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Top Law Firms in Hong Kong

Fangda Partners leads, on recognitions from 2 independent publishers, as the firm announced them. 10 of the 44 firms on file are placed on evidence; the rest are listed, not ranked.

Firms on File
44
Region
Asia-Pacific
Evidence coverage
30% of 50% needed
Press mentions
56
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Top 10 Law Firms in Hong Kong

By recognitions

In Hong Kong, 10 of 39 verified firms are placed: 10 placed by recognitions the firm announced from at least two independent publishers, reconciled to one figure per publisher. Firms on file without either are listed in the directory below and are not ranked. No composite score is published for Hong Kong.

  1. 1Fangda PartnersRecognised by 2 independent publishers
  2. 2DeaconsRecognised by 2 independent publishers
  3. 3Tanner De WittRecognised by 2 independent publishers
  4. 4JunHe LLPRecognised by 2 independent publishers
  5. 5ApplebyRecognised by 2 independent publishers
  6. 6Hogan Lovells CadwaladerRecognised by 2 independent publishers
  7. 7Howse WilliamsRecognised by 2 independent publishers
  8. 8Hugill & IpRecognised by 2 independent publishers
  9. 9GallantRecognised by 2 independent publishers
  10. 10GPS Legal LLPRecognised by 2 independent publishers

Rankings by practice area in Hong Kong

19 practice areas · read from the publishers’ tables

Each publisher’s placement as it stands on the publisher’s own table, side by side. The practice areas are grouped under one name where publishers word them differently; the publisher’s own wording is shown on hover.

Capital Markets

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
Commerce & Finance Law OfficesBand 1Tier 4
Clifford Chance—Tier 1Tier 1Tier 2
Jingtian & GongchengBand 1—
King & WoodBand 1—
Kirkland & Ellis—Tier 1Tier 1
Latham & Watkins LLP—Tier 2Tier 1Tier 1
Linklaters—Tier 1Tier 1Tier 2
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Hong Kong—Tier 4Tier 1Tier 2
White & Case—Tier 3Tier 1
Tian Yuan Law FirmBand 2Band 2Tier 5
Ashurst Perkins Coie—Tier 2Tier 2
Goodwin—Tier 2
Haiwen & PartnersBand 2—
Han Kun Law OfficesBand 2Band 2—
JunHe LLPBand 2—
Milbank—Tier 2Tier 4Tier 2
Sidley Austin LLP—Tier 2Tier 2Tier 5
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP—Tier 2
Zhong Lun Law FirmBand 2—
Baker McKenzie—Tier 3Tier 3
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton—Tier 3
Deacons—Tier 3Tier 3
Dentons Hong Kong—Tier 3
Fangda PartnersBand 3Band 3—
Global Law OfficeBand 3—
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader—Tier 3
Jia Yuan Law OfficesBand 3Band 3—
Mayer Brown—Tier 3
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius—Tier 3Tier 3Tier 4
Morrison & Foerster—Tier 3
AllBright Law OfficesBand 4Band 4—
DLA Piper—Tier 4
DeHeng Law OfficesBand 4—
Grandall Law FirmBand 4—
Jones Day—Tier 4
Shihui PartnersBand 4—
Akin—Tier 5
Bird & Bird—Tier 5
Howse Williams—Tier 5
Johnson Stokes & Master—Tier 5
K&L Gates—Tier 5
Ropes & Gray LLP—Tier 5

Banking and Finance

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
Baker McKenzie—Tier 1Tier 2Tier 2
Clifford Chance—Tier 1Tier 1Tier 1Tier 2
Latham & Watkins LLP—Tier 2Tier 1Tier 2
Linklaters—Tier 1Tier 2Tier 1
Stephenson Harwood—Tier 2Tier 1Tier 4Tier 3
Watson Farley & Williams—Tier 2Tier 1
White & Case—Tier 1Tier 3
Ashurst Perkins Coie—Tier 3Tier 2Tier 2
CMS—Tier 3Tier 4Tier 2
Deacons—Tier 4Tier 2
Hill Dickinson LLP—Tier 2
Kirkland & Ellis—Tier 2
Mayer Brown—Tier 2Tier 3Tier 3
Milbank—Tier 2
DLA Piper—Tier 3Tier 3
Dentons Hong Kong—Tier 3
Howse Williams—Tier 3
Johnson Stokes & Master—Tier 3Tier 4Tier 3
RPC—Tier 3
Sidley Austin LLP—Tier 3Tier 3
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Hong Kong—Tier 3
Charltons—Tier 4
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader—Tier 4Tier 4
Ince & Co—Tier 4
JunHe—Tier 4Tier 5
Morrison & Foerster—Tier 4
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP—Tier 4
Wilkinson & Grist—Tier 4
Zhong Lun Law Firm—Tier 4
K&L Gates—Tier 5
Withers—Tier 5
YYC Legal LLP—Tier 5

