Baker & McKenzie LLP
11/20/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/20/2024 06:21
Baker McKenzie Earns 65 Practice Areas and 72 Individual Rankings in The Legal 500 Greater China 2025
Baker McKenzie and its joint operation partner, FenXun Partners, collectively earned 65 practice area and 72 lawyer rankings in The Legal 500's recently published Greater China 2025 Guide.
The Firms achieved 45 Tier 1 & Tier 2 practice rankings and 47 Hall of Fame/ Leading Partner recognitions.
Baker McKenzie gained a new ranking for Data Protection (Taiwan) and a promotion in Projects and Energy (Taiwan), moving up from Tier 2 to Tier 1. Meanwhile, FenXun recorded a new ranking in Tax: PRC Firms, and four improved rankings across Data Protection: PRC Firms, Intellectual Property: PRC Firms (Non-contentious), Regulatory/Compliance: PRC Firms, and TMT: PRC Firms.
In the lawyer categories, Baker McKenzie gained four new individual rankings and one improved ranking, while FenXun gained three new individual rankings and one improved ranking.
The practice areas that have earned Tier 1 rankings are as follows:
China
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Foreign Firms
• Intellectual Property: Foreign Firms
• Labor and Employment: Foreign Firms
• Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms
• Regulatory/Compliance: Foreign Firms
• Tax: Foreign Firms
Hong Kong SAR
• Antitrust and Competition
• Asset Finance (including Aviation and Shipping Finance): Aviation Finance
• Domestic and International Corporate Tax
• Intellectual Property
• Labor and Employment
• Real Estate
Taiwan
• Antitrust and Competition
• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute Resolution
• Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property: Prosecution
• Labor and Employment
• Projects and Energy
• Real Estate and Construction
• Tax
• TMT
The following lawyers received new rankings:
China
Labor and employment: PRC Firms
• Zheng Lu - Leading Partner
• Ting Zhang - Leading Associate
Regulatory/compliance: PRC Firms
• Vivian Wu - Leading Partner
Hong Kong SAR
Antitrust and Competition
• Vivian Tsang - Leading Associate
Corporate (including M&A)
• Christina Lee - Leading Partner
Labor and Employment
• Emily Rayner - Leading Associate
Taiwan
Dispute Resolution
• Robert Lee - Next Generation Partner
The Legal 500 rankings are based on a series of criteria, including work conducted by law firms over the past 12 months, experience and depth of teams, areas of specialization, and client feedback.
The Firms achieved 45 Tier 1 & Tier 2 practice rankings and 47 Hall of Fame/ Leading Partner recognitions.
Baker McKenzie gained a new ranking for Data Protection (Taiwan) and a promotion in Projects and Energy (Taiwan), moving up from Tier 2 to Tier 1. Meanwhile, FenXun recorded a new ranking in Tax: PRC Firms, and four improved rankings across Data Protection: PRC Firms, Intellectual Property: PRC Firms (Non-contentious), Regulatory/Compliance: PRC Firms, and TMT: PRC Firms.
In the lawyer categories, Baker McKenzie gained four new individual rankings and one improved ranking, while FenXun gained three new individual rankings and one improved ranking.
The practice areas that have earned Tier 1 rankings are as follows:
China
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Foreign Firms
• Intellectual Property: Foreign Firms
• Labor and Employment: Foreign Firms
• Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms
• Regulatory/Compliance: Foreign Firms
• Tax: Foreign Firms
Hong Kong SAR
• Antitrust and Competition
• Asset Finance (including Aviation and Shipping Finance): Aviation Finance
• Domestic and International Corporate Tax
• Intellectual Property
• Labor and Employment
• Real Estate
Taiwan
• Antitrust and Competition
• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute Resolution
• Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property: Prosecution
• Labor and Employment
• Projects and Energy
• Real Estate and Construction
• Tax
• TMT
The following lawyers received new rankings:
China
Labor and employment: PRC Firms
• Zheng Lu - Leading Partner
• Ting Zhang - Leading Associate
Regulatory/compliance: PRC Firms
• Vivian Wu - Leading Partner
Hong Kong SAR
Antitrust and Competition
• Vivian Tsang - Leading Associate
Corporate (including M&A)
• Christina Lee - Leading Partner
Labor and Employment
• Emily Rayner - Leading Associate
Taiwan
Dispute Resolution
• Robert Lee - Next Generation Partner
The Legal 500 rankings are based on a series of criteria, including work conducted by law firms over the past 12 months, experience and depth of teams, areas of specialization, and client feedback.