Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) is one of the world’s leading dispute resolution organisations, specialising in arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution processes including, mediation, adjudication and domain name dispute resolution. In addition to its headquarters and hearing centre in Hong Kong, HKIAC has offices in Seoul, Shanghai, and Beijing.
HKIAC maintains one of the largest commercial caseloads in the Asia-Pacific region, having handled over 13,000 commercial cases involving 120 jurisdictions since its establishment in 1985.
According to the 2025 Queen Mary University and White & Case International Arbitration Survey, Hong Kong was ranked as the second most preferred seat of arbitration, and HKIAC Rules were the second most preferred set of arbitration rules worldwide.
HKIAC maintains one of the largest commercial caseloads in the Asia-Pacific region, having handled over 13,000 commercial cases involving 120 jurisdictions since its establishment in 1985.
According to the 2025 Queen Mary University and White & Case International Arbitration Survey, Hong Kong was ranked as the second most preferred seat of arbitration, and HKIAC Rules were the second most preferred set of arbitration rules worldwide.
Dentons
Dentons is among the world's largest law firms, with more than 9,000 lawyers in over 70 countries. We offer international strengths and excellent knowledge of local markets and can quickly deliver advice in more than 75 local languages.
Our genuine wide geographic coverage is one of the reasons that our clients choose us. We have more than 600 IP and technology lawyers located in every key market worldwide, including North, South and Central America and the Caribbean, Northeast and Southeast Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom. We are committed to ensuring that our clients receive best-in-market service anywhere in the world. While experts in their own jurisdictions, our lawyers have deep experience in multi-jurisdictional IP matters – from prosecution to litigation and from licensing to data privacy issues.
We help clients to not only protect their IP, but also find real business solutions involving it. We strive to understand clients’ businesses and their goals so that we can focus on what success means to them in any matter. We are recognised by leading corporations for our ability to achieve that success through innovative thinking drawn from experience.
With our unique global footprint, agile resourcing, industry experience and investment in innovation, Dentons is ideally positioned to serve clients today and equipped to respond to their future needs
Our genuine wide geographic coverage is one of the reasons that our clients choose us. We have more than 600 IP and technology lawyers located in every key market worldwide, including North, South and Central America and the Caribbean, Northeast and Southeast Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom. We are committed to ensuring that our clients receive best-in-market service anywhere in the world. While experts in their own jurisdictions, our lawyers have deep experience in multi-jurisdictional IP matters – from prosecution to litigation and from licensing to data privacy issues.
We help clients to not only protect their IP, but also find real business solutions involving it. We strive to understand clients’ businesses and their goals so that we can focus on what success means to them in any matter. We are recognised by leading corporations for our ability to achieve that success through innovative thinking drawn from experience.
With our unique global footprint, agile resourcing, industry experience and investment in innovation, Dentons is ideally positioned to serve clients today and equipped to respond to their future needs
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Founded in the early 1990s, Jingtian & Gongcheng is one of the first private and independent partnership law firms in China. Since its inception, the firm has been dedicated to providing clients with high-quality and efficient legal services and has grown into one of the top full-service business law firms in China. The firm is active in a wide variety of practices and is recognised as an industry leader in capital markets, mergers & acquisitions, outbound investment, dispute resolution and PE/VC investments, etc. We advise our clients through our headquarters in Beijing and through our offices that are strategically situated across key economic centres, including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Tianjin, Nanjing, and Hong Kong, enabling us to collaborate with our clients where they need us.
Jingtian & Gongcheng lawyers are experienced in leading domestic or international law firms, governmental departments and leading enterprises. Training and learning have enabled our lawyers to provide clients with stable and high-quality legal services.
Over our 26 years of experience, Jingtian & Gongcheng has earned an outstanding reputation in the industry and is widely recognised by clients both in China and abroad as a top-tier law firm in China.
Jingtian & Gongcheng lawyers are experienced in leading domestic or international law firms, governmental departments and leading enterprises. Training and learning have enabled our lawyers to provide clients with stable and high-quality legal services.
Over our 26 years of experience, Jingtian & Gongcheng has earned an outstanding reputation in the industry and is widely recognised by clients both in China and abroad as a top-tier law firm in China.
