Singapore | Drew maintains impressive performance in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024 rankings

Drew & Napier continues to win recognition for our blue-ribbon legal service with 55 practice and lawyer rankings in the latest Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024 results, in testament to our longstanding reputation for excellence and the hard work of our colleagues.
 
Our firm maintains our lead with most lawyers ranked in the areas of Dispute Resolution: Litigation as well as Intellectual Property: Litigation.
 
Demonstrating their well-known prowess, five of our practices came out on top yet again.
 

• Dispute Resolution: Litigation (18 consecutive years)
• Intellectual Property (17 consecutive years)
• Restructuring/Insolvency (17 consecutive years)
• Tax (2 consecutive years)
• Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) (17 consecutive years)

The following Drew lawyers are recognised as crème de la crème in their specialisations.
 

• Dispute Resolution: Arbitration - Cavinder Bull, SC (12 consecutive years)
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation - Cavinder Bull, SC (14 consecutive years)
• Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators - Cavinder Bull, SC
• Intellectual Property: Litigation - Tony Yeo (6 consecutive years)
• Restructuring/Insolvency - Sushil Nair (17 consecutive years)
• Restructuring/Insolvency - Blossom Hing (9 consecutive years)
• Tax - Ong Sim Ho (14 years)
• Tax - Ong Ken Loon (2 consecutive years)
• Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) - Lim Chong Kin (17 consecutive years)

Our market-leading practices which also earned a mark of distinction include:
 

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

 
Based on feedback of clients and the industry, Chambers accorded many of our lawyers individual recognition for their skills and knowledge in their fields.
 

• Banking & Finance - Pauline Chong
• Competition/Antitrust - Lim Chong Kin
• Competition/Antitrust - Dr Corinne Chew
• Construction - Christopher Chong
• Construction - Mahesh Rai
• Construction - Kelvin Teo
• Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption - Wendell Wong
• Corporate/M&A - Gary Pryke
• Corporate/M&A - Steven Lo
• Corporate/M&A - 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
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation – Mahesh Rai
• Employment - Kelvin Tan
• Employment - Benjamin Gaw
• Intellectual Property: Litigation - Yvonne Tang
• Intellectual Property: Litigation - Meryl Koh
• Investment Funds -  Ron Cheng
• Real Estate - Lau Sok Hiang
• Restructuring/Insolvency - Julian Kwek
• Restructuring/Insolvency - Chan Wei Meng
• Restructuring/Insolvency - Mohan Gopalan

 
Regional Recognition
 
Our firm is lauded as market-leading law firm for our regional work in relation to India, Indonesia and Asia-Pacific Region as an “International Firm”.
 
The following lawyers stood out for their expertise in the respective overseas jurisdiction as follows:

• Banking & Finance (International Firms): Indonesia, Expertise based abroad in Singapore - Julian Kwek
• Dispute Resolution (International Firms): India, Expertise Based Abroad in Singapore -  Cavinder Bull, SC
• Dispute Resolution (International Firms): India, Expertise Based Abroad in Singapore - Mahesh Rai

Drew Network Asia Firms
 
Makarim & Taira S. from Indonesia is well-ranked in Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Projects & Energy, and Real Estate.
 
Shearn Delamore & Co. from Malaysia ranked Tier 1 for Dispute Resolution, Employment & Industrial Relations, Intellectual Property, and Tax.
 
Martinez Vergara & Gonzalez Sociedad (MVGS) from Philippines also distinguished themselves with their excellent work in the practice areas of Banking & Finance, and Corporate/M&A.
 
Tilleke & Gibbins is highly ranked for Intellectual Property, Employment, Tax, and Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) in Thailand, and has also earned practice rankings across various Southeast Asian jurisdictions including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam.
 
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.