Singapore | Drew continues to attain regional accolades in Chambers Global 2025

Drew & Napier continues to attain regional accolades with a total of 32 practice and lawyer recognitions in the Chambers Global 2025 legal rankings.

Our accolades in this guide highlights Drew’s regional expertise across various practices.

The firm is ranked as a leading firm for International & Cross-Border Capabilities (Singapore and South East Asian Firms) for the seventh consecutive year. A client shared with Chambers that “Drew & Napier is a one-stop shop for regional work in South-East Asia, one of the few Singapore-based firms that offer such seamless service”.

We are also recognised by Chambers in its global rankings for the following categories: Asia Pacific Region: Arbitration (International), India: Dispute Resolution, Indonesia: Corporate & Finance (International Firms), Banking & Finance: (Foreign Expertise: Indonesia) and Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Foreign Expertise) – India, Indonesia.

In addition, Drew maintains our disputes prowess on the domestic front, with achievements in Singapore: Dispute Resolution (Litigation) – Band 1 for 19 consecutive years and Singapore: Dispute Resolution (Arbitration – Elite). This is among the 10 practice areas we are ranked in this year, in the Global rankings.

Three of our lawyers debuted into the rankings this year, namely, Directors Julian Kwek for Singapore: Banking & Finance (Foreign Experts), Grace Chong for Singapore: Banking & Finance (Regulatory) and Adam Maniam for Singapore: Dispute Resolution (Litigation).

In total, Drew garnered 22 lawyer recognitions in the Chambers Global rankings. These are:

• Global Market Leaders: Arbitration (International) – Cavinder Bull, SC
• China: Dispute Resolution (Arbitration) (International Firms) – Randolph Khoo
• India: Dispute Resolution (Desk based abroad in Singapore) – Cavinder Bull, SC and Mahesh Rai
• Indonesia: Banking & Finance (International Firms) – Julian Kwek
• Singapore: Dispute Resolution (Arbitration) (Foreign Experts) – Randolph Khoo
• Singapore: Dispute Resolution (Arbitration) – Jimmy Yim, SC, Cavinder Bull, SC, and Mahesh Rai
• Singapore: Dispute Resolution (Litigation)– Jimmy Yim, SC, Cavinder Bull, SC, Randolph Khoo, Blossom Hing, SC, Mahesh Rai and Adam Maniam
• Singapore: Banking & Finance (Foreign Experts) – Julian Kwek
• Singapore: Banking & Finance (Domestic) – Pauline Chong
• Singapore: Banking & Finance (Regulatory) – Grace Chong
• Singapore: Corporate/M&A (Domestic) – Steven Lo, Tan Teng Sen and Gary Pryke
• Singapore: Dispute Resolution (Most in Demand Arbitrators) – Cavinder Bull, SC

We proudly share the limelight with our Drew Network Asia partner firms.

Makarim & Taira S. from Indonesia is ranked in Corporate/M&A and Projects & Energy, with five lawyer recognitions while Shearn Delamore & Co. from Malaysia is ranked in Banking & Finance, Banking & Finance: Debt Capital Markets and Corporate/M&A, with three lawyer recognitions.

Martinez Vergara & Gonzalez Sociedad (MVGS), from the Philippines are also ranked in Banking & Finance, Banking & Finance: Capital Markets and Corporate/M&A, while Tilleke & Gibbins is ranked in seven practice areas – General Business Law (for Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar), Corporate/M&A (for Thailand and Vietnam), Banking & Finance (Thailand) and Projects & Energy (Thailand), with seven lawyer recognitions.

These recognitions further enhance our achievements in the latest Chambers Asia Pacific 2025 and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific legal rankings, which were released in December 2024 and January 2025 respectively.