Drew & Napier maintains formidable standing in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2020 rankings
06 Dec 2019
In the latest Chambers Asia-Pacific 2020 rankings, Drew & Napier retains its position amongst Singapore's elite legal practices, achieving the highest possible ranking in 5 practice areas – Competition & Antitrust, Intellectual Property (IP), Litigation, Restructuring/Insolvency, and Telecommunications, Media & Technology (TMT).
Our Litigation practice continues its Band 1 streak for the 14th consecutive year. Our CEO Cavinder Bull, SC is ranked Band 1 in Litigation and Arbitration for the 10th and 8th year respectively.
Our Restructuring/Insolvency practice remains in the highest band for the 13th year. The team includes top-ranked lawyers – Deputy CEO Sushil Nair and Blossom Hing for the 13th and 5th year respectively.
Our top-notch IP practice is rated Band 1 for the 13th consecutive year. The practice is headed by the MD of IP, Tony Yeo, who is ranked in Band 1 for the 2nd year.
Our TMT and Competition & Antitrust practices also retain pole positions for the 13th and 7th year respectively. These practices are helmed by Lim Chong Kin, who is also ranked Band 1 for the 13th and 7th year respectively.
Formidable Tax lawyer Ong Sim Ho, who re-joined our firm in April this year, is also ranked Band 1 for the 10th year.
Our ranked lawyers include Chairman and Senior Counsel Jimmy Yim for Litigation and Arbitration; Randolph Khoo, Senior Counsel Siraj Omar, Kelvin Tan, and Blossom Hing for Litigation; Corinne Chew for Competition & Antitrust; Christopher Chong for Construction; Steven Lo and Gary Pryke for Corporate/M&A; Kelvin Tan and Benjamin Gaw for Employment; Morris John for IP; Petrus Huang for Investment Funds; Ong Ken Loon for Tax; and Julian Kwek and Mohan Gopalan for Restructuring/Insolvency.
Drew makes an appearance for the first time in the ranking tables for our Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption work, where Wendell Wong, Co-Head of our Investigations practice, debuts as a Recognised Practitioner.
Our recommended practices include Arbitration, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Construction, Corporate & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Employment, Investment Funds, Real Estate, and Tax.
Our firm is also lauded by clients in the region. In Asia-Pacific, we are highly regarded for our prowess in International Arbitration. We are also recognised for our work in Dispute Resolution (International Firms) in India. In Indonesia, we are recommended in Corporate & Finance (International Firms).
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