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Mayer Brown LLP

Asia-Pacific Guide 2024

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Asia-Pacific

Mayer Brown LLP

Mayer Brown LLP

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Provided by Mayer Brown LLP
Asia-Pacific

Asia Managing Partner: Terence Tung, Senior Partner

Number of partners: 80

Number of lawyers: 230

Languages: Cantonese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Malay, Mandarin, Shanghainese, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese, Russia


Firm Overview:

Mayer Brown is a leading international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes.


OUR CLIENT SERVICE PRINCIPLES

  • Delivering the best legal advice and service
  • Leveraging our deep commercial instincts to serve as our clients’ strategic partners and trusted advisors
  • Building diverse teams of lawyers from our market-leading practices to help achieve our clients’ goals
  • Solving our clients’ most complex problems with creative and innovative ideas
  • Collaborating across offices to deliver the best of our knowledge wherever in the world it’s needed
  • Using technology to develop new ways to deliver timely and efficient client service


Main Areas of Practice:


Antitrust & Competition: Antitrust filings and regulatory clearances, antitrust advice associated with global transactions, legal compliance, programmes policy development and monitoring, anti-competitive conduct investigations.


Asset Finance:

Aviation, land transport, shipping, telecommunications and utilities.


Banking & Finance:

Capital markets transactions, trade finance, commercial paper, debt and equity issues, bank security, loans and syndication.


Construction & Engineering:

Drafting agreements, dispute resolution, rating and valuation.


Corporate & Securities:

Joint ventures and mergers, capital markets transactions, takeovers, management buyouts, restructuring and organisations.


Cybersecurity & Data Privacy:

Incident preparation and breach responses; litigating cutting-edge data privacy and cybersecurity issues; strategic counselling and corporate governance; vendor and supply chain management, contracting, and data transfers; regulatory and compliance; policy and advocacy.


Employment & Benefits:

Legal obligations of employers and employees, unit trusts, mutual funds, provident funds and retirement schemes.


Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement:

Compliance, licensing and regulations in financial services.


Insurance:

Business interruption, contractors all risks, directors and officers’ liability, professional indemnity.


Intellectual Property:

Registration and protection of patents, trademarks, trade names and designs; anti-counterfeiting, litigation, opposition and rectification proceedings.


Litigation & Dispute Resolution:

Administrative law and judicial review, securities litigation, commercial litigation, electronic discovery, international arbitration, medical malpractice, anti-bribery and corruption, internal and regulatory investigations.


Projects & Infrastructure:

Financing in wide variety of sectors: power, oil, gas, renewables, mining and infrastructure.


Private Equity, Funds & Investment Management:

Full-service offering for entire life cycle of a fund – including fund formation & investment management, private equity, private equity real estate, fund finance and regulatory enforcement.


Real Estate Markets:

Development, finance and acquisition of commercial, industrial, hotel, residential and mixed-use real estate development.


Restructuring:

Restructuring and rescheduling of debts and advising on workouts, receiverships, liquidations and bankruptcies.


Structured Finance/Securitisation:

Derivatives, CDOs, securities and corporate finance, funds, financial institution regulatory compliance, bankruptcy and restructuring, tax.


Supply Chain & Distribution:

Contracts for suppliers and distributors, supply chain finance, international trade compliance, risk assessment and planning, preventative measures, and internal investigations and litigation defense, tax.


Tax:

Transactions, consulting and planning.


Technology Transactions:

Data rights, use, privacy and protection strategies; digital services; outsourcing; and software development, licensing and integration.


TMT:

Technology outsourcing, data privacy, media regulatory, domain names, IT, M&A, e-commerce.

