In a constantly evolving and dynamic legal landscape, law firms in Asia are always looking for ways to grow and expand. The annual list of Asia's Top 50 Largest Law Firms by headcount, published by Asian Legal Business, highlights the remarkable journey of these firms as they continue to adapt to the challenges and opportunities of the modern legal world.
Our Rankings
- ALB will publish two main tables, ranking the 50 largest Asian law firms and the 50 largest international law firms in Asia based on headcount;
- Additionally, ALB will compile separate tables to identify the largest law firms in China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam based on headcount.
- Domestic firms and international firms in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea will have separate tables
Our Research
Our rankings are based on the following metrics:
- We will contact firms between May and August 2023 and request them to provide the number of partners and lawyers across their Asian offices.
- In case a firm does not make a submission or respond to our repeated requests, we will obtain figures from the firm's website, an official Law Society resource, or last year's submission. Please note that Asian Legal Business accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of information published on a law firm's website.
- We will only count lawyers and partners based in Asia
- The research does not cover Australia and New Zealand.
ALB 2023 TOP 50 FIRMS (INTERNATIONAL) |
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RANK |
FIRM |
HEADQUARTERS |
TOTAL PARTNERS |
TOTAL ASSOCIATES |
TOTAL LAWYERS |
1 |
Baker McKenzie |
U.S. |
335 |
555 |
1048 |
2 |
Linklaters |
UK |
70 |
272 |
375 |
3 |
Clifford Chance |
UK |
76 |
254 |
330 |
4 |
Allen & Overy |
UK |
69 |
183 |
305 |
5 |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
UK/Australia |
78 |
92 |
241 |
6 |
Mayer Brown |
U.S. |
85 |
140 |
233 |
7 |
Ashurst |
UK |
59 |
152 |
227 |
8 |
Sidley Austin |
U.S. |
35 |
143 |
182 |
9 |
White & Case |
U.S. |
57 |
124 |
181 |
10 |
Norton Rose Fulbright |
UK |
65 |
98 |
180 |
11 |
Morrison & Foerster |
U.S. |
58 |
118 |
176 |
12 |
K&L Gates |
U.S. |
68 |
74 |
162 |
13 |
Withersworldwide |
UK |
53 |
98 |
159 |
14 |
Stephenson Harwood |
UK |
48 |
107 |
155 |
15 |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
UK |
41 |
86 |
146 |
16 |
Bird & Bird |
UK |
32 |
102 |
143 |
17 |
Reed Smith |
U.S. |
46 |
70 |
136 |
18 |
DLA Piper |
UK/U.S. |
55 |
29 |
135 |
19 |
Hogan Lovells |
UK/U.S. |
42 |
65 |
134 |
20 |
Morgan Lewis & Bockius |
U.S. |
39 |
94 |
133 |
21 |
Latham & Watkins |
U.S. |
45 |
71 |
128 |
22 |
Kirkland & Ellis |
U.S. |
31 |
67 |
116 |
23 |
Jones Day |
U.S. |
49 |
55 |
104 |
24 |
Clyde & Co |
U.S. |
26 |
38 |
99 |
25 |
HFW |
UK |
32 |
62 |
94 |
26 |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
U.S. |
18 |
74 |
92 |
27 |
Cooley |
