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SINO INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
                                      (SIPAC)

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Who we are

The Sino International Professional Advisory Council (SIPAC) is a global network of outstanding professional service providers built to service all aspects of the global expansion of Chinese business in the context of an evolving geopolitical environment.

Our mission

SIPAC’s mission is to bring the Sino-Global legal communities together by:

  1. providing Chinese lawyers engaged in cross-border legal work access to the full range of international-standard resources so that Chinese companies can conduct business overseas with confidence, supported by trusted professional advisors, and
  2. helping leading independent law firms and other professional advisors around the world to develop trusted advisor relationships with their counterparts in Chinese companies and law firms.

Our ecosystem

SIPAC is the central pillar of our comprehensive ecosystem of professional know-how, training and other resources.  All elements of our ecosystem are fully integrated and mutually reinforcing in order to help Chinese legal and compliance professionals step up to true international standard.

Our partners

SIPAC cooperates closely with leading governmental, quasi-governmental and professional organizations across China to achieve unmatched levels of market access and credibility.

Our opportunity

Professional services platforms in China have limited access to international resources.  Global professional platforms have limited understanding of China.  SIPAC is uniquely positioned to fill this gap.

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Leadership

Core management team

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ROBERT LEWIS

Chairman

Mr. Lewis has practiced law for nearly 40 years, over 30 years of which have been in China, focusing primarily on cross-border M&A and other international transactions.
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Mr. Lewis has practiced law for nearly 40 years, over 30 years of which have been in China, focusing primarily on cross-border M&A and other international transactions.  He was the first senior foreign lawyer to move from a leading international law firm to a top Chinese law firm, working as Senior International Counsel with Zhong Lun Law Firm in Beijing for 10 years. He previously served as managing partner of the Beijing office of Lovells (now Hogan Lovells) for nine years and, prior to that, he was Asia General Counsel for Nortel Networks.  Earlier in his career, he worked with Sidley & Austin in Los Angeles for six years and in 1993 joined the China Practice Group of Baker & McKenzie in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Mr. Lewis is also co-founder of SIPAC partner docQbot, the first bilingual automated contract know-how platform in China, and co-founder of the leading overseas investment information and consulting platform – the China Going Global Think-tank (CGGT).  His publications include The Dawn of a New Era for FDI in China: A Practical Guide to China’s New Foreign Investment Law and The Rules of the Game of Global M&A: Why so Many Chinese Outbound Investments Fail, among others.

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Liming YANG

CEO

Liming is a visionary leader in the legal technology space, currently serving as the CEO of SIPAC. His strategic vision and expertise have been instrumental in driving SIPAC’s growth in the world’s largest legal market and spearheading its international expansion.
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Liming is a visionary leader in the legal technology space, currently serving as the CEO of SIPAC. His strategic vision and expertise have been instrumental in driving SIPAC’s growth in the world’s largest legal market and spearheading its international expansion.

A former lawyer at a prestigious “Red Circle” Chinese law firm, Liming seamlessly transitioned into pioneering legal tech innovation. As one of China’s first automated template authors, he recognized technology’s potential to streamline legal processes.

Under Liming’s leadership, SIPAC orchestrated the highly successful inaugural Sino-International Law Forum in November 2023. This premier event brought together hundreds of senior in-house and compliance experts from top Chinese companies, leading cross-border lawyers from over 50 countries, and nearly 100 lawyers from China’s elite firms. The forum facilitated invaluable in-person networking and knowledge-sharing among global legal professionals.

With his unique blend of legal expertise, tech-driven mindset, and visionary leadership, Liming is propelling SIPAC to the forefront of legal industry transformation in China and worldwide.

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Sara YU

SVP & Head of Global Content

Sara is a leader in China in respect of the development of international-standard bilingual legal know-how content. 
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Sara is a leader in China in respect of the development of international-standard bilingual legal know-how content.  In addition to more than 10 years practice experience in top Chinese law firms working on inbound and outbound cross-border transactions, she is also a founding team member of SIPAC partner docQbot, where she was principally responsible for managing the production of the full range of docQbot’s comprehensive suite of bilingual legal know-how content, consisting of thousands of variations of the most common cross-border trade and investment transaction agreement templates, together with hundreds of drafting notes, sample clauses and other related resources.

In her role at SIPAC, Sara works with our SIPAC members and friends around the world to create customized localization guides and other content for each jurisdiction to be integrated into the overall ecosystem.  She also leads our cooperation with other leading international and domestic content providers and platforms in order to create curated international content specifically tailored to the unique requirements of China’s leading cross-border lawyers.

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Lin XU

Senior IT Consultant

Lin XU has nearly two decades of experience in technology development, having worked in Hexun.com, China’s largest financial intel online portal.
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Lin XU has nearly two decades of experience in technology development, having worked in Hexun.com, China’s largest financial intel online portal.  In addition to his role in SIPAC, he also serves as CTO for SIPAC’s partner platform, docQbot, where he has led the development of a full suite of tech-supported legal know-how tools as well as the localization and adaptation of world-leading legal AI tools.  At SIPAC, XU Lin will drive the development of the SIPAC back-office engine to accelerate and enhance international engagement and cooperation to ensure that SIPAC is always on the cutting edge of law and technology.

Advisory board

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Patrick Dransfield

Non-exec Director & Senior Advisor

Patrick is widely recognized as a builder of communities within the international legal profession, and an innovator in legal media, publishing, training, coaching, events and marketing consulting.  He was recognized in 2019 by Asia Law Portal as one of the top thirty people to watch in the legal profession and was the driving force behind the development of a highly successful in-house legal counsel community with chapters in London, MENA, South Africa, India, ASEAN, Japan and China.
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Patrick is widely recognized as a builder of communities within the international legal profession, and an innovator in legal media, publishing, training, coaching, events and marketing consulting.  He was recognized in 2019 by Asia Law Portal as one of the top thirty people to watch in the legal profession and was the driving force behind the development of a highly successful in-house legal counsel community with chapters in London, MENA, South Africa, India, ASEAN, Japan and China.   Patrick’s career began with Haymarket Publishing and includes being Marketing Director for Asia for international law firms Shearman & Sterling and White & Case; Managing Director of Asia Law & Practice, Asia Publisher of IFLR, and board member of the Hong Kong-based subsidiary Euromoney (Jersey) Limited. 

