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Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025 Guide Webinar

Watch the launch webinar for the 2025 guide to discover key insights and a discussion on trends that have emerged during research into the legal market across the Asia-Pacific region.

About the Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide 2025

Welcome to the Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide 2025. Search the legal market's best law firms and lawyers using the search functionality above.   

The Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide and rankings provide the most independent, in-depth insights and reliable recommendations on the best law firms and lawyers across the legal markets in Asia-Pacific.    

Our dedicated team of researchers spend months conducting one-to-one interviews with referees of submitting firms, to help us understand the authentic views and experiences of their clients as part of our unrivalled research methodology. Chambers Asia-Pacific rankings provide those looking to purchase legal services with the information they need to find the best legal talent to suit their needs, wherever it exists.   

To learn more about how the Chambers Asia-Pacific team conducts its research and for an overview of our submissions process, please see our methodology page.   

Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide 2025: Highlights

New ranking tables and sub-tables

With evolving laws and increasing specialisation across Asia-Pacific, the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025 guide includes new coverage and market insights in a number of areas.     

New in Asia-Pacific 2025 coverage

• India Investment Funds – now ranking departments and individuals • India Venture Capital – now ranking departments and individuals • India TMT: Media & Entertainment – now ranking departments and individuals • India TMT: Technology & Telecommunications – now ranking departments and individuals • South Korea Aviation – now ranking individuals

Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide 2025: Summary

As the Chambers Asia-Pacific guide continues to grow with the legal market and showcase emerging legal professionals and practice areas, we are delighted to share statistics on this release of our legal rankings.  

3,861

Department rankings

6,984

Individual Lawyer rankings

480

Up-and-comers and Associates to Watch

Our research into the leading legal professionals in Asia-Pacific runs from February to August

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Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide 2026 Submissions

The submissions for the 2026 guide are open. The full research schedule for the Chambers Asia Pacific 2026 guide can be found at this link.  

Please note that the referee limit for Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026 is now 30 per practice area.  

Latest Legal News: Chambers Asia-Pacific

Corporate/M&A in Asia 2024
Learn about trends and developments in Corporate/M&A in Asia the Chambers Asia-Pacific team discovered during the research into this year's guide.

Japanese Law Firms Expand Global Footprint with European Focus
Chambers Asia-Pacific research team discusses Japanese law firms that are establishing offices in Europe, driven by Japan’s Economic Security Promotion Act.

Australian Competition Regulator Asserts Its Authority
The Chambers Asia-Pacific research team discusses the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission authority in Australia in this article.

DEI in Asia-Pacific 2025 Guide
In this article, the Chambers Asia-Pacific research team discusses DEI in the Asia-Pacific region.

Chambers Asia-Pacific and Greater China Region Awards 2024 Winners Testimonials
Chambers and Partners share the thoughts of the winner(s) at the Chambers Asia-Pacific and Greater China Region Awards 2024.

Diversity in Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide
Discover key diversity statistics across the Asia-Pacific legal market as researched by the Chambers Asia-Pacific team for the 2024 Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide.

Key corporate and finance trends in Asia-Pacific during 2023
Learn about the trends and developments in the corporate and finance market the Chambers Asia-Pacific team discovered during the research into the 2024 guide.

Energy & Natural Resources in the Asia-Pacific market
Discover the topic of energy and natural resources in the Asia-Pacific legal market as discovered during the research into this year's Chambers Asia-Pacific guide.

Meet the Chambers Legal Research Team

Beatrice Chan

Research Director (interim)

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Dennis Li

Head of Research: Greater China Region

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Abhinav Anand

Principal Research Specialist: Singapore and all other South-East Asia sections, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan

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Matthew Smith

Research Manager: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Guam, Pacific Islands, Timor Leste

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Rucha Aghera

Principal Research Specialist: APAC Corporate & Finance

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Sarah Kogan

Research Director (on maternity leave)

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About our Legal Rankings

All ranked law firms in the guide must provide clear evidence of their commitment to providing the highest standards in client services and examples of work which our team of Research Analysts then carefully review and analyse.   
 
Our research process into the guide is based on several important factors and our methodology into our rankings can be discovered by visiting our methodology page here which lists each step involved in our process. 

In-Depth Overviews

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PHILIPPINES: An Introduction

 In 2025, President Ferdinand R Marcos Jr’s administration is going to focus its economic and socio...

Jurisdiction

SINGAPORE: An Introduction

Singapore’s strategic position as a financial and commercial hub, as well as its strong legal syste...

Practice Area

AUSTRALIA: An Introduction to Dispute Resolution

In 2024, the Australian litigation landscape continued to evolve, driven by developments in data pr...

Practice Area

AUSTRALIA: An Introduction to Dispute Resolution: Class Action (Plaintiff)

Although some commentators considered that the tide had turned against class actions with notable v...

Practice Area
Practice Area

AUSTRALIA: An Introduction to TMT: Media

Throughout 2024, there has been further defamation law reform, significant case law developments an...

Practice Area

INDIA (DOMESTIC FIRMS): An Introduction to Real Estate: Pan-India

A positive global perspective enhanced by conducive policy initiatives has resulted in a flourishin...

Practice Area

INDIA: An Introduction to Competition/Antitrust

10 September 2024 marked a new era for the merger control regime in India as several highly anticip...

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