Corporate and M&A

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
DeaconsBand 1Tier 3
Johnson Stokes & MasterBand 1Tier 3
Baker McKenzie—Tier 2Tier 1
DLA Piper—Tier 1
Kirkland & Ellis—Tier 1
Latham & Watkins LLP—Tier 1
Linklaters—Tier 1
Howse WilliamsBand 2Tier 6
Charltons LawBand 2—
Clifford Chance—Tier 2
Morrison & Foerster—Tier 5Tier 2
Tanner De WittBand 2—
Ashurst Perkins Coie—Tier 3
GPS Legal LLPBand 3—
GallantBand 3—
Oldham, Li & Nie—Tier 3
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Hong Kong—Tier 3
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP—Tier 3
White & Case—Tier 3
YYC Legal LLPBand 3—
Goodwin—Tier 4
Milbank—Tier 4
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius—Tier 4
K&L Gates—Tier 5
Sidley Austin LLP—Tier 5
Stephenson Harwood—Tier 5
Charltons—Tier 6
Commerce & Finance Law Offices—Tier 6
Dentons Hong Kong—Tier 6
Ropes & Gray LLP—Tier 6

Litigation and Disputes

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
Baker McKenzie—Tier 3Tier 1
Clifford Chance—Tier 1Tier 1
DLA Piper—Tier 2
Deacons—Tier 4Tier 2
Dentons Hong Kong—Tier 3Tier 2
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader—Tier 3Tier 2
Johnson Stokes & Master—Tier 3Tier 2
Linklaters—Tier 2
Stephenson Harwood—Tier 2
Tanner De Witt—Tier 2
Ashurst Perkins Coie—Tier 3
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP—Tier 3
CMS—Tier 4
Hill Dickinson LLP—Tier 4Tier 4
Kirkland & Ellis—Tier 4Tier 5
Latham & Watkins LLP—Tier 4
Morrison & Foerster—Tier 4
RPC—Tier 4Tier 4
Sidley Austin LLP—Tier 4Tier 5
Zhong Lun Law Firm—Tier 4Tier 4
Gallant—Tier 5
Howse Williams—Tier 5
Oldham, Li & Nie—Tier 5
Wilkinson & Grist—Tier 5
Withers—Tier 5

Private Equity and Funds

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
Clifford Chance—Tier 1
Deacons—Tier 1
Kirkland & Ellis—Tier 1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Hong Kong—Tier 1
Baker McKenzie—Tier 2
DLA Piper—Tier 2
K&L Gates—Tier 2
Morrison & Foerster—Tier 2
Ropes & Gray LLP—Tier 2
Sidley Austin LLP—Tier 2
Simmons & Simmons—Tier 2
White & Case—Tier 2
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton—Tier 3
Linklaters—Tier 3
Stephenson Harwood—Tier 3
Ashurst Perkins Coie—Tier 4
CMS—Tier 4
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP—Tier 4
Goodwin—Tier 4
Willa Legal—Tier 4
Withers—Tier 4

Intellectual Property

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
Baker McKenzie—Tier 1
Bird & Bird—Tier 1
Deacons—Tier 1
Mayer Brown—Tier 2
CMS—Tier 3
Clifford Chance—Tier 3
DLA Piper—Tier 3
Johnson Stokes & Master—Tier 3
Jones Day—Tier 3
Wilkinson & Grist—Tier 3
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader—Tier 4
Gallant—Tier 5
Haldanes—Tier 5
K&L Gates—Tier 5
Lewis Silkin—Tier 5
Morrison & Foerster—Tier 5
Oldham, Li & Nie—Tier 5
Tanner De Witt—Tier 5
Vivien Chan & Co—Tier 5

