On 23 November 2022, The Legal 500, a leading international legal directory, released its 2023 Asia Pacific rankings. King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) was recognised in 28 practice areas, with 24 Tier 1 practice area rankings. Of the 154 individuals on the list, 7 were named to the Hall of Fame, 26 were ranked as Leading Individuals, 29 as Next Generation Partners, 10 as Rising Stars, and 92 were highly recommended lawyers in their respective practice areas.
KWM’s ranked areas and recommended lawyers include (in the same order of the list):
The 24 practice areas that received Tier 1 rankings:
- Antitrust and competition
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Data protection
- Dispute resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute resolution: Litigation
- Fintech
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: Contentious
- Investment funds
- Labour and employment
- Life sciences and healthcare
- Private equity
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Regulatory/compliance
- Restructuring and Insolvency
- Tax
- WTO/International trade
- Regional coverage: Guangdong Province: Guangzhou
- Regional coverage: Jiangsu Province: Nanjing
- Regional coverage: Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing
- Regional coverage: Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou
In addition, KWM was ranked “Tier 2” in “Intellectual Property: Non-Contentious”, “Private Wealth” and “”TMT” and “Tier 3” in “Shipping”.
The 7 partners who were recognised with the Hall of Fame designation:
- Banking and finance: Wang Ling
- Capital markets: Zhao Xiaohong
- Corporate and M&A: Xu Ping
- Private equity: Gong Mulong
- Tax: Tony Dong
- WTO/International trade: Xiao Jin
- Regional coverage: Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou: Ye Guojun
The 26 partners who were recognised as “Leading Individuals”:
- Antitrust and competition: Susan Ning
- Banking and finance: Ma Feng
- Capital markets: Zhang Yongliang
- Corporate and M&A: Harry Du, Wang Kaiding
- Data protection: Susan Ning
- Dispute resolution: Arbitration: Huang Tao, Ariel Ye
- Dispute resolution: Litigation: Huang Tao
- Fintech: Yu Leimin
- Insurance: Yuan Min
- Intellectual property: Gordon Gao (international partner), He Wei
- Investment funds: Gong Mulong
- Labour and employment: Linda Liang, Lucy Lu
- Life sciences and healthcare: Huang Jianwen, Mark Zhang
- Projects and energy: Tian Wenjing
- Real estate and construction: William Jiang
- Regulatory/compliance: Harry Liu
- Restructuring and insolvency: Wang Fuxiang, Hao Zhaohui
- Shipping: Edward Ma
- Tax: Bill Ye
- Regional coverage: Jiangsu Province: Nanjing: Zhang Mingyuan
- Regional coverage: Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing: Liu Rong
- Regional coverage: Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou: Liang Jin
The 29 lawyers who were recognised as “Next Generation Partners”:
- Antitrust and competition: Chai Zhifeng, Zhang Ruohan
- Banking and finance: Stella Wang
- Corporate and M&A: Huang Ling (international partner), Jennifer Yao
- Data protection: Wu Han
- Dispute resolution: Arbitration: Li Xinyu, Lv Mengdan
- Dispute resolution: Litigation: Yang Ting
- Fintech: Chen Fushen
- Insurance: Lin Zhe
- Intellectual property: Zhang Xiaoxia
- Investment funds: Han Yue
- Life sciences and healthcare: Liu Ting, Yang Fan, Zhu Yuanyuan
- Private equity: Ren Liguang
- Projects and energy: Liu Zhizhi
- Real estate and construction: Xing Meidong
- Regulatory/compliance: Han Yang, Xu Xiaodan
- Restructuring and insolvency: Wang Le, Shen Yuhan
- Tax: Daisy Duan
- TMT: Zhang Hanyu
- Regional coverage: Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing: Guo Huan, Lu Yong
- Regional coverage: Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou: Han Yun, Shan Yingzhi
The 10 partners/lawyers who were recognised as “Rising Stars”:
- Antitrust and competition: Zhang Tianjie
- Dispute resolution: Litigation: Liu Runze
- Insurance: Lai Yunjie
- Intellectual property: Yan Ligang
- Life sciences and healthcare: Li Lingbi
- Real estate and construction: Chen Xi
- Regulatory/compliance: Zhu Yuanyuan
- Regional coverage: Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing: Liang Ruilong, Tang Qi
- Regional coverage: Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou: Ren Hui
The 92 partners/lawyers (including practice heads) who were “highly recommended”:
- Antitrust and competition: Wu Han
- Banking and finance: Stanley Zhou, Lv Yinghao, Chen Jie
- Capital markets: Gong Mulong, Zhou Ning, Peng Jin, Wang Lixin, Su Zheng, Jiang Yifeng, Zhang Mingyuan
- Corporate and M&A: Wang Lixin, Mo Haibo, Zhao Jingchuan, Morgan Jiang, Liu Xiaoping
- Dispute resolution: Arbitration: Liu Yuwu, Jessica Fei (international partner)
- Dispute resolution: Litigation: Xia Dongxia, Dai Yue, Yu Rihong
- Fintech: Zhong Xin, Fu Guangrui
- Intellectual property: Wang Maohua, Yang Xiaoli, Tina Tai, Li Yong, Mia Qu, Qin Yugong, Shi Yusheng, Xu Jing, He Fang, Jiao Hongbin, Ben Ni, Song Xinyue, Gui Hongxia, Zhang Haomiao, Jiang Yuhang, Li Chao
- Investment funds: Ma Tianning, Alan Du, Wan Minxiu, Wang Zhaoyan, Gu Zehui
- Labour and employment: Liu Ting, Luo Ai, Li Xin
- Life sciences and healthcare: Tina Tai, Chen Wenping
- Private equity: Richard Nie, Ma Tianning, Han Yun, Wang Shuai
- Private Wealth: Wang Hui, Daisy Duan, Zheng Hui (international partner), Wu Peng, Han Yang, He Mengke
- Projects and energy: Xiao Yong (international partner), Lv Yinghao, Xiong Jin (international partner)
- Real estate and construction: Harry Du, Tao Zhangqi, Cheng Shigang, Zhao Xianlong, Fan Rong, Peng Fu
- Regulatory/compliance: Wu Wei, Chang Junfeng, Gan Yulai
- Restructuring and insolvency: Liu Yanling, Zhao Kuncheng
- Tax: Jessie Yu
- TMT: Mia Qu, Wu Han, Wang Ningyuan
- WTO/International trade: Liu Xinyu, Feng Xiaopeng, Su Chang
- Regional coverage: Guangdong Province: Guangzhou: Wang Lixin, Zhao Xianlong, Wang Jianxue, Sun Mingfei, Yang Xiaoquan, Tao Zhangqi, Zhao Kuncheng, Wu Jia, Feng Xiaopeng, Song Siyu, Zhang Le, Qiu Liang
- Regional coverage: Jiangsu Province: Nanjing: Hao Zhaohui, Shi Liufang, Ma Xiaoyun, Chen Wei, Ye Jianmei
- Regional coverage: Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing: Liu Hu, Liu Feng, Yu Yi, Zhang Mo
- Regional coverage: Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou: Yang Ming, Li Zhenjiang
