Paul Hastings Climbs the IFLR Rankings in Asia

November 03, 2010

Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo (November 3, 2010) Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that IFLR named 17 of the firms practice areas and 20 lawyers from Paul Hastings in its 2010 edition of the IFLR 1000, a directory featuring the leading law firms and lawyers in Asia. This represents a significant increase in the rankings for Paul Hastings and is the most successful year to date for the firm in the IFLR 1000 rankings reflecting the high levels of practice excellence and client service being produced across the region by Paul Hastings.

Paul Hastings practice areas and individual lawyers were ranked in the following categories and locations:

China

Banking Foreign Firms
Capital Markets Foreign Firms
M&A Foreign Firms
Private Equity/Venture Capital Foreign Firms

Hong Kong

Banking - Lending
Capital markets Equity Hong Kong/International Law
Capital markets Debt Hong Kong/International Law
M&A
Private Equity
Project Finance
Restructuring & Insolvency

Japan

Banking
Capital Markets Debt and Equity Foreign Law
M&A Local Law
M&A Foreign Law
Project Finance

South Korea

Foreign Law Firms with experience in South Korea

Individual Rankings

In addition to the above, the following lawyers were also ranked:

China

David Blumenfeld - Banking Foreign Firms
David Livdahl - Banking Foreign Firms
Joel Rothstein - Banking Foreign Firms
Raymond Li - Capital Markets Foreign Firms
Sammy Li - Capital Markets Foreign Firms
Neil Torpey - Capital Markets Foreign Firms
David Blumenfeld - M&A Foreign Firms
David Livdahl M&A Foreign Firms
David Wang M&A Foreign Firms
Joel Rothstein M&A Foreign Firms
David Livdahl - Private Equity/Venture Capital Foreign Firms
David Wang - Private Equity/Venture Capital Foreign Firms
Jia Yan - Private Equity/Venture Capital Foreign Firms

Hong Kong

Neil Torpey - Capital markets Equity Hong Kong/International Law
Brett King - Bank Lending
Raymond Li - M&A Foreign Firms
Brett King - Private Equity
Patricia Openshaw - Private Equity
Raymond Li - Private Equity

Japan

Jun Usami - M&A Local Law

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