Clifford Chance

366 lawyers across eight offices:

Hong Kong – 138 lawyers including 32 partners
Singapore – 72 lawyers including 15 partners
Tokyo – 51 lawyers including nine partners
Shanghai – 22 lawyers including five partners
Beijing – 29 lawyers including six partners
Bangkok – 16 lawyers including two partners
Sydney – 21 lawyers including seven partners
Perth – 17 lawyers including seven partners

Key deals include:
• advising the underwriters on Prada's Hong Kong listing;
• advising the underwriters on Glencore's dual listing in Hong Kong and London; and
• advising the managers on Volkswagen's dim sum bond – the first by a German company.

Linklaters

293 lawyers across six offices:

Beijing – 13 lawyers including two partners
Shanghai – 32 lawyers including four partners
Hong Kong – 140 lawyers including 23 partners
Tokyo – 56 lawyers including five partners
Singapore – 36 lawyers including six partners
Bangkok – 16 lawyers including three partners

Key deals include:
• advising the China Ministry of Finance on the biggest-ever offshore dim sum bond sale; and
• advising Glencore on its dual listing in Hong Kong and London.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

152 lawyers across six offices:

Beijing – 23 lawyers
Hanoi – Six lawyers
Ho Chin Minh – Four lawyers
Hong Kong – 81 lawyers
Shanghai – 12 lawyers
Tokyo – 26 lawyers

Key deals include:
• advising China CITIC Bank on rights issue; and
• advising underwriters on MGM China IPO.

Allen & Overy

381 lawyers across nine offices:

Thailand – 32 lawyers including five partners and 27 other fee earners
China (Beijing and Shanghai) – 45 lawyers including eight partners and 37 other fee earners
Hong Kong – 101 lawyers including 24 partners and 77 other fee earners
Indonesia – 17 lawyers including three partners and 14 other fee earners
Singapore – 53 lawyers including nine partners and 44 other fee earners
Japan – 35 lawyers including six partners and 29 other fee earners
Australia (Sydney and Perth) – 98 lawyers including 22 partners and 76 other fee earners

Key deals include:
• advising the Asian Development Bank on its dimsum bond offer; and
• advising the underwriters on dual listing of Agricultural Bank of China in Hong Kong and Shanghai; and
• advising SABMiller on its bid to buy Foster's Group.

Herbert Smith

231 lawyers across seven offices:

Bangkok – Nine lawyers including two partners
Beijing – 19 lawyers including three partners
Hong Kong – 100 lawyers including 20 partners
Jakarta – One lawyer
Shanghai – 16 lawyers including two partners
Singapore – 43 lawyers including nine partners
Tokyo – 43 lawyers including eight partners

Key deals include:
• advising Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration & Production Corporation on Australia Pacific LNG deal;
• advising CNOOC on acquisitions in Uganda;
• advising MGM China on its IPO; and
• advising the underwriters on the Agricultural Bank of China IPO

Slaughter and May

43 lawyers across Hong Kong and Beijing.

Key deals include:
• advising Prada on its Hong Kong IPO;
• advising Agricultural Bank of China's Hong Kong Branch as agent on syndicated loan facility for CITIC Pacific; and
• advising Diageo on its acquisition of a controlling interest in its existing Chinese joint venture, Sichuan Chengdu Quangxing Group and on its expected mandatory tender offer for Sichuan Shuijingfang.

Norton Rose

More than 800 lawyers across 13 offices, including two associated offices:

Bangkok – 14 lawyers
Beijing – 20 lawyers
Brisbane – 102 lawyers
Canberra – 17 lawyers
Ho Chi Minh – 1 lawyer (associated offices)
Hong Kong – 99 lawyers
Jakarta – 15 lawyers (associated offices)
Melbourne – 184 lawyers
Perth – 59 lawyers
Shanghai – 13 lawyers
Singapore – 66 lawyers
Sydney – 241 lawyers
Tokyo – 17 lawyers

Key deals include:
• advising Vale on its secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange – the first listing of a Brazilian company in Hong Kong;
• advising Allied Gold Mining on its triple listing in London, Australia and Toronto; and
• advising Bank of China as lead arranger on financing of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company's acquisition of Felix Resources.