U.S. |
15 |
47 |
91 |
28 |
CMS |
UK/Germany |
28 |
57 |
88 |
29 |
Pinsent Masons |
UK |
26 |
61 |
87 |
30 |
Watson Farley & Williams |
UK |
22 |
34 |
87 |
31 |
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher |
U.S. |
25 |
50 |
83 |
32 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
U.S. |
19 |
49 |
81 |
33 |
Ropes & Gray |
U.S. |
21 |
47 |
79 |
34 |
Paul Hastings |
U.S. |
18 |
41 |
79 |
35 |
Squire Patton Boggs |
U.S. |
33 |
23 |
78 |
36 |
Kennedys |
UK |
21 |
56 |
77 |
37 |
O'Melveny & Myers |
U.S. |
25 |
25 |
76 |
38 |
Simmons & Simmons |
UK |
31 |
44 |
75 |
39 |
Ince |
UK |
13 |
23 |
74 |
40 |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton |
U.S. |
7 |
49 |
66 |
41 |
Duane Morris & Selvam |
U.S. |
10 |
32 |
65 |
42 |
Eversheds Sutherland |
U.S./UK |
21 |
48 |
63 |
43 |
Shearman & Sterling |
U.S. |
14 |
43 |
57 |
44 |
Slaughter & May |
UK |
14 |
35 |
53 |
45 |
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner |
U.S. |
13 |
12 |
50 |
46 |
Milbank |
U.S. |
13 |
30 |
48 |
47 |
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe |
UK |
16 |
11 |
46 |
48 |
King & Spalding |
U.S. |
13 |
22 |
36 |
49 |
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison |
U.S. |
7 |
19 |
34 |
50 |
Taylor Wessing |
UK |
17 |
10 |
31 |
ALB 2023 TOP 50 FIRMS (DOMESTIC) |
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RANK |
FIRM |
HEADQUARTERS |
TOTAL PARTNERS |
TOTAL ASSOCIATES |
TOTAL LAWYERS |
1 |
Yingke Law Firm |
China |
1288 |
10482 |
14935 |
2 |
Dentons China |
China |
1939 |
5029 |
7113 |
3 |
DeHeng Law Offices |
China |
906 |
3287 |
4312 |
4 |
AllBright Law Offices |
China |
914 |
3029 |
3994 |
5 |
Tahota Law Firm |
China |
933 |
2557 |
3714 |
6 |
W&H Law Firm |
China |
1041 |
2611 |
3669 |
7 |
Grandall Law Firm |
China |
1270 |
2242 |
3512 |
8 |
Beijing DHH Law Firm |
China |
211 |
2653 |
2864 |
9 |
Zhonglun W&D Law Firm |
China |
685 |
1731 |
2628 |
10 |
China Commercial Law Firm |
China |
251 |
2319 |
2570 |
11 |
King & Wood Mallesons |
China |
488 |
1979 |
2555 |
12 |
Zhong Yin Law Firm |
China |
104 |
2229 |
2339 |
13 |
Hui Ye Law Firm |
China |
532 |
1699 |
2306 |
14 |
Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm |
China |
521 |
1040 |
1791 |
15 |
Zhong Lun Law Firm |
China |
394 |
1326 |
1766 |
16 |
Zhong Wen Law Firm |
China |
465 |
1300 |
1765 |
17 |
Hylands Law Firm |
China |
483 |
1265 |
1748 |
18 |
Hiways Law Firm |
China |
445 |
1128 |
1701 |
19 |
Guanghe Law Firm |
China |
219 |
1470 |
1689 |
20 |
Hansheng Law Offices |
China |
265 |
1178 |
1608 |
21 |
TianTai Law Firm |
China |
489 |
1038 |
1552 |
22 |
SGLA Law Firm |
China |
352 |
1112 |
1508 |
23 |
Shanghai City Development Law Firm |
China |
317 |
1063 |
1408 |
24 |
Guantao Law Firm |
China |
409 |
941 |
1350 |
25 |
Mingju Law Firm |
China |
124 |
1179 |
1320 |
26 |
Kim & Chang |
Korea |
225 |
1055 |
1280 |
27 |
Leaqual Law Firm |
China |
