24 Drew lawyers recognised by peers as leading practitioners in their fields in Who’s Who Legal 2021/2022

27 Dec 2021

24 Drew lawyers have been recognised as preeminent lawyers by practitioners and in-house counsel, according to the Who's Who Legal (WWL) guides on individual practices for 2021/2022. This includes our lawyers being named in their inaugural edition of National Guide: Southeast Asia 2021.

The full results are as follows:

Litigation
Thought Leaders Guide – Cavinder Bull SC

Commercial Litigation
Global Guide – Jimmy Yim SC, Cavinder Bull SC (also listed as WWL Global Elite Thought Leader 2022), Siraj Omar SC

Arbitration
Thought Leaders Guide – Cavinder Bull SC
Global Guide – Cavinder Bull SC (also listed as WWL Global Elite Thought Leader 2022)
National Guide: Southeast Asia – Jimmy Yim SC, Cavinder Bull SC, Siraj Omar SC, Foo Yuet Min, Mahesh Rai

Restructuring & Insolvency
Thought Leaders Guide – Sushil Nair, Blossom Hing
Global Guide – Sushil Nair (also listed as WWL Global Elite Thought Leader 2022), Blossom Hing (also listed as WWL Global Elite Thought Leader 2022), Julian Kwek
National Guide: Southeast Asia – Sushil Nair, Blossom Hing, Julian Kwek, Chan Wei Meng, Mohan Gopalan

GIR - Investigations
Thought Leaders Guide – Wendell Wong

Investigations
Global Guide – Wendell Wong (also listed as WWL Global Elite Thought Leader 2022), Chia Voon Jiet
National Guide: Southeast Asia – Wendell Wong, Chia Voon Jiet

Business Crime Defence
Global Guide – Wendell Wong, Gary Low
National Guide: Southeast Asia – Wendell Wong, Gary Low

Competition
Global Guide – Lim Chong Kin, Dr Corinne Chew
National Guide: Southeast Asia – Lim Chong Kin, Dr Corinne Chew

Construction
Thought Leaders Guide – Christopher Chong
Global Guide – Christopher Chong
National Guide: Southeast Asia – Christopher Chong

Corporate Tax
Global Guide – Ong Ken Loon, Ong Sim Ho
National Guide: Southeast Asia – Ong Sim Ho

Data
Global Guide – Lim Chong Kin
National Guide: Southeast Asia – Lim Chong Kin

Hospitality
Global Guide – Cavinder Bull SC, Woo Shu Yan

IP
Global Guide – Tony Yeo, Meryl Koh, Ruby Tham

Patents
National Guide: Southeast Asia – Tony Yeo, Meryl Koh

Trademarks
National Guide: Southeast Asia – Tony Yeo

Labour & Employment
Global Guide – Benjamin Gaw

Labour, Employment & Benefits
National Guide: Southeast Asia – Benjamin Gaw

Life Sciences
Thought Leaders Guide – Tony Yeo, Benjamin Gaw
Global Guide – Tony Yeo (also listed as WWL Global Elite Thought Leader for Life Sciences - Patent Litigation 2022), Benjamin Gaw (also listed as WWL Global Elite Thought Leader for Life Sciences - Regulatory 2022, and Life Sciences - Transactional 2022), Meryl Koh
National Guide: Southeast Asia – Tony Yeo, Benjamin Gaw, Meryl Koh

Professional Negligence
Global Guide – Wendell Wong

Telecoms & Media
Global Guide – Lim Chong Kin

Future Leaders Guide
Four Drew lawyers have been identified as the next generation of leading practitioners under the age of 45 in their respective fields:

Commercial Litigation
Adam Maniam

Arbitration
Foo Yuet Min
Mahesh Rai

Investigations
Mahesh Rai
Chan Wei Meng

About Who’s Who Legal
Our lawyers have been recognised by Who’s Who Legal (WWL) based on comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and private practice lawyers worldwide. Only specialists who have met independent international research criteria are listed.

Thought Leaders Guide – individuals who are worthy of special mention owing not only to their vast expertise and experience advising on some of the world’s most significant and cutting-edge legal matters, but also their ability to innovate, inspire, and go above and beyond to deliver for their clients.

Global Guide – practitioners who are an international leader in their profession.

National Guide – individuals who are a national or regional leader in their field.

Future Leaders Guide – practitioners aged 45 or under who are the next generation of leading practitioners in their practice area.

WWL, published by Law Business Research Limited, is an independent London-based publishing group which provides research, analysis and reports on the international legal services marketplace.