Dentons Rodyk continues to strengthen its market presence in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2026

Dentons Rodyk continues to be recognised for excellence in the 2026 edition of The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific guide, with 26 practice areas and 14 lawyers ranked, alongside significant advancements across multiple categories.

Published annually, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific rankings are based on comprehensive research and analysis by an experienced team of researchers, highlighting leading law firms and practitioners across all practice areas in the region.

This year, our firm has risen in the Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms rankings and earned a new spot in the White-Collar Crime: Local Firms category, highlighting the strength and depth of our investigations and regulatory expertise.

On an individual level, Senior Partners Catherine Lee and Gilbert Leong have been newly recognised as Leading Partners in Intellectual Property, highlighting their expertise and significant contributions to the firm's IPT practice.

Senior Associate Kavitha Ganesan also joins our ranked lawyers as a Leading Associate in Dispute Resolution, reflecting her strong performance and growing role in key contentious matters.

Senior Partners Edmund Leow, SC, and Lawrence Teh continue to be honoured in the Hall of Fame for their respective practice areas, an accolade reserved for distinguished practitioners consistently commended by clients and peers for their exceptional expertise and leadership.

These results reflect the firm's continued commitment to delivering high-quality legal services and the collective efforts of our teams across all practice areas.

Congratulations to all teams and lawyers for their well-deserved recognition!

Ranking Overview

Practice areas recognised:

• Antitrust & Competition: Local Firms
• Banking & Finance: Local Firms
• Capital Markets: Equity and Debt: Local Firms
• Construction: Local Firms
• Corporate and M&A: Local Firms
• Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms
• Data Protection and Cyber Security: Local Firms
• Dispute Resolution
• Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory: Foreign Firms
• Insurance: Local Firms
• Intellectual Property: Local Firms
• International Arbitration
• Investment Funds: Local Firms
• Labour & Employment: Local Firms
• Private Wealth: Local Firms
• Projects and Energy: Local Firms
• Projects: Foreign Firms
• Real Estate: Local Firms
• Restructuring and Insolvency: Local Firms
• Shipping: Local Firms
• Start-up and Venture Capital: Local Firms
• Start-up and Venture Capital: Foreign Firms
• Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT): Local Firms
• Tax: Local Firms
• White-collar Crime: Local Firms
• Myanmar

Lawyers Recognised

Hall of Fame

• Edmund Leow, SC - Tax, Private Wealth and Family Law
• Lawrence Teh - Shipping: Local Firms

Leading Individuals

• Catherine Lee - Intellectual Property
• Debby Lim - Restructuring and Insolvency
• Edric Pan - Insurance (Local Firms)
• Gilbert Leong - Intellectual Property; Data Protection and Cyber Security
• Ng Eng Leng - Corporate and M&A (Local Firms)
• Quek Ling Yi - Foreign desks: Myanmar
• S Sivanesan - Start-up and Venture Capital (Local Firms)
• Sunil Rai - Start-up and Venture Capital (Local Firms)

Next Generation Partners

• Loh Kia Meng - Private Wealth
• Ng Chun Ying - Tax
• Ron Oong - Projects and Energy (Local Firms)

Leading Associate

• Kavitha Ganesan - Dispute Resolution

About Dentons Rodyk

Dentons Rodyk is Singapore's global law firm and part of the world's largest, with a team of around 200 lawyers offering clients a full suite of legal services necessary to do business locally and globally.

With over 160 years of establishment and consistently ranked highly in leading publications, Dentons Rodyk delivers top-tier legal advice while maintaining strong working relationships with key public sector agencies and prominent private sector organisations.

Its combination with global law firm Dentons makes it part of the world's largest law firm, with more than 12,500 professionals across over 160 locations in more than 80 countries. Dentons Rodyk is also part of Dentons ASEAN, the first global pan-ASEAN law firm, with a longstanding presence in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.