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Legal 500 Recognizes K&L Gates in 2022 Asia Pacific Guide

13 January 2022

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide 2022 has recognized K&L Gates and its lawyers as leaders in 38 practice categories across eight jurisdictions.

Published annually, the Legal 500 rankings highlight the practice area teams and practitioners that provide the most cutting-edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. Research is based on feedback from clients worldwide as well as interviews with leading private practice lawyers.

K&L Gates, as a firm, was recognized in the following categories: 

Australia 

  • Banking and Finance
  • Competition and Trade
  • Construction
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Dispute Resolution: Litigation
  • Environment and Planning
  • Financial Services Regulatory
  • Intellectual Property
  • IT and Telecoms
  • Labour and Employment 
  • Labour and Employment: Workplace Health & Safety (WHS)
  • Project Development
  • Real Estate
  • Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Tax
  • Transport: Aviation


China 

  • Corporate and M&A – Foreign Firms 
  • Intellectual Property – Foreign Firms
  • Investment Funds – Foreign Firms
  • Tax – Foreign Firms


Hong Kong 

  • Corporate (including M&A) 
  • Investment Funds 


Indonesia (as K&L Gates Straits Law LLC)

  • Foreign Firms 


Japan

  • Banking and Finance – International Firms and Joint Ventures 
  • Corporate/M&A – International Firms and Joint Ventures 
  • Labour and Employment – International Firms and Joint Ventures


Malaysia (as K&L Gates Straits Law LLC)

  • Foreign Firms 


Singapore (as K&L Gates Straits Law LLC)

  • Asset Finance – Foreign Firms
  • Banking and Finance – Local Firms
  • Dispute Resolution – Local Firms
  • Energy – Foreign Firms
  • International Arbitration
  • Labour and Employment – Foreign Firms
  • Projects – Foreign Firms
  • White Collar Crime – Foreign Firms 


Taiwan 

  • Capital Markets 
  • Corporate and M&A 
  • Dispute Resolution 

K&L Gates individuals recognized include: 

Australia    


China    

  • Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms – Simon Poh [Leading Individual]
  • Intellectual Property: Foreign Firms – Edward Yao [Rising Star] 
  • Tax - Foreign Firms – Roberta Chang [Next Generation Partner] and Anita Zhou [Rising Star] 


Hong Kong    


Japan    

  • Banking and Finance – International Firms and Joint Ventures - Robert Melson [Leading Individual]
  • Labour and Employment – International Firms and Joint Ventures - Takahiro Hoshino [Leading Individual] and Nobuki Wada [Next Generation Partner]


Singapore (as K&L Gates Straits Law LLC)


Taiwan     


To view the firm's full rankings, visit the Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide 2022.  

K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents. The firm represents leading multinational corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations and individuals.

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