The Rising Stars Awards Asia-Pacific 2021 has announced 80 rising stars from across 28 practice area specialisms throughout the region, including in-house emerging leaders.

Congratulations for all the Rising Stars Awards winners! Stay safe and keep up the incredible work.

LIST OF WINNERS – RISING STARS AWARDS ASIA-PACIFIC 2021

In-House Awards

Banking & finance

Peggy Leung – HSBC

Corporate

Marcus Playle – Lion
Paul Calvert – Multiplex 

Energy & natural resources

Kishan Gunatunga – Genesis
Prady Mysoor – BP 

Technology, media & telecommunications

Emma Biggs – Spark 

Practice Area Awards

Aviation

Amanda Teoh – Herbert Smith Freehills
Hetty Lam – Clifford Chance
Tomohiko Kamimura – Squire Patton Boggs

Banking & finance

Cao Meizhu – Zhong Lun Law Firm
Cara Stevens – Ashurst
Kaveeta Sandhu – Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee

Capital markets (debt & equity)

Jaclyn Yeap – Allen & Overy
Tianxiao Lei – JunHe 
Utkarsh Bandhu – Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Commercial arbitration

Elan Krishna – Cavenagh Law
Kate Apostolova – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Rui Yang – Zhao Sheng Law Firm

Competition & antitrust

Jacqueline Arena – Skadden
Kathleen Gooi – Linklaters
Xi Liao – Zhao Sheng Law Firm

Corporate / M&A

Andrew Cohn – Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Danny Li – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jie Tang – JunHe

Energy & natural resources

Bilyana Belcheva – Shearman & Sterling
Jackson Allen – Allen & Overy
Nicholas Molan – Dechert

Environment

Timothy Stutt – Herbert Smith Freehills

Insurance & reinsurance

Audrey Wong – WhiteFern
Youyou Chen – Zhong Lun Law Firm 

International trade

Alistair Bridges – Moulis Legal
Ambarish Sathianathan – Economic Laws Practice

Investment funds

Joyce Li – Deacons
Tiffany Toh – Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Vincci Ip – Deacons
Zixiang Sun – Simmons & Simmons

Labour & employment

Karen Mitra – Ashurst
Ploy Chongcharoentanavat – Baker McKenzie

Life sciences

Arpita Kulshrestha – Anand and Anand
Katherine Hebditch – AJ Park
Shariqa Mestroni – Bird & Bird

Litigation

Anita Fong – Norton Rose Fulbright
Hannah Bain – Russell McVeagh
Meryl Koh – Drew & Napier

Patent

Hyewon Kang – Kim & Chang
Sally Davis – Davies Collison Cave
Yuanyuan Jia – Zhong Lun Law Firm

Privacy & data protection

Kritiyanee Buranatrevedhya – Baker McKenzie
Peggy Chow – Herbert Smith Freehills

Private Equity

Danielle Wu – Hogan Lovells
Ekta Gupta – Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Maureen Ho – Morrison & Foerster

Project finance

Amy Maguire – King & Wood Mallesons
Joyce Leung – Hogan Lovells
Paul Brickley – Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Real estate

Tim Bunker – Anthony Harper
Tin Lu Tan – Shearn Delamore & Co

Restructuring & insolvency

Darius Tay – Blackoak
Jacqueline Chan – Ropes & Gray
Suzi Duncan – Linklaters

Shipping & maritime

Dora Ying – Mayer Brown
Pedram Norton – Stephenson Harwood
Zhida Chen – Helmsman

Structured finance & securitisation

Han Kyung Lee – Lee & Ko
He Yuhua – Dentons China
Ling Yan Pang – Russell McVeagh

Tax

Ashley Hu – Zhong Lun Law Firm
Elke Bremner – Ashurst
Janet Cho – Baker McKenzie

Technology, media & telecommunications

Frankie Tam – Eversheds Sutherland
Karen Lee – Mayer Brown

Trademark

Barbie Ho – Deacons
Janie H Y Yip – Mayer Brown
Madeline Chan – Davies Collison Cave

Transfer pricing

Emanuel Dewo Adi Winedhar – TaxPrime
Petrina Chang – Deloitte 
Wiwin Gumilang – Deloitte

White collar crime

Jonathan Ellis – DLA Piper
Leonie Tear – King & Wood Mallesons
Rudy Andreas Halomoan Sitorus – Makarim & Taira S

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RISING STARS AWARDS ASIA-PACIFIC 2021

Jurisdiction Awards

Australia

Madeline Chan – Davies Collison Cave
Timothy Stutt – Herbert Smith Freehills

China

Jie Tang – JunHe
Xi Liao – Zhao Sheng Law Firm

Hong Kong SAR

Danny Li – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Leonie Tear – King & Wood Mallesons

India

Ambarish Sathianathan – Economic Laws Practice
Arpita Kulshrestha – Anand and Anand

Indonesia

Emanuel Dewo Adi Winedhar – TaxPrime
Rudy Andreas Halomoan Sitorus – Makarim & Tiara S

Japan

Peter Harris – Clifford Chance
Tomohiko Kamimura – Squire Patton Boggs

Malaysia

Jane Guan – Christopher & Lee Ong
Yin Lu Tan – Shearn Delamore & Co

New Zealand

Katherine Hebditch – AJ Park
Tim Bunker – Anthony Harper

Philippines

Mabel Buted – Du-Baladad and Associates

Singapore

Meryl Koh – Drew & Napier
Pedram Norton – Stephenson Harwood

South Korea

Han Kyung Lee – Lee & Ko
Hemi Lee – Kim & Chang

Thailand

Ploy Chongcharoentanavat – Baker McKenzie
Sher Hann Chua – Tilleke & Gibbins

Vietnam

Chuyen Hong Huu Le – Tilleke & Gibbins

source: https://www.legal500.com/

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