Patrick is a photographer and author; he majored in English and History of Art at Leeds University, and holds a Masters degree in Chinese History, Politics and Anthropology from SOAS, University of London.  He is also a certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and CCE-accredited Emotional Intelligence Coach.  As a member of the SIPAC advisory board, Patrick draws on his extensive experience and expertise to help guide the further development of SIPAC’s Sino-Global professional community.

Our Ecosystem

SIPAC is the central pillar of our comprehensive ecosystem of professional know-how, training, online/offline events and other resources.

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Our Coverage

Regional

SIPAC provides global coverage across key jurisdictions, connecting China with the rest of the world. 

  • ► North America
  • ► South America
  • ► Western Europe
  • ► Central & 
Eastern Europe
  • ► Eurasia
  • ► North Asia
  • ► ASEAN
  • ► Middle East & North Africa
  • ► Africa
  • ► Australasia

EXPERTISE

Our ecosystem focuses on the key practice areas of most relevance to Chinese cross-border trade and investment activities.

International M&A
International M&A
Infrastructure Projects
Infrastructure Projects
International Trade
International Trade
Compliance Management
Compliance Management
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property
International Dispute Resolution
International Dispute Resolution

Industry

We provide sectoral coverage across China’s largest industries. 

Energy & Natural Resources
Energy & Natural Resources
Construction
Construction
Technology, Media & Telecom
Technology, Media & Telecom
Industry & Manufacturing
Industry & Manufacturing
Consumer Goods
Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
E-Commerce

News

SIPAC Events News

SIPAC Social Media/Webinars

Other SIPAC News

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Member Firms Click on icon markers to know more about our Members

Al Tamimi & Company
Tilleke & Gibbins
Schellenberg Wittmer
HEUKING
ENS
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Marval O'Farrell Mairal
Moroğlu Arseven
Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia
Waselius
Carey
GZG
Soemadipradja & Taher
Peters & Peters
BUREN
Lakatos, Köves and Partners
Riad & Riad
Bichara Advogados
Buchalter
AEQUITAS
ALRUD
BASHAM
Howse Williams
JPM & Partners
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Channel Partners

SCCA
As a quasi-governmental organisation, the Shanghai Corporate Counsel Association services in-house lawyers in over 300,000 Chinese companies and leading law firms in Shanghai alone
BMCB
Department of Foreign Economic Cooperation under the Beijing Municipal Commerce Bureau, servicing ODI needs of leading industrial, commercial and high-tech companies in Beijing and across China
SZCCA
Quasi-governmental Shenzhen Corporate Counsel Association servicing in-house lawyers at Chinese companies in Shenzhen and the entire Greater Bay Area (excl. HK)
Wolters Kluwer
Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and solutions company. It provides information, software, and services that help legal, tax, finance, and healthcare professionals make their most critical decisions effectively and with confidence. Customers depend on Wolters Kluwer services and solutions to successfully move through the complex layers of data and regulation that define modern business and government.
CGGT
Publishes daily ODI/compliance reports for over 50,000 WeChat followers, including senior company managers and lawyers, co-founded by SIPAC Chairman Robert Lewis
DJ
Global risk & compliance brand with a 90% market share of the financial services sector in China
docQbot
Leading bilingual legal knowhow platform in China with hundreds of contract templates and guidance notes, co-founded by SIPAC Chairman Robert Lewis
Lishan Talk
“Lishan Talk” is the leading blog/vlog platform for cross-border legal topics in China with more than 10,000 followers from leading in-house law departments and law firms across China

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    Anderson Mori & Tomotsune | Japan | Founding Member

    Anderson Mori & Tomotsune is a full-service law firm formed by the merger and consolidation of the practices of three leading Japanese law firms: Anderson Mori, which established its reputation as one of the largest and most established international law firms in Japan since its inception in the early 1950s; Tomotsune & Kimura, particularly known for its expertise in international finance transactions; and Bingham Sakai Mimura Aizawa, a premier international insolvency/restructuring and crisis-management firm.Our combined firm provides an exceptionally powerful value proposition.

    Housing all of these synergistic practices under one roof, and further increasing the scale of our resources, we are well-positioned to: (1) better serve a wide client base; (2) provide even more prompt and accurate advice across a broader spectrum of legal issues; and (3) handle the largest transactions in Japan, including those which are cross-sectoral and extremely complex.

    Our combined expertise enables us to deliver advice on virtually all legal issues that may arise from a corporate transaction including M&A, finance, capital markets, restructuring/insolvency, and litigation/arbitration. The majority of our lawyers are multi-lingual and experienced with communicating, drafting and negotiating across borders around the globe.

    With a long tradition of serving the international business and legal communities, our superior expertise, coupled with outstanding as one of the largest law firms in japan, translates to not only high quality services but also time and cost efficiencies which we share with our clients.

    We are headquartered in Tokyo with branch offices in Osaka and Nagoya. Outside Japan, we have offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, London and Brussels. We also have associated firms in Hong Kong and Jakarta.

     

    Howse Williams | Hong Kong, China

    Howse Williams (HW) is a leading independent, full-service Hong Kong law firm. As an independent law firm we are able to minimise legal and commercial conflicts of interest and act for clients in every industry sector.We have extensive experience and contacts in Hong Kong and throughout Asia.The partners have spent the majority of their careers in Hong Kong and have a detailed understanding of international business and business in Asia. The Howse Williamspartners and their teams deliver high quality legal advice with a practical approach to solving legal issues in line with clients’objectives.Our advice is clear, commercial and innovative.Our partners are entrepreneurial and provide excellent legal advice in a cost-effective manner.

    Waselius | Finland | Founding Member

    Waselius is a leading Finnish business law firm, committed to provide highly specialised legal services in complex business transactions. The firm is especially renowned for high-end advice within all fields of commercial law, with particular emphasis on capital markets, banking and finance, including financial restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, dispute resolution, real estate, energy and natural resources, tax law, competition law, employment law as well as IPR. The firm takes pride in being able to deliver tailor-made services and solutions with efficiency, accuracy and flexibility, aimed at satisfying the needs of the most demanding clients.

    Buchalter | USA, California

    Buchalter is a full-service business law firm that has been teaming with clients for nine decades, providing legal counsel at all stages of their growth and evolution, and helping them meet the many legal challenges and decisions they face. Our clients are engaged in a diverse global economy governed by complex laws and regulations, and they trust us as advisers and business partners because we are involved in their world. They rely on our forward-thinking to help them resolve problems before they arise.

    At Buchalter, we practice in that spirit.

