The Legal 500 has released its 2025 guide, ranking Baker McKenzie and its member firms collectively in 125 practice areas and in 239 lawyer categories.
The Firm achieved 108 Tier 1 & Tier 2 practice rankings and 156 Hall of Fame/ Leading Partner recognitions.
The Firm gained a new ranking for Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory (Malaysia), and saw improved rankings in four categories: Projects and Energy (Malaysia), Energy: Foreign Firms (Singapore), Dispute Resolution: Class Actions (Australia) and Capital Markets.
In the lawyer categories, the Firm gained 29 new individual rankings and 15 improved rankings.
The practice areas that have earned Tier 1 rankings are as follows:
Australia
- Intellectual Property
Indonesia (HHP Law Firm)
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute Resolution
- Intellectual Property
- IT, Telecoms and Fintech
- Labor and Employment
- Real Estate
- Tax
Japan
- Antitrust and Competition: International Firms and Joint Ventures
- 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
- Labour and Employment: International Firms and Joint Ventures
- Projects and Energy: International Firms and Joint Ventures
- Real Estate and Construction: International Firms and Joint Ventures
- Restructuring and Insolvency: International Firms and Joint Ventures
- Tax: International Firms and Joint Ventures
Malaysia (Wong & Partners)
- Antitrust and Competition
- Banking and Finance (including Islamic Finance)
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute Resolution
- Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory
- Intellectual Property
- Labour and Employment
- Real Estate and Construction
- Tax
Singapore (Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow)
- Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory: Local Firms
- Intellectual Property: Local Firms
- Investment Funds: Foreign Firms
- Labour and Employment: Local Firms
- Private Wealth and Family Law: Local Firms
- Tax: Local Firms
Thailand
- Banking and Finance
- Capital Markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Customs and International Trade
- Dispute Resolution
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Labour and Employment
- Projects and Energy
- Real Estate and Construction
- Restructuring and Insolvency
- Tax
- TMT
Vietnam
- Data Protection
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property: International Firms
- Labour and Employment
- Real Estate and Construction
- Tax
- TMT
The following lawyers received new rankings:
Australia
Dispute Resolution: Class Actions
- Jayme-Lyn Hendriks — Leading Associate
Real Estate
- Sarah Merrett — Next Generation Partner
Indonesia (HHP Law Firm)
IT, Telecoms and Fintech
- Adhika Wiyoso — Leading Associate
Japan
Antitrust and Competition: International Firms and Joint Ventures (Bengoshi)
- Hiroaki Nagahashi — Next Generation Partner
Fintech - International Firms and Joint Ventures (Bengoshi)
- Masato Honma — Leading Partner
Intellectual Property: International Firms and Joint Ventures (Bengoshi)
- Yosuke Takenaka — Leading Partner
Malaysia (Wong & Partners)
Corporate and M&A
- Sue Wan Wong — Leading Partner
Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory
- Sue Wan Wong — Leading Partner
Labour and Employment
- Trishelea Ann Sandosam — Leading Partner
Real Estate and Construction
- Janice Tay — Leading Partner
Singapore (Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow)
Data Protection and Cyber Security: Local firms
- Ken Chia — Leading Partner
South Korea (Baker McKenzie & KL Partners Joint Venture Law Firm)
International Arbitration
- Sean (Sungwoo) Lim — Leading Partner
- Sunyoung Kim — Next Generation Partner
Thailand
Intellectual Property
- Yada Viseswongsa — Leading Associate
Tax
- Nopporn Charoenkitraj — Leading Partner
Vietnam
Banking and Finance
- Ngo Thai Ninh — Leading Associate
Corporate and M&A
- Lan Phuong Nguyen — Leading Partner
Data Protection
- Manh Hung Tran — Leading Partner
Insurance
- Viet Trung Nguyen — Leading Associate
Intellectual Property: International Firms
- Hoa Tran — Leading Partner
- Dat Nguyen — Leading Associate
Labour and employment
- Tri Trung Pham — Leading Associate
The Legal 500 rankings are based on a series of criteria, including work conducted by law firms over the past 12 months, experience and depth of teams, areas of specialization, and client feedback.