Singapore | Drew & Napier shines in latest Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025 rankings

Drew & Napier continues to shine at the top of the industry in the latest Chambers Asia Pacific 2025 legal rankings, with 62 practice and lawyer recognitions – a testament to our colleagues’ know-how, hard work and commitment to service.
 
Our lawyers garnered 45 recognitions. These include seven debut lawyer recognitions, four improved lawyer ranking positions and the most lawyers ranked in the areas of Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Intellectual Property: Litigation, and Tax.
 
Seven of our acclaimed practices are distinguished at the top.

• Dispute Resolution, Arbitration: The Elite 
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation (19 consecutive years)
• Employment
• Intellectual Property (18 consecutive years)
• Restructuring/Insolvency (18 consecutive years)
• Tax (3 consecutive years)
• Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) (18 consecutive years)

The following Drew lawyers received top honours in their respective specialisations. 

• Dispute Resolution: Arbitration - Cavinder Bull, SC (13 consecutive years)
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation - Cavinder Bull, SC (15 consecutive years)
• Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators - Cavinder Bull, SC (2 consecutive years)
• Intellectual Property: Litigation - Tony Yeo (7 consecutive years)
• Restructuring/Insolvency - Sushil Nair (18 consecutive years)
• Restructuring/Insolvency - Blossom Hing (10 consecutive years)
• Tax - Ong Ken Loon (3 consecutive years)
• Tax - Ong Sim Ho (14 years)
• Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) - Lim Chong Kin (18 consecutive years)

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

• Banking & Finance
• Competition/Antitrust
• Construction
• Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption
• Corporate/M&A
• Investment Funds
• Real Estate  

Based on market feedback from clients and peers, the following Drew lawyers are recognised for their high-quality work.

• Banking & Finance - Pauline Chong
• Banking & Finance: Regulatory – Grace 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 Investigations/Anti-Corruption - Gary Low
• 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
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation - Adam Maniam
• Employment - Kelvin Tan
• Employment - Benjamin Gaw
• Insurance - Allister Tan
• 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
• Tax - Yang Shi Yong
• TMT - David Alfred
• TMT - Grace Chong  

Regional Recognition

Drew has also been recognised as a market-leading law firm for our regional work in the International Arbitration (Asia-Pacific region), Dispute Resolution (India) and Corporate and Finance (Indonesia) practice areas.

Cavinder Bull, SC, and Mahesh Rai received the ‘Foreign Expertise based abroad in Singapore’ ranking for their cross-border expertise in Dispute Resolution (International Firms): India, while Julian Kwek received the same recognition for Banking & Finance (International Firms): Indonesia.

Drew Network Asia Firms

Makarim & Taira S. from Indonesia is well-ranked in Banking & Finance, Competition/Antitrust, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Projects & Energy, and Real Estate.
 
Shearn Delamore & Co. from Malaysia ranked Tier 1 for Competition/Antitrust, 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, Banking & Finance: Debt Capital Markets, Corporate/M&A, and Tax.
 
Tilleke & Gibbins is ranked Tier 1 for Intellectual Property (Thailand and Vietnam), Aviation (Thailand), Employment (Thailand), Real Estate (Thailand), and TMT (Thailand and Vietnam). The firm has also earned practice rankings across various Southeast Asian jurisdictions including Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar.

About Chambers Asia-Pacific

The Chambers Asia-Pacific guide 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.