168 |
563 |
1123 |
28 |
Khaitan & Co |
India |
205 |
817 |
1030 |
29 |
Jingtian & Gongcheng |
China |
278 |
745 |
1029 |
30 |
Tian Yuan Law Firm |
China |
257 |
748 |
1005 |
31 |
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas |
India |
180 |
820 |
1000 |
32 |
Trilegal |
India |
114 |
850 |
970 |
33 |
JunHe LLP |
China |
273 |
666 |
961 |
34 |
ETR Law Firm |
China |
187 |
760 |
947 |
35 |
Guangdong Kingbridge Law Firm |
China |
113 |
761 |
926 |
36 |
JOINTIDE Law Firm |
China |
299 |
479 |
817 |
37 |
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas |
India |
163 |
648 |
811 |
38 |
Nishimura & Asahi |
Japan |
240 |
476 |
798 |
39 |
Han Kun Law Offices |
China |
170 |
608 |
778 |
40 |
Capital Equity Legal Group |
China |
94 |
684 |
778 |
41 |
Rajah & Tann |
Singapore |
277 |
484 |
776 |
42 |
Lantai Partners |
China |
168 |
603 |
771 |
43 |
Guangdong Sun Law Firm |
China |
65 |
758 |
758 |
44 |
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto |
Japan |
182 |
435 |
709 |
45 |
Yulchon |
Korea |
274 |
407 |
681 |
46 |
Shin & Kim |
Korea |
292 |
375 |
667 |
47 |
Lee & Ko |
Korea |
322 |
342 |
664 |
48 |
JunZeJun Law Offices |
China |
181 |
451 |
646 |
49 |
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune |
Japan |
194 |
372 |
627 |
50 |
AZB & Partners |
India |
132 |
481 |
613 |
ALB 2023 TOP CHINA FIRMS (INTERNATIONAL) |
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RANK |
FIRM |
TOTAL PARTNERS |
TOTAL ASSOCIATES |
TOTAL LAWYERS |
1 |
Clifford Chance |
11 |
52 |
58 |
2 |
Cooley |
6 |
25 |
52 |
3 |
Morgan Lewis & Bockius |
7 |
43 |
50 |
4 |
Bird & Bird |
8 |
37 |
45 |
5 |
DLA Piper |
20 |
2 |
40 |
6 |
Paul Hastings |
5 |
12 |
36 |
7 |
Sidley Austin |
3 |
28 |
33 |
8 |
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
3 |
24 |
29 |
9 |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
16 |
8 |
28 |
10 |
Pinsent Masons |
7 |
20 |
27 |
11 |
CMS |
7 |
18 |
25 |
12 |
White & Case |
5 |
20 |
25 |
13 |
K&L Gates |
9 |
11 |
23 |
14 |
O'Melveny Myers |
7 |
6 |
23 |
15 |
Ropes &Gray |
4 |
12 |
23 |
16 |
Clyde & Co |
7 |
15 |
22 |
17 |
Baker McKenzie |
6 |
14 |
22 |
18 |
Hogan Lovells |
10 |
5 |
18 |
19 |
Ashurst |
3 |
14 |
18 |
20 |
Dorsey & Whitney |
3 |
13 |
16 |
21 |
Norton Rose Fulbright |
4 |
11 |
15 |
22 |
Squire Patton Boggs |
6 |
8 |
14 |
23 |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
5 |
9 |
14 |
24 |
Reed Smith |
4 |
6 |
14 |
25 |
Spruson & Ferguson |
2 |
12 |
14 |
26 |
Deacons |
|
14 |
14 |
27 |
Morrison & Foerster |
4 |
9 |
13 |
28 |
HFW |
3 |
10 |
13 |
29 |
Eversheds Sutherland |
2 |
11 |
13 |
30 |
Mayer Brown |
5 |
6 |
11 |
ALB 2023 TOP CHINA FIRMS (DOMESTIC) |
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RANK |
FIRM |
TOTAL PARTNERS |
TOTAL ASSOCIATES |
TOTAL LAWYERS |
1 |
Yingke Law Firm |
1288 |
10482 |
14935 |
2 |
Dacheng Law Offices |
1939 |
5029 |
7113 |
3 |
DeHeng Law Offices |
906 |
