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Rankings published in 2026
Hedge funds
Tier 3
15 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
18 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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DLA Piper
18 practice areas
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Deacons
16 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
15 practice areas
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Tier 3

Dechert
7 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
16 practice areas
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King & Wood
19 practice areas
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Notable

CMS
11 practice areas
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Dentons
11 practice areas
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Howse Williams
7 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
12 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
9 practice areas
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Willa Legal
3 practice areas
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M&A
Notable
60 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
16 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
9 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Linklaters
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
12 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
13 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
10 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
14 practice areas
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Tier 3

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
18 practice areas
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Deacons
16 practice areas
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Fangda Partners
8 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
11 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
16 practice areas
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Johnson Stokes & Master
36 practice areas
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King & Wood
19 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
14 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
7 practice areas
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Reed Smith Richards Butler
12 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
12 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
18 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
17 practice areas
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Charltons
8 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
12 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
19 practice areas
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MinterEllison
7 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
9 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
15 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
7 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
15 practice areas
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Notable

Bird & Bird
6 practice areas
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Cooley
6 practice areas
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Dechert
7 practice areas
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Dentons
11 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
5 practice areas
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Gallant
5 practice areas
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H.M. Chan & Co
5 practice areas
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Haiwen & Partners
11 practice areas
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Jingtian & Gongcheng
6 practice areas
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JunHe
11 practice areas
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Kwok Yih & Chan
7 practice areas
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LPA Law
3 practice areas
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Oldham Li & Nie
5 practice areas
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Seyfarth Shaw
7 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
9 practice areas
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Stevenson Wong & Co
7 practice areas
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Tanner De Witt
7 practice areas
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Timothy Loh
10 practice areas
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YYC Legal
5 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Founded in 1875, Philadelphia-headquartered international law firm Dechert boasts a team of more than 900 lawyers spread across 22 offices. Key figures at the Hong Kong office include partner Michael Wong. 

 

Focusses / specialisms 

Dechert in Hong Kong is best known and recognised for its high-quality funds practice, focussing on hedge funds, private equity funds and retail funds. 

The firm is experienced in advising on matters across a range of industry sectors and has a particular focus on financial services, the team regularly advises on both the fund formation work and HK regulatory aspects for funds. 

 

Key clients 

Key clients of the firm include Greenwoods Asset Management,Apeiron Capital, TradeMaster Securities (Hong Kong), Mayfair & Ayers Financial Group, SK Holdings, IMM Investment Global and Manulife Investment Management.  

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