Ranked Offices

Provided by Mayer Brown LLP

USA - Head office
China
  • Hong Kong
    16th-19th Floors, Prince's Building, 10 Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Japan
  • Tokyo
    Marunouchi Kitaguchi Building, 12th Floor, 1-6-5 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo-to, Japan, 100-0005
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Singapore
  • Singapore
    6 Battery Road #10-01 , Singapore, Singapore Island, Singapore, 049909
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UK
Vietnam
  • Ho Chi Minh City
    Suite 1705 – 1708, 17th Floor, Saigon Tower, 29 Le Duan Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Contributions

Latest contributions provided by Mayer Brown LLP

Global Practice Guide
Vincent Sum
Sylvia Leung
Authored by
Vincent Sum, Sylvia Leung
Article • Jan 2024
Expert Focus
Qin Koh
David Harrison
Authored by
Qin Koh, David Harrison
Article • Jan 2024
Global Practice Guide
Andreas Lange
Kirsten Schürmann
Susan Günther
Dr Patrick Scholl
Authored by
Andreas Lange, Kirsten Schürmann, Susan Günther, Dr Patrick Scholl
Article • Dec 2023

All contributions provided by Mayer Brown LLP

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International Trade 2024 | Belgium | Law and Practice
Authored by: Nikolay Mizulin, Paulette Vander Schueren, Edouard Gergondet, Dylan Geraets, Agnieszka Nosowicz
Global Practice Guide Nov 2023 Article
Insolvency 2023 | Vietnam | Law and Practice
Authored by: David Harrison, John Marsden, Pierre Dzakpasu, Hai Thao Nguyen, Ursula Szotyory-Grove
Global Practice Guide Oct 2023 Article
Insolvency 2023 | Singapore | Law and Practice
Authored by: Pierre Dzakpasu, Suresh Nair, John Marsden, Yu-Jin Tay, Bryan Tan
Global Practice Guide Oct 2023 Article
Tax Controversy 2023 | USA | Trends and Developments
Authored by: Jenny Austin, John Hildy, Joel Williamson, Brian Kittle
Global Practice Guide Apr 2023 Article
Tax Controversy 2023 | USA | Law and Practice
Authored by: John Hildy, Jenny Austin, Jason Osborn, Joel Williamson
Global Practice Guide Apr 2023 Article

Mayer Brown LLP rankings

Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
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Asia-Pacific Region
Arbitration (International)
1 Department
Department
Arbitration (International)
3
Arbitration (International)
3
Band 3
Aviation: Finance
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Aviation: Finance
2
Aviation: Finance
2
Band 2
Lawyers
Richard J I Stock
1
Richard J I Stock
1
Band 1
U
Evelyn Lok
U
Up and Coming
Banking & Finance
1 Department
Department
Banking & Finance
3
Banking & Finance
3
Band 3
Data Protection
1 Department
Department
Data Protection
3
Data Protection
3
Band 3
Intellectual Property
1 Department
Department
Intellectual Property
2
Intellectual Property
2
Band 2
Projects & Infrastructure
1 Department
Department
Projects & Infrastructure
4
Projects & Infrastructure
4
Band 4
Shipping: Finance
1 Department
Department
Shipping: Finance
3
Shipping: Finance
3
Band 3
Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)
1 Department
Department
Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)
2
Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)
2
Band 2
Indonesia
Corporate & Finance (International Firms)
1 Department
Department
Corporate & Finance (International Firms)
4
Corporate & Finance (International Firms)
4
Band 4
Dispute Resolution (International Firms)
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Yu-Jin Tay
Yu-Jin Tay
Singapore expertise based abroad
Japan
Construction
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Rupert Burrows
Rupert Burrows
Spotlight
Projects & Energy: International
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Projects & Energy: International
4
Projects & Energy: International
4
Band 4
Lawyers
Rupert Burrows
2
Rupert Burrows
2
Band 2
Mongolia
General Business Law
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
General Business Law
General Business Law
Spotlight
Lawyers
Jason T Elder
Jason T Elder
China expertise based abroad
Myanmar
General Business Law: International Firms
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
General Business Law: International Firms
2
General Business Law: International Firms
2
Band 2
Lawyers
Ben Thompson
1
Ben Thompson
1
Band 1
Singapore
Banking & Finance: International
1 Department
3 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Banking & Finance: International
4
Banking & Finance: International
4
Band 4
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