Drew & Napier named as a ‘National Elite’ firm for expertise in Employment in the International Employment Lawyer Elite 2026 Guide

10 Dec 2025

We are proud to share that Drew & Napier’s Employment practice, led by Directors Kelvin Tan and Benjamin Gaw, has once again been named as a ‘National Elite’ firm in the latest International Employment Lawyer (IEL) Elite 2026 Guide, underscoring our position as a leading global practice in employment and labour law.

IEL describes Drew & Napier as a team that “serves major names from a broad array of sectors – including aviation, financial services, life sciences, and logistics … and demonstrates a deft hand in assisting with projects that have a multijurisdictional element, including coordination of the same across the Asia-Pacific region.” The department is also “adept at taking on the full spectrum of matters under the umbrella of labour and employment law, for both employers and senior employees.”
 
This year’s IEL Elite highlights 157 leading teams worldwide that, over the past 12 months, have stood out for their work on groundbreaking mandates, shown consistent reliability on business-critical workforce matters, successfully managed major cross-border projects, and continued to demonstrate their value as trusted partners to the world’s top employers.