Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 ranks Mayer Brown in 40 practice categories and recognizes 36 lawyers

Mayer Brown has been ranked by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 in 40 categories. Of these rankings, eight are in the top tier:

• Asset Finance (Shipping Finance), Hong Kong, for the ninth consecutive year
• Construction, Hong Kong, for two consecutive years and between 2016-2018
• Foreign Desks – Myanmar, for the seventh consecutive year
• Insurance, Hong Kong, for the 16th consecutive year
• Labor and Employment, Hong Kong, for the 16th consecutive year
• Projects and Energy: International Firms and Joint Ventures, Japan for the second consecutive year
• Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms, China, for the 14th consecutive year
• Real Estate, Hong Kong, for the 16th consecutive year

The guide also listed 10 lawyers in the "Hall of Fame" category and recognized 16 lawyers as "Leading Individuals":

Hall of Fame:

• Duncan Abate – Labor and Employment, Hong Kong
• F.K. Au – Real Estate, Hong Kong
• Rupert Burrows – Projects and Energy: International Firms and Joint Ventures, Japan
• Hallam Chow – Projects and Energy: Foreign Firms
• Jason Elder – Capital Markets (Debt), Hong Kong
• Tom Fu – Real Estate and construction: Foreign Firms
• Nicholas Hunsworth – Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Hong Kong
• Gabriela Kennedy – Intellectual Property, Hong Kong, and TMT, Hong Kong
• Robert Lynn – Real Estate, Hong Kong
• Richard Stock – Asset Finance (Aviation Finance), Hong Kong

Leading Individuals:

• Geoffrey Chan – Construction, Hong Kong
• Maggie Cheung – Asset Finance (Shipping Finance), Hong Kong
• Doos Choi – Banking and Finance, Hong Kong
• Hallam Chow – Banking and Finance: Foreign Firms, China
• Hannah Ha – Antitrust and Competition, Hong Kong
• Menachem Hasofer – Construction, Hong Kong
• John Hickin – Antitrust and Competition, Hong Kong
• Thomas Kollar – Capital Markets (Debt), Hong Kong
• Mei Ling Lew – Construction, Hong Kong
• TL Lim – Insurance, Hong Kong
• John Marsden – Restructuring and Insolvency, Hong Kong
• Benjamin Thompson – Foreign Desks, Myanmar
• Hong Tran – Labor and Employment, Hong Kong
• Kay-Jannes Wegner – International Arbitration, Singapore
• Andy Yeo – Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms, China
• Angela Yim – Insurance, Hong Kong

Seven Mayer Brown lawyers have also been listed in the "Next Generation Partners" category for their practice areas:

• Amita Haylock – Intellectual Property, Hong Kong; TMT, Hong Kong
• Nick Kouvaritakis – Energy: Foreign Firms, Singapore
• Evelyn Lok – Asset Finance (Aviation Finance), Hong Kong
• Sean Prior – Energy: Foreign Firms, Singapore
• Boya Shen – Banking and Finance, Project and Energy: Foreign Firms, China
• Jennifer Tam – Labor and Employment, Hong Kong
• Eugene Wong – Real Estate, Hong Kong

Four Mayer Brown lawyers have been listed as “Rising Stars” for their practice areas:

• Orsolya Szotyory-Grove – Corporate and M&A, Vietnam
• Rosalyn Han – Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms, China
• Michelle Yee – Intellectual Property, Hong Kong
• Ellen Zhang – Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms, China

The following is a complete list of practice categories in which Mayer Brown is ranked in the 2023 edition of Legal 500 Asia Pacific:

Asia Pacific
• Regional International Arbitration: Leading Firms

China
• Banking and Finance: Foreign Firms
• Investment Funds: Foreign Firms
• Intellectual Property: Foreign Firms
• Private Equity: Foreign Firm
• Projects and Energy: Foreign Firms
• Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms
• Restructuring and Insolvency: Foreign Firms
• TMT: Foreign Firms

Hong Kong
• Antitrust and Competition
• Asset Finance (Aviation Finance)
• Asset Finance (Shipping Finance)
• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets (Debt)
• Capital Markets (Equity)
• Construction
• Corporate (Including M&A)
• Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration
• Dispute Resolution – Litigation
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property
• Labor and Employment
• Real Estate
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Structured Finance and Securitization
• TMT

India
• Foreign Firms

Japan
• Banking & Finance, International Firms and Joint Venture
• Corporate and M&A, International Firms and Joint Venture
• Projects and Energy, International Firms and Joint Venture
• Real Estate & Construction, International Firms and Joint Ventures

Mongolia
• Leading Firms

Myanmar
• Foreign Desks

Singapore
• Banking and Finance: Foreign Firms
• Energy: Foreign Firms
• International Arbitration
• Projects: Foreign Firms

South Korea
• International Arbitration

Vietnam
• Banking and Finance
• Corporate and M&A