Cleary Gottlieb Earns Excellent Rankings in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023

Cleary Gottlieb continues to earn top rankings in the 2023 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific, with seven practices and four lawyers recognized in the directory.

In South Korea, Cleary was ranked Band 1 for Corporate/M&A: International Firms and Capital Markets: International Firms, remaining the only firm ranked in the top band of those practice areas since the categories were created.

Partners Jinduk Han, Sang Jin Han, and Nallini Puri and counsel Jay Hoon Choi were all highly ranked in their respective practice areas.

The firm received the following commendations:

Asia-Pacific Region: Capital Markets

• “Their advice is consistent, tuned, persuasive and practical. On every issue, they try to show multiple aspects to clients in detail.”
• “They are very good at handling complex new structural ideas, with expertise in all the critical areas I need and a strong sense of commercial intent.”

Asia-Pacific Region: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity

• “Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has very professional teams covering different jurisdictions, and the team which covers us can coordinate lawyers from other offices well. Cleary’s team can provide services beyond our requirements and is able to analyze the underlying legal issues of the deal in depth.”
• “Few law firms could provide such integrated services covering various issues as Cleary did; I have always been impressed with the professionalism and solution-oriented attitude demonstrated by its lawyers.”
• “They have shown their abundant experience with the largest multinational conglomerates through the quality of their work and excellent quality of service.”

India: Corporate/M&A: International Firms

• “They have a strong team with India-qualified lawyers who have previously worked at leading law firms in India. They understand the Indian legal and regulatory regime and market practice, which allows them to pre-empt issues that could otherwise cause delays and value leakage subsequently.”
• “An exceptionally pragmatic and commercially aware team.”

South Korea: Capital Markets: International Firms

• “Their advice is consistent, tuned, persuasive and practical. On every issue, they try to show multiple aspects to clients in detail.”

South Korea: Corporate/M&A: International Firms

• “Few law firms could provide such integrated services covering various issues as Cleary did; I have always been impressed with the professionalism and solution-oriented attitude demonstrated by its lawyers.”
• “They have shown their abundant experience with the largest multinational conglomerates through the quality of their work and excellent quality of service.”

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