Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings
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Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings Capital Markets Foreign firms China 1. Allen & Overy LLP Baker & McKenzie Clifford Chance LLP Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Herbert Smith Linklaters Shearman & Sterling LLP Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 2. Davis Polk & Wardwell Deacons Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Johnson Stokes & Master Jones Day Latham & Watkins LLP Morrison & Foerster O’Melveny & Myers LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Richards Butler Simmons & Simmons White & Case LLP 3. Allens Arthur Robinson Gallant Y.T.Ho & Co Gide Loyrette Nouel Kaye Scholer LLP Livasiri & Co Lovells Mallesons Stephen Jaques Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Woo, Kwan, Lee & Lo Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of priority Source: Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2004/2005 edition. Latham & Watkins operates as a limited liability partnership worldwide with an affiliate in the United Kingdom and Italy, where the practice is conducted through an affiliated multinational partnership. © Copyright 2005 Latham & Watkins. All Rights Reserved. Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP Infrastructure and Project Stephenson Harwood Woo, Kwan, Lee & Lo Finance Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of Foreign firms priority China 1. Latham & Watkins LLP is a major name Allen & Overy LLP in projects worldwide, and has extensive Baker & McKenzie experience on significant projects in China Clifford Chance LLP from its Hong Kong office. The firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised the PRC and the international Gide Loyrette Nouel bank lenders on the US $4.3bn Nanhai Herbert Smith Petrochemical complex. Jones Day Linklaters Masons Simmons & Simmons Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 2. Johnson Stokes & Master Latham & Watkins LLP Lovells Morrison & Foerster O’Melveny & Myers LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Vinson & Elkins LLP White & Case LLP 3. Blake Dawson Waldron CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre Chadbourne & Parke LLP Coudert Brothers LLP David Y W Ho & Co Deacons Hunton & Williams LLP Mallesons Stephen Jaques Minter Ellison Richards Butler Shearman & Sterling LLP Source: Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2004/2005 edition. Latham & Watkins operates as a limited liability partnership worldwide with an affiliate in the United Kingdom and Italy, where the practice is conducted through an affiliated multinational partnership. © Copyright 2005 Latham & Watkins. All Rights Reserved. Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings White & Case Capital Markets: 5. Equity Allens Arthur Robinson Hong Kong Coudert Brothers Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 1. Allen & Overy LLP Iu, Lai & Li Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Kao Lee & Yip Herbert Smith Kaye Scholer LLP Linklaters Minter Ellison Shearman & Sterling LLP Morrison & Foerster Slaughter and May O’Melveny & Myers 2. Robertsons Baker & McKenzie Stephenson Harwood & Lo Clifford Chance Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of Davis Polk & Wardwell priority Richards Butler Simmons & Simmons Latham & Watkins LLP fields two highly Sullivan & Cromwell LLP experienced US securities lawyers in 3. John Otoshi and David Zhang, who both Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton joined from Dewey Ballantine LLP’s Hong Deacons Kong office in July 2003. They have been Johnson Stokes & Master busy on an even mix of issuer and Jones Day underwriter instructions, including Hopwell Norton Rose Highway Infrastructure’s recent global Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP in association with Koo and Partners share offering (advising the issuer, along Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP with Woo Kwan Lee & Lo) and Yanzhou Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Coal Mining Company’s US $162m global Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP share placement (advising BNP Paribas Woo Kwan Lee & Lo Peregrine). 4. Dibb Lupton Alsop (DLA) Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe Latham & Watkins LLP Lovells Mallesons Stephen Jaques Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Source: Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2004/2005 edition. Latham & Watkins operates as a limited liability partnership worldwide with an affiliate in the United Kingdom and Italy, where the practice is conducted through an affiliated multinational partnership. © Copyright 2005 Latham & Watkins. All Rights Reserved. Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings Projects and Energy Leading Individuals Hong Kong Peter Cleary, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer George Crozer, White & Case Sam Farrands, Minter Ellison Andrew Hart, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Huw Jenkins, Clifford Chance John E Lange, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Joseph Lam, Deacons Ian Lewis, Johnson Stokes & Master Andrew MacGeoch, Johnson Stokes & Master Stephen Nelson, Baker & McKenzie David Platt, Shearman & Sterling LLP David Renton, Herbert Smith Peter Roberts, Jones Day Alan Schiffman, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Mitchell Silk, Allen & Overy LLP David Smith, Baker & McKenzie Mitchell Stocks, Latham & Watkins LLP Edward Turner, Shearman & Sterling LLP Jack Young, Herbert Smith Individuals are ranked in order of priority Source: Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2004/2005 edition. Latham & Watkins operates as a limited liability partnership worldwide with an affiliate in the United Kingdom and Italy, where the practice is conducted through an affiliated multinational partnership. © Copyright 2005 Latham & Watkins. All Rights Reserved. Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings Morrison & Foerster Corporate (including M&A) Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP in association with Koo and Partners Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP Hong Kong Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 1. Vivien Chan & Co Allen & Overy LLP 6. Clifford Chance Allens Arthur Robinson Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Barlow Lyde & Gilbert Herbert Smith Bird & Bird Linklaters Clyde & Co 2. David Y W Ho & Co Baker & McKenzie Davis Polk & Wardwell Deacons Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Johnson Stokes & Master Haldanes Norton Rose Hastings & Company Richards Butler Ince & Co Simmons & Simmons Iu, Lai & Li Slaughter and May Kennedys Woo Kwan Lee & Lo Livasiri & Co Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy 3. Minter Ellison Lovells O’Melveny & Myers Shearman & Sterling LLP Perkins Coie LLP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Preston Gates & Ellis – Solicitors 4. Robert WH Wang & Co Dibb Lupton Alsop (DLA) Robertsons Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe Siao, Wen and Leung Jones Day Stevenson, Wong & Co Mallesons Stephen Jaques Tanner De Witt Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Victor Chu & Co Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Vincent TK Cheung, Yap & Co Stephenson Harwood & Lo Weir & Associates White & Case Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of 5. priority Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Coudert Brothers Gallant Y.T.Ho & Co Kao Lee & Yip Latham & Watkins LLP Source: Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2004/2005 edition. Latham & Watkins operates as a limited liability partnership worldwide with an affiliate in the United Kingdom and Italy, where the practice is conducted through an affiliated multinational partnership. © Copyright 2005 Latham & Watkins. All Rights Reserved. Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings David Zhang and John Otoshi, both US- qualified, are the key partners at Latham & Watkins LLP, and are supported by a growing band of associates. The firm has recently advised a number of mainly US corporations on joint ventures and strategic alliances in the PRC, as well has handling a good range of M&A and other corporate instructions. Highlights include representing Payton Technology in its joint venture with Shenzhen Kaifa Technology, and advising certain shareholders of Ctrip.com on the sale of their holdings to Japanese Internet Portal Ratuken Inc. Source: Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2004/2005 edition. Latham & Watkins operates as a limited liability partnership worldwide with an affiliate in the United Kingdom and Italy, where the practice is conducted through an affiliated multinational partnership. © Copyright 2005 Latham & Watkins. All Rights Reserved. Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2004-2005: Rankings & Listings Latham & Watkins LLP has established Projects and Energy an excellent reputation advising on the lender side. As well as advising the PRC Hong Kong and international commercial banks in relation to the Nanhai Petrochemicals 1. project, the team has acted for the lenders Allen & Overy LLP Clifford Chance in relation to a variety of significant power Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer projects in Thailand, Indonesia and Korea. White & Case Managing partner Mitchell Stocks is 2. extremely highly regarded in the market, Baker & McKenzie and newly made up partner Sabrina Latham & Watkins LLP Maguire is also recommended. Linklaters Shearman & Sterling LLP 3. Jones Day Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 4. Deacons Herbert Smith Johnson Stokes & Master Minter Ellison Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Simmons & Simmons 5. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Coudert Brothers Holman Fenwick & Willan Hunton & Williams LLP Lovells Mallesons Stephen Jaques Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Morrison & Foerster Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP in association with Koo and Partners Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP Firms are listed A-Z in tiers which are ranked in order of priority Source: Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2004/2005 edition. Latham & Watkins operates as a limited liability partnership worldwide with