Technology, Media and Telecoms

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
Clifford Chance—Tier 1
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader—Tier 1
Baker McKenzie—Tier 2
Bird & Bird—Tier 2
Morrison & Foerster—Tier 2
Tanner De Witt—Tier 2
Ashurst Perkins Coie—Tier 3
CMS—Tier 3
DLA Piper—Tier 3
Deacons—Tier 3
Haldanes—Tier 3
JunHe—Tier 3
K&L Gates—Tier 3
Latham & Watkins LLP—Tier 3
Linklaters—Tier 3
Mayer Brown—Tier 3
RPC—Tier 3
Stephenson Harwood—Tier 3
Sidley Austin LLP—Tier 4

Restructuring and Insolvency

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
Clifford Chance—Tier 1
Kirkland & Ellis—Tier 1
Latham & Watkins LLP—Tier 1
Linklaters—Tier 1
Tanner De Witt—Tier 1
Ashurst Perkins Coie—Tier 2
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader—Tier 2
Johnson Stokes & Master—Tier 2
Sidley Austin LLP—Tier 2
Baker McKenzie—Tier 3
Stephenson Harwood—Tier 3
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP—Tier 3
White & Case—Tier 3
CMS—Tier 4
DLA Piper—Tier 5
Hill Dickinson LLP—Tier 5
Ince & Co—Tier 5
Richard Keady—Tier 5

Employment and Labour

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
Baker McKenzieBand 3Tier 1
DeaconsBand 1Tier 1
Johnson Stokes & MasterBand 1Tier 1
Simmons & SimmonsBand 1Tier 1
Bird & BirdBand 4Tier 2
DLA PiperBand 2Tier 2
Howse WilliamsBand 2Tier 2
Lewis SilkinBand 2Tier 2
RPCBand 4Tier 2
Tanner De WittBand 2Tier 2
Dentons Hong KongBand 4Tier 3
Hugill & IpBand 3Tier 3
Clifford Chance—Tier 3
Linklaters—Tier 3
CMS—Tier 4
Oldham, Li & Nie—Tier 4
Stephenson Harwood—Tier 4

Compliance, Investigations and White-Collar

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
Baker McKenzie—Tier 2
Ropes & Gray LLP—Tier 2
Steptoe LLP—Tier 2
Ashurst Perkins Coie—Tier 3
DLA Piper—Tier 3
Haldanes—Tier 3
Johnson Stokes & Master—Tier 3
Kirkland & Ellis—Tier 3
Morrison & Foerster—Tier 3
Linklaters—Tier 4
Oldham, Li & Nie—Tier 4
RPC—Tier 4
Sidley Austin LLP—Tier 4
Stephenson Harwood—Tier 4
White & Case—Tier 4

Private Client, Family and Immigration

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP—Tier 1
Stephenson Harwood—Tier 1
Withers—Tier 1
Deacons—Tier 2
Haldanes—Tier 2
Hugill & Ip—Tier 2
Tanner De Witt—Tier 2
Zhong Lun Law Firm—Tier 2
Baker McKenzie—Tier 3
Howse Williams—Tier 3
Oldham, Li & Nie—Tier 3
Vivien Chan & Co—Tier 3

Data Privacy and Cybersecurity

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
DLA Piper—Tier 1
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader—Tier 1
Bird & Bird—Tier 2
CMS—Tier 2
Linklaters—Tier 2
RPC—Tier 2
Tanner De Witt—Tier 2
Baker McKenzie—Tier 3
Deacons—Tier 3
Johnson Stokes & Master—Tier 3
Mayer Brown—Tier 3

Real Estate and Construction

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
Baker McKenzie—Tier 1
DLA Piper—Tier 3Tier 1
Deacons—Tier 2Tier 1
Johnson Stokes & Master—Tier 1Tier 1
Dentons Hong Kong—Tier 2Tier 3
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader—Tier 2
Zhong Lun Law Firm—Tier 2
CMS—Tier 3
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP—Tier 3
Ince & Co—Tier 3
Withers—Tier 3

