Congratulations go to our Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam offices which have been recognized in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2016 edition, announced on 9 November. The Vietnam office has maintained its Tier 1 position in Tax and the Projects and Energy categories, while our Myanmar office enters Tier 1 for Corporate and M&A and Projects (including Energy). The Thailand office has also significantly extended its profile, recommended for the first time in Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT), Restructuring and Insolvency, and Tax.
The team work required to raise these profiles is reflected by the number of DFDL legal advisers individually ‘recommended’ in the guide. Special recognition also goes to James Finch for being listed as ‘Leading Individual’ in the Myanmar Projects (including Energy) category.
The Legal 500 is considered one of the go-to reference guides of leaders in the legal field. Rankings are based on a range of criteria, highlighting firms and individuals that produce the most innovative advice to corporate counsel. Their research is based on feedback from clients and interviews with firms.
The full results are available here (click on country for breakdown of firms). The results for DFDL are as follows:
MYANMAR
Tier 1 – Corporate and M&A
Tier 1 – Projects (including energy)
Leading Individual:
James Finch – Projects (including energy)
Recommended:
James Finch – Projects (including energy); Corporate and M&A
Thida Aye – Corporate and M&A
William Greenlee – Corporate and M&A
Jaime Casanova – Projects (including energy)
VIETNAM
Tier 1 – Projects and Energy
Tier 1 – Tax
Tier 2 – TMT
Tier 2 – Corporate M&A
Tier 3 – Banking and Finance
Recommended:
Jérôme Buzenet – Corporate M&A; TMT
Martin Desautels – Banking and Finance
Hoang Phong Anh – Banking and Finance
Tran Thi Vu Hanh – Corporate M&A
Jack Sheehan – Tax
Bernard Cobarrubias – Tax
THAILAND
Tier 2 – Projects and Energy
Tier 3 – Real Estate and Construction
Tier 3 – Banking and Finance
Tier 3 – Corporate M&A
Tier 3 – Restructuring and Insolvency
Tier 3 – TMT
Tier 4 – Tax
Recommended:
David Doran – Banking and Finance; Corporate and M&A; Projects and Energy
Rashane Leerabandhu – Real Estate and Construction; TMT
Audray Souche – Projects and Energy
Angus Mitchell – Projects and Energy
Jack Sheehan – Tax