CMS
CMS Hong Kong is a key hub for CMS’s international disputes and arbitration practice. Our specialised, multilingual and multi-qualified team represents multinational corporations, listed companies, financial institutions, state-owned entities and investors in complex commercial and investment disputes across Asia-Pacific and beyond.
Drawing on CMS’s extensive global reach and strong sector focus, our Hong Kong team works as an integral part of the firm’s International Arbitration Group. We bring together the right experience across Asian, European, and American jurisdictions while maintaining local insight, continuity and clear strategic direction. This integrated approach enables us to combine legal expertise with a practical understanding of the commercial and regulatory forces shaping today’s disputes, particularly in the technology, life sciences and healthcare, renewable and conventional energy, automotive, infrastructure and foreign investment sectors.
CMS is recognised among the world’s leading international arbitration practices and is ranked 13th globally in the GAR 30. Our experience spans commercial arbitration, investment treaty disputes, related court proceedings, enforcement and asset recovery. We advise and act under the rules of all major arbitral institutions, including particularly HKIAC, ICC, CIETAC, SCIA, BIAC, SHIAC, SIAC, LCIA, DIS, SCC, ICDR, AAA and ICSID.
From early risk assessment and dispute avoidance to arbitration, settlement and enforcement, we provide clear, coordinated advice across the full dispute lifecycle. Our aim is not merely to manage proceedings, but to identify the strategy that best advances the client’s wider business objectives—combining international reach, sector fluency and practical judgement from a single, joined-up team.
Drawing on CMS’s extensive global reach and strong sector focus, our Hong Kong team works as an integral part of the firm’s International Arbitration Group. We bring together the right experience across Asian, European, and American jurisdictions while maintaining local insight, continuity and clear strategic direction. This integrated approach enables us to combine legal expertise with a practical understanding of the commercial and regulatory forces shaping today’s disputes, particularly in the technology, life sciences and healthcare, renewable and conventional energy, automotive, infrastructure and foreign investment sectors.
CMS is recognised among the world’s leading international arbitration practices and is ranked 13th globally in the GAR 30. Our experience spans commercial arbitration, investment treaty disputes, related court proceedings, enforcement and asset recovery. We advise and act under the rules of all major arbitral institutions, including particularly HKIAC, ICC, CIETAC, SCIA, BIAC, SHIAC, SIAC, LCIA, DIS, SCC, ICDR, AAA and ICSID.
From early risk assessment and dispute avoidance to arbitration, settlement and enforcement, we provide clear, coordinated advice across the full dispute lifecycle. Our aim is not merely to manage proceedings, but to identify the strategy that best advances the client’s wider business objectives—combining international reach, sector fluency and practical judgement from a single, joined-up team.
Debevoise & Plimpton
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a premier law firm with market-leading practices, a global perspective and strong New York roots. Our clients look to us to bring a distinctively high degree of quality, intensity and creativity to resolve legal challenges effectively and cost efficiently.
Deep partner commitment, industry experience and a strategic approach enable us to bring clear commercial judgment to every matter. We draw on the strength of our culture and structure to deliver the best of our firm to every client through true collaboration.
More than 900 lawyers work in nine offices across three continents, within integrated global practices, serving clients around the world. In the last year, our teams advised on matters in more than 90 countries. We are known for developing a deep understanding of the business of our clients, and pursuing every matter with intensity and creativity to achieve optimal results.
We are committed to serving our clients through excellence in lawyering. We receive numerous accolades and awards recognizing this commitment and the firm’s market prominence worldwide.
We believe that an inclusive workforce, where all of our colleagues feel respected, builds a stronger firm, and benefits clients and the wider community.
The firm’s culture fosters a collaborative approach across disciplines and regions, and, as a result, clients benefit from the dedication, cohesiveness and superior quality that we bring to all of our work worldwide.
Deep partner commitment, industry experience and a strategic approach enable us to bring clear commercial judgment to every matter. We draw on the strength of our culture and structure to deliver the best of our firm to every client through true collaboration.