Insurance and Reinsurance

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
Johnson Stokes & Master—Tier 1
RPC—Tier 2
Baker McKenzie—Tier 3
Deacons—Tier 3
Howse Williams—Tier 3
Ince & Co—Tier 3
Linklaters—Tier 3
CMS—Tier 4
Clifford Chance—Tier 4
Tsui & Co—Tier 4

Shipping, Aviation and Transport

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
Hill Dickinson LLP—Tier 1
CMS—Tier 2
DLA Piper—Tier 2
Ince & Co—Tier 2
Stephenson Harwood—Tier 2
Watson Farley & Williams—Tier 2
Tsui & Co—Tier 3

Competition and Antitrust

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
Baker McKenzie—Tier 1
Linklaters—Tier 1
Deacons—Tier 2
Clifford Chance—Tier 3
Johnson Stokes & Master—Tier 3

Tax

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
Baker McKenzieBand 1—
DLA Piper LLPBand 2—
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPBand 2—
Morrison FoersterBand 3—

Energy, Resources and Infrastructure

FirmChambersThe Legal 500
Linklaters—Tier 1
DLA Piper—Tier 3
Milbank—Tier 3

Guides Written by Firms in Hong Kong

68 chapters

Country chapters firms contributed to the directories' comparative guides. The firm wrote it; the link goes to the host. Chapters stay with the host.

How Hong Kong Is Ranked

10 of 44 firms in Hong Kong are ranked here, ordered by a reconciliation of 4 external publishers (Chambers, Conventus Law, Law.asia, The Legal 500). Each figure is the weighted mean of the best tier every publisher gave that firm, and no firm appears without at least two independent publishers agreeing. Firms with no reconciled figure are listed below the ranked ones, alphabetically, and are not ranked.

Publishers Reconciled Here

Chambers · Conventus Law · Law.asia · The Legal 500

What This Ranking Does Not Rest On

  • 5 of 44 entries still rest on a Wikipedia category rather than the firm's own website
  • no court record feeds any firm's position — judgments are collected but not yet attributed to the firms that argued them
  • no firm has made a submission, because intake is not open
  • no peer or client review has been collected
Firms ranked
10 of 44
Verified against own site
39 of 44
Evidence coverage
30%

Ranked Firms

By reconciled consensus, then A–Z
FirmPress
Fangda Partners—
Deacons—
Tanner De Witt—
JunHe LLP—
Appleby—
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader13
Howse Williams—
Hugill & Ip—
Gallant—
GPS Legal LLP—
Ashurst Perkins Coie12
Bernacchi Chambers—
Boase Cohen & Collins—
Carey Olsen Hong Kong LLP—
Charltons—
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton4
Conyers—
Des Voeux Chambers—
Gall—
Haldanes—
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer15
Hill Dickinson LLP—
Hongkong India Law Firm HILF—
Ince & Co—
K&L Gates4
Karas So—
Mayer Brown Hong Kong—
Mourant—
Nanwani Solicitors—
ONC Lawyers—
Ogier—
Oldham, Li & Nie—
Shirley Choi—
Stephenson Harwood7
Tang & Co.—
Timothy Loh LLP—
Tsui & Co—
Tung & Co.—
Vivien Chan & Co—
Walkers—
Wilkinson & Grist—
Willa Legal—
WiseLaw Digital Technology—
YYC Legal LLP1

Every firm above is a real entity with a source recorded against it. Inclusion is not an endorsement. Firms recognised by at least two independent publishers are listed first; the rest follow alphabetically. Founding years are shown only where a source states one.

Bar associations, in-house counsel bodies and arbitral institutions, by market · 86