    Our founding principle—providing our clients with the best business solutions—continues to lead us. We value each client relationship, recognizing that their success is our success. Our overarching goal—getting the best results for the client in a timely manner with sensitivity to cost—has engendered client loyalty, and the firm has grown from that loyalty.

    Our lawyers are accessible, resourceful, skillful and adept at responding to change. Our technological capabilities keep case law and rule changes at our fingertips and client communications current, enabling us to create efficient, superior outcomes.

    We strongly believe that technology is a tool that furthers the practice of law and have used that belief to develop a cutting edge platform for our firm. We use a meshed (NVPN) network to facilitate work among offices, Cisco VoIP telephony and Video-over-IP conferencing. Sharing documents is seamless through FileSite, which is also utilized to create our Client Extranets. To support our litigation matters, we use Relativity and RelOne as well as Everchron, Case Notebook and Trial Director. Unlike many firms, we have the capacity to process end-to-end eDiscovery in-house, reducing client costs.

    Buchalter lawyers are also active members of the communities in which they live and work. Leadership is a value the founding partners practiced and passed on to the current generation of attorneys. Our lawyers sit on the boards of prominent organizations, teach and lecture frequently. We actively participate in many associations and groups including the Public Law Center, San Francisco Legal Aid Society, Practicing Law Institute, California State Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the LACBA Domestic Violence Project, the Sojourner Center, the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Phoenix and many others.

    Buchalter is consistently ranked among the leading law firms by Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, The Daily Journal and the Los Angeles Business Journal. It is also ranked among the leading firms nationally by American Legal Media and the National Law Journal.

    Buchalter’s commitment to reflecting and enhancing the rich diversity of the clients and communities in which we practice is more than nine decades strong. The firm’s diversity of attorneys and staff provides clients with a greater array of creative talent and alternative thinking, benefiting all.

    Bichara Advogados | Brazil

    For more than 23 years, we have built a trajectory based on values and ethical principles. We are a full-service law firm with more than 250 lawyers located in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Belo Horizonte and Vitória. In addition, through strategic alliances, we also operate throughout the national territory and abroad.

    We represent most of the largest national companies in the industry, commerce and services sectors and we support our Clients through a multidisciplinary approach that allows us to offer customized solutions. This expertise is also evidenced through our constant ranking among the main law firms in Brazil, in major publications such as Chambers, International Tax Review, The Legal 500 and Análise Advocacia.

    We work daily with the same enthusiasm and commitment as our first day of existence.  Aware that our commitment to clients is one of the pillars of our history, our goal is to provide them with better experiences, in all possible aspects, building long-term relationships and contributing to the growth of their businesses.

    Marval O’Farrell Mairal | Argentina | Founding Member

    Founded in 1923, Marval O’Farrell Mairal is the largest law firm in Argentina. A market leader at both local and Latin American levels, the firm has been providing sophisticated, high-quality advice to international and local clients for 100 years.

    We are the leading law firm in Argentina, comprising over 300 lawyers and has wide experience of international business issues and the complexities of cross-border transactions. Our unmatched strength allows us to react quickly and to simultaneously handle large, complex and time-consuming transactions without compromising on quality.

    We have a strong focus on high-end corporate and finance transactions and the largest, most active litigation and arbitration practice in Argentina. Our leading intellectual property department has unrivalled experience. We are also a market leader in a wide range of other key practice areas including tax, fintech, labor and employment, competition/antitrust, energy and natural resources, compliance, anticorruption and investigations, administrative and public law, insurance and reinsurance, telecommunications, media and technology, as well as real estate and construction.

    All our teams are led directly by highly experienced partners and experts, and carefully tailored to meet the specific needs of our clients.

    Carey Abogados | Chile | Founding Member

    Carey is a revered full-service powerhouse that possesses a highly skilled corporate department at the forefront of major transactions in Chile. The law firm enjoys a strong bench of renowned practitioners noted for advising leading multinational clients on cross-border M&A deals, including complex mergers, share purchase agreements and divestitures. The legal team benefits from its extensive experience advising private equity funds on the structuring of investments. Carey also acts as a strategic partner for major companies, assisting with commercial alliances, such as joint ventures and company incorporations.

    Riad & Riad | Egypt

    Riad & Riad is a full-service law firm that is led by knowledgeable and skilled lawyers with accumulated wealth of experience. Our founding lawyers have international academic backgrounds at prestigious universities in USA, UK and France coupled with extensive practical experience at top tier law firms.

    Our core business culture is centered on integrity, dedication to clients’ needs, and excellence of advice and services. We operate pro-actively to deliver practical, costeffective and relationship-driven client service.

    We distinguish ourselves on the accessibility of our partners. Our partners have hands-on involvement which means that clients can always benefit from their experience. Our approach is constructive and commercially orientated. We assign work to lawyers who have the appropriate level of experience so that the legal fees are commensurate with the complexity of the assignment.

    Al Tamimi & Company | Saudi Arabia

    With 17 offices across 10 countries, we are a full-service commercial firm combining knowledge, experience and expertise to ensure our clients have access to the best legal solutions that are commercially sound and cost effective.

    Our clients are at the heart of everything we do. Founded in 1989, we are the leading corporate law firm in the UAE and throughout the Middle East & North Africa with more than 450 legal professionals in 17 offices across 10 countries. We’re determined to use our knowledge, experience and intellectual rigour to find innovative solutions to overcome complex business challenges. We actively encourage diversity and inclusion, enabling us to attract and retain the best talent, to ensure our clients succeed.

    Al Tamimi & Company | UAE | Founding Member

    With 17 offices across 10 countries, we are a full-service commercial firm combining knowledge, experience and expertise to ensure our clients have access to the best legal solutions that are commercially sound and cost effective.

    Our clients are at the heart of everything we do. Founded in 1989, we are the leading corporate law firm in the UAE and throughout the Middle East & North Africa with more than 450 legal professionals in 17 offices across 10 countries. We’re determined to use our knowledge, experience and intellectual rigour to find innovative solutions to overcome complex business challenges. We actively encourage diversity and inclusion, enabling us to attract and retain the best talent, to ensure our clients succeed.

    HEUKING | Germany | Founding Member

    With more than 400 lawyers, tax advisors and notaries providing legal services across eight offices, HEUKING is one of the major commercial law firms in Germany.

    The spectrum of its legal advice ranges from German and foreign medium-sized companies to international (including listed) large corporations in all matters of commercial law. Another focus of its client support lies in public law in which it has counsel decision-makers on all levels of administration.