More than 900 lawyers work in nine offices across three continents, within integrated global practices, serving clients around the world. In the last year, our teams advised on matters in more than 90 countries. We are known for developing a deep understanding of the business of our clients, and pursuing every matter with intensity and creativity to achieve optimal results.
We are committed to serving our clients through excellence in lawyering. We receive numerous accolades and awards recognizing this commitment and the firm’s market prominence worldwide.
We believe that an inclusive workforce, where all of our colleagues feel respected, builds a stronger firm, and benefits clients and the wider community.
The firm’s culture fosters a collaborative approach across disciplines and regions, and, as a result, clients benefit from the dedication, cohesiveness and superior quality that we bring to all of our work worldwide.
Tahota Law Firm
Established in 2000, TAHOTA has grown up to be one of the biggest and most famous law firms in China. Started from Chengdu, It now owns practice offices in Washington D.C. , Sydney, Kathmandu, Hong Kong(China), and 16 other mainland cities including Beijing, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Tianjin, Xi'an, Taiyuan, Xining, Lhasa, Urumqi，Nanjing, Wuhan, Kunming, Guiyang, Jinan and Haikou with more than 510 partners and more than 1700 attorneys. The legal service provided by TAHOTA is targeted on both Chinese and foreign enterprises, practice areas ranging from International investment and trade, Intellectual Property, Corporate and M&A, Finance, Real estate, Construction, Environment to Tax.
Taza Legal
Taza Legal LLP is a leading Ethiopian law firm built on the experience of established legal practices and a team of senior lawyers with extensive experience advising on some of Ethiopia’s most significant transactions, investments, and infrastructure projects. It was formed through the coming together of four respected Ethiopian legal practices: Tameru Wondm Agegnehu & Partners LLP (TWA), Mesfin Tafesse & Associates Law Office (MTA), Mekdes & Associates Law Office, and Hanna Mulugeta Law Office.
With more than 100 years of combined legal experience, the firm brings together deep knowledge of the Ethiopian market, sector-specific expertise, and a strong understanding of the legal, regulatory, and commercial environment in which businesses and institutions operate.
Operating from Addis Ababa, the firm brings together more than 100 years of combined experience in Ethiopian and international law, helping international and domestic businesses navigate Ethiopia's legal and regulatory landscape from market entry through complex legal issues.
As the Ethiopian member firm of ALN (Africa Legal Network), an alliance of leading independent corporate law firms across the continent, Taza Legal pairs deep, locally rooted expertise in Ethiopian law with seamless pan-African reach, giving clients genuine local knowledge backed by cross-border delivery capability.
With more than 100 years of combined legal experience, the firm brings together deep knowledge of the Ethiopian market, sector-specific expertise, and a strong understanding of the legal, regulatory, and commercial environment in which businesses and institutions operate.
Operating from Addis Ababa, the firm brings together more than 100 years of combined experience in Ethiopian and international law, helping international and domestic businesses navigate Ethiopia's legal and regulatory landscape from market entry through complex legal issues.
As the Ethiopian member firm of ALN (Africa Legal Network), an alliance of leading independent corporate law firms across the continent, Taza Legal pairs deep, locally rooted expertise in Ethiopian law with seamless pan-African reach, giving clients genuine local knowledge backed by cross-border delivery capability.
Walkers
Walkers is an international financial services firm providing legal, corporate, regulatory filing, compliance and fiduciary services to the world’s leading financial institutions and companies.
The Hong Kong and Singapore offices have specialist Insolvency, Restructuring & Dispute Resolution (IDR), Private Capital & Trusts, Investment Funds & Corporate, Finance, and Regulatory & Risk Advisory practice groups, with dedicated professionals whose experience includes some of the world’s leading onshore law firms and financial institutions.
Walkers are internationally recognised as having a premier IDR team amongst International Financial Centre law firms. We have consistently been ranked Band 1 by Chambers and Partners in the Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Bermuda, as well as Band 1 overall in the Asia-Pacific region. We were also recognised as Offshore Law Firm of the Year at the China Business Law Awards 2026 and Asia Legal Awards 2025, and have been included in Global Restructuring Review’s list of the world’s leading cross-border restructuring and insolvency law firms for eight consecutive years.
