Methodology
The awards celebrate the domestic and regional law firms across 20 jurisdictions, 11 legal expertise categories and 7 industry expertise categories. Our research is conducted over the course of months, including extensive interviews with partners and surveys completed by their clients, to identify the leading lawyers and firms.
There is no need for any separate awards submissions. Firms participate in asialaw annual research process will automatically be considered for the awards.
Overall guidance
The winners have been awarded according to:
Regional awards categories
These categories honour the best firms across the Asia region under the following categories:
Legal expertise awards:
1. Banking and finance firm of the year
2. Capital markets firm of the year
3. Competition/antitrust firm of the year
4. Corporate M&A firm of the year
5. Dispute resolution firm of the year
6. Intellectual property firm of the year
7. Labour and employment firm of the year
8. Regulatory firm of the year
9. Restructuring and insolvency firm of the year
10. Tax firm of the year
11. Banking and finance lawyer of the year
12. Capital markets lawyer of the year
13. Competition/antitrust lawyer of the year
14. Corporate M&A lawyer of the year
15. Dispute resolution lawyer of the year
16. Intellectual property lawyer of the year
17. Labour and employment lawyer of the year
18. Regulatory lawyer of the year
19. Restructuring and insolvency lawyer of the year
20. Tax lawyer of the year
Industry expertise awards:
1. Aviation and shipping firm of the year
2. Banking and financial services firm of the year
3. Energy firm of the year
4. Infrastructure firm of the year
5. Insurance firm of the year
6. Real estate firm of the year
7. Technology and telecommunications firm of the year
8. Aviation and shipping lawyer of the year
9. Banking and financial services lawyer of the year
10. Energy lawyer of the year
11. Infrastructure lawyer of the year
12. Insurance lawyer of the year
13. Real estate lawyer of the year
14. Technology and telecommunications lawyer of the year
While these awards will be regional, the nominees do not necessarily have to be from regional firms. National firms will be considered.
Jurisdictional Firms of the Year
These awards will recognise the best firms in each of the 20 jurisdictions covered by asialaw. It is aimed at those who have displayed outstanding achievement in advising clients on local law matters, across a range of practice areas.
1. Brunei firm of the year
2. Cambodia firm of the year
3. China firm of the year
4. Hong Kong SAR firm of the year
5. India firm of the year
6. Indonesia firm of the year
7. Japan firm of the year
8. Kazakhstan firm of the year
9. Laos firm of the year
10. Macao SAR firm of the year
11. Malaysia firm of the year
12. Maldives firm of the year
13. Mongolia firm of the year
14. Philippines firm of the year
15. Singapore firm of the year
16. South Korea firm of the year
17. Sri Lanka firm of the year
18. Taiwan firm of the year
19. Thailand firm of the year
20. Vietnam firm of the year
Jurisdictional Female Lawyers of the Year
These awards will recognise the best female lawyers in each of the 20 jurisdictions covered by asialaw. It is aimed at those who have displayed outstanding achievement in advising clients on local law matters, across a range of practice areas.
1. Brunei female lawyer of the year
2. Cambodia female lawyer of the year
3. China female lawyer of the year
4. Hong Kong SAR female lawyer of the year
5. India female lawyer of the year
6. Indonesia female lawyer of the year
7. Japan female lawyer of the year
8. Kazakhstan female lawyer of the year
9. Laos female lawyer of the year
10. Macao SAR female lawyer of the year
11. Malaysia female lawyer of the year
12. Maldives female lawyer of the year
13. Mongolia female lawyer of the year
14. Philippines female lawyer of the year
15. Singapore female lawyer of the year
16. South Korea female lawyer of the year
17. Sri Lanka female lawyer of the year
18. Taiwan female lawyer of the year
19. Thailand female lawyer of the year
20. Vietnam female lawyer of the year
Editor’s choice awards
Impact cases and impact deals of the year
asialaw’s editors will convene to select a number of cases and deals which had a national, or even regional, impact over the year. There will be no shortlists for this category. All law firms and in-house on the deals selected will be honoured at the ceremony.
Best newcomer of the year
To be eligible for this award, editors will analyse any firm that has been set up in any jurisdiction in Asia in the last five years.
Asia firm of the year
This award will go to the firm, which has performed the best over all categories. Although it is likely to be a regional firm, domestic firms are considered. Editors are looking for a firm that has displayed outstanding achievement, and made a substantial impact, in advising clients on matters across a range of practice areas.
Client choice awards
Firm of the year
Practitioner of the year
The winners of these awards are selected using the objective data asialaw captured in the Client Feedback Survey during the 2025 edition research process. In the selection process, an average score will be generated for each firm based on the feedback your clients provide in the survey. The awards will go to the firm with the highest score under each Client choice awards category. There will be no shortlists for Client choice awards. All winners in this category will be honoured at the ceremony.
For more enquiries, please contact our team:
Kelsey Li
asialaw Head of Research
kelsey.li@legalbenchmarkinggroup.com
Fan Yeung
Publisher
fan.yeung@delinian.com
