January 18, 2022
Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 ranks Mayer Brown lawyers in 40 practices and recognizes 25 lawyers in "Hall of Fame" and "Leading individuals" categories
Mayer Brown has been ranked by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 in 40 categories. Of these, eight are top-tier:
- Asset Finance (Shipping Finance), Hong Kong, for the eight consecutive year
- Construction, Hong Kong, for the 4th year
- Foreign Desks – Myanmar, for the sixth consecutive year
- Insurance, Hong Kong, for the 15th consecutive year
- Labor and Employment, Hong Kong, for the 15th consecutive year
- Projects and Energy: International Firms and Joint Ventures, Japan
- Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms, China, for the 13th consecutive year
- Real Estate, Hong Kong, for the 15th consecutive year
The guide 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
- TL Lim – Insurance, 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
Six Mayer Brown lawyers have also been listed in the "Next Generation" category for their practice area:
- 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
Six Mayer Brown lawyers have been listed as “Rising stars” for their practice area:
- Pierre Dzakpasu – Banking and Finance: Foreign Firms, Singapore
- Orsolya Szotyory-Grove – Corporate and M&A, Vietnam
- Rosalyn Han – Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms, China
- Sean Prior – Energy: Foreign Firms, Singapore
- Ellen Zhang – Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms, China
The following is a complete list of practice categories in which Mayer Brown is ranked in the 2022 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 Firm
- Projects and Energy: Foreign Firms
- Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms
- Restructuring and Insolvency: 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
- Labor and Employment
- Real Estate
- Restructuring and Insolvency
- Structured Finance and Securitization
- TMT
India
- Foreign Firms
Japan
- Banking & Finance, International Firms and Joint Venture
- Corporate and M&A, International Firms and Joint Venture
- Projects and Energy, International Firms and Joint Venture
- Real Estate & Construction, International Firms and Joint Ventures
Mongolia
- Leading Firms
Myanmar
- Foreign Desks
Singapore
- Banking and Finance: Foreign Firm
- Energy: Foreign Firm
- International Arbitration
- Projects: Foreign Firms
South Korea
- International Arbitration
Vietnam
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate and M&A