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Asian Legal Business April 2021
Asian Legal Business April 2021
ANUJ BERRY
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, India
AJAY BHARGAVA
Khaitan & Co., India
VANITA BHARGAVA
Khaitan & Co., India
DANIEL CAI
Drew & Napier, Singapore
MERVYN CHEONG
Advocatus Law, Singapore
DANIEL CHIA
Morgan Lewis Stamford, Singapore
ALAN CHIU
ELLALAN, Hong Kong
EMMANUEL CHUA
Baker McKenzie, Singapore
DANIEL COHEN
Akin Gump, Hong Kong
ROSLI DAHLAN
Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership, Malaysia
THAWAT DAMSA-ARD
Tilleke & Gibbins, Thailand
IAN DE WITT
Tanner De Witt, Hong Kong
YVONNE FOO
Harry Elias Partnership, Singapore
YOSHIMASA FURUTA
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Japan
POORNIMA HATTI
Samvad Partners, India
AMITA HAYLOCK
Mayer Brown, Hong Kong
RICHARD HEALY
Oldham Li & Nie, Hong Kong
MERT HIFZI
HFW, Singapore
BLOSSOM HING
Drew & Napier, Singapore
AKIHIRO HIRONAKA
Nishimura & Asahi, Japan In its inaugural list of the Asia Super 50 Disputes Lawyers,
JAMES HSIAO ALB puts the spotlight on the top disputes lawyers in the region
White & Case, Hong Kong when it comes to client service. These lawyers were selected
FRANK HUTAPEA based on client recommendations sent directly to ALB. The list
Hotman Paris & Partners, Indonesia is in alphabetical order, and certain lawyers have been profiled.
MOHANADASS KANAGASABAI
Mohanadass Partnership, Malaysia
LI ST BY AS I AN LE G AL B US I NE S S , T E X T BY APARNA SAI
AMIT KAPUR
METHODOLOGY J Sagar Associates, India
— In the months of January and February 2021, ALB sought recommendations
BEOMSU KIM
for disputes practitioners in the region from clients, including in-house KL Partners, South Korea
counsel and business decision makers.
— Clients were encouraged to submit their recommendations to ALB directly JUNU KIM
Bae, Kim & Lee, South Korea
via a survey link.
— More than 900 clients sent in recommendations for lawyers based in 13 KAP-YOU (KEVIN) KIM
Asian jurisdictions. Peter & Kim, South Korea
— The final list was chosen not only on the basis of quantity of KOH SWEE YEN
recommendations, but also quality. WongPartnership, Singapore
— Efforts were made to ensure that practitioners in different countries were CHARANYA LAKSHMIKUMARAN
recognised, so that the list would not be limited only to specific commercial Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, India
centres in the region.
LEONG KAH WAH
Rajah & Tann, Singapore
LARS MARKERT
representing in an international arbitra- Nishimura & Asahi, Japan
tion under the UNCITRAL Arbitration MUSTAFA MOTIWALA
Rules involving an apparel company and Clasis Law, India
a U.S. distributor concerning claims for
NEVEILLE MUKERJI
breach of contract and IP rights. Veritas Legal, India
Cai has been appointed by the Chief
Justice as a member of the inquiry panel MULYADI
Nurjadin Sumono Mulyadi & Partners, Indonesia
under the Legal Profession Act.
“Daniel is an excellent lawyer with RAMESH NAGARATNAM
methodical and insightful approach to RBN Chambers, Singapore
DANIEL CAI
director, Drew & Napier
litigation. I have no doubt that he will
make senior counsel one day,” says a
client.
NAHENDRAN NAVARATNAM
Navaratnam Chambers, Malaysia
SHIRAZ PATODIA
Dua Associates, India
Cai, who started his career at Drew &
MAHESH RAI
Napier, is an international arbitration, Drew & Napier, Singapore
banking and finance, commercial liti-
gation, construction and engineering, MUGI SEKIDO
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Japan
criminal, corporate litigation, projects,
and energy and infrastructure specialist. PRALAKORN SIWAWEJ
He has also acted for clients in relation Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners, Thailand
to investigations by various regulatory TIMUR SUKIRNO
authorities in Singapore. Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners, Indonesia
Cai has represented multinational
NICHOLAS TAN
corporations, governments, financial Allen & Gledhill, Singapore
institutions and individuals, and he regu-
larly appears as a lead counsel.
He is currently acting in a SIAC inter-
CHAN LENG SUN SC
senior counsel, Duxton Hill Chambers
VENETIA TAN
CNPLaw, Singapore