King & Wood Mallesons’ Hong Kong office (KWM HK) achieved 19 practice area rankings and celebrated 17 lawyers earning individual rankings across 9 practice areas in the International Firms category of the 2025 Legal 500 Asia Pacific Hong Kong legal rankings.
We were ranked as Tier 1 for Fintech and financial services regulatory (new category) and maintained Tier 1 rankings in Construction, Investment Funds as well as in Structured Finance.
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
- Data Protection and Cyber Security
- Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory
- Investment Funds
- Labour and Employment
- Private Equity
- Projects and Energy
- Real Estate
- Regulatory: White-Collar, Compliance and Investigations
- Restructuring and Insolvency
- Structured Finance and Securitisation
- Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)
Ranked individual lawyers of KWM HK include (all International Firms category):
- 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, Leading Associates Lucinda Mcphee and Gisele Vanderweerden
- 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 (International Partner of KWM PRC)
- Real Estate - Leading Individual Siu-Ngor Chow
- Structured Finance and Securitisation - Hall of Fame Richard Mazzochi, Leading Individual Minny Siu
- TMT – Hall of Fame Peter Bullock, Leading Individual Urszula McCormack (International Partner of KWM AU)
"We extend our congratulations to all our partners and practice teams," said Hao Zhou and Hayden Flinn, Co-Chief Executives of KWM HK. "We express our gratitude to our clients for their ongoing trust and support. We remain dedicated to supporting clients with their critical and strategic matters in the Greater China region and globally, and these achievements underscore KWM Hong Kong's strength and position in the market."
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