The firm showed its strength in shipping: Reed Smith earned a Tier 1 ranking in Singapore Shipping and also placed among the top five firms in Hong Kong for two shipping-related categories. Also, the firm was ranked for 10 wide-ranging practice areas in the Hong Kong market.
The recognized practices are:
China
- Corporate and M&A – Foreign firms
Hong Kong
- Asset Finance – Shipping
- Banking and finance
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution – International arbitration
- Dispute resolution – Litigation
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Private equity
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Shipping
India
Singapore
- Banking and finance – Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A – Foreign firms
- International arbitration
- Projects – Foreign firms
- Shipping – Foreign firms (Tier 1)
Individual mentions
Individual lawyers who were named Leading Lawyers or Rising Stars were:
- Peter Lee, Leading Lawyer in Hong Kong Asset finance – Shipping finance
- Lianjun Li, Leading Lawyer in Hong Kong Shipping
- Jason Toms, Leading Lawyer in Hong Kong Shipping
- Belinda Lee, Rising Star in Hong Kong Asset finance – Shipping finance
- Joyce Cheung, Rising Star in Hong Kong Shipping
- Richard Lovell, Leading Lawyer in Singapore Shipping: Foreign firms
- James Scott, Rising Star in Singapore Shipping: Foreign firms
Lawyers mentioned in the editorial section include Ranajoy Basu, Gautam Bhattacharyya, Joyce Cheung, Ron Clark, Mark Cornell, Michael Fosh, Matthew Gorman, Delpha Ho, Sachin Kerur, Shourav Lahiri, Gerald Licnachan, Richard Lovell, Bree Miechel, Li Min, Tat Pan, James Scott, Michael Sinn, Steve Tam, Mark West, Anthony Woo, Jay Yan and Peter Zaman.
Kohe Hasan, Denise Jong, Peter Lee, Lianjun Li, Michael Pepper, Asha Sharma, Chris Tang, Jason Toms and Carrie Yiu were mentioned for their work in more than one practice area.
Published annually, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific researches law firms and surveys clients to analyze the legal marketplaces of 25 Asia Pacific jurisdictions.
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