy and legal reformcommercial disputes, arbitration, corporate advisory, regulatory strategy, legal reform and UAE legal services Habib Al Mulla— Read the profile →

→ No. 46FigureAsia Index 72.0 Corporate advisory, disputes, regulatory matters, regional business law and legal institution-buildingcorporate law, commercial disputes, regulatory matters, regional legal services, legal market development and Middle Eastern business law Essam Al Tamimi— Read the profile →

→ No. 47FigureAsia Index 71.4 Family law, private client, succession, wealth structuring and regional personal-status advisoryfamily law, private client, succession planning, wealth structuring, personal-status law and women-led legal practice Diana Hamade— Read the profile →

→ No. 48FigureAsia Index 70.8 Corporate advisory, projects, construction, arbitration, regulatory matters and strategic investmentscorporate law, projects, construction, arbitration, regulatory matters, strategic investment and Saudi legal market development Ziad Al Sudairy— Read the profile →

→ No. 49FigureAsia Index 70.2 Competition law, antitrust, regulation, corporate advisory and government-facing strategycompetition law, antitrust, regulation, corporate advisory, market structure and Israeli technology economy David Tadmor— Read the profile →

→ No. 50FigureAsia Index 69.6 Commercial litigation, corporate disputes, arbitration, class actions and high-value civil claimscommercial litigation, corporate disputes, arbitration, class actions, civil claims and Israeli disputes practice Giora Erdinast— Read the profile →