January 18, 2021
Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021 ranks Mayer Brown lawyers in 41 categories; Publication recognizes 25 lawyers in "Hall of Fame" and "Leading Individuals" categories
Mayer Brown has been ranked by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021 in 41 practice areas. Of these, seven are top-tier:
- Asset Finance (Aviation Finance), Hong Kong, for the seventh consecutive year
- Asset Finance (Shipping Finance), Hong Kong, for the seventh consecutive year
- Foreign Desks – Myanmar, for the fifth consecutive year
- Insurance, Hong Kong, for the 14th consecutive year
- Labor and Employment, Hong Kong, for the 14th consecutive year
- Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms, China, for the 12th consecutive year
- Real Estate, Hong Kong, for the 14th consecutive year
The publication also recognized seven lawyers in the elite "Hall of Fame" and 18 lawyers in the "Leading Individuals" categories:
Hall of Fame:
- Duncan Abate – Labor and Employment, Hong Kong
- F.K. Au – Real Estate, Hong Kong
- Rupert Burrows – Projects and Energy: International Firms and Joint Ventures, Japan
- Jason Elder – Capital Markets (Debt), Hong Kong
- Nicholas Hunsworth – Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Hong Kong
- Robert Lynn – Real Estate, Hong Kong
- Richard Stock – Asset Finance (Aviation Finance), Hong Kong
Leading Individuals:
- Geoffrey Chan – Construction, Hong Kong
- Maggie Cheung – Asset Finance (Shipping Finance), Hong Kong
- Doos Choi – Banking and Finance, Hong Kong
- Tom Fu – Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms, China
- Hannah Ha – Antitrust and Competition, Hong Kong
- Menachem Hasofer – Construction, Hong Kong
- Gabriela Kennedy – Intellectual Property, Hong Kong; TMT, Hong Kong
- Thomas Kollar – Capital Markets (Debt), Hong Kong
- Mei Ling Lew – Construction, Hong Kong
- John Marsden – Restructuring and Insolvency, Hong Kong
- Benjamin Thompson – Foreign Desks, Myanmar
- Hong Tran – Labor and Employment, Hong Kong
- Andy Yeo – Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms, China
Eight Mayer Brown lawyers have also been listed in the "Next Generation" category for their practice area:
- Orsolya Szotyory-Grove – Corporate and M&A, Vietnam
- Amita Haylock – Intellectual Property, Hong Kong; TMT, Hong Kong
- Nick Kouvaritakis – Energy: Foreign Firms, Singapore
- Jennifer Tam – Labor and Employment, Hong Kong
- Alvin Yeung – Real Estate, Hong Kong
The following is a complete list of practice categories in which Mayer Brown is ranked in the 2021 edition of Legal 500 Asia Pacific:
China
- Banking and Finance: Foreign Firms
- Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms
- Investment Funds: Foreign Firms
- Intellectual Property: Foreign Firms
- Private Equity: Foreign Firms
- Projects and Energy: Foreign Firms
- Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms
- TMT: Foreign Firms
Hong Kong
- Antitrust and Competition
- Asset Finance (Aviation Finance)
- Asset Finance (Shipping Finance)
- Banking and Finance
- Capital Markets (Debt)
- Capital Markets (Equity)
- Construction
- Corporate (Including M&A)
- Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution – Litigation
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Investment Funds
- Labor and Employment
- Real Estate
- Restructuring and Insolvency
- Structured Finance and Securitization
- TMT
India
- Foreign Firms
Indonesia
- Foreign Firms
Japan
- Banking and Finance, International Firms and Joint Ventures
- Corporate and M&A, International Firms and Joint Ventures
- Projects and Energy, International Firms and Joint Ventures
Mongolia
- Leading Firms
Myanmar
- Foreign Desks
Singapore
- Banking and Finance: Foreign Firms
- Energy: Foreign Firms
- International Arbitration
- Projects: Foreign Firms
South Korea
- International Arbitration
Thailand
- Restructuring and Insolvency
Vietnam
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate and M&A