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Rankings published in 2026
Banking and finance
Tier 2
28 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
8 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
9 practice areas
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Linklaters
8 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
6 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
9 practice areas
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Stibbe
8 practice areas
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White & Case
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
6 practice areas
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Deloitte Legal
8 practice areas
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Eubelius
9 practice areas
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Jones Day
6 practice areas
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Liedekerke
8 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
6 practice areas
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Tier 4

AKD
4 practice areas
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Altius
6 practice areas
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Argo
7 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
7 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
4 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
2 practice areas
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Lydian
7 practice areas
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PwC Legal
5 practice areas
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Notable

Ariga
2 practice areas
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Astrea
3 practice areas
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Freshfields
7 practice areas
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Monard Law
7 practice areas
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Strelia
4 practice areas
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Van Bael & Bellis
4 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt
Tier 3
17 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
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Clifford Chance
9 practice areas
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Linklaters
8 practice areas
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Stibbe
8 practice areas
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Tier 2

Loyens & Loeff
9 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
6 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
7 practice areas
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Eubelius
9 practice areas
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Freshfields
7 practice areas
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Jones Day
6 practice areas
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White & Case
6 practice areas
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Notable

Argo
7 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
6 practice areas
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Deloitte Legal
8 practice areas
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Liedekerke
8 practice areas
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PwC Legal
5 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 3
39 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
6 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
7 practice areas
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Freshfields
7 practice areas
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Tier 2

Argo
7 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
9 practice areas
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Eubelius
9 practice areas
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Linklaters
8 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
9 practice areas
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Stibbe
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

Altius
6 practice areas
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Liedekerke
8 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
6 practice areas
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Simont Braun
5 practice areas
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Van Bael & Bellis
4 practice areas
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White & Case
6 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS DeBacker
3 practice areas
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Cresco
5 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Deloitte Legal
8 practice areas
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Jones Day
6 practice areas
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Lydian
7 practice areas
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Monard Law
7 practice areas
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Quinz
3 practice areas
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Strelia
4 practice areas
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Van Olmen & Wynant
3 practice areas
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Tier 5

AKD
4 practice areas
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Astrea
3 practice areas
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Contrast
3 practice areas
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Dentons
2 practice areas
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PwC Legal
5 practice areas
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Quorum
2 practice areas
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Notable

Ashurst Perkins Coie
6 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
4 practice areas
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Cambrian
2 practice areas
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EY Law
4 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
4 practice areas
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Four & Five Law
2 practice areas
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PKF BOFIDI Legal
1 practice area
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Project development
Tier 4
14 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
8 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
9 practice areas
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Linklaters
8 practice areas
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Tier 2

Loyens & Loeff
9 practice areas
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Lydian
7 practice areas
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Stibbe
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

Deloitte Legal
8 practice areas
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Eubelius
9 practice areas
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Jones Day
6 practice areas
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Liedekerke
8 practice areas
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Monard Law
7 practice areas
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Tier 4

DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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White & Case
6 practice areas
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Tier 5

Fieldfisher
4 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

White & Case is an international law firm based in New York City with 46 offices in 31 countries worldwide. The firm established its first office in Hong Kong in 1978 and has been practicing in China for more than 40 years. The Firm has a strong track record advising multinational, regional and Hong Kong businesses on their inbound and outbound legal needs, and particularly adept at assisting with accessing Hong Kong's financial markets.

 

Highlights

The firm's top practices include banking, leveraged finance, project finance, capital markets, private equity, and funds. The firm provides legal advice to financial institutions, alternative capital providers, and corporate borrowers on a variety of financing transactions, as well as advises on cross-border mergers and acquisitions involving both public and private companies in Hong Kong.

 

The firm has expanded its Global Capital Markets Practice with the addition of Ryan Tou as corporate finance partner in Hong Kong in 2024.

Key Clients

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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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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Belfius Bank - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
White & Case
Belgium
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, Crédit Agricole, Belfius Bank, Nomura, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Commerzbank, UniCredit, JP Morgan Chase, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, UBS, Société Générale
Underwriter
Belfius Bank - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
White & Case
Belgium
Bond issue
Société Générale
Underwriter
Cary Group Holding AB - M&A
2023-05-25
White & Case
Belgium
M&A
Antoine Cleret, Christophe Goossens, Philippe Hendrickx, Rodrigo Gubbins, Thierry Bosly, Thomas Glauden
Cary Group Holding AB
Buyer
Sweco AB - M&A
2023-01-10
White & Case
Belgium
M&A
Carlo Meert, Daphne Emvalomenos, Elien Claeys, Jeremie Jourdan, Nick Hallemeesch, Thierry Bosly, William De Catell
Sweco AB
Buyer
M&A
Noah Carr and Gordon Palmquist joined the firm’s Japanese office, taking the firm’s M&A hires this week to four
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 made in regulatory, corporate, M&A and finance practices at leading firms across the US and the UK, while German Hengeler Mueller elected two new managing partners
M&A
Andrea Basham and Jennifer Cheng have joined the firm as partners in its global M&A practice in New York
M&A
New hires were made across the M&A, corporate and finance teams at leading firms across the UK, Germany and Saudi Arabia
M&A
Heidi Blomqvist joins Ashurst’s London office as partner as it boosts its private capital ,and energy and infrastructure offering
New hires were made across the PE, M&A, real estate, antitrust, finance and capital markets practices in the UK and the US
ESG
After the European Council signed off its simplification package on sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements, lawyers say a sense of closure has been achieved but uncertainty isn’t over
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