Korean Bar Association대한변호사협회Korea In-house Counsel Association한국사내변호사회Japan Federation of Bar Associations logoJapan Federation of Bar AssociationsJapan In-house Lawyers Association logoJapan In-house Lawyers AssociationAll China Lawyers Association logoAll China Lawyers AssociationLaw Society of Hong Kong logoLaw Society of Hong KongHong Kong Corporate Counsel AssociationTaiwan Bar Association logoTaiwan Bar AssociationLaw Society of SingaporeSingapore Corporate Counsel AssociationBar Council of IndiaIndian Corporate Counsel AssociationLaw Society of England and WalesBar Council of England and WalesAmerican Bar AssociationAssociation of Corporate CounselCanadian Bar Association logoCanadian Bar AssociationCanadian Corporate Counsel AssociationLaw Council of Australia logoLaw Council of AustraliaBundesrechtsanwaltskammer logoBundesrechtsanwaltskammerBundesverband der UnternehmensjuristenBUJConseil national des barreaux logoConseil national des barreauxAssociation Française des Juristes d'Entreprise logoAssociation Française des Juristes d'EntrepriseOrdem dos Advogados do BrasilOABLaw Society of South Africa logoLaw Society of South AfricaNigerian Bar Association logoNigerian Bar AssociationIstanbul Bar Association logoIstanbul Bar AssociationIsrael Bar Associationלשכת עורכי הדיןKorean Commercial Arbitration Board대한상사중재원Japan Commercial Arbitration Association日本商事仲裁協会China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission logoChina International Economic and Trade Arbitration CommissionHong Kong International Arbitration Centre香港國際仲裁中心Singapore International Arbitration CentreAsian International Arbitration Centre logoAsian International Arbitration CentreThai Arbitration InstituteสถาบันอนุญาโตตุลาการVietnam International Arbitration Centre logoVietnam International Arbitration CentreIndonesian National Board of Arbitration logoIndonesian National Board of ArbitrationPhilippine Dispute Resolution Center logoPhilippine Dispute Resolution CenterMumbai Centre for International Arbitration logoMumbai Centre for International ArbitrationChinese Arbitration Association, Taipei logoChinese Arbitration Association, TaipeiLondon Court of International ArbitrationICC International Court of Arbitration logoICC International Court of ArbitrationGerman Arbitration InstituteDeutsche Institution für SchiedsgerichtsbarkeitSwiss Arbitration Centre logoSwiss Arbitration CentreNetherlands Arbitration Institute logoNetherlands Arbitration InstituteMilan Chamber of Arbitration logoMilan Chamber of ArbitrationMadrid International Arbitration CenterCentro Internacional de Arbitraje de MadridArbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce logoArbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of CommerceIstanbul Arbitration Centreİstanbul Tahkim MerkeziDubai International Arbitration Centre logoDubai International Arbitration CentreSaudi Center for Commercial Arbitration logoSaudi Center for Commercial ArbitrationIsraeli Institute of Commercial Arbitrationהמוסד הישראלי לבוררות עסקיתLagos Court of ArbitrationArbitration Foundation of Southern Africa logoArbitration Foundation of Southern AfricaAmerican Arbitration Association, ICDR logoAmerican Arbitration Association, ICDRADR Institute of CanadaInstitut d'arbitrage et de médiation du CanadaCentro de Arbitraje de México logoCentro de Arbitraje de MéxicoCAM-CCBCCentro de Arbitragem e Mediação da Câmara de Comércio Brasil-CanadáAustralian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration logoAustralian Centre for International Commercial ArbitrationInternational Centre for Settlement of Investment DisputesPermanent Court of ArbitrationCour permanente d'arbitrageIntegrated Bar of the PhilippinesMalaysian BarMajlis Peguam MalaysiaLawyers Council of Thailand logoLawyers Council of ThailandVietnam Bar FederationLiên đoàn Luật sư Việt NamIndonesian Advocates Association logoIndonesian Advocates AssociationMacau Lawyers Association澳門律師公會Law Society of IrelandDlí-Chumann na hÉireannGerman Bar AssociationDeutscher AnwaltvereinParis Bar logoParis BarConsiglio Nazionale ForenseConsejo General de la Abogacía EspañolaNetherlands Bar logoNetherlands BarSwiss Bar AssociationSchweizerischer AnwaltsverbandSwedish Bar Association logoSwedish Bar AssociationUnion of Turkish Bar AssociationsTürkiye Barolar BirliğiFederal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation logoFederal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian FederationDubai Legal Affairs Department logoDubai Legal Affairs DepartmentSaudi Bar Associationالهيئة السعودية للمحامينLegal Practice Council of South AfricaBarra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados logoBarra Mexicana, Colegio de AbogadosColegio Público de la Abogacía de la Capital FederalInternational Bar Association logoInternational Bar AssociationLAWASIA logoLAWASIAUnion Internationale des Avocats logoUnion Internationale des AvocatsInter-Pacific Bar Association logoInter-Pacific Bar Association