Top rankings for Drew & Napier in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026
11 Dec 2025
Drew & Napier reaffirms its position at the top of the legal market in the latest Chambers Asia Pacific 2026 legal rankings, with 60 practice and lawyer recognitions. This strong performance underscores the firm’s deep expertise and long-established leadership in the region.
Our lawyers garnered 42 recognitions, demonstrating the breadth and calibre of talent across the firm. As the market leader in Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, and Tax, Drew continues to be the firm of choice for the region’s most complex and high-stakes matters, with the most lawyers ranked in these key areas.
Seven of our acclaimed practices are distinguished at the top.
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: The Elite (2 consecutive years)
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation (20 consecutive years)
- Employment (2 consecutive years)
- Intellectual Property (19 consecutive years)
- Restructuring/Insolvency (19 consecutive years)
- Tax (4 consecutive years)
- Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) (19 consecutive years)
The following Drew lawyers received top honours in their respective specialisations.
Our market-leading practices that also earned a mark of distinction include:
- Banking & Finance
- Competition/Antitrust
- Construction
- Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption
- Corporate/M&A
- Investment Funds
- Real Estate
Based on market feedback from clients and peers, the following Drew lawyers are recognised for their high-quality work.
- Banking & Finance - Pauline Chong
- Banking & Finance: Regulatory - Grace Chong
- Competition/Antitrust - Lim Chong Kin
- Competition/Antitrust - Dr Corinne Chew
- Construction - Christopher Chong
- Construction - Mahesh Rai
- Construction - Kelvin Teo
- Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption - Wendell Wong
- Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption - Gary Low
- Corporate/M&A - Gary Pryke
- Corporate/M&A - Steven Lo, PBM
- Corporate/M&A - Tan Teng Sen
- Corporate/M&A - Jon-Nathaniel Nair
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration - Jimmy Yim, SC
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration - Mahesh Rai
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation - Jimmy Yim, SC
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation - Randolph Khoo
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation - Blossom Hing, SC
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation - Mahesh Rai
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation - Adam Maniam
- Employment - Kelvin Tan
- Employment - Benjamin Gaw
- Intellectual Property: Non-contentious - Yvonne Tang
- Intellectual Property: Litigation - Yvonne Tang
- Intellectual Property: Litigation - Meryl Koh
- Investment Funds - Ron Cheng
- Real Estate - Lau Sok Hiang
- Restructuring/Insolvency - Julian Kwek
- Restructuring/Insolvency - Chan Wei Meng
- Restructuring/Insolvency - Mohan Gopalan
- Tax - Yang Shi Yong
- TMT - David Alfred
Regional Recognition
Drew’s regional strength and cross-border capabilities were also strongly recognised in this year’s Chambers results, with top recognition for our work in International Arbitration (Asia-Pacific region), Dispute Resolution (India), Corporate and Finance (Indonesia) and Data Protection (Asia-Pacific region) practice areas.
Both Cavinder Bull, SC, and Mahesh Rai were further distinguished with the ‘Foreign Expertise based abroad in Singapore’ ranking in Dispute Resolution (International Firms): India for their deep market knowledge and track record in India-related disputes.
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