The Legal Benchmarking Group is thrilled to announce the 2026 shortlist for the asialaw awards.
Following months of in-depth research, the 2026 shortlist honours the exceptional achievements of individual lawyers and the law firms that went above and beyond across the Asia-Pacific region.
This year’s ceremony will be hosted at the Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur on November 5, jointly with the Managing IP Asia-Pacific Awards. You can view that shortlist, here.
All winners are to be announced on the evening. We regularly review categories, taking into account market feedback and important industry developments. Below are the categories and shortlists for this year's programme. Special awards, including Client Choice awards and Editor’s Choice - Impact Deal and Case awards, will be announced at the ceremony.
Upcoming Ceremony
Winners will be announced at the ceremony, taking place on Thursday, November 5 2026 at The Mandarin Oriental in Kuala Lumpur. Join us to find out which law firms and practitioners are setting the standard for the legal industry!
To find out more about the Awards Ceremony, please contact: Fan Yeung.
Congratulations to all of those shortlisted!
Accordion override
Regional - Industry Expertise
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- Tilleke & Gibbins (Thailand)
- AZB & Partners
- Han Kun Law Offices
- Incisive Law
- Kim & Chang
- Rajah & Tann Singapore
- Trilegal
- Wang Jing & Co
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- Loh Wai Yue - Incisive Law
- Thian Seng Oon - TS Oon & Partners
- Anand Shah - AZB & Partners
- Shu Wang - Han Kun Law Offices
- Paul Ng - Rajah & Tann Singapore
- John Frangos - Tilleke & Gibbins (Thailand)
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- Adnan Sundra & Low
- Zul Rafique & Partners
- Allen & Gledhill
- AZB & Partners
- Chandler Mori Hamada
- Drew & Napier
- Lee & Ko
- Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Rahmat Lim & Partners
- S&R Associates
- Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
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- Deepak Sadasivan - Adnan Sundra & Low
- William Ong - Allen & Gledhill
- Piyush Mishra - Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
- Judy Hao - Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz (ACCRALAW)
- Ajay Bahl - AZB & Partners
- Jiro Mikami - Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Azman Bin Othman Luk - Rahmat Lim & Partners
- Lilian Liew - Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
- Sook Kwan Chin - Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
- Mei Mei Loh - Zul Rafique & Partners
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- Allen & Gledhill
- Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Thailand)
- DFDL (Thailand)
- Guantao Law Firm
- Rahmat Lim & Partners
- Sagus Legal
- Trilegal
- UMBRA
- Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
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- Kelvin Wong - Allen & Gledhill
- Supasit Boonsanong - Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Thailand)
- Audray Souche - DFDL (Thailand)
- Sehun Ko - Jipyong
- Jiro Mikami - Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Anand Shrivastava - Sagus Legal
- Kirana Sastrawijaya - UMBRA
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- Christopher Chuah Law Chambers
- Hendra Soenardi
- Trilegal
- DSK Legal
- Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
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- Christopher Chuah - Christopher Chuah Law Chambers
- Yuxiang Song - City Development Law Firm
- Oscar Damarjati - Hendra Soenardi
- Nayantara Nag - Trilegal
- Amin Abdul Majid - Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
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- Allen & Gledhill
- AnJie Broad Law Firm
- Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
- Rajah & Tann Singapore
- Trilegal
- Yulchon
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- Lei (Frank) Chen - AnJie Broad Law Firm
- Indranath Bishnu - Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
- Simon Goh - Rajah & Tann Singapore
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- Federal & Company
- Kim & Chang
- Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Rahmat Lim & Partners
- Rajah & Tann Singapore
- Zul Rafique & Partners
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- Jin Ho Song - Kim & Chang
- Hiroto Inoue - Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Luky Walalangi - Walalangi & Partners
- Murtuza Federal - Federal & Company
- May Ling Leong - Zul Rafique & Partners
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- Allen & Gledhill
- Kudun and Partners
- Lee & Ko
- Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
- Skrine
- Tilleke & Gibbins (Thailand)
- Trilegal
- Haiwen & Partners
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- Tan Wee Ming - Allen & Gledhill
- Richard Ma - DaHui Lawyers
- Poh Yin (Charmayne) Ong - Skrine
- Nikhil Narendran - Trilegal
- Tham Kok Leong - Allen & Gledhill
Regional - Legal Expertise
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- Zul Rafique & Partners
- Allen & Gledhill
- AZB & Partners
- JunHe
- Lee & Ko
- Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Rahmat Lim & Partners
- Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
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- Mei Mei Loh - Zul Rafique & Partners
- Anand Shah - AZB & Partners
- Hui (Nelson) Zhou - JunHe
- Jiro Mikami - Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Pamela Kung - Shearn Delamore & Co
