105 lawyer recommendations and 10 Tier 1 practice rankings for Drew in The Legal 500

24 Jan 2024

Drew & Napier continues our high-performance legacy in the 2024 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific with 105 lawyer recommendations and 10 Tier 1 practice area rankings.

Our top-ranked practices include Dispute Resolution (25 consecutive years), Intellectual Property (25 consecutive years), Restructuring and Insolvency (13 consecutive years), Labour and Employment (9 consecutive years), Antitrust and Competition (8 consecutive years), Private Wealth and Family Law (8 consecutive years), Tax (4 consecutive years), Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT), Projects and Energy, and White-Collar Crime.

We are home to the highest number of ranked lawyers in the areas of Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, and White-Collar Crime with 15, 11 and seven ranked lawyers respectively, and are ranked highly in 21 practice areas, in total, this year.

Named as leading practices are our Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Construction, Data Protection and Cybersecurity, Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory, International Arbitration, Regional International Arbitration (Asia Pacific region), Investment Funds, Real Estate, and Indonesia practices.

Six esteemed Drew lawyers are recognised in the Hall of Fame – lawyers widely regarded as being at the very top of the profession and consistently ranked as Leading Individuals by The Legal 500 for a number of years. They are:

       Cavinder Bull, SC for Dispute Resolution; and International Arbitration

       Sushil Nair and Blossom Hing for Restructuring and Insolvency   

       Tony Yeo for Intellectual Property

       Lim Chong Kin for Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT)

       Ong Ken Loon for Tax

We are also proud to share that 23 Drew lawyers entered the rankings across various practice areas for the first time this year, including two Senior Associates.

Eleven lawyers are named Leading Individuals for their long-established reputations and exceptional leadership in their areas of practice. Nine trailblazing young lawyers made their mark as Next Generation Partners and Rising Stars. They have been lauded by clients and peers in the market for their respective roles in multiple matters.

Drew Network Asia (DNA)

We are also pleased to share that Drew Network Asia (DNA) partner firms, Makarim & Taira S. from Indonesia, Shearn Delamore & Co. from Malaysia, Martinez Vergara & Gonzalez Sociedad (MVGS) from the Philippines, and Tilleke & Gibbins, with offices in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam are excellently profiled in the latest Legal 500 Asia Pacific results.

Makarim & Taira S. is ranked in 10 practice areas, with Labour and Employment, and Projects and Energy in Tier 1. The firm has 10 recognised lawyers, with two Hall of Fame and four Leading Individuals rankings.

MVGS has 10 ranked practices, with seven standing out in Tier 1. They are Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Labour and Employment, Immigration, Projects and Energy, and Real Estate and Construction. Seven of the 13 recognised lawyers are Leading Individuals. 

Across the five jurisdictions Tilleke & Gibbins is represented in, the firm is ranked Tier 1 in 11 practice areas. These are Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Labour and Employment, Tax, and TMT for Thailand, Data Protection, Intellection Property, TMT, and Labour and Employment for Vietnam, and Corporate and M&A for Myanmar. Tilleke & Gibbins is also ranked as a leading firm in Laos. Sixty of the firm’s lawyers are ranked, including four Hall of Fame and 12 Leading Individual recognitions.

About Legal 500

The Legal 500 is one of the largest-circulating and most reputable legal ranking publications in the world. Their team of researchers conduct thousands of interviews with lawyers and their clients worldwide and analyse editorial submissions to identify the world’s best lawyers and legal practices.