January 17, 2024
Gibson Dunn has been recognized in 23 categories in the 2024 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, Investment Funds, Private Equity, Private Client and Family, Projects and Energy, Regulatory, 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, International Arbitration, Investment Funds, and Restructuring and Insolvency. Additionally, the firm was ranked for its work in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Brian Gilchrist was named to the Hall of Fame in the Hong Kong: Dispute Resolution: Litigation category and also named a Leading Lawyer in the Hong Kong: Domestic and International Corporate Tax and the Hong Kong: Private Client and Family categories. Kelly Austin was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Hong Kong: Regulatory: Anti-corruption and Compliance category; Elaine Chen was named as a Leading Lawyer 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 as a Leading Lawyer in the Hong Kong: Investment Funds category; Sébastien Evrard was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Hong Kong: Antitrust and Competition category; William Hallatt was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Hong Kong: Regulatory category; Scott Jalowayski was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Hong Kong: Private Equity category; Patricia Tan Openshaw was named as a Leading Lawyer in the China: Projects and Energy and Philippines: Foreign Firms categories; John Fadely was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Singapore: Investment Funds category; Jai Pathak was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Singapore: Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms category; Brad Roach was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Singapore: Energy – Foreign Firms and Indonesia: Foreign Firms categories; Brian Schwarzwalder was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Hong Kong: Private Equity category; Paul Tan was named a a Leading Lawyer in the Singapore: International Arbitration category; Jamie Thomas was named as a Leading Lawyer in the Singapore: Restructuring & Insolvency – Foreign Firms, Singapore: Banking & Finance – Foreign Firms, and Indonesia: Foreign Firms categories; and Fang Xue was named as a Leading Lawyer in the China: Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms category. Grace Chong was also named as a Next Generation Partner in the Singapore: Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory – Foreign Firms category, and Oliver Welch was named as a Next Generation Partner in the Hong Kong: Regulatory – Anti-Corruption and Compliance category. Additionally, Youjung Byon was named as a Rising Star for Hong Kong: Investment Funds, Xuanyi Liu was named as a Rising Star for Singapore: Investment Funds, Emily Rumble was named as a Rising Star for Hong Kong: Regulatory, Kathy Wen was named as a Rising Star for Hong Kong: Investment Funds, and Alex Wong was named as a Rising Star for Hong Kong Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Hong Kong Domestic and International Corporate Tax.
The rankings were published on January 17, 2024.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’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 & Crutcher’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 that are able to provide our clients with local Singapore law advice in permitted areas.