    International Work

    More than 400 lawyers speak over 22 different languages.

    The firm’s expertise allows it to advise foreign clients in Germany comprehensively and to support German clients successfully in overseas business.

    The firm advises and represent clients from around the world in their activities in Germany and Europe and supports clients anywhere in the world.

    Providing its lawyers with the appropriate training, the firm works closely with law firms around the globe who are best suited for the task at hand.

    Over the years, clients have come to focus on certain territories, which are represented by the firm´s Country Desks for China, French, India, Japan, CIS & Turkey.

    Lakatos, Köves and Partners | Hungary

    Our office was founded by Dr. Péter Köves in 1991 and became the Budapest office of the ‘Magic Circle’ London international law firm, Clifford Chance two years later. In 2009 we became independent again – maintaining our international focus – and have been working as Lakatos, Köves & Partners Law Firm since then, under the leadership of Dr. Péter Lakatos.

    Our work is characterized by the professionalism of global law firms and the practical and business oriented approach to complex legal issues. With our open and creative thinking we have played a central role in introducing sophisticated legal instruments, structures and solutions into the Hungarian legal environment.

    Our clients include medium and large multinational enterprises, often introduced to us by, and working closely with, leading law firms from all around the world.

    We have extensive experience of working on cross-border transactions in a multinational team and working on specific Hungarian legal matters using our deep local knowledge.

    Reflecting our international outlook we have German, English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese desks.

    Moroğlu Arseven | Türkiye | Founding Member

    Moroğlu Arseven is an independent full-service law firm with broadly demonstrated expertise and experience in business law. Established in 2000, we have a dynamic and dedicated team of lawyers who are experts in their respective fields. Outstanding client service, delivering results and the support of our distinguished independent Of Counsels have all been fundamental to the firm’s success, allowing us to support the success of our clients.

    Our primary guiding principles are universal and national ethical values, independence of the legal practice and the indivisibility of legal science and legal practice. These principles are reflected in our relationship with clients, not as a temporarily hired provider of legal services but rather as a trusted advisor for both legal and strategic matters, often on a long-term basis.

    Our clients include national, foreign and multi-national commercial, industrial and financial enterprises. Moroğlu Arseven is known as a detail-oriented, well-connected, hands-on and concentrated law firm, along with being an expert at handling complex tasks, whether these relate to transactions, disputes or settlements. The firm regularly advises and support clients with complex issues and high-profile matters which require multidisciplinary legal support to develop creative and innovative solutions for our clients.

    Our primary purpose in representing and advising clients is to provide and implement clear, applicable and pragmatic solutions which focus on each client’s specific needs, transaction, legal question or dispute. Our attorneys adopt a holistic approach to the broader legal and commercial situation. Attorneys offer expertise in individual topics, while also maintaining a close emphasis on collaborating with topic experts from other practices, such as corporate advisory, intellectual property, tax and dispute resolution, among others.

    We focus on our clients’ business sectors, actively participating in professional associations and events. Attorneys are capable of communicating in English, German and French. All of these factors contribute to Moroğlu Arseven’s ability to consistently provide the best possible client experience.

    Khaitan & Co | India

    Founded in 1911, Khaitan & Co is a heritage law firm that has been a trusted adviser to leading business houses, multinational corporations, global investors, financial institutions, governments, and international law firms for over a century. Combining its rich legacy of over 100 years with modern, cutting-edge and solution-oriented approach, the firm offers full-service legal solutions to its domestic and international clients across diverse practice areas.

    With a team of over 1204 fee earners, including 225 partners and directors, the firm boasts unparalleled expertise and experience, handling high-profile and path-breaking engagements. Khaitan & Co operates a pan-India presence through its offices in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, NCR Delhi, and Pune, complemented by its international office in Singapore.

    Khaitan & Co’s expertise spans the entire spectrum of Indian law practice areas, consistently recognised by various leading international directories and publications including Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, IFLR 1000, Benchmark Litigation, India Business Law Journal, Asialaw Profiles, Asian Legal Business, GAR100, Managing IP, World Trademark Review 1000, ITR Asia Pacific Tax, Financial Times, RSG India Report and many more.

    The firm’s practice is built on a responsive and relationship-driven approach, assisting clients through critical business issues across the lifecycle. Its specialist teams bring sector-specific, subject-matter, and jurisdictional knowledge, offering tailored business solutions through a matrix project-staffing structure.

    Khaitan & Co is an independent law firm with strong international capabilities, routinely collaborating with leading global law firms on inbound and outbound assignments. Its cross-jurisdictional work spans multiple geographies and transactions across diverse practice areas.

    Shook Lin & Bok | Malaysia

    Established in 1918, Shook Lin & Bok is one of the largest law firms in Malaysia and the oldest law firm of local origin in the country. Over the years, the firm’s practice has evolved into a leading full-service firm, offering a comprehensive range of legal services spanning the globe. Shook Lin & Bok has distinguished itself in its commitment to high standards of professionalism and integrity, building on its heritage of continuous learning by investing in the development of its human resources, team of legal practitioners and infrastructural resources for the benefit of its clients. The firm currently has 17 departments representing major practice areas, which combine in a complementary and multidisciplinary practice.

    ALN ADNA | Algeria

    In June 2021 four well established African firms including Bourabiat Associés (Algeria), Emire Partners (Côte d’Ivoire), SD Avocats (Guinea), BFR & Associés (Morocco), merged to create one fully integrated law firm called ADNA.ADNA is comprised of modern legal entrepreneurs that have created a strong independent and integrated law firm for Africa, spanning from North to West Africa, with a Pan African vision and wide international expertise.

    Encompassing over 45 years’ collective experience on the African continent, ADNA is eager to disrupt the status quo of the typical law firm to best serve its clients by being as ambitious as those it works with. Helping to navigate businesses and provide bespoke legal solutions.The firm is founded on the notion of legacy. The legacy to become an institutional law firm and to help grow and promote the next generation of African lawyers.

    ADNA’s experience extends beyond transactional work, we look after clients through every stage of the company’s life cycle.We are at the forefront of developments in Africa and always strive to develop innovative structures to simplify the complexities inherent in deals in established and emerging markets on the continent.Our presence in Africa provides us local depth combined with an international insight and a creative thinking.We have full capabilities to get deals done and find innovative solutions on complex matters in Africa.

    ADNA is also a member of the award-winning Africa Legal Network(ALN), which provides a bridge between Anglophone and Francophone Africa. ALN has an expansive and growing coverage of jurisdictions in Africa.

