IFLR is part of Legal Benchmarking Limited, 1-2 Paris Garden, London, SE1 8ND

Copyright © Legal Benchmarking Limited and its affiliated companies 2026

Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Modern Slavery Statement


This law firm has not supplied any contact details or supplementary information for this country or region. For more information about profiling options please contact Prin Shasiharan.
Rankings published in 2026
Capital markets - Foreign
Tier 2
25 firms ranked
View full list

Tier 1

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
View profile
Davis Polk & Wardwell
8 practice areas
View profile
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
View profile

Tier 2

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
View profile
Freshfields
12 practice areas
View profile
Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
View profile
Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
View profile
Linklaters
15 practice areas
View profile
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
View profile

Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
View profile
Cooley
5 practice areas
View profile
DLA Piper
14 practice areas
View profile
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
View profile
O'Melveny & Myers
8 practice areas
View profile
Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
View profile
Sidley Austin
11 practice areas
View profile
Slaughter and May
6 practice areas
View profile
Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
View profile
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
5 practice areas
View profile

Tier 4

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
View profile
Milbank
12 practice areas
View profile
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
View profile
Reed Smith
7 practice areas
View profile

Notable

Dorsey & Whitney
6 practice areas
View profile
Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
View profile
M&A - Foreign
Tier 1
45 firms ranked
View full list

Tier 1

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
View profile
Freshfields
12 practice areas
View profile
Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
View profile
Linklaters
15 practice areas
View profile
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
View profile

Tier 2

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
View profile
Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
View profile
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
View profile
Davis Polk & Wardwell
8 practice areas
View profile
Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
View profile
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
6 practice areas
View profile
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
View profile
Weil Gotshal & Manges
7 practice areas
View profile

Tier 3

DLA Piper
14 practice areas
View profile
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
View profile
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
View profile
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
View profile
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
View profile
Morrison & Foerster
11 practice areas
View profile
Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
View profile
O'Melveny & Myers
8 practice areas
View profile
Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
View profile
Sidley Austin
11 practice areas
View profile
Slaughter and May
6 practice areas
View profile
White & Case
12 practice areas
View profile

Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
8 practice areas
View profile
CMS
4 practice areas
View profile
Cooley
5 practice areas
View profile
Jones Day
11 practice areas
View profile
Milbank
12 practice areas
View profile
MinterEllison
6 practice areas
View profile
Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
View profile
Reed Smith
7 practice areas
View profile
Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
View profile
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
5 practice areas
View profile

Notable

Cuatrecasas
4 practice areas
View profile
Dorsey & Whitney
6 practice areas
View profile
GRATA International
6 practice areas
View profile
Garrigues
6 practice areas
View profile
Gide Loyrette Nouel
9 practice areas
View profile
Goodwin Procter
5 practice areas
View profile
LPA Law
3 practice areas
View profile
Nishimura & Asahi
3 practice areas
View profile
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
3 practice areas
View profile
Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
View profile
Private equity - Foreign
Tier 2
26 firms ranked
View full list

Tier 1

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
View profile
Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
View profile
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
6 practice areas
View profile
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
View profile

Tier 2

A&O Shearman - China
16 practice areas
View profile
Davis Polk & Wardwell
8 practice areas
View profile
Freshfields
12 practice areas
View profile
Goodwin Procter
5 practice areas
View profile
Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
View profile
Morrison & Foerster
11 practice areas
View profile
Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
View profile
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
View profile
Weil Gotshal & Manges
7 practice areas
View profile

