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Rankings published in 2026
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Tier 3
19 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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King & Wood
19 practice areas
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Linklaters
16 practice areas
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Tier 2

Ashurst Perkins Coie
17 practice areas
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CMS
11 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
15 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
16 practice areas
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DLA Piper
18 practice areas
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Dentons
11 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
5 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Jones Day
14 practice areas
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K&L Gates
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
19 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
18 practice areas
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Tiang & Partners
4 practice areas
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JunHe
11 practice areas
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Private equity funds
Tier 3
30 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
12 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
11 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
16 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Morrison & Foerster
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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Simmons & Simmons
15 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
17 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
16 practice areas
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CMS
11 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
8 practice areas
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Cooley
6 practice areas
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Deacons
16 practice areas
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Fangda Partners
8 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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Haiwen & Partners
11 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
16 practice areas
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Jones Day
14 practice areas
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K&L Gates
12 practice areas
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King & Wood
19 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
9 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
7 practice areas
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Timothy Loh
10 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Gallant
5 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
9 practice areas
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Willa Legal
3 practice areas
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Real estate funds
Tier 3
18 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Baker McKenzie
16 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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DLA Piper
18 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
14 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Ashurst Perkins Coie
17 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
11 practice areas
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King & Wood
19 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
16 practice areas
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Tier 3

K&L Gates
12 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
18 practice areas
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CMS
11 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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Howse Williams
7 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
12 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
7 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
9 practice areas
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Woo Kwan Lee & Lo
8 practice areas
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Retail funds
Tier 3
17 firms ranked
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Deacons
16 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
15 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
16 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Tier 3

Charltons
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
18 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
16 practice areas
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K&L Gates
12 practice areas
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King & Wood
19 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
18 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
9 practice areas
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Timothy Loh
10 practice areas
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CMS
11 practice areas
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Howse Williams
7 practice areas
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JunHe
11 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
12 practice areas
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Stevenson Wong & Co
7 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

K&L Gates is a US-based international law firm with 45 further offices across Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. The firm assists its clients with Greater China interests from its offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taipei. 

Its lawyers instruct on cross-border transactional, regulatory, and contentious matters, but are especially active in corporate and M&A. 

Key clients of the firm include Koppers, TCL Holdings, Greentown Education Investment, Luye Medical, KaiOS Technology, Bluescope Steel and DIC Corporation. 

Over the research period the firm kept itself busy with corporate advice and restructuiring mandates, joint ventures, investments, stake sales and acquistions in the chemicals and financial services sectors. 

In 2019, the firm hired partner Guiping Lu from Haiwen & Partners and saw Grace Fan-Delatour depart for White & Case. 

Deal highlights

-Greentown Service Group A$67 million acquisition of 56% stake in Montessori Academy Group

-Fangda Carbon New Material and C-Chem $107 million acquisition of Koppers (Jiangsu) Carbon Chemical Company 

-KaiOS Technology restructuring 

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