The definitive guide to Asia’s leading law firms and lawyers 

asialaw provides independent analysis of Asia’s leading regional and domestic law firms, and the lawyers shaping the market.

Through firm submissions, client feedback, peer review and market intelligence, our research identifies the firms and practitioners delivering outstanding legal expertise and client service across Asia’s jurisdictions and practice areas.

Our rankings help legal professionals understand the market, support law firm business development, and give general counsel clearer insight when choosing advisers.

Now available on IFLR.com, asialaw rankings and research offer a single destination for legal market intelligence across Asia, with deeper insight, improved searchability and a more connected research experience.

We research, analyse and rank firms across 28 sectors and practice areas

Aviation and shipping - Banking and financial services - Consumer goods and services - Energy - Industrials and manufacturing - Infrastructure - Insurance - Materials - Media and entertainment - Mining - Oil and gas - Pharmaceuticals and life sciences - Real estate - Technology and telecommunications

General business law (covers all practice areas in smaller jurisdictions) - Banking and finance - Capital markets - Competition/antitrust - Construction - Corporate and M&A - Dispute resolution - Regulatory - Intellectual property - Labour and employment - Investment funds - Private equity - Restructuring and insolvency - Tax

Brunei - Cambodia - China - Hong Kong SAR - India - Indonesia - Japan - Kazakhstan - Laos - Macau SAR - Malaysia - Maldives - Mongolia - Philippines - Singapore - South Korea - Sri Lanka - Taiwan - Thailand - Vietnam

Research methodology

asialaw is based on extensive consultation with the market. Our research material, which our team of experienced writers based in the region collects, is from four main sources: questionnaires, partners, clients and independent research. See here for more detail.

Sector and practice area rankings and editorial

We produce tables ranking firms in Outstanding, Highly Recommended and Recommended tiers for the relevant sectors and practice areas. Our research analysts add editorial commentary on all of the firms ranked. The tables are a list of the best firms in each of the sectors and practice areas, according to our research. The ranked firms might also offer services in sectors and practice areas other than those they have been ranked in and the total number of firms listed will vary by jurisdiction.