Paul Hastings Again Receives Top Rankings in the 2023 Edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific

January 19, 2023

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.