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Rankings published in 2026
Capital markets : Debt
Tier 3
39 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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Davis Polk & Wardwell
9 practice areas
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Linklaters
16 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
18 practice areas
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Tier 2

Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
19 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
14 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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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
8 practice areas
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Deacons
16 practice areas
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Fangda Partners
8 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
12 practice areas
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King & Wood
19 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
13 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
13 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
10 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Dentons
11 practice areas
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Han Kun Law Offices
5 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
16 practice areas
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Jingtian & Gongcheng
6 practice areas
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JunHe
11 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
16 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
9 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Reed Smith Richards Butler
12 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
15 practice areas
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Tian Yuan Law Firm
3 practice areas
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Notable

Charltons
8 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
5 practice areas
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Haiwen & Partners
11 practice areas
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Stevenson Wong & Co
7 practice areas
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YYC Legal
5 practice areas
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Haiwen & Partners
11 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
Tier 2
51 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
9 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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Tier 2

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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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
14 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
13 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
13 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
17 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
16 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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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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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
16 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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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
4 practice areas
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Tier 4

Charltons
8 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
12 practice areas
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Dentons
11 practice areas
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H.M. Chan & Co
5 practice areas
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Han Kun Law Offices
5 practice areas
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Jingtian & Gongcheng
6 practice areas
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Johnson Stokes & Master
36 practice areas
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Jones Day
14 practice areas
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JunHe
11 practice areas
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Kwok Yih & Chan
7 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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MinterEllison
7 practice areas
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Reed Smith Richards Butler
12 practice areas
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Winston & Strawn
5 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
6 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
5 practice areas
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Haiwen & Partners
11 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
12 practice areas
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Seyfarth Shaw
7 practice areas
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Stevenson Wong & Co
7 practice areas
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Tian Yuan Law Firm
3 practice areas
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YYC Legal
5 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 2
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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Private equity
Tier 4
40 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
16 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
7 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Davis Polk & Wardwell
9 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 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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Ropes & Gray
12 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
14 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
16 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
8 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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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
9 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
14 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
18 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Cooley
6 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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H.M. Chan & Co
5 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
12 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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O'Melveny & Myers
12 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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Sullivan & Cromwell
10 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Timothy Loh
10 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
4 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Established in 1992, Sullivan & Cromwell’s Hong Kong office serves as a strategic point for significant transactions that involve Greater China and Asia Pacific companies or assets. The Firm also advises clients on significant cross-border transactions in the rest of Asia and elsewhere in the world. Headquartered in New York, the firm has more than 875 lawyers who serve clients around the world through a network of 13 offices, located in leading financial centers in Asia, Australia, Europe and the United States.

 

Highlights

Equipped with a dedicated, highly skilled team of lawyers in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Hong Kong and Beijing offices, the firm regularly provide U.S., Hong Kong and English law advice to clients in Greater China, the Asia-Pacific region and around the world. Recent deal highlights include advises Underwriters in Fangzhou Inc.’s Hong Kong IPO and Global Offering with a market capitalization of $1.4 billion.

 

Key clients

Clients of the Firm are nearly evenly divided between U.S. and non-U.S. entities. They include industrial and commercial companies; financial institutions; private funds; governments; educational, charitable and cultural institutions; and individuals, estates and trusts. S&C’s client base is exceptionally diverse, a result of the Firm’s extraordinary capacity to tailor work to specific client needs.

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New hires were made across the PE, M&A, real estate, antitrust, finance and capital markets practices in the UK and the US
Patrick Bright and William Needham are the newest entries in the firm’s London private capital practice
M&A
New hires were made across the PE, M&A, finance, and corporate practices in London, Newcastle, New York and Singapore
New hires and promotions were made across finance, PE and M&A practices in London, Singapore, New York and Santiago
Kon Asimacopoulos and Michael Francies have joined the firm in what could be the start of a significant expansion in the UK capital
New hires were made across the financial regulation, M&A and investment funds practices in London, New York and Chicago
M&A
Skadden, Latham & Watkins, Sullivan & Cromwell and Goodwin are among top legal advisers for companies in M&A transactions being scrutinised by the UK Competition and Markets Authority
M&A
The New York-based corporate lawyer says that three things that help her advocate successfully for clients are the ability to remain calm, think through and articulate points clearly, and work collegially under pressure
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