The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Greater China 2025 edition has ranked Johnson Stokes & Master (JSM) in 23 practice areas, of which six are in the top tier.
- Asset Finance (Shipping Finance), Hong Kong, for the 11th consecutive year
- Construction, Hong Kong, for four consecutive years from 2022-2025 and also between 2016-2018
- Insurance, Hong Kong, for the 18th consecutive year
- Labour and Employment, Hong Kong, for the 18th consecutive year
- Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms, China, for the 16th consecutive year
- Real Estate, Hong Kong, for the 18th consecutive year
The guide also recognised four lawyers in the “Hall of Fame” category and honoured 10 lawyers as “Leading Partners”:
Hall of Fame:
- Duncan Abate – Labor and Employment, Hong Kong
- F.K. Au – Real Estate, Hong Kong
- Tom Fu – Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms, China
- Robert Lynn – Real Estate, Hong Kong
Leading Partners:
- Geoffrey Chan – Construction, Hong Kong
- Maggie Cheung – Asset Finance (Shipping Finance), Hong Kong
- Hannah Ha – Antitrust and Competition, Hong Kong
- Menachem Hasofer – Construction, Hong Kong
- Mei Ling Lew – Construction, Hong Kong
- TL Lim – Insurance, Hong Kong
- John Marsden – Restructuring and Insolvency, Hong Kong and China
- Hong Tran – Labour and Employment, Hong Kong
- Andy Yeo – Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms, China
- Angela Yim – Insurance, Hong Kong
Four JSM lawyers were recognised as “Next Generation Partners”:
- Jasmine Chiu – Real Estate, Hong Kong
- Jennifer Tam – Labor and Employment, Hong Kong
- Eugene Wong – Real Estate, Hong Kong
- Alvin Yeung – Real Estate, Hong Kong
Additionally, three JSM lawyers were listed as “Leading Associates”:
- Rosalyn Han – Real estate and construction: Foreign Firms, China
- Michelle Yee – Intellectual Property, Hong Kong
- Ellen Zhang – Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms, China
The following is a complete list of practice categories in which JSM is ranked in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Greater China 2025:
China
- Banking and Finance: Foreign Firms
- Investment Funds: Foreign Firms
- Intellectual Property: Foreign Firms
- Private Equity: Foreign Firm
- Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms
- Restructuring and Insolvency: Foreign Firms
Hong Kong
- Antitrust and Competition
- Asset Finance (Shipping Finance)
- Banking and Finance
- Capital Markets (Equity)
- Construction
- Corporate (Including M&A)
- Data Protection and Cyber Security
- Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution – Litigation
- Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Investment Funds
- Labour and Employment
- Real Estate
- Regulatory: White Collar. Compliance and Investigations
- Restructuring and Insolvency