    Tilleke & Gibbins | Thailand | Founding Member

    Tilleke & Gibbins is a leading Southeast Asian regional law firm with over 230 lawyers and consultants practicing in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The firm provides full-service legal solutions to the top investors and high-growth companies that drive economic expansion in Asia. Established in Bangkok in 1890, Tilleke has since grown into the largest independent law firm in Thailand and a leading international firm across Southeast Asia due to its commercial focus, local knowledge, and extraordinary service.

    Soemadipradja & Taher | Indonesia | Founding Member

    Founded in 1991, Soemadipradja & Taher focuses on legal service excellence. Our expertise has evolved through years of assisting clients in doing business in the country. The firm takes pride in its lawyers who are well trained to meet their clients’ business needs. Our enduring partnerships with international firms has resulted in our lawyers being well versed in addressing clients’ communication and expectations. Years of experience in serving a global clientele have honed our lawyers’ business acumen, responsiveness, communication skills, ability to dispense accurate advice, and meticulous document preparation. The firm’s primary mission is to provide ease of doing business while upholding the highest ethical and professional standards. Our consistent recognition in the top tiers of legal publications and directories underscores our reputation. Although we are known for our corporate, M&A and project practices, our litigation and dispute resolution practice has consistently achieved a Tier 1 ranking across several legal directories in recent years. In Indonesia’s rapidly evolving legal environment, we look forward to helping clients navigate the intricacies of Indonesia’s law, culture, and commerce, ensuring a reliable and steadfast presence for our clients.

    ENS | South Africa | Founding Member

    With over 600 specialist practitioners, ENS is Africa’s largest law firm and has the capacity to deliver on your business requirements across all major industries and the African continent. We are able to leverage our resources to deliver legal solutions that suit your pricing preferences and timeframes.

    Over many years, ENS has developed a large knowledge base of resources and a deep understanding of local nuances and ways of doing business. We have practical experience working on the ground and direct access to high-end, professional contacts across the continent, assuring you of consistent quality and world-class service. We have practitioners who are qualified to practise English law and French law and we have extensive experience in the legal codes of OHADA used in West and Central Africa.

    ENS is recognised by top ranking agencies such as Chambers Global Guide, Legal 500 EMEA Guide, IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide and International Tax Review’s World Tax Guide, as well as by the African Legal Awards, for achieving consistently high standards when working on the continent.

    We will work to find innovative solutions to ensure you achieve your commercial goals, whether it be successfully executing a strategy, maintaining a competitive edge or defending your position. Our aim is to deliver in the manner that best suits your business requirements, preferences and pricing structures. We can advise you directly, or work closely with your in-house legal teams.

    With more than 200 years’ experience, ENS has significant expertise across the breadth of commercial areas and covering the African continent. We are committed to creating enduring client relationships, which are founded in a values-driven culture, and to providing you with to-the-point, jargon-free advice. We harness our deep specialist expertise in areas relevant to the project and at the correct level. This enables us to tailor-make solutions for you, with the desired turnaround times and cost efficiencies.

    ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna | Kenya

    ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna (ALN Kenya) is East Africa’s largest full-service law firm. We were founded in 1954, and as Kenya has evolved and developed, so have we. We now employ over 100 lawyers and have expanded our footprint to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Dubai, UAE, making us the first African firm to be licensed in UAE.  Along the way we have established trusted partnerships with our clients, working alongside them as an extension of their own businesses to guide and advise.

    ALN Ethiopia | Mesfin Tafesse & Associates | Ethiopia

    Mesfin Tafesse & Associates (MTA) is a leading corporate law office in Ethiopia focused on providing high quality and timely legal advisory services in core business sectors. MTA’s practice areas are corporate and commercial law, mergers & acquisitions, taxation, power & energy, mining, manufacturing & industries, banking & finance, ICT & Telecom, construction & real estate, employment & immigration and dispute resolution.

    In more than a decade of experience in corporate legal advisory services, MTA has served domestic clients, national and global multinational corporations, private equity and strategic investors, banking and development finance institutions, professional firms as well as public organizations. 

    MTA is a member of the Ethiopian Lawyers’ Association, the African Legal Network (ALN)-a premier alliance of top-tier independent law firms in Africa and the Employment Law Alliance – the largest network of labor and employment lawyers worldwide.

    MTA is ranked by Chambers and Partners as Band 1 Legal Service Provider in Ethiopia, Tier 1 law office by Legal 500 and Tier 1 law office by ILFR1000.

    ALN Tanzania | A&K Tanzania | Tanzania

    ALN Tanzania | A&K Tanzania is one of Tanzania’s pre-eminent, full service corporate and commercial law firms and a leading regional powerhouse based in Dar es Salaam.

    The firm’s consolidated and seamless cross-border offering is driven by a diverse and talented team of over 100 lawyers based in our Dar es Salaam, Dubai, Nairobi and Mombasa offices. Our lawyers have wide-ranging experience and deep knowledge of the Tanzanian market, which optimally positions them to provide pragmatic advice to clients navigating the local landscape.

    The firm has extensive expertise handling sophisticated transactions across sectors, including in financial services, mining, energy, manufacturing, telecommunications and hospitality.

    ALN Nigeria | Aluko & Oyebode  | Nigeria

    At Aluko & Oyebode, multi-national companies, local entrepreneurs and pro bono clients can expect the same level of world class legal services delivered with the highest ethical standards. As the largest full-service commercial law firm in Nigeria, we strive for excellence in everything we do. Clients come to us for our deep knowledge of Nigerian law as well as our breadth of international expertise – and an understanding of our clients’ industries that can only be borne of direct experience.

    Founded in 1993, Aluko & Oyebode has over 110 attorneys in the major commercial centres of Nigeria – Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt.

    Our practice areas encompass the full range of corporate and commercial legal services, including Banking; Capital Markets; Competition & Anti-Trust; Corporate Services; Governance, Risk and Compliance; Employment, Immigration and Incentives; Energy and Natural Resources; Financial Institutions Advisory; Infrastructure Finance and PPP; Intellectual Property; International Trade; Litigation, Dispute Resolution & Risk Management; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Privatisation & Public Procurement; Real Estate; Environmental Social Corporate Governance Advisory;  Tax; Telecommunication; Media, Entertainment & Technology; Venture Technology & Emerging Growth Companies; Reporting and Whistleblowing Service; and White Collar Investigation.