3287 |
4312 |
4 |
AllBright Law Offices |
914 |
3029 |
3994 |
5 |
Tahota Law Firm |
933 |
2557 |
3714 |
6 |
W&H Law Firm |
1041 |
2611 |
3669 |
7 |
Grandall Law Firm |
1270 |
2242 |
3512 |
8 |
Beijing DHH Law Firm |
211 |
2653 |
2864 |
9 |
Zhonglun W&D Law Firm |
685 |
1731 |
2628 |
10 |
China Commercial Law Firm |
251 |
2319 |
2570 |
11 |
King & Wood Mallesons |
488 |
1979 |
2555 |
12 |
Zhong Yin Law Firm |
104 |
2229 |
2339 |
13 |
Hui Ye Law Firm |
532 |
1699 |
2306 |
14 |
Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm |
521 |
1040 |
1791 |
15 |
Zhong Lun Law Firm |
394 |
1326 |
1766 |
16 |
Zhong Wen Law Firm |
465 |
1300 |
1765 |
17 |
Hylands Law Firm |
483 |
1265 |
1748 |
18 |
Hiways Law Firm |
445 |
1128 |
1701 |
19 |
Guanghe Law Firm |
219 |
1470 |
1689 |
20 |
HanSheng Law Offices |
265 |
1178 |
1608 |
21 |
Kangda Law Firm |
211 |
1380 |
1592 |
22 |
TianTai Law Firm |
489 |
1038 |
1552 |
23 |
SGLA Law Firm |
352 |
1112 |
1508 |
24 |
Shanghai City Development Law Firm |
317 |
1063 |
1408 |
25 |
Guantao Law Firm |
409 |
941 |
1350 |
26 |
Mingju Law Firm |
124 |
1179 |
1320 |
27 |
Leaqual Law Firm |
168 |
563 |
1123 |
28 |
Jingtian & Gongcheng |
278 |
745 |
1029 |
29 |
Tian Yuan Law Firm |
257 |
748 |
1005 |
30 |
JunHe LLP |
273 |
666 |
961 |
ALB 2023 TOP HONG KONG FIRMS (INTERNATIONAL) |
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RANK |
FIRM |
TOTAL PARTNERS |
TOTAL ASSOCIATES |
TOTAL LAWYERS |
1 |
Baker McKenzie |
55 |
94 |
179 |
2 |
King & Wood Mallesons |
33 |
111 |
170 |
3 |
Mayer Brown |
59 |
98 |
165 |
4 |
Clifford Chance |
35 |
104 |
144 |
5 |
Linklaters |
30 |
86 |
133 |
6 |
Sidley Austin |
17 |
84 |
101 |
7 |
Allen & Overy |
24 |
38 |
90 |
8 |
Ashurst |
19 |
65 |
85 |
9 |
DLA Piper |
28 |
46 |
82 |
10 |
Reed Smith |
26 |
44 |
76 |
11 |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
18 |
53 |
74 |
12 |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
25 |
38 |
72 |
13 |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
12 |
54 |
66 |
14 |
Latham & Watkins |
16 |
36 |
55 |
15 |
White & Case |
18 |
36 |
54 |
16 |
HFW |
17 |
34 |
51 |
17 |
Norton Rose Fulbright |
15 |
32 |
50 |
18 |
Slaughter & May |
12 |
37 |
50 |
19 |
Kirkland & Ellis |
29 |
19 |
48 |
20 |
Bird & Bird |
10 |
30 |
45 |
ALB 2023 TOP HONG KONG FIRMS (DOMESTIC) |
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RANK |
FIRM |
TOTAL PARTNERS |
TOTAL ASSOCIATES |
TOTAL LAWYERS |
1 |
Deacons |
55 |
117 |
184 |
2 |
Woo Kwan Lee & Lo |
26 |
32 |
76 |
3 |
Li & Partners |
9 |
66 |
75 |
4 |
Stevenson Wong & Co |
14 |
28 |
55 |
5 |
P.C. Woo & Co |
12 |
37 |
53 |
6 |
Gallant |
17 |
29 |
46 |
7 |
Tanner De Witt |
17 |
23 |
42 |
8 |
ONC Lawyers |
16 |
17 |
40 |
9 |
Wilkinson & Grist |
17 |
19 |
36 |
10 |
Robertsons |
15 |
12 |
32 |
ALB 2023 TOP INDIA FIRMS |
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RANK |
FIRM |
TOTAL PARTNERS |
