Drew & Napier Tops Asia-wide Survey - Named Firm of the Year for Anti-Trust, Litigation and Tax
19 August 2008 - For the second year running, Drew & Napier LLC (“Drew & Napier”) has been named Firm of the Year in 3 areas – Anti-Trust, Litigation and Tax – in an Asia-wide survey, Representing Corporate Asia?, conducted by regional publication, Asian Counsel. No other law firm surpassed Drew & Napier in the number of awards received.
Drew & Napier was the stand-alone counsel of choice in the 3 practice areas according to in-house counsel surveyed across Asia and the Middle East. These are the latest additions to the already long list of accolades the firm has received. (Please refer to Notes to Editor for more details). The survey, which received the highest response ever this year, was sent to thousands of counsel across both regions, and was designed to highlight issues surrounding the working relationship between corporate and private practitioners across a wide range of practice groups, industries and jurisdictions.
19 August 2008 - For the second year running, Drew & Napier LLC (“Drew & Napier”) has been named Firm of the Year in 3 areas – Anti-Trust, Litigation and Tax – in an Asia-wide survey, Representing Corporate Asia?, conducted by regional publication, Asian Counsel. No other law firm surpassed Drew & Napier in the number of awards received.
Drew & Napier was the stand-alone counsel of choice in the 3 practice areas according to in-house counsel surveyed across Asia and the Middle East. These are the latest additions to the already long list of accolades the firm has received. (Please refer to Notes to Editor for more details). The survey, which received the highest response ever this year, was sent to thousands of counsel across both regions, and was designed to highlight issues surrounding the working relationship between corporate and private practitioners across a wide range of practice groups, industries and jurisdictions.
The ability
to attract top talent was highlighted as one of the reasons for Drew & Napier’s
success. Recognised as a leading individual in Dispute Resolution for the past
seven consecutive years by Asia Pacific Legal 500, Mr Jimmy Yim SC,
Managing Director of Litigation and Dispute Resolution, shares, “We make it a point to put training as high priority. We give them exposure to big
and complex cases and as a result, we have many outstanding litigators. In fact,
we have 7 Senior Counsel, by far the largest number among all law firms. All our
Senior Counsel were, so to speak, home-groomed. It is also gratifying to note
that a number of our younger litigators are displaying great potential. Both
clients and peers recognise our lawyers to be highly-skilled across all levels
of seniority.”
Named as a leading lawyer by The International Who’s Who of Competition Lawyers 2008, Mr Lim Chong Kin, Co-Head of Competition Law Practice, cites the multi-disciplinary strength of the team as its unique appeal. Its 12 dedicated members include senior litigators, competition economists, policy and regulatory experts and a former competition authority investigator. Their most recent assignment was to conduct a study to recommend best practices for implementation of competition policy and law by ASEAN economies. He says, “Clients come to us because they can rely on our breadth and depth of experience. We provide practical solutions and not theoretical advice.”
Mr Ong Sim Ho, Head of Tax and Private Client Services agrees: “It is simply no longer adequate in areas like tax law for counsel to be contended with just legal analysis. I am pleased that over the last couple of months we have put in place a multi-disciplinary service platform that now truly offers the entire spectrum of tax advisory: Enterprise Tax Risk Management, Transactional Advisory, Tax Dispute Resolution & Litigation and Private Client Services".
Named as a leading lawyer by The International Who’s Who of Competition Lawyers 2008, Mr Lim Chong Kin, Co-Head of Competition Law Practice, cites the multi-disciplinary strength of the team as its unique appeal. Its 12 dedicated members include senior litigators, competition economists, policy and regulatory experts and a former competition authority investigator. Their most recent assignment was to conduct a study to recommend best practices for implementation of competition policy and law by ASEAN economies. He says, “Clients come to us because they can rely on our breadth and depth of experience. We provide practical solutions and not theoretical advice.”
Mr Ong Sim Ho, Head of Tax and Private Client Services agrees: “It is simply no longer adequate in areas like tax law for counsel to be contended with just legal analysis. I am pleased that over the last couple of months we have put in place a multi-disciplinary service platform that now truly offers the entire spectrum of tax advisory: Enterprise Tax Risk Management, Transactional Advisory, Tax Dispute Resolution & Litigation and Private Client Services".
About Drew & Napier LLC
Established in 1889, Drew & Napier LLC is one of
Singapore's leading and largest law firms,
with over 220 lawyers and fee-earners. Consistently rated top tier in dispute
resolution over the years by international ranking organisations such as Asia
Pacific Legal 500, Chambers Global, Practical Law Company and Asia Law Profiles,
to name a few, the firm has 7 Senior
Counsel, the largest number of any law firm in Singapore. The firm is headed by
chief executive officer, Davinder Singh, Senior Counsel. Drew & Napier LLC is
also rated top tier in Corporate Insolvency & Restructuring, Intellectual
Property and Tax, with market leading practices in Banking & Corporate,
Competition & Antitrust, Telecommunications, Media & Technology, and Admiralty &
Shipping. For more information, please visit www.drewnapier.com
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For more information please contact:
Corporate Affairs Manager
Tel: +65 6531 2482
Email: verona.huang@drewnapier.com
Corporate Affairs Executive
Tel: +65 6531 2425
Email: vale.ng@drewnapier.com
Some of the other recent accolades Drew & Napier received:
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
- Ranked as the stand-alone, tier 1 Dispute Resolution practice from 2005 to 2008 by Asia Pacific Legal 500: The Guide to Asia’s Commercial Law Firms
- Commercial Litigation Firm of the Year from 2004 to 2008 in Asian Legal Business SE Asia Law Awards
- Tier 1 ranked for Dispute Resolution from 2007 to 2008 by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
- Named as leading Dispute Resolution practice from 2007 to 2008 by Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer Yearbook
- Ranked No. 1Ranked No. 1 for Litigation in 2008 by Best Lawyers International: Singapore(Inaugural)
- Recognised practice by Practical Law Company Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2008
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Ranked as the stand-alone, tier 1 Tax practice from 2006 to 2008 by Asia Pacific Legal 500: The Guide to Asia’s Commercial Law Firms
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Named as the stand-alone, leading Tax practice from 2007 to 2008 by Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer Yearbook
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Ranked No. 1 in Singapore for Tax and Trusts & Estates by Best Lawyers International: Singapore (Inaugural)