Chambers and Partners has ranked K&L Gates as local and regional leaders in numerous fields of practice in the 2024 edition of the Chambers Asia-Pacific guide. The guide recognises the firm and its lawyers across 27 practices in six jurisdictions and regionally, with 25 K&L Gates lawyers receiving individual rankings. These rankings exclude the firm’s Greater China region practices and lawyers, which will be ranked separately in the Chambers Greater China Region guide to be released in January 2024.

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, is recognised in the 2024 Asia-Pacific guide in the following 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
• TMT: IT & Telecommunications

Indonesia

• Corporate & Finance (International Firms)

Japan

• Banking & Finance: International

Malaysia

• Corporate & Finance (International Firms)

Singapore

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

K&L Gates individual lawyers recognised in the 2024 guide include:

Asia-Pacific

• Aviation: Finance: Robert E. Melson, Jr.

Australia

• Aviation: Tom Young
• Capital Markets: Debt: Paul Cerché
• 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
• Intellectual Property: Patents: Patrick Sands
• Life Sciences: Patrick Sands
• Real Estate: Randall Gerkens
• Real Estate: Samuel Brown
• Restructuring/Insolvency: Andrew Chambers
• Restructuring/Insolvency: Jason Opperman
• Superannuation: Ravi Jayemanne
• Tax: Betsy-Ann Howe
• Tax: Matthew Cridland

Indonesia

• Projects & Energy (International Firms): Marius E. Toime

Japan

• Banking & Finance: International Asset Finance: Robert E. Melson, Jr.
• Banking & Finance: International Asset Finance: Sebastian M. Smith
• Corporate/M&A: International: Dale M. Araki

Singapore

• Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Sreenivasan Narayanan S.C.
• Employment: International: Christopher Tan

South Korea

• Projects & Infrastructure: International: Sarah Park

To view the firm’s full rankings, visit the 2024 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.