    ALN Zambia | Musa Dudhia & Co. | Zambia

    Founded in 1958, Musa Dudhia & Co. (ALN Zambia) is one of Zambia’s longest established legal firms and deserves its reputation as the firm of choice for major clients seeking skilled domestic and international representation. ALN Zambia is recognised for providing local, regional and international clients with innovative and effective solutions to complex matters domestically and regionally.

    BLC Robert & Associates | Mauritius

    BLC Robert & Associates Ltd is the leading independent business law firm in Mauritius serving a spectrum of corporate & institutional clients, multinational companies, financial institutions, funds and public sector bodies amongst others. With deep expertise, a client-centric approach and service excellence, we help clients investing or doing business in Africa and Asia via the Mauritius IFC achieve their objectives, close deals, protect and preserve their business interests.

    Every situation and transaction are unique. Our lawyers are multi-specialists with in-depth expertise from diverse sectors, having strong capabilities to provide clients with tailored commercial, pragmatic solutions to complex legal matters.

    Honoured as ‘Law Firm of the Year in Mauritius’ by both Chambers Global and IFLR, we are known for providing exceptional legal service founded on our ability to offer expert advice and innovative solutions that shape complexity to simplicity.

    Our firm is a member of Africa Legal Network (ALN), an exclusive alliance of independent, highly ranked Member Firms in 13 countries across Africa, with over 600 lawyers on the ground in 15 major cities.

    ALN ADNA | Guinea

    In June 2021 four well established African firms including Bourabiat Associés (Algeria), Emire Partners (Côte d’Ivoire), SD Avocats (Guinea), BFR & Associés (Morocco), merged to create one fully integrated law firm called ADNA.ADNA is comprised of modern legal entrepreneurs that have created a strong independent and integrated law firm for Africa, spanning from North to West Africa, with a Pan African vision and wide international expertise.

    Encompassing over 45 years’ collective experience on the African continent, ADNA is eager to disrupt the status quo of the typical law firm to best serve its clients by being as ambitious as those it works with. Helping to navigate businesses and provide bespoke legal solutions.The firm is founded on the notion of legacy. The legacy to become an institutional law firm and to help grow and promote the next generation of African lawyers.

    ADNA’s experience extends beyond transactional work, we look after clients through every stage of the company’s life cycle.We are at the forefront of developments in Africa and always strive to develop innovative structures to simplify the complexities inherent in deals in established and emerging markets on the continent.Our presence in Africa provides us local depth combined with an international insight and a creative thinking.We have full capabilities to get deals done and find innovative solutions on complex matters in Africa.

    ADNA is also a member of the award-winning Africa Legal Network(ALN), which provides a bridge between Anglophone and Francophone Africa. ALN has an expansive and growing coverage of jurisdictions in Africa.

    ALN Ghana | N. Dowuona & Company | Ghana

    Established in 2011 by NanaAma Botchway, N. Dowuona and Company has earned a reputation for being very responsive, effective, and efficient at providing the highest quality legal services in our market. Our mission is to help our clients minimize legal risk and optimize their business outcomes. We build meaningful relationships with them and provide bespoke legal solutions, leveraging creativity, and technology. Our priority is to understand and anticipate our clients’ specific needs and to structure our services to meet them. We strive to stay abreast of innovations in business as well as local and global political and economic developments and to understand and take into consideration their impact on our clients’ businesses in formulating our advice.

    ALN ADNA | Côte d‘Ivoire

    In June 2021 four well established African firms including Bourabiat Associés (Algeria), Emire Partners (Côte d’Ivoire), SD Avocats (Guinea), BFR & Associés (Morocco), merged to create one fully integrated law firm called ADNA.ADNA is comprised of modern legal entrepreneurs that have created a strong independent and integrated law firm for Africa, spanning from North to West Africa, with a Pan African vision and wide international expertise.

    Encompassing over 45 years’ collective experience on the African continent, ADNA is eager to disrupt the status quo of the typical law firm to best serve its clients by being as ambitious as those it works with. Helping to navigate businesses and provide bespoke legal solutions.The firm is founded on the notion of legacy. The legacy to become an institutional law firm and to help grow and promote the next generation of African lawyers.

    ADNA’s experience extends beyond transactional work, we look after clients through every stage of the company’s life cycle.We are at the forefront of developments in Africa and always strive to develop innovative structures to simplify the complexities inherent in deals in established and emerging markets on the continent.Our presence in Africa provides us local depth combined with an international insight and a creative thinking.We have full capabilities to get deals done and find innovative solutions on complex matters in Africa.

    ADNA is also a member of the award-winning Africa Legal Network(ALN), which provides a bridge between Anglophone and Francophone Africa. ALN has an expansive and growing coverage of jurisdictions in Africa.

    ALN ADNA | Morocco

    In June 2021 four well established African firms including Bourabiat Associés (Algeria), Emire Partners (Côte d’Ivoire), SD Avocats (Guinea), BFR & Associés (Morocco), merged to create one fully integrated law firm called ADNA.ADNA is comprised of modern legal entrepreneurs that have created a strong independent and integrated law firm for Africa, spanning from North to West Africa, with a Pan African vision and wide international expertise.

    Encompassing over 45 years’ collective experience on the African continent, ADNA is eager to disrupt the status quo of the typical law firm to best serve its clients by being as ambitious as those it works with. Helping to navigate businesses and provide bespoke legal solutions.The firm is founded on the notion of legacy. The legacy to become an institutional law firm and to help grow and promote the next generation of African lawyers.

    ADNA’s experience extends beyond transactional work, we look after clients through every stage of the company’s life cycle.We are at the forefront of developments in Africa and always strive to develop innovative structures to simplify the complexities inherent in deals in established and emerging markets on the continent.Our presence in Africa provides us local depth combined with an international insight and a creative thinking.We have full capabilities to get deals done and find innovative solutions on complex matters in Africa.

    ADNA is also a member of the award-winning Africa Legal Network(ALN), which provides a bridge between Anglophone and Francophone Africa. ALN has an expansive and growing coverage of jurisdictions in Africa.

     

    Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia | Philippines | Founding Member

    United by common ideals and shared values, fifteen accomplished individuals founded Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia in 2013. Since then, fifteen new partners have risen to the challenge of leading the firm into the next generation. This partnership of seasoned practitioners is forged on a commitment to build a lasting legal institution that will carry on the values of professionalism, meritocracy, and mutual respect.