Tier 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
View profile
Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
View profile
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
View profile
Cooley
5 practice areas
View profile
DLA Piper
14 practice areas
View profile
Debevoise & Plimpton
5 practice areas
View profile
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
View profile
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
View profile
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
View profile
O'Melveny & Myers
8 practice areas
View profile
Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
View profile
Sidley Austin
11 practice areas
View profile
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
5 practice areas
View profile
5 results5 results
Deal Highlights
16 results16 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Beijing Capital Development - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Freshfields
China (National)
Bond issue
Beijing Capital Development
Issuer
Pharmaron Beijing Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Freshfields
China (National)
Bond issue
CITIC Group Corp, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
New Development Bank - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
Freshfields
China (National)
Bond issue
Citigroup, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, ICBC, Toronto-Dominion Bank, JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
Ganzhou Development Investment Holding Group Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Freshfields
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of China, Guotai Junan Capital
Underwriter
New Development Bank - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Freshfields
China (National)
Bond issue
Crédit Agricole, Barclays, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Standard Chartered Bank
Underwriter
Shaanxi Financial Assets Management Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Freshfields
China (National)
Bond issue
Shaanxi Financial Assets Management Co Ltd
Issuer
Wuhan Real Estate Development & Investment Group Co - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Freshfields
China (National)
Bond issue
CITIC Group Corp, Central China International Capital Ltd, Bank of China, China Minsheng Banking, ICBC, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, China Everbright Bank, Industrial Bank Co Ltd, China Merchants Bank
Underwriter
Agricultural Bank of China - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Freshfields
China (National)
Bond issue
Agricultural Bank of China
Issuer
Chengdu Aerotropolis City Development Group Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Freshfields
China (National)
Bond issue
Chengdu Aerotropolis City Development Group Co Ltd
Issuer
Hutchison China MediTech Ltd. - M&A
2021-03-24
Freshfields
China (National)
M&A
Cindy Kwong, Edward Freeman, Kelly Huang
Hutchison China MediTech Ltd.
Seller
Zhaoqing Guolian Investment Holdings Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-12-01
Freshfields
China (National)
Bond issue
Zhaoqing Guolian Investment Holdings Co Ltd
Issuer
Xinjiang Financial Investment Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2022-03-01
Freshfields
China (National)
Bond issue
Xinjiang Financial Investment Co Ltd
Issuer
Vobile Group Ltd. - M&A
2022-04-25
Freshfields
China (National)
M&A
Ally Ou, April Dong, Edward Freeman, James Parkin, Justin Tang, Kelly Huang, Teresa Ko, Yuxin Shen
Vobile Group Ltd.
Buyer
Thematic Bridge Investment Pte. Ltd. - M&A
2022-09-30
Freshfields
China (National)
M&A
Clara Chang, Kelly Huang, Lingling Wang, Philip Li, Robert Ashworth, Vincent Ko
Thematic Bridge Investment Pte. Ltd.
Buyer
Imax Corp. - M&A
2023-07-12
Freshfields
China (National)
M&A
Imax Corp.
Buyer
AstraZeneca plc - M&A
2023-12-26
Freshfields
China (National)
M&A
Abigail Hathaway, Brock Dahl, Chinyere Obi, Christine Laciak, Christine Lyon, Claude Stansbury, Hannah Golden, Jeffrey Jay, Jenny Leahy, Jenny Park, Kirsty Brown, Laura Onken, Lina Zhu, Madeleine Tavcar, Maria Lestido, Marvin Galloway, Mary Lehner, May Smith, Nicole Foster, Rose Swaffield, Sarah Ghulamhussain, Sebastian Fain, Simon Priddis, Stephanie Chiu, Stephanie Cripps, Tim Swartz, Ya Ma, Zheng Zhou
AstraZeneca plc
Buyer
M&A
New hires and appointments were made in the corporate, M&A and finance practices at leading firms in Hong Kong, Tokyo, the US and the UK
New hires were made across the M&A, securities and finance practices in New York, Miami and London
Asia managing partner Matthew O’Callaghan discusses how the firm is poised to capture opportunities in the region, particularly in financial services
M&A
New hires were made across the M&A and energy practices in New York, San Francisco, Paris and Milan
M&A
Improving staff training for AI and ensuring legal advice fits in with business goals are key demands for in-house counsel when sourcing external lawyers
M&A
New hires were made across the antitrust, M&A, finance and capital markets practices in Washington DC, New York, Boston and Hong Kong
New hires were made across the private capital, corporate and capital markets practices in London, Boston, Denver and Mexico City
Freshfields lawyer Tumise Jegede, who was named a Rising Star at the IFLR Middle East Awards, reflects on why finance can be likened to tennis and offers advice for young lawyers
Sponsored

Sponsored

  • IFLR1000
    Sponsored by Freshfields
    Lucy Reed, Nicholas Lingard and Robert Kirkness of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer consider the evolution of Singapore as an international dispute resolution hub