Chambers Asia-Pacific 2022 Guide Recognises K&L Gates

Chambers and Partners has ranked K&L Gates as local and regional leaders in their fields of practice in the 2022 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific guide. The guide recognises the firm and its lawyers across 20 practices in five jurisdictions throughout the region with the exception of Greater China, where firms and lawyers and our four offices within Greater China will be recognized separately for the first time in January 2022 through Chambers and Partners’ new Greater China Region guide. Twenty-five K&L Gates lawyers received individual rankings in this year’s Asia-Pacific guide.

Published annually, Chambers and Partners rankings are based on thousands of in-depth interviews conducted with lawyers and clients to assess the reputations and experience of lawyers around the world.

K&L Gates, as a firm, was recognised in the guide in the below categories.  

Asia-Pacific Region

• Aviation: Finance

Australia

• Competition/Antitrust
• Construction
• Dispute Resolution
• Employment: Victoria
• Financial Services Regulation
• Intellectual Property
• Investment Funds
• Real Estate
• Restructuring/Insolvency
• Sports Law
• Tax

Indonesia

• Corporate & Finance (International Firms)

Japan

• Banking & Finance (International)

Malaysia

• Corporate & Finance (International Firms)
• Projects, Infrastructure & Energy (International Firms)

Singapore

• Aviation: Finance
• Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Highly Regarded
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation
• Employment: International

K&L Gates individuals recognised include:

Asia-Pacific

• Aviation: Finance: James Bradley 
• Aviation: Finance: Robert E Melson Jr

Australia

• Aviation: Thomas Young
• Banking & Finance: Richard Hayes
• Competition/Antitrust: Ayman Guirguis
• Construction: Sandra Steele
• Construction: Simon Ashworth
• Dispute Resolution: Tim Webster
• Employment (Victoria): Michaela Moloney 
• Employment (Victoria): Nick Ruskin
• Financial Services Regulation: Daniel Knight
• Financial Services Regulation: Jim Bulling
• Life Sciences: Patrick Sands
• Real Estate: Jennifer Degotardi
• Real Estate: Randall Gerkens
• Real Estate: Samuel Brown
• Restructuring/Insolvency: Andrew Chambers
• Restructuring/Insolvency: Jason Opperman
• Tax: Betsy-Ann Howe
• Tax: Matthew Cridland

Indonesia

• Projects & Energy (International Firms): Lian Yok Tan

Japan

• Banking & Finance: International Asset Finance: Robert E. Melson Jr
• Banking & Finance: International Asset Finance: Sebastian Smith

Singapore

• Aviation: Finance: James Bradley
• Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Raja Bose
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation: N. Sreenivasan SC
• Employment: International: Christopher Tan
• Energy & Natural Resources: International: Lian Yok Tan

To view the firm's full rankings, visit the 2022 Chambers Asia-Pacific guide. 

All Singapore rankings relate to practices and individuals who are members of K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, a Singapore law firm which is the Singapore office of K&L Gates.