The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide 2021 has recognized K&L Gates as a leader in over 35 practice categories across eight jurisdictions.

Published annually, the Legal 500 rankings highlight the practice area teams and practitioners that provide the most cutting-edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. Research is based on feedback from clients worldwide as well as interviews with leading private practice lawyers.

K&L Gates, as a firm, was recognized in the following categories: 

Australia 

• Banking and Finance
• Competition and Trade
• Construction
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute Resolution – Litigation
• Environment and Planning
• Financial Services Regulatory
• IT and Telecoms
• Intellectual Property
• Labour and Employment 
• Project Development
• Real Estate
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Tax

China 

• Corporate and M&A – Foreign Firms 
• Intellectual Property – Foreign Firms 

Hong Kong 

• Capital Markets (Debt) 
• Corporate (including M&A) 
• Structured Finance and Securitization 

Indonesia (as K&L Gates Straits Law LLC)

• Foreign Firms 

Japan

• Banking and Finance – International Firms and Joint Ventures 
• Corporate/M&A – International Firms and Joint Ventures 
• Dispute Resolution – International Firms and Joint Ventures
• Labor and Employment – International Firms and Joint Ventures

Malaysia (as K&L Gates Straits Law LLC)

• Foreign Firms 

Singapore (as K&L Gates Straits Law LLC)

• Asset Finance – Foreign Firms
• Banking & Finance – Local Firms
• Dispute Resolution – Local Firms
• Energy – Foreign Firms
• International Arbitration
• Labor and Employment – Foreign Firms
• Projects – Foreign Firms
• White Collar Crime – Foreign Firms 

Taiwan 

• Capital Markets 
• Corporate and M&A 
• Dispute Resolution 

To view the firm’s full rankings, including the listed lawyers, visit the Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide 2021.