Big Four continue to sweep top law rankings
Singapore
The Big Four law firms here continue to sweep most of the top rankings in the domestic categories of Singapore's top lawyers and law firms, according to the latest rankings published in the 2016 Chambers Asia Pacific guide.
Chambers said that the Big Four law firms continue to monopolise the top of the Singapore law tables this year, with Allen & Gledhill LLP clinching Band 1 rankings in thirteen categories; Rajah & Tann LLP tying with WongPartnership LLP with seven Band 1 rankings each; and Drew & Napier LLC close behind with five Band 1 rankings.
WongPartnership achieved a Band 1 ranking in Banking & Finance for the first time, making it the first law firm to be ranked alongside Allen & Gledhill LLP in this category since the Asia-Pacific guide was launched.
This year's guide also introduced rankings for Construction, with WongPartnership and Pinsent Masons LLP ranked in Band 1.
Allen & Gledhill has the most ranked lawyers in the Singapore market, with 47 individuals, followed by Rajah & Tann, with 40 lawyers.
Meanwhile, Drew & Napier leads in both the Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT): Domestic and Dispute Resolution: Litigation categories as the only firm to be ranked Band 1 in both the tables. This is the tenth consecutive year that Drew's litigation practice has been ranked Band 1, and the ninth consecutive year for its TMT practice.
For the sixth year running, the firm's CEO Davinder Singh, Senior Counsel, also remains the only litigator in the country to be ranked a "Star Individual", a category above Band 1.
The guide, which is one of the world's largest circulating legal ranking publications, ranks law firms and individual lawyers in bands from 1 to 6, with 1 being the best. The qualities on which rankings are based include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by the client, according to Chambers.
