IFLR 1000
The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms

	Clifford Chance Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Herbert Smith Linklaters Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
	Allen & Overy Baker & McKenzie Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Davis Polk & Wardwell Latham & Watkins Norton Rose Shearman & Sterling Slaughter and May
	Hogan Lovells King & Wood Mallesons Mayer Brown JSM Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy O'Melveny & Myers Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Reed Smith Richards Butler Sidley Austin Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Sullivan & Cromwell Weil Gotshal & Manges
	Bingham McCutchen Deacons DLA Piper Jones Day Kennedys Kirkland & Ellis Minter Ellison Morrison & Foerster Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Proskauer Rose Simmons & Simmons White & Case Woo Kwan Lee & Lo

Kirkland & Ellis' Hong Kong and Greater China offices have a new and growing M&A practice that supports the needs of the firm's private equity clients. Clients are especially happy with the work of China-based and China-qualified partner Xiaoyang Li.... [more]

Kirkland & Ellis' Hong Kong and Greater China offices have a new and growing M&A practice that supports the needs of the firm's private equity clients. Clients are especially happy with the work of China-based and China-qualified partner Xiaoyang Li. "He is a wonderful resource," one client tells us, "he has a number of years of experience and adds an extra dimension to his advice. He is a great on-the-ground resource."

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	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Clifford Chance Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
	Davis Polk & Wardwell Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Herbert Smith Linklaters Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Weil Gotshal & Manges
	Allen & Overy Baker & McKenzie Debevoise & Plimpton Hogan Lovells Kirkland & Ellis Latham & Watkins Mayer Brown JSM Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy O'Melveny & Myers Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker Reed Smith Richards Butler Ropes & Gray Shearman & Sterling Sidley Austin Slaughter and May
	Ashurst DLA Piper Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson King & Wood Mallesons Morrison & Foerster Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Proskauer Rose SJ Berwin Sullivan & Cromwell

	Deacons Debevoise & Plimpton Sidley Austin Simmons & Simmons Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Weil Gotshal & Manges
	Clifford Chance Kirkland & Ellis
	Allen & Overy Ashurst Baker & McKenzie Bingham McCutchen DLA Piper King & Wood Mallesons Linklaters Morrison & Foerster O'Melveny & Myers Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Reed Smith Richards Butler Shearman & Sterling Slaughter and May Timothy Loh

Kirkland is one of the newer US private equity and fund formation firms to follow its prestigious private equity clients into Asia and the small but growing office is making its mark on the Hong Kong market with fund formation work in China and across the region.Clients praise the firm's efforts to build their fund-formation practice in a client-centred way.... [more]

Kirkland is one of the newer US private equity and fund formation firms to follow its prestigious private equity clients into Asia and the small but growing office is making its mark on the Hong Kong market with fund formation work in China and across the region.

Clients praise the firm's efforts to build their fund-formation practice in a client-centred way. "They are incredibly responsive," one client tells us, "They have a quick turn around and are good quality. Justin and Albert and Kirkland are energetic, hardworking and keen to build their business."

Another client had positive things to say about the partner Justin Dolling. "He's very technical, very capable," the client says. "His knowledge of technical areas of fund structuring is very commercial. He overlays the technical advice with the practical."

Kirkland's fund formation team recently advised Orchid Asia Group Management on the formation of the $600 million Orchid Asia V fund. Orchid Asia V specialises in growth capital and buyout investments in Asia, with a focus on China.

In 2010, partners Albert Cho and Justin Dolling also represented Hahn & Company Korea in the formation of the fund Hahn & Company I. The Korea-focused buyout fund was formed by former Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director Scott Hahn and the $500 million fund is the largest Korea-focused private equity fund to date with a broad international investor base.

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