These rankings reflect Reed Smith’s reputation in asset finance; banking; corporate and M&A; FinTech and financial services regulatory; international arbitration; investment funds, projects; shipping; technology, media and telecoms (TMT); venture capital; and white-collar crime.
These rankings are in addition to The Legal 500’s recently released Greater China listings, in which seven lawyers from Reed Smith’s Asia-Pacific offices were featured on elite lists and the firm was endorsed in 20 practice categories, including a Tier 1 ranking for Data Protection: foreign firms in China.
PRACTICE RANKINGS
The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific ranked Reed Smith in the following categories:
Asia-Pacific
- Regional international arbitration
India
- Foreign firms
Indonesia
- Foreign firms
Singapore
- Asset finance: foreign firms
- Banking and finance: foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A: foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms (Resource Law)
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: foreign firms
- International arbitration
- Investment funds: foreign firms (new listing)
- Projects: foreign firms
- Shipping: foreign firms
- Shipping: local firms (Resource Law)
- Start-up and venture capital: foreign firms (new listing)
- TMT: foreign firms
- White-collar crime: foreign firms
South Korea
- Shipping: foreign firms
LAWYER RANKINGS
For a third year, Reed Smith partner Bryan Tan earned a prestigious Hall of Fame designation. Partner Johnny Lim was once again ranked in two categories. Alex Andrews, Peter Glover and Han Ming Ho were newly ranked in the publication’s Leading Partner category.
The full list of the firm’s ranked lawyers:
- Alex Andrews, South Korea Shipping: foreign firms (Leading Partner – new listing)
- Calvin Chan, Singapore White-collar crime: foreign firms (Leading Partner)
- Jun Qi Chin, Singapore Fintech and financial services regulatory: foreign firms (Leading Associate)
- Timothy Cooke, Singapore International arbitration (Leading Partner)
- Peter Glover, Singapore Shipping: foreign firms (Leading Partner – new listing)
- Han Ming Ho, Singapore Investment funds: foreign firms (Leading Partner – new listing)
- Johnny Lim, Indonesia Foreign firms (Leading Partner) and Singapore Projects: foreign firms (Leading Partner)
- Simon Spells, Singapore Asset finance: foreign firms (Leading Partner)
- Bryan Tan, Singapore TMT: foreign firms (Hall of Fame)
Hall of Fame entrants are “widely regarded as being at the very top of the profession, and to have been consistently ranked as leading individuals by the Legal 500 for a number of years.”
Leading individuals are seen as “true market leaders, with long-established reputations in their sector, lead roles in multiple recent significant matters, and exceptional, widespread recognition and endorsement from peers in the market and clients alike.”
In Singapore, Reed Smith is in a Formal Law Alliance with Resource Law LLC, with whom it shares its offices.