The 2026 edition of Chambers Greater China Guide ranked JSM in ten practice categories, including five Band One rankings.
The guide also recognised 25 JSM lawyers, with a total of 26 leading rankings, including five lawyers who were named “Senior Statespeople” and with a further five lawyers who achieved Band One rankings.
Overall, the 2026 rankings produced three new Band One rankings and four new lawyer rankings to bolster JSM’s roster of leading practices and lawyers, reaffirming its status as a pre-eminent law firm in Hong Kong, among the international elite of independent law firms.
Practice Category Rankings
China
- Banking & Finance (International Firms)
- Clinical Negligence (International Firms)
- Construction (International Firms)
- Corporate/M&A: Independent Hong Kong Firms
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms)
- Employment: Hong Kong-based (International Firms)
- Insurance: Contentious (International Firms)
- Real Estate (International Firms)
- Restructuring/Insolvency (International Firms)
- Shipping: Finance (International Firms)
Individual Rankings
Banking & Finance: Hong Kong-based (International Firms)
- Francis Chen
- Dion Yu (Up and Coming)
Clinical Negligence (International Firms)
- Jaime Lam
- William Chan (Up and Coming)
Construction (International Firms)
- Geoffrey Chan
- Mei Ling Lew
- Menachem Hasofer
- Tom Fu
Corporate/M&A: Independent Hong Kong Firms
- Hannah Ha
Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms)
- Nicholas Hunsworth
Employment: Hong Kong-based (International Firms)
- Duncan Abate
- Hong Tran
- Joe Kamho Choy (Up and Coming)
Insurance: Contentious (International Firms)
- Angela Yim
- Marina Fung
- Tow Lu Lim
Intellectual Property (International Firms)
- Michelle Yee (Up and Coming)
Real Estate (International Firms)
- FK Au
- Peter Ho
- Robert Lynn
- Eugene Wong
- Ricky Yiu
- Jasmine Chiu
Restructuring/Insolvency (International Firms)
- John Marsden
Shipping: Finance (International Firms)
- Maggie Cheung
TMT: Data Protection & Privacy (International Firms)
- Tow Lu Lim
