Gibson Dunn Ranked in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026
Accolades | January 14, 2026
The Legal 500
Gibson Dunn has been recognized in 22 categories in the 2026 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. The Beijing office was ranked in the Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms category. The Hong Kong office was ranked in the Antitrust and Competition, Banking & Finance, Corporate (including M&A), Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Domestic and International Corporate Tax, Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory, Investment Funds, Private Client and Family, Private Equity, Regulatory: Anti-Corruption and Compliance, and TMT categories. The Singapore office was ranked in the following Foreign Firms categories: Banking and Finance, Corporate and M&A, Energy, Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory, Investment Funds, Projects, and Restructuring and Insolvency. Additionally, the firm was ranked for its work in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
The firm also received 51 individual rankings. Among these, Brian Gilchrist was named to the Hall of Fame in the Hong Kong: Dispute Resolution: Litigation category and was also named a Leading Partner in the Hong Kong: Domestic and International Corporate Tax and the Hong Kong: Private Client and Family categories; Elaine Chen was named a Leading Partner in the Hong Kong: Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Hong Kong: Domestic and International Corporate Tax, and Hong Kong: Private Client and Family categories; Albert Cho was named a Leading Partner in the Hong Kong: Investment Funds category; Sébastien Evrard was named a Leading Partner in the Hong Kong: Antitrust and Competition category; William Hallatt was named a Leading Partner in the Hong Kong: Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory category; Connell O’Neill was named a Leading Partner in the Hong Kong: TMT category; Jai Pathak was named a Leading Partner in the Singapore: Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms category; Hagen Rooke was named a Leading Partner in the Singapore: Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory category; Jamie Thomas was named a Leading Partner in the Singapore: Restructuring & Insolvency – Foreign Firms, Singapore: Banking & Finance – Foreign Firms, and Indonesia: Foreign Firms categories; and Fang Xue was named a Leading Partner in the China: Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms category. Oliver Welch was also named as a Next Generation Partner in the Hong Kong: Regulatory – Anti-Corruption and Compliance category; Jon Bowden was named a Next Generation Partner in the Singapore: Corporate and M&A (Foreign Firms) category; and Claude Jiang was named a Next Generation Partner in the Singapore – Projects category. Additionally, Brian Ham was named a Leading Associate for Hong Kong: Investment Funds; Emily Rumble was named a Leading Associate for Hong Kong: Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory, and Kathy Wen was named a Leading Associate for Hong Kong: Investment Funds.
The rankings were published on January 14, 2026.
Gibson Dunn’s Beijing office is dedicated to servicing the needs of our clients establishing operations and doing business in China and those of our Chinese clients in their international transactions. The Beijing office works closely with lawyers in our Hong Kong office, enabling us to provide Hong Kong law capability where relevant.
Gibson Dunn’s Hong Kong office provides an extensive range of U.S., Hong Kong, and English legal advice to global and Asia-based clients. We offer our clients all the advantages of deep local expertise combined with the strengths of a global firm. Our Hong Kong lawyers handle some of the most challenging and complex transactions and regulatory matters across Asia.
Gibson Dunn’s Singapore lawyers deliver exceptional service to our international clients doing business in the region and our Asia-based clients with respect to their international matters. Our lawyers have lived and worked extensively in the region and possess U.S., English, Singapore, and Indian law qualifications and experience. Furthermore, having been awarded a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) license by the Singapore Ministry of Law in 2013, we are one of the few firms able to provide our clients with local Singapore law advice in permitted areas.