Drew garners 52 practice and lawyer rankings in latest Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023 rankings

Drew & Napier continues to receive first-rate recognition as one of Singapore’s top law firms in the latest Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023 rankings. We garnered 52 practice and lawyer rankings, with the highest number of lawyers ranked in the areas of Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Intellectual Property: Domestic: Litigation once again. 

We are ranked the best of the best in the following practice areas.

• Dispute Resolution: Litigation (17 consecutive years)
• Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT): Domestic (16 consecutive years)
• Restructuring/Insolvency: Domestic (16 consecutive years)
• Intellectual Property: Domestic (16 consecutive years)
• Tax

Through market research and client feedback, Chambers identified our following lawyers as top ranked practitioners.

• Dispute Resolution: Litigation - Cavinder Bull, SC (13 consecutive years)
• Dispute Resolution: Arbitration - Cavinder Bull, SC (11 consecutive years)
• Restructuring/Insolvency: Domestic - Sushil Nair (16 consecutive years), Blossom Hing (8 consecutive years)
• Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT): Domestic - Lim Chong Kin (16 consecutive years)
• Tax - Ong Sim Ho (13 consecutive years), Ong Ken Loon
• Intellectual Property: Domestic: Litigation - Tony Yeo (5 consecutive years)

Various teams in Drew & Napier are also highly ranked as market-leading practices. These include:

• Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: The Elite
• Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption: Domestic
• Competition/Antitrust
• Construction: Domestic
• Employment: Domestic
• Banking & Finance: Domestic
• Corporate/M&A: Domestic
• Real Estate
• Investment Funds: Domestic

Many of our lawyers have also been highly recommended for their expertise by Chambers. By alphabetical order of practice areas -

• Banking & Finance: Domestic - Pauline Chong
• Competition/Antitrust - Lim Chong Kin
• Competition/Antitrust - Dr Corinne Chew
• Construction: Domestic - Christopher Chong
• Construction: Domestic - Kelvin Teo
• Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption: Domestic - Wendell Wong
• Corporate/M&A: Domestic - Gary Pryke
• Corporate/M&A: Domestic - Steven Lo
• Corporate/M&A: Domestic - Tan Teng Sen
• Dispute Resolution: Arbitration - Jimmy Yim, SC
• Dispute Resolution: Arbitration - Mahesh Rai
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation - Jimmy Yim, SC
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation - Randolph Khoo
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation - Siraj Omar, SC
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation - Blossom Hing
• Employment: Domestic - Kelvin Tan
• Employment: Domestic - Benjamin Gaw
• Intellectual Property: Domestic: Litigation - Yvonne Tang
• Intellectual Property: Domestic: Litigation - Meryl Koh
• Investment Funds: Domestic - Petrus Huang
• Restructuring/Insolvency: Domestic - Julian Kwek
• Restructuring/Insolvency: Domestic - Chan Wei Meng
• Restructuring/Insolvency: Domestic - Mohan Gopalan

Three of our lawyers also entered the rankings for the first time in a total of four different areas. They are:

• Banking & Finance (International Firms): Indonesia, Expertise based abroad in Singapore – Julian Kwek
• Construction: Domestic – Mahesh Rai
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation – Mahesh Rai
• Investment Funds: Domestic – Ron Cheng

Regional Recognition

The firm also received recognition in Chambers’ regional rankings. We are highly regarded for Arbitration (International) in the Asia-Pacific Region category, Dispute Resolution (International Firms) for our India-related work, and Corporate & Finance (International Firms) for our Indonesia-related work.

Drew Network Asia Pillar Firms

We are also delighted to share that our Drew Network Asia (DNA) pillar firms, Makarim & Taira S. (Makarim) from Indonesia, Shearn Delamore & Co. (Shearn) from Malaysia and Martinez Vergara & Gonzalez Sociedad (MVGS) from the Philippines, are also well-placed in the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023 rankings. Makarim stood out in Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Projects & Energy, and Real Estate. Four of their partners have been ranked for their outstanding work.

Shearn is highly placed for Banking & Finance, Banking & Finance: Debt Capital Markets, Competition/Antitrust, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment & Industrial Relations, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Shipping, Tax, and Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT). 22 of their partners have been ranked for their expertise in their respective fields. MVGS is well-ranked for Banking & Finance, and Corporate/M&A.

About Chambers Asia-Pacific

Chambers Asia-Pacific is one of the world’s largest circulating and most reputable legal ranking publications. Its team of researchers conduct thousands of interviews with clients and lawyers worldwide, and analyse matters and deals to rank the world’s best lawyers and practices.