Ashurst

72 lawyers across three offices:

Hong Kong – 29 lawyers including nine partners
Singapore – 25 lawyers including five partners
Tokyo – 18 lawyers including four partners

Key deals include:
• advising San Miguel Corporation on its acquisition of Esso Malaysia Berhad, ExxonMobil Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Exxonmobil Borneo;
• advising PRC state-owned energy group CGNPC Uranium Resources Co on potential offer for Kalahari Minerals; and
• advising Korea Gas Corporation on its acquisition of a stake in the Gladstone Santos LNG project .

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

107 lawyers across six offices:

Beijing – Eight lawyers including two partners
Hong Kong – 60 lawyers including 10 partners
Shanghai – Five lawyers including one partner
Singapore – Five lawyers including one partner
Sydney – Six lawyers including two partners
Tokyo – 23 lawyers including six partners

Key deals include:
• Advising the South Sudanese Government on negotiations with the North where pipes were owned by Chinese companies;
• Advising ZTE Corporation on sale of shares in Congo Chine Telecom; and
• Advising Morgan Stanley on sale of a 34.3% stake in China International Capital Corporation.

Latham & Watkins

101 lawyers across five offices:

Beijing – Seven fee earners including one partner
Shanghai – Seven fee earners including one partner
Hong Kong – 46 lawyers including 11 partners
Tokyo – 13 lawyers including five partners
Singapore – 28 lawyers including seven partners

Key deals include:
• advising Repsol, an oil and gas exploration company based in Brazil, in connection with sale of a significant interest in Repsol Brasil and joint venture with China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Corporation);
• advising Vedanta Resources on its acquisition of 51% of Cairn India; and
• advising the underwriters on a rights offering by Bank of China.

Sullivan & Cromwell

Around 42 lawyers across five offices:

Beijing – Seven lawyers
Hong Kong – 15 lawyers
Tokyo – Nine lawyers
Melbourne – Seven lawyers
Sydney – Four lawyers

Key deals include:
• advising the underwriters on American International Assurance's Hong Kong IPO;
• advising China Unicom on a bond offering;
• advising the underwriters on Shanghai Pharmaceuticals's Hong Kong listing; and
• advising China Investment Corporation in its acquisition of a 9.9% stake in Morgan Stanley.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Around 50 lawyers across two offices:

Hong Kong – 45 lawyers
Beijing – Eight lawyers

Key deals include:
• advising Korea Gas Corporation on the first Canadian bond offering by a Korean issuer;
• advising Petronas Chemicals Group on its Malaysian IPO; and
• advising Samsung on its Korean IPO.

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Around 55 lawyers across three offices:

Hong Kong – 41 lawyers
Beijing – Four lawyers
Tokyo – 10 lawyers

Key deals:
• advising on its initial public offering of ordinary shares;
• advising Sinochem Hong Kong on its debut dim sum offering of guaranteed notes.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Around 46 lawyers across three offices:

Hong Kong – 35 lawyers
Beijing – 16 lawyers
Tokyo – 10 lawyers

Key deals include:
• advising initial purchases in share offering by China Steel Corporation;
• advising on Japan IPOs of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Shinsei Bank and Sony Financial Holdings; and
• advising American International Group on sale of two Japanese life insurance subsidiaries.

Hogan Lovells

177 lawyers across eight offices:

Beijing – 31 lawyers including five partners
Hanoi – One lawyer
Ho Chi Minh – Six lawyers
Hong Kong – 72 lawyers including 17 partners
Shanghai – 24 lawyers including four partners
Singapore – 19 lawyers including four partners
Tokyo – 21 lawyers including seven partners
Ulaanbaatar – Three lawyers

DLA Piper

648 lawyers across five countries:

Australia – 448 lawyers
China – 145 lawyers
Japan – 17 lawyers
Singapore – 19 lawyers
Thailand – 19 lawyers