Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP was named a recommended firm in Japan and Thailand in the 2023/24 IFLR 1000 Asia Pacific Guide. The guide recommended eight practices and eight attorneys.

The following practices were recognized in the 2023/24 guide:

  • Banking and Finance (Thailand)
  • Capital Markets: Debt (Thailand)
  • Capital Markets: Equity (Thailand)
  • Project Development (Thailand)
  • Project Development: Foreign (Japan)
  • Project Finance: Foreign (Japan)
  • M&A (Thailand)
  • Restructuring and Insolvency (Thailand)

The following attorneys were also honored in their respective practices:

  • Edward B. Koehler – Highly Regarded – Banking and Finance, Capital Markets: Debt, Capital Markets: Equity, M&A and Project Finance (Thailand)
  • Stephen Bennett – Highly Regarded – Banking and Finance and M&A (Thailand)
  • George Borovas – Highly Regarded – Project Development: Foreign and Project Finance: Foreign (Japan)
  • James P. Bradley – Highly Regarded – Banking and Finance, M&A and Project Development (Thailand)
  • Sean Conaty – Highly Regarded – Project Development: Foreign and Project Finance: Foreign (Japan)
  • Chumbhot Plangtrakul – Rising Star Partner – Project Development (Thailand)
  • Tanagorn Thimasarn – Rising Star – Banking and Finance and M&A (Thailand)
  • Thanyaporn Achariyawong – Rising Star – Banking and Finance (Thailand)

With