The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 edition has ranked K&L Gates and twenty-six lawyers for their work across the firm’s nine core practice areas in 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 was ranked in the following practice categories. In addition, the firm was recommended as a “firm to watch” in Australia in Capital markets, China: Private equity (foreign firms), China: Regulatory/compliance (foreign firms), and Hong Kong: Dispute resolution: litigation.
Australia
- Banking and finance
- Competition and trade
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Energy (transactions and regulatory)
- Fintech and financial services regulatory
- Infrastructure projects and construction
- Intellectual property
- IT and telecoms
- Labour and employment
- Labour and employment: workplace health & safety (WHS)
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Transport: aviation
China
- Corporate and M&A (foreign firms)
- Intellectual property (foreign firms)
- Investment funds (foreign firms)
- Tax (foreign firms)
Hong Kong
- Capital markets (equity)
- Construction
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Fintech and financial services regulatory
- Intellectual property
- Investment funds
- TMT
Japan
- Banking and finance (international firms and joint ventures)
- Labour and employment (international firms and joint ventures)
Malaysia (as K&L Gates Straits Law LLC)
Singapore (as K&L Gates Straits Law LLC)
- Asset finance: foreign firms
- Banking and finance (local firms)
- Dispute resolution (local firms)
- Energy (foreign firms)
- International arbitration
- Investment funds (foreign firms)
- Labour and employment (foreign firms)
- Projects (foreign firms)
- Shipping (foreign firms)
Taiwan
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Intellectual property
Twenty-six K&L Gates lawyers were identified by The Legal 500 as either a “Hall of Fame” member, “Leading Partner,” “Next Generation Partner,” or “Leading Associate” in their respective practice areas. These lawyers, and the categories in which they are recognised, were:
Australia
China
- Corporate and M&A (foreign firms): Simon Poh [Leading Partner]
- Intellectual property (foreign firms): Edward Yao [Next Generation Partner]
- Tax (foreign firms): Roberta Chang [Next Generation Partner], Anita Zhou [Leading Associate]
Hong Kong
Japan
- Banking and finance (international firms and joint ventures): Robert Melson [Leading Partner: Gaiben]
- Labour and employment (international firms and joint ventures): Takahiro Hoshino [Leading Partner: Bengoshi], Nobuki Wada [Next Generation Partner: Bengoshi]
Singapore (as K&L Gates Straits Law LLC)
South Korea
- Projects and energy (foreign firms): Sarah Park [Next Generation Partner]
Taiwan
To view the firm’s full rankings, including the listed lawyers, visit The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 edition.