    The firm is led by Avelino “Nonong” J. Cruz, Jr., Simeon “Sonny” V. Marcelo, and Joe Nathan P. Tenefrancia. Cruz previously served as the nation’s Secretary of National Defense and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, while Marcelo defended the public interest as the Ombudsman and Solicitor General. Tenefrancia represents the next generation of partners who will continue the legacy of professionalism and excellence.

    The firm’s lawyers are highly regarded individuals whose counsel is sought by leaders of the nation, captains of industry, and the common person. With highly motivated lawyers working in teams and ably supported by the country’s best non-legal personnel, we bring together our collective expertise, skills, experience and networks to practice law as one firm. With committed advocacy and wise counsel as hallmarks of our practice, we are our clients’ reliable partners in achieving winning solutions.

    Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia provides exceptional legal representation in various fields of law as a full-service firm. Our core partnership values translate into our governance principles and are integral to ensuring that we provide our clients with top-notch, cost-effective legal services while emphasizing teamwork, creativity, and responsiveness.

    BUREN | Netherlands

    BUREN is an independent firm of lawyers, notaries and tax advisers with offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, The Hague, Luxembourg and Shanghai. We are a full-service firm with a broad sector focus and a multidisciplinary service offering.

    BUREN has an internationally oriented practice. Through our own offices, our dedicated country desks and a carefully developed network of foreign law firms and advisers, we support both national and international clients in expanding, innovating, or restructuring their businesses.

    Our clients, from listed multinationals to local governments, from private companies to investment funds, trust us to advise them on how to achieve their goals in a cost-effective manner.

    The quality and success of our advice is proven by the many long-term relationships we maintain with our clients in which we often become their trusted advisor.

    Ganado Advocates | Malta

    Ganado Advocates is a leading commercial law firm with a particular focus on the corporate, financial services & maritime /aviation sectors, predominantly servicing international clients doing business through Malta. The firm also promotes other areas such as tax, pensions, intellectual property, employment and litigation. The firm traces its roots back to the early 1900s & is today one of Malta’s foremost law practices, consistently ranking as a leading firm in all its core sectors. Ganado Advocates has over the past decades contributed directly towards creating and enhancing Malta’s hard-won reputation as a reliable and effective international centre for financial and maritime services. Today, the firm continues to provide high standards of legal advisory services to support and enhance Malta’s offering.

    AEQUITAS | Kazakhstan

    AEQUITAS is one of the leading law firms on the local market of Kazakhstan. For more than 30 years of existence, our firm strengthened its positions through wealth of experience and expertise in the different areas like business law, corporate law, banking & finance, natural resources, labor & employment, pharmaceuticals, dispute resolution and developed coherent approach in advising the clients on the most complicated legal issues.AEQUITAS team comprises 20 highly qualified lawyers.The firm’s partners and associates are recommended as Kazakhstan’s leading lawyers by such global rating agencies as Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, AsiaLaw Profiles, Who’s Who Legaland others. Most of the firm’s lawyers have more than 10 years of experience in the legal profession.

    In 2021, 2022 and 2023 AEQUITAS Law Firm was recognized as the Law Firm of the Yearin Kazakhstan according to Who is Who Legal Research. Additionally, AEQUITAS is a member of such global networks of independent law firms as TerraLex and Ius Laboris as an exclusivemember in Kazakhstan.

    AEQUITAS is a Kazakh national law firm without any own representation in other markets. AEQUITAS reputation is supported by close professional ties with foreign partners and companies.In spite of the fact that AEQUITAS is a Kazakh local company, it actively cooperates with a number of prestigious law firms all over the world, such as Magic Circle law firms (Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters and Slaughter and May), Herbert Smith, Norton Rose, Stephenson Harwood, DLA Piper, Baker Botts, Debevoise & Plimpton, King & Wood Mallesons and other world’s largest international and national law firms that substantially involve AEQUITAS into their major cross-border projects, etc.

    GZG | Cyprus | Founding Member

    We have some of the top-ranked teams on the island with experienced, specialist lawyers, arbitrators, mediators and legal consultants (including former judges). We are at the forefront of legislative changes and trends and provide a quality service and prompt effective advice to our clients.

    We are highly recommended by international legal directories, including The Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, and Who’s Who Legal, and we are the sole Cypriot member of Ius Laboris and GALA, as well as being a member of several other associations with which we have long-standing relationships.

    We’ve seen significant growth in recent years and strive to grow and develop in all aspects of our work. The expansion of our premises in Nicosia and our recently established office in Limassol reflect our growth, strengthen our client relations and enhance our services to clients.

    Our litigators and arbitrators are a cohesive, experienced, and innovative team with a well-established record on local and cross-border matters. The team works closely with leading international law firms and is a responsive partner for firms servicing clients with challenging and time-sensitive contentious cross-border matters.

    We remain at the forefront of developments in the financial and corporate industries, supporting a healthy mix of established companies and financial institutions together with start-ups, innovative tech sector enterprises, and new entrants to the Cyprus market.

    We are committed to progress and the development of law, and our services in all forms, from novel tech sector developments to participation in initiatives to enhance Cyprus as a centre of excellence.

    Penkov, Markov& Partners | Bulgaria

    Penkov, Markov & Partners is one of the leading law firms providing premium counseling services and legal representation.

    It was not long after its establishment in 1990, right after the democratic changes in the country, that the four founders realised that clients needed comprehensive legal services with a practical focus, rooted in their vast experience in all areas of business law and tailored to their specific circumstances.

    This proved to be the comparative advantage over the competitors.

    The establishment of free market relations gradually led to the formation of working groups in the different areas of law that are now included in our fields of activity.

    Since the establishment of the law firm, our achievements have been the very reason why we are among the leaders in the market of legal services, setting an example for many other Bulgarian law firms.

    The rich history of Penkov, Markov & Partners is rooted in the long-standing culture and traditions of our firm – full dedication to our clients, as well as to the provision of quality legal services in the field of investment and business.

     

    ALN Rwanda | K-Solutions & Partners | Rwanda

    K-Solutions & Partners (KSP) was established in 2007 and currently has a vast number of both domestic and international clients. The firm employs 15 permanent staff including 9 Advocates as well as external legal consultants.

    The firm is particularly well-regarded for its team of well-rounded lawyers and their commitment to delivering the highest standards of legal services to their clients. With extensive commercial and financial legal expertise, K-Solutions & Partners represents clients in major business matters nationally, regionally and internationally. They regularly advise financial institutions, multinationals, telecommunication companies, airlines, government bodies, embassies, NGOs, international manufacturers and retailers. K-Solutions & Partners is also a member of the Africa Legal Network (ALN), an alliance of top-tier law firms across the continent.

