King & Wood Mallesons’ Hong Kong office (KWM HK) achieved 18 practice area rankings and celebrated 16 lawyers earning individual rankings across 11 practice areas in the International Firms category of the 2024 Legal 500 Asia Pacific Hong Kong legal rankings.
We were elevated to Tier 1 for Investment Funds and maintained Tier 1 rankings in Construction as well as in Structured Finance and Securitisation.
Ranked practice areas of KWM HK include (all International Firms category):
- Asset Finance: Aviation Finance
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets: Debt
- Capital Markets: Equity
- Corporate / M&A
- Construction
- Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Investment Funds
- Labour and Employment
- Private Equity
- Projects and Energy
- Real Estate
- Regulatory
- Regulatory: Anticorruption & Compliance
- Restructuring & Insolvency
- Structured Finance and Securitisation
- Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)
Ranked individual lawyers of KWM HK include (all International Firms category):
- Asset Finance: Aviation Finance - Leading Individual Ashley Wong
- Capital Markets: Debt – Leading Individual Hao Zhou, Next Generation Partners Michael Lu (Registered Foreign Lawyer - New York) and Song Yue (Registered Foreign Lawyer - New York)
- Construction – Hall of Fame Paul Starr, Leading Individual Donovan Ferguson, Sam Farrands
- Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration – Leading Individual Paul Starr
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation – Leading Individual Barbara Chiu
- Investment Funds – Leading Individuals Jingjing Jiang, Guo Sun Lee
- Projects and Energy - Hall of Fame Sam Farrands; Leading Individual Xiao Yong
- Real Estate - Leading Individual Siu Ngor Chow
- Regulatory – Leading Individual Richard Mazzochi
- Structured Finance and Securitisation - Hall of Fame Richard Mazzochi, Leading Individual Minny Siu
- TMT – Hall of Fame Peter Bullock, Leading Individual Urszula McCormack
“Congratulations to all our partners and practice teams.” said Hao Zhou and Hayden Flinn, Co-Chief Executives of KWM HK. “ We would like to thank our clients for their continued trust and support. We are committed to assisting clients on their most important and strategic matters across the Greater China region and globally, and these results are a testament to KMW Hong Kong’s strength and position in the market.”
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