Recently, one of the most reputable international ranking agencies, Chambers and Partners, released its 2019 Asia-Pacific Ranking Guide. GLO won 14 practice area awards and 27 lawyer-honors in the survey. This is not only a tribute to GLO’s efforts this year; it is also a comprehensive recognition of GLO's professional competence, being the only two-time winner of Chambers’ China Client Service Law Firm of the Year Award.

 

In this ranking, GLO maintained a leading position in many fields, furthermore the Capital Markets (Domestic Issuances) and Technology, Media & Telecoms (TMT) teams successfully rose in the rankings this years. Moreover, our International Trade/WTO team appeared on the list, which is a further distinction for GLO.

 

- Band 1 Firms in 2 Practice Areas -

Banking & Finance

Healthcare

 

- Recommended Firms in 12 Practice Areas -

Capital Markets: Domestic Issuances

Capital Markets: Hong Kong and Overseas Issuances

Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives

Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption

Corporate/M&A

Dispute Resolution

Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment

Projects & Infrastructure

Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)

Employment

Intellectual Property: Litigation

International Trade/WTO

 

Besides, in the top lawyers list, two GLO lawyers made the list in two practice areas (International Trade/WTO and TMT) and the total number of lawyer’s honors increased from 25 to an impressive 27.

 

- Banking & Finance -

Lawrence Lin

May Liu

Minglang Wang

Xin Zhang

 

- Capital Markets: Debt & Equity -

Cheng Li

Jinrong Liu

Alex Liu

 

- Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives -

Wen Li

Wei Qin

Xin Zhang

 

- Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption -

Alan Zhou

 

- Corporate/M&A -

Huawei Lin

Jinrong Liu

 

- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration -

Yifeng Gao

Xiusong Xing

 

- Employment -

Zhao Li

 

- Healthcare -

David Fu

Michael Yu

Alan Zhou

 

- Intellectual Property: Litigation -

Meph Jia Gui

 

- International Trade/WTO: Respondent -

Guoliang Hang

Qing Ren

 

- Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment -

Jinrong Liu

Steven Yu

 

- Project & Infrastructure -

Zhongcheng Wang

 

- Shipping: Northern China -

Yifeng Gao

 

- Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) -

Steven Yu

 

Chambers’ ranking featured the most internationally important areas of law. Combined with feedback from clients, investigation survey and market data, Chambers assessed the world’s business lawyers and law firms, thus it was considered as one of the most trusted and authoritative references for global clients looking for high-end legal services.