    ALN’s firms are all committed to working together to provide extensive coverage and on-the-ground experience. ALN assists member firms by developing common knowledge sharing platforms and enhancing their capacity and capability to service a growing volume of high value domestic and international corporate and commercial advisory work across Africa. ALN also coordinates cross-border groups focused around industry sectors including Agriculture, Commercial Property & Leisure, Energy, Financial Services, Infrastructure & Telecoms, Mining & Minerals, and Oil & Gas. ALN’s member firms share common values and are located in 3 major regional economic groupings ? EAC, SADC and COMESA ? with a combined population of 527 million people. ALN firms are on the ground in Botswana, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

    ALRUD | Russia

    ALRUD is one of the leading full service Russian law firms, serving domestic and international clients.

    We stand for high quality advice, excellent service and rigorous ethical standards.

    Established in 1991 by Senior Partners Maxim Alekseyev and Vassily Rudomino, ALRUD is widely recognized as one of the leading and most reputable Russian law firms.

    We provide full scope of legal services to local and international clients in the areas of corporate/M&A, competition/antitrust, banking & finance, intellectual property, commercial law, data protection/cybersecurity, dispute resolution, white collar crime, compliance and investigation, inward investment, employment, restructuring/insolvency, real estate and tax.

    Our clients include blue-chip multinationals, Russian and international enterprises.

    Outside of our domestic market, our clients are spread across Europe, Asia, North and South America.

    ALRUD serves clients across a range of industries including energy and natural resources, mining, banking and finance, consumer goods and retail, investment management, government and public services, healthcare, life sciences and chemicals, industrials, technology, media and telecoms, transport and logistics.

    Basham, Ringe y Correa | Mexico

    Basham, Ringe y Correa is one of the leading full-service law firms in Latin America. Established in Mexico in 1912, Basham draws a century of experience assisting its clients in conducting business throughout Mexico and abroad. The firm’s clients include prominent international corporations, many of them on the Fortune 500 List, medium-sized companies, financial institutions and individuals.

    The firm’s large group of lawyers and support staff are committed to maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards. Constantly exposed to the international legal system, many of Basham, Ringe y Correa’s lawyers and other professionals have completed graduate studies at foreign universities and have worked at companies and law firms abroad.

    Basham’s preventive and strategic advice on all types of law allows the firm to offer its clients effective, complete and timely solutions to their concerns. The firm’s in-depth knowledge and insight into the international as well as the domestic market, including economic trends and current affairs, give the firm a solid base and perspective in order to offer fully-integrated and tailored solutions to every client.

    Our lawyers actively participate in international institutions and operations, which allows for an exchange of information and experience that strengthens the firm’s ability to adapt to the needs of an ever-changing environment, providing business opportunities for clients.

    Every client expects objective and efficient solutions which can be trusted and relied upon. Basham’s lawyers are highly experienced and recognized leaders in their fields.

    The firm has regulatory and practical expertise in all areas of modern practice and advises clients on investment, joint ventures, domestic and international tax planning, in-bond manufacturing (maquiladoras), tax, mergers and acquisitions, corporate and contracts, antitrust, banking and finance, securities, bankruptcy, trusts, insurance, business organizations, international trade, NAFTA and WTO matters, anti-dumping duties, intellectual property, administrative law, public bidding, privatizations, government regulations, immigration, labor, social security, consumer protection, environmental law, health, energy, telecommunications, air, land, and maritime transportation, tourism, civil and commercial litigation, arbitration, criminal law, estate planning, real estate and agrarian matters.

    Peters & Peters ｜UK, Compliance

    • Founded 1938 – first, biggest and most experienced business crime team in London, with top-ranked civil fraud and commercial disputes capability
    • Act for clients all over the world – currently representing clients in the Asia-Pacific, Africa, Americas, Middle East, Russia/CIS, Europe and UK
    • Capacity to manage very large, complex, domestic and multi-jurisdictional disputes, with large team of specialist litigation support lawyers
    • International team of 70 experts speaking 20 major languages and working with a network of specialist lawyers and investigators all over the world
    • Advising Post Office Limited on its review of the largest volume of criminal appeals in British legal history following the fallout of the Horizon scandal
    • Historic cases include the biggest in the courts, such as Guinness, Blue Arrow, Barlow Clowes, Maxwell, the Madoff Ponzi fraud, US$6 billion BTA v Ablyazov and the UK Department of Health v Reckitt Benckiser and Servier

    Schellenberg Wittmer | Switzerland | Founding Member

    In your best interests

    We are a leading Swiss business law firm with offices in Zurich, Geneva and Singapore. We take care of all our clients’ needs – transactions, advisory, disputes around the world.

    Schellenberg Wittmer is recognized as a top-tier Swiss law firm by leading directories such as Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, Lexology Index, and IFLR1000. In 2024, we were awarded “Switzerland Firm of the Year” for the 5th time at the Women in Business Law, and Schellenberg Wittmer in Singapore was listed as one of the “Firms to Watch” by Asian Legal Business.

    International reach

    Our headquarters in Zurich and Geneva, covering the whole of Switzerland, provide a comprehensive range of legal services to a worldwide client base of domestic and international companies and entrepreneurs.

    Our Singapore office provides a gateway to the Asian market, enabling us to assist clients with their inbound and outbound investments in Asia. We also represent clients in connection with international arbitration matters in all major Asian cities.

    As for our regional desks (without onsite presence), they were set up to develop our existing cross-border business initiatives, centralise case-work across these regions, and underpin our commitment to the provision of top-tier, full business law services to clients on a global level.

    JPM & Partners | Serbia

    We have offices in Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia and expanded regional and global reach to other jurisdictions through memberships in Lex Mundi (the world’s premier network of independent law firms). In this way, we are delivering seamless regional and global cross-border legal services to our clients in multi-jurisdictional business transactions, working closely with first-rate law firms throughout the region and around the world.

    In Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia, our offices follow the local regulations. They are set up as local entities, and Senior Partners are also partners in the local entity. Our local teams of highly skilled professionals work closely together to make sure our legal advice is well-coordinated, efficient, and client-centered benefiting from the knowledge and resources of the entire JPM & Partners network.

    Rated as a top-tier law firm by all the leading legal directories (Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, and IFLR1000), we provide clients with full-service coverage and pride ourselves on truly understanding their sector and their business needs.