Paul Hastings LLP has been recognized in 13 practice categories across Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. In addition, Paul Hastings’ lawyers received nine individual recognitions across the guide’s Hall of Fame, Leading Individuals, and Rising Stars.

Practice Area Rankings

Hong Kong

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets (Debt)
• Capital Markets (Equity)
• Corporate (Including M&A)
• Investment Funds
• Private Equity

Japan

• Banking and Finance: International Firms and Joint Ventures
• Corporate and M&A: International Firms and Joint Ventures
• Fintech: International Firms and Joint Ventures
• Intellectual Property: International Firms and Joint Ventures

South Korea

• Capital Markets: Foreign Firms
• Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms
• Intellectual Property: Foreign Firms

Individual Lawyer Rankings

Hall of Fame

• Hiroyuki Hagiwara – Japan Intellectual Property: International Firms and Joint Ventures

Leading Individuals

• Toshiyuki Arai – Japan Corporate and M&A: International Firms and Joint Ventures
• Toshiyuki Arai – Japan Fintech: International Firms and Joint Ventures
• Iksoo Kim – South Korea Capital Markets: Foreign Firms
• Jong Han Kim – South Korea Intellectual Property: Foreign Firms
• Raymond Li – Hong Kong Capital Markets (Equity)

Rising Stars

• Olga Belosludova – Japan Fintech: International Firms and Joint Ventures
• Yuko Kamo – Japan Corporate and M&A: International Firms and Joint Ventures

• Kyotaro Ozawa – Japan Intellectual Property: International Firms and Joint Ventures

About Paul Hastings

With widely recognized elite teams in finance, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, restructuring and special situations, litigation, employment and real estate, Paul Hastings is a premier law firm providing superior intellectual capital and execution globally to the world’s leading investment banks, asset managers and corporations.