Paul Hastings Practices and Lawyers Recognized by Chambers Asia

April 30, 2010

Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo (April 30, 2010) Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Chambers Asia 2010 named 29 practice areas and 24 lawyers to its 2010 list of the leading law firms and lawyers in Asia.

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

Asia-wide

Capital Markets: Equity
Corporate/M&A
Corporate/M&A: Private Equity
Investment Funds: Private Equity
Investment Funds: Real Estate
Projects & Infrastructure

China/Hong Kong

Banking & Finance: China Deals
Leveraged & Acquisition Finance
Capital Markets: International & Hong Kong Law: Equity
Corporate/M&A: Hong Kong Law & China Deals
Employment: China
Employment: Hong Kong
Investment Funds: Real Estate
Private Equity: China-based: Buyouts
Private Equity: Hong Kong-based: Buyouts
Real Estate: China: Foreign
Real Estate: Hong Kong
Restructuring/Insolvency

India

Overseas Counsel: Projects

Japan

Banking & Finance: Foreign
Corporate/M&A: Foreign
Corporate/M&A: International firms with local law expertise
Dispute Resolution: Foreign
Projects & Energy: Foreign
Real Estate: Foreign

Philippines

Overseas Counsel

South Korea

Overseas Counsel: Capital Markets
Overseas Counsel: Corporate/M&A

Taiwan

Intellectual Property: Foreign Legal Advice

Individual Rankings

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

Asia-wide

Raj Pande (Projects & Infrastructure)

China/Hong Kong

Toshi Arai (Corporate/M&A)
David Blumenfeld (Real Estate)
Michael Downey (Employment)
Brett W King (Leveraged & Acquisition Finance)
David Livdahl (Corporate/M&A)
Lesli Ligorner (Employment)
Joel Rothstein (Banking & Finance and Real Estate)
Joe A Sevack (Capital Markets: US Law:High-Yield)
Neil Torpey (Corporate/M&A)
David Wang (Corporate/M&A and Private Equity)

India

Raj Pande (Overseas Counsel: Projects)

Japan

Joseph Kim (Banking & Finance)
Ayako Kawano (J-REITs)
Jun Usami (Corporate/M&A)
Ted Johnson (Corporate/M&A)
Kenju Watanbe (Corporate/M&A)
Toshi Arai (Corporate/M&A: Investment in PRC)
Yoshi Takatori (Dispute Resolution)
Setsuko Ueno (Employment)

Philippines

Patricia Tan Openshaw (Overseas Counsel)

South Korea

Daniel Kim (Overseas Counsel)
Jong Han Kim (Overseas Counsel)

Taiwan

Ronald Lemieux (Overseas Counsel)

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