TOTAL ASSOCIATES |
TOTAL LAWYERS |
1 |
Khaitan & Co |
202 |
816 |
1026 |
2 |
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas |
170 |
830 |
1000 |
3 |
Trilegal |
114 |
850 |
970 |
4 |
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas |
163 |
648 |
811 |
5 |
AZB & Partners |
132 |
481 |
613 |
6 |
IndusLaw |
67 |
389 |
456 |
7 |
JSA |
127 |
314 |
441 |
8 |
Luthra & Luthra |
62 |
235 |
362 |
9 |
DSK Legal |
62 |
243 |
307 |
10 |
S&A Law Offices |
21 |
150 |
250 |
11 |
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan |
42 |
62 |
225 |
12 |
Desai & Diwanji |
38 |
184 |
222 |
13 |
Dentons Link Legal |
38 |
170 |
208 |
14 |
Fox Mandal & Co |
28 |
186 |
207 |
15 |
Kochhar & Co |
46 |
145 |
191 |
16 |
Dua Associates |
72 |
104 |
176 |
17 |
Saraf & Partners |
37 |
139 |
176 |
18 |
Anand and Anand |
36 |
129 |
165 |
19 |
Economic Laws Practice |
42 |
101 |
160 |
20 |
HSA Advocates |
29 |
120 |
149 |
21 |
Wadia Ghandy & Co |
36 |
98 |
134 |
22 |
Singhania & Co |
12 |
100 |
112 |
23 |
Vaish Associates |
12 |
93 |
105 |
24 |
Krishnamurthy & Co. (K Law) |
16 |
85 |
101 |
25 |
Argus Partners |
18 |
74 |
92 |
26 |
Phoenix Legal |
12 |
75 |
87 |
27 |
SNG & Partners |
25 |
60 |
85 |
28 |
Bharucha & Partners |
13 |
70 |
83 |
29 |
Dhir & Dhir |
11 |
67 |
78 |
30 |
Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe |
11 |
65 |
76 |
ALB 2023 TOP INDONESIA FIRMS |
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RANK |
FIRM |
TOTAL PARTNERS |
TOTAL ASSOCIATES |
TOTAL LAWYERS |
1 |
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners (Rajah & Tann) |
34 |
107 |
141 |
2 |
ABNR Counsellors at Law |
22 |
89 |
115 |
3 |
Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners (a member firm of Baker McKenzie International) |
14 |
68 |
96 |
4 |
Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners (Dentons HPRP) |
19 |
50 |
91 |
5 |
UMBRA – Strategic Legal Solutions |
11 |
61 |
72 |
6 |
SSEK Legal Consultants |
14 |
51 |
65 |
7 |
SIP Law Firm |
9 |
56 |
65 |
8 |
Siregar Setiawan Manalu Partnership (SSMP) |
4 |
59 |
63 |
9 |
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung |
15 |
29 |
62 |
10 |
Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo |
5 |
50 |
60 |
ALB 2023 TOP JAPAN FIRMS (INTERNATIONAL) |
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RANK |
FIRM |
TOTAL PARTNERS |
TOTAL ASSOCIATES |
TOTAL LAWYERS |
1 |
Baker McKenzie |
43 |
81 |
156 |
2 |
Morrison & Foerster |
36 |
63 |
99 |
3 |
Clifford Chance |
8 |
31 |
39 |
4 |
White & Case |
14 |
22 |
36 |
5 |
K&L Gates |
13 |
12 |
31 |
6 |
Squire Patton Boggs |
12 |
5 |
27 |
7 |
Hogan Lovells |
6 |
13 |
27 |
8 |
Linklaters |
4 |
21 |
27 |
9 |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
10 |
12 |
25 |
10 |
DLA Piper |
6 |
13 |
24 |
11 |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
5 |
15 |
22 |
12 |
Withersworldwide |
10 |
11 |
21 |
13 |
Allen & Overy |
6 |
10 |