With over 400 lawyers, they advise on the laws of Bermuda, the BVI, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Ireland and Jersey. Our dedicated IDR teams across Hong Kong, Singapore, London and Dubai work closely with our jurisdictional teams to provide round-the-clock service on complex cross-border disputes, restructurings and insolvencies.
Walkers advise shareholders, creditors, debtors, private equity and hedge funds, insolvency practitioners and other stakeholders, and regularly play a key role in high-profile, high-value disputes in Bermuda, the BVI and the Cayman Islands.
The Hong Kong and Singapore offices have specialist Insolvency, Restructuring & Dispute Resolution (IDR), Private Capital & Trusts, Investment Funds & Corporate, Finance, and Regulatory & Risk Advisory practice groups, with dedicated professionals whose experience includes some of the world’s leading onshore law firms and financial institutions.
Walkers are internationally recognised as having a premier IDR team amongst International Financial Centre law firms. We have consistently been ranked Band 1 by Chambers and Partners in the Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Bermuda, as well as Band 1 overall in the Asia-Pacific region. We were also recognised as Offshore Law Firm of the Year at the China Business Law Awards 2026 and Asia Legal Awards 2025, and have been included in Global Restructuring Review’s list of the world’s leading cross-border restructuring and insolvency law firms for eight consecutive years.
With over 400 lawyers, they advise on the laws of Bermuda, the BVI, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Ireland and Jersey. Our dedicated IDR teams across Hong Kong, Singapore, London and Dubai work closely with our jurisdictional teams to provide round-the-clock service on complex cross-border disputes, restructurings and insolvencies.
Walkers advise shareholders, creditors, debtors, private equity and hedge funds, insolvency practitioners and other stakeholders, and regularly play a key role in high-profile, high-value disputes in Bermuda, the BVI and the Cayman Islands.
Zhong Lun
Founded in 1993, Zhong Lun Law Firm is one of the first partnership law firms in the PRC. With effect from 17 April 2012, it has been restructured into a limited liability partnership in accordance with the law. After decades of rapid and steady growth, today Zhong Lun has established itself as one of the largest top-notch full-service law firms in China, including nearly 400 equity partners and more than 2,200 professionals working in 18 offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, Chongqing, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Haikou, Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Almaty. Our in-depth expertise and close inter-department collaborations enable us to provide clients with high-quality legal services in more than 60 jurisdictions across a wide range of industries and sectors. Zhong Lun and its lawyers are consistently recommended by prominent industry watchers, such as Chambers and Partners, International Financial Law Review, The Lawyer, The Legal 500, Asian Legal Business and China Law & Practice.
Docket Navigator
Docket Navigator is a litigation research and analytics platform that delivers deep insights into US federal patent, trademark, copyright, antitrust, securities and trade secret litigation. Based in Texas, Docket Navigator’s unique and innovative approach to modeling court cases in a digital platform has made it a must-have tool for patent litigators in the US, including over 16,000 attorneys, judges, clerks, litigation support firms, expert witness firms, tech companies and researchers. Docket Navigator delivers insights to its subscribers via a daily email called the Docket Report, customised daily alerts, a searchable online database, and powerful analytics tools. Eighty-eight of the AmLaw 100 firms, and 28 of the top 30 ‘busiest’ patent litigation firms (based on the number of patent cases filed each year) maintain subscriptions to Docket Navigator.
Law.com
Law.com provides lawyers within the world’s leading law firms and legal departments (Global 200, Law.com subscribers, GCs at the F1000) with news and analysis of the global legal industry, insights into what’s happening across all sectors of the legal industry in all major markets around the world. Law.com is the world’s legal authority, offering quality local coverage with global insights & trends on the entire legal industry to give international lawyers the competitive edge and business intelligence needed to grow their business worldwide.
Lexology
Lexology delivers the most comprehensive source of international legal updates, analysis and insights. Publishing in excess of 450 articles every day from over 900 leading law firms and service providers worldwide across over 50 work areas in 25 languages. Lexology’s searchable archive now contains more than 1,000,000 articles. Endorsed by more than 100 associations, corporations and corporate counsel groups, Lexology is not only considered an invaluable resource of its kind, but also regarded as the industry benchmark.
