PRACTICE RANKINGS
Overall, the firm was recommended in four China practice areas and 16 Hong Kong practice areas. The firm gained a Tier 1 ranking for Data Protection: foreign firms, China. Here is the full list of recognized practice areas.
China
- Corporate & M&A: foreign firms
- Data Protection: foreign firms (Tier 1)
- Projects and energy: foreign firms
- TMT: foreign firms
Hong Kong
- Asset finance: Shipping finance
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets (debt)
- Capital markets (equity)
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Dispute resolution: Litigation
- Fintech and financial services regulatory (new listing)
- Insurance
- Investment funds
- Labour and employment
- Private equity
- Regulatory: white-collar, compliance and investigations (new listing)
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Shipping
- TMT (new listing)
Legal 500 calls the firm’s Hong Kong litigation department “an established presence in the Hong Kong market, consistently handling high-stakes, cross-border commercial litigation, fraud and debt repayment matters. [It] also has a particular expertise in shipping disputes.”
The directory notes that Reed Smith's data protection practice “advises on a mix of contentious and non-contentious data privacy and protection issues. The team supports clients from early to late project stages, including data management and protection, collecting personal information, handling and transferring data, as well as dealing with potential data breaches and cybersecurity issues. It is well-versed in cross-border data transfers and assists multinational and international clients across a wide range of industries.”
LAWYER RANKINGS
The seven featured lawyers have track records of success in data protection, dispute resolution, shipping, finance and corporate.
China
- Barbara Li (Leading Partners), Data protection: foreign firms
- Zeldar Wang (Next Generation Partners), Shipping: foreign firms
Hong Kong
- Denise Jong (Leading Partners), Corporate (including M&A)
- Peter Lee (Leading Partners), Asset finance: Shipping finance
- Lianjun Li (Leading Partners), Shipping
- Donald Sham (Next Generation Partners), Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Michael Sinn (Next Generation Partners), Banking and finance
In other positive feedback, Reed Smith clients said:
“The ‘well-rounded‘ group at [Reed Smith] leverages its global network of offices to handle the full spectrum of corporate matters.”
“[The firm] has extensive expertise in handling litigation arising from collisions and malfunctions, cases involving vessels detained in ports by authorities, and complex arbitrations, regularly representing both global and local clients.”
“[Reed Smith's] media and entertainment team … has experience across telecoms, technology and media matters, assisting with licensing agreements, regulatory issues and cross-border data transfers” and is led by lawyers who understand how AI issues are affecting the M&E space.