2019 Chambers Asia Pacific Guide: King & Wood Mallesons keeps the leadership with top-tier rankings in 20 practices and 57 leading lawyers
On 29 November 2018, the world's renowned legal directory Chambers and Partners ("Chambers") launched the latest Chambers Asia Pacific Guide on its website. King & Wood Mallesons ("KWM") was ranked as a Band 1 Firm in 20 practice areas, and 57 KWM partners were recognized as Leading Lawyers in their respective areas of practice, further consolidating our position as the leading full-service firm in the region.
KWM has not only maintained top-tier rankings in multiple areas for consecutive years, but also received Band 1 ranking in a new category "Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment" in the latest guide. Amongst the 57 recognized KWM partners in total, the number of partners named to Band 1 or higher listings increased by three and 7 partners were newly ranked compared to the previous year.
KWM was ranked as a Band 1 Law Firm in the following 20 categories (in the same order as the guide):
• Aviation Finance
• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets: Domestic Issuances
• Capital Markets: Hong Kong and Overseas Issuances
• Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives
• Competition/Antitrust
• Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption
• Corporate Commercial (East Coast): Guangdong
• Corporate Commercial (Western China): Sichuan
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute Resolution
• Employment
• Energy & Natural Resources
• Environment
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property: Litigation
• Intellectual Property: Non-litigation
• Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment
• Restructuring/Insolvency
• Tax
In addition, KWM also achieved Band 2 rankings in "International Trade/WTO (Respondent)", "Investment Funds", "Projects & Infrastructure" and "Real Estate"; and Band 3 rankings in "Corporate Commercial (East Coast): Zhejiang", "Healthcare" and "Technology, Media, Telecoms(TMT)".
Amongst the 57 recognized partners of the firm, one was designated as a Senior Statesman, 6 as Eminent Practitioners in four practice categories, one as a Star Individual, and 12 as Band 1 Leading Lawyers in their practice areas. Amongst the Band 1 and higher ranked lawyers, three senior partners and 7 partners were newly ranked.
Leading Lawyers (in the same order as the guide):
Senior Statesman: Wang Fuxiang (Restructuring/Insolvency)
Eminent Practitioner: Wang Ling (Banking and Finance)
Yang Xiaolei (Capital Markets (Debt and Equity))
Zhang Shouzhi (Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration)
Ariel Ye (Dispute Resolution: Arbitration)
Zhu Nongfan(Intellectual Property (Foreign Legal Consultant)）
Li Zhongsheng (Intellectual Property: Litigation)
Star Individual: Jiang Junlu (Employment)
Other Leading Lawyers by practice (in the same order as the guide):
Banking and Finance: Jack Wang (Band 1), Robert Chen, Ma Feng, Stanley Zhou
Capital Markets (Debt and Equity): Tang Lizi (Band 1), Gong Mulong, Su Zheng, Wang Lixin (Guangzhou), Zhang Yongliang, Zhou Ning, Zhou Rui
Capital Markets (Securitisation & Derivatives): Eddie Hu
Competition/Antitrust: Susan Ning (Band 1), Kate Peng
Corporate Investigations/ Anti-Corruption: Harry Liu (Band 1), Chang Junfeng, Wu Wei
Corporate Commercial: (East Coast - Guangdong): Wang Lixin (Band 1), Zhou Rui
Corporate Commercial: (East Coast - Shandong): Zhang Ruji
Corporate Commercial: (Western China - Sichuan): Liu Rong
Corporate and M&A: Xu Ping (Band 1), Harry Du, Xiong Jin
Corporate/M&A: China-based (International Firm): Huang Ling
Dispute Resolution (Arbitration): Liu Yuwu (Band 1)
Dispute Resolution (Litigation): Liu Yuwu
Employment: Linda Liang, Lucy Lu, Yin Juquan
Energy & Natural Resources: Xiong Jin
Environment: Wu Qing
Healthcare: Mark Zhang
Insurance: Yuan Min (Brand 1)
Intellectual Property (Litigation): Mia Qu, Shi Yusheng, Xu Jing
Intellectual Property (Non-litigation): Chen Wenping, Yang Xiaoli
International Trade/WTO (Respondent): Xiao Jin (Band 1), Liu Cheng
Investment Fund: Alan Du, Gong Mulong
Private Client/Wealth Management: Steven Wang (Band 1)
Private Equity (Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment): Gong Mulong, Zhang Yi, Huang Wen
Project/Infrastructure: Tian Wenjing
Real Estate: Harry Du (Band 1), Kathy Fan
Restructuring/Insolvency: Hao Zhaohui, Zhao Kuncheng
Shipping (Northern China): Edward Ma
Tax: Tony Dong (Band 1), Bill Ye, Daisy Duan