- Nihas Basheer - Wadia Ghandy & Co
- Lilian Liew - Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
- Sook Kwan Chin - Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
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Banking and Finance Rising Star of the Year
- Jer Yang (Jayden) Chuah - Zul Rafique & Partners
- Everlene Lee - Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz (ACCRALAW)
- Kshitez Kaushik - AZB & Partners
- Dhwani Bansdwala - Juris Corp
- Samsung Kim - Lee & Ko
- Hiromi Hattori - Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
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- Albar & Partners
- Chandler Mori Hamada
- Haiwen & Partners
- Jingtian & Gongcheng
- JSA
- Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
- Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
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- Swee Loong Chung - Albar & Partners
- Doungporn Prasertsomsuk - Chandler Mori Hamada
- Wei Bai - Jingtian & Gongcheng
- Arka Mookerjee - JSA
- Shinichi Araki - Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Motoki Saito - Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Sandip Bhagat - S&R Associates
- Prashant Gupta - Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
- Lilian Liew - Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
- Sook Kwan Chin - Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
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- Pracheta Bhattacharya - JSA
- Bin Wang - Commerce & Finance Law Offices
- Kom Vachiravarakarn - Kudun and Partners
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- AnJie Broad Law Firm
- Chandhiok & Mahajan
- Economic Laws Practice
- Lee & Ko
- Rajan & Tann Singapore
- Shearn Delamore & Co
- Shin & Kim
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- Hao Zhan - AnJie Broad Law Firm
- Ravisekhar Nair - Economic Laws Practice
- Karan Singh Chandhiok - Chandhiok & Mahajan
- Gee Hong Kim - Jipyong
- Ryohei Tanaka - Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Anand Raj - Shearn Delamore & Co
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- Jeevitha T Thurai Rathnam - Shearn Delamore & Co
- Tarun Donadi - Chandhiok & Mahajan
- Aayushi Sharma - Economic Laws Practice
- Masayuki Atsumi - Miura & Partners
- Chun Yong Cheong - Raja Darryl & Loh
- Libo Zhu - Shihui Partners
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- Christopher Chuah Law Chambers
- AZB & Partners
- DSK Legal
- Jipyong
- Kim & Chang
- Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
- Shook Lin & Bok (Singapore)
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
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- Dzuhairi Jaafar Thani - Rahmat Lim & Partners
- Anuja Tiwari - AZB & Partners
- Christopher Chuah - Christopher Chuah Law Chambers
- Stephen Lin - Fangda Partners
- Rodney Gomez - Shearn Delamore & Co
- Jihong Wang - Zhong Lun Law Firm
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- Hyunjung Ro - Lee & Ko
- Michelle Choy - Christopher Chuah Law Chambers
- Kar Yee (Joyce) Ong - Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
- Rachel Chiah - Skrine
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- Allen & Gledhill
- AZB & Partners
- Yulchon
- Kim & Chang
- Kudun and Partners
- Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
- Skrine
- Tilleke & Gibbins (Thailand)
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
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- Chaoying (Charles) Li - Han Kun Law Offices
- Kudun Sukhumananda - Kudun and Partners
- Yuko Tamai - Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Raghubir Menon - Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
- Lai Heng (Janet) Looi - Skrine
- Abhishek Dubey - Trilegal
- Tehyok Daniel Yi - Yulchon
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- Min Suk Choi - Yulchon
- Seraphina Ho - Drew & Napier
- Peerasanti Somritutai - Mediums
- Wei Xian Tan - Skrine
- Ankush Goyal - Trilegal
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- Cecil Abraham & Partners
- SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
- Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
- Drew & Napier
- Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
- Siraj Omar
- Tilleke & Gibbins (Thailand)
- Trilegal
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
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- Ajay Bahl - AZB & Partners
- Cecil Abraham - Cecil Abraham & Partners
- Carlos Roberto Lopez - SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
- Vaibhav Kakkar - Saraf and Partners
- Siraj Omar - Siraj Omar
- John Frangos - Tilleke & Gibbins (Thailand)
- Shen Yi Thio - TSMP Law Corporation
- Baosheng Zhang - Zhong Lun Law Firm
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- Yuxiang Hu - Chance Bridge Law Firm
- Nina Lai - Shook Lin & Bok (Malaysia)
- Raunak Dhillon - Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
- Vinayak Sri Ram - Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership
- Larisa Cheng - Siraj Omar
- John Christian Joy Regalado - SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
- Pongpalin Chantrapirom - Tilleke & Gibbins (Thailand)
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- Allen & Gledhill
- Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
- Hugill & Ip
- Kim & Chang
- Rajah & Tann Singapore
- Skrine
- Trilegal
- Zul Rafique & Partners
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- Tay Yong Seng - Allen & Gledhill
- Yasir Said - Atmos Law Office
- Rashmi Pradeep - Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
