Morgan Lewis Earns Top Marks in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2017 Guide

SINGAPORE, January 13, 2017: Leading legal directory publisher Chambers & Partners has released its 2017 Chambers Asia-Pacific guide recognizing 15 Morgan Lewis lawyers as leaders in their fields and ranking the firm in 10 practice categories.

The 2017 edition of the Chambers Asia-Pacific guide singled out 14 Morgan Lewis lawyers across 16 practice categories, ranking two for the first time this year. The firm also maintained the highest ranking, Band 1, for Investment Funds in Japan and Energy & Natural Resources in Kazakhstan.

Chambers rankings assess technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, and commitment and are mostly based on extensive feedback gathered from thousands of lawyers and their clients all over the world in addition to the conduct of extensive independent research.

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2017 Rankings

Individual Lawyers

• Kelvin Aw, Construction (Singapore)
• Daniel Chia, Dispute Resolution (Singapore)
• Timothy Cooke, Dispute Resolution (Singapore)
• Justyn Jagger, Insurance (Singapore)
• Suet-Fern Lee, Corporate/M&A (Singapore)
• Bernard Lui, Capital Markets (Singapore)
• Joo Khin Ng, Capital Markets (Singapore)
• Klara Nurgaziyeva, Corporate & Finance (Kazakhstan)
• Aset Shyngyssov, Corporate & Finance (Kazakhstan) and Energy & Natural Resources (Kazakhstan)
• Wendy Tan, Shipping (Singapore)
• Christopher Wells, Investment Funds (Japan)
• Wai Ming Yap, Corporate/M&A (Singapore) and Gaming & Gambling (Asia-Pacific Region)
• Justin Yip, Restructuring/Insolvency (Singapore)
• Daniel Yong, Investment Funds (Singapore)

Practice Categories

• Banking & Finance: Domestic (Singapore)
• Capital Markets: Domestic (Singapore)
• Corporate/M&A: Domestic (Singapore)
• Corporate & Finance (Kazakhstan)
• Dispute Resolution (Kazakhstan)
• Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Singapore)
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation (Singapore)
• Energy & Natural Resources (Kazakhstan)
• Investment Funds (Japan)
• Restructuring & Insolvency: Domestic (Singapore)

Our Beijing and Shanghai offices operate as representative offices of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. In Hong Kong, Morgan Lewis operates through Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, which is a separate Hong Kong general partnership registered with The Law Society of Hong Kong as a registered foreign law firm operating in Association with Luk & Partners. Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC is a Singapore law corporation affiliated with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.