- Heng Seng Lim - Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
- Chusert Supasitthumrong - Tilleke & Gibbins (Thailand)
- Lei Chen - Merits & Tree Law Offices
- Keat Ching Wong - Zul Rafique & Partners
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- Dinne Chairandi - Dentons HPRP
- Vladi Miguel Lazaro - Gatmaytan Yap Patacsil Gutierrez & Protacio (C&G Law)
- William Kim - Lee & Ko
- Amardeep Singh Toor - Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
- Hooi Ping Tan - Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
- Ting Ting Tan - Rajah & Tann Singapore
- Thaver Ahetesham - ALMT Legal
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- JSA
- Lee & Ko
- Trilegal
- Fangda Partners
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- Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
- Drew & Napier
- Economic Laws Practice
- Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
- Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Skrine
- Trilegal
- Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
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- Pooja Mahajan - Chandhiok & Mahajan
- Blosson Hing - Drew & Napier
- Yosuke Kanegae - Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Nobuakai Kobayashi - Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Claudia Cheah - Skrine
- Pramudya Oktavinanda - UMBRA
- Shengfeng Xu - Zhong Lun Law Firm
- Natthida Pranutnorapal - Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners
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- Joshua Chin - Drew & Napier
- Resa Raditya - Hendra Soenardi
- Kaazvin Kapadia - Trilegal
- Thanawan Kirdsinsap - Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners
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- AllBright Law Offices
- Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
- Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership
- Taxise Asia
- Trilegal
- Yulchon
- Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
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- V Sridharan - Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
- Nitin Nadkarni - Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
- Saravana Kumar - Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership
- Himanshu Sinha - Trilegal
- Kyu Dong Kim - Yulchon
- Eugene Lim - Taxise Asia
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- Shivam Garg - Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
- Pei Roo (Chris) Toh - Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
- Maria Viola Vista - SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
- Samyak Jain - Trilegal
- Benedict Seow - Taxise Asia
Jurisdiction Awards
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- Wai Yee Lee - AIP Law
- Roslyna Latif - HEP Law
- Shiao Hui Koh - Dr Colin Ong Legal Services
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- Abrahams Davidson & Co
- CCW Partnership
- HEP Law
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- Mariza Ung - Andersen in Cambodia
- Vanseka Sok - Sethalay Law Office
- Vansok Khem - DFDL
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- Andersen in Cambodia
- Bun & Associates
- DFDL
- Sok Siphana Sethalay
- Tilleke & Gibbins
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- Jihong Wang - Zhong Lun Law Firm
- Pu (Alexandra) Yang - Fangda Partners
- Yu Yan - Jia Yuan Law Offices
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- Commerce & Finance Law Offices
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
- Fangda Partners
- Haiwen & Partners
- Han Kun Law Offices
- Jingtian & Gongcheng
- JunHe
- King & Wood (China)
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- Julia Charlton - Charltons
- Anna Chan - Oldham Li & Nie
- Vivien Chan - Vivien Chan & Co
- Florence Chan - Wilkinson & Grist
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- Charltons
- Deacons
- Gallant
- Haiwen & Partners
- Oldham Li & Nie
- Wilkinson & Grist
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
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- Anushree Rauta - ANM Global
- Tine Abraham - Trilegal
- Nisha Kaur Uberoi - JSA
- Daizy Chawla - S&A Law Offices
- Niti Dixit - S&R Associates
- Saya Choudhary - Singh & Singh
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- Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
- Economic Laws Practice
- AZB & Partners
- Trilegal
- JSA
- S&R Associates
- Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
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- Pinita Ambuwaru - Bagus Enrico & Partners
- Kirana Sastrawijaya - UMBRA
- Eva Djauhari - DeHeng Arko
- Miriam Andreta - Walalangi & Partners
- Zippora Siregar - William Hendrik & Siregar Djojonegoro
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- Bagus Enrico & Partners
- Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
- Hendra Soenardi
- TnP Law Firm
- UMBRA
- Walalangi & Partners
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- Saori Hanada - Atsumi & Sakai
- Chie Kasahara - Atsumi & Sakai
- Yoko Maeda - City-Yuwa Partners
- Yuko Tamai - Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Haruka Murata - Miura & Partners
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- Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
- Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Mori Hamada
- Nishimura & Asahi
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- Yelena Manayenko - Aequitas
- Olga Chentsova - Aequitas
- Liza Zhumakhmetova - Signum Law Firm
- Sofiya Zhylkaidarova - Signum Law Firm
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- Grata International
- Aequitas
- Sayat Zholshy & Partners
- Signum Law Firm
- Unicase
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- Daodeuane Duangdara - VDB Loi
- Kristy Newby - DFDL
- Prisna Sungwanna - Tilleke & Gibbins
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- DFDL
- Rajah & Tann (Laos)
- Tilleke & Gibbins
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- Fátima Lam - STA Lawyers
- Manuela António - Manuela António - Lawyers and Notaries
- Rita Martins - MdME
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- Riquito Advogados
- Jorge Neto Valente Advogados
- Lektou
- MdME
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- Mei Mei Loh - Zul Rafique & Partners
- Pamela Kung - Shearn Delamore & Co
- Lai Heng (Janet) Looi - Skrine
- Claudia Cheah - Skrine
- Lilian Liew - Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
- Sook Kwan Chin - Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
- Keat Ching Wong - Zul Rafique & Partners
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- Rahmat Lim & Partners
- Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
- Shearn Delamore & Co
- Shook Lin & Bok (Malaysia)
- Skrine
- Zul Rafique & partners
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- Dheena Hussain - SHC Law & Tax
- Mizna Ahmed - S&A Lawyers
- Asma Chan-Rahmid - SHC Law & Tax
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- S&A Lawyers
- Premier Chambers
- SHC Law & Tax
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- Enkhtsetseg Nergui - Anand Advocates
- Dugerjav Dash-Onolt - MDS & KhanLex
- Bolormaa Volodya - Grata International Mongolia
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- KhanLex Partners
- MahoneyLiotta
- MDS & KhanLex
- Melville Erdenedalai
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- Susan Villanueva - Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia
- Divina Gracia Pedron - Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia
- Judy Hao - Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz (ACCRALAW)
- Andrea E Katipunan - Gatmaytan Yap Patacsil Gutierrez & Protacio (C&G Law)
- Ma Patricia Paz-Jacoba - SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
- Rashel Ann Pomoy - Villaraza & Angangco
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- Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz (ACCRALAW)
- Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia
- Gatmaytan Yap Patacsil Gutierrez & Protacio (C&G Law)
- SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
- Villaraza & Angangco
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- Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz (ACCRALAW)
- Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia
- Gatmaytan Yap Patacsil Gutierrez & Protacio (C&G Law)
- SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
- Villaraza & Angangco
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- Jia Yi Toh - Allen & Gledhill
- Lai Shieh Lin - Allen & Gledhill
- Shirin Swah - Shook Lin & Bok (Singapore)
- Jaime Lye - Meritus Law
- Kala Anandarajah - Rajah & Tann Singapore
- Andrea Ng - Shook Lin & Bok (Singapore)
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- Drew & Napier
- Allen & Gledhill
- Rajah & Tann Singapore
- Shook Lin & Bok (Singapore)
- TSMP Law Corporation
- WongPartnership
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- Hyeon Hwa Shin - Yulchon
- Mia Kim - Kim & Chang
- Keum Nang Park - Lee & Ko
- Suruyn Kim - Lee & Ko
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- Bae Kim & Lee
- Jipyong
- Kim & Chang
- Lee & Ko
- Shin & Kim
- Yulchon
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- Ayomi Aluwihare-Gunawardene - FJ & G de Saram
- Shehara Varia - FJ & G de Saram
- Nirusha Ratnatunga - Nithya Partners
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- FJ & G de Saram
- DL & F De Saram
- Nithya Partners
- Sudath Perera Associates
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- Ken Ying Tseng - Lee and Li
- Jane Wang - Formosa Transnational
- Stacy Lo - Lexcel Partners
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- Formosa Transnational
- Lee and Li
- Lexcel Partners
- Tsar & Tsai Law Firm
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- Doungporn Prasertsomsuk - Chandler Mori Hamada
- Audray Souche - DFDL (Thailand)
- Veeranuch Thammavaranucupt - TTT & Partners
- Pimvimol (June) Vipamaneerut - Tilleke & Gibbins (Thailand)
- Natthida Pranutnorapal - Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners
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- Chandler Mori Hamada
- Tilleke & Gibbins
- Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners
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- Thi Thu Ha Nguyen - Vision & Associates
- Bernadette Fahy - Forvis Mazars Legal Vietnam
- Thi Que Vu - Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers
- Tram Ngoc Bich Nguyen - Tilleke & Gibbins
- Duyen Ha Vo - VILAF
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- Frasers Law Company
- DFDL
- Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers
- VILAF
- YKVN
Editor's Choice
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- Allen & Gledhill
- AZB & Partners
- Kim & Chang
- Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Japan)
- Trilegal
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
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- Adi Law
- Aekom Legal
- Siraj Omar
- Atmos Law Office
- IGNOS Law Alliance
- Setia Law
Click the link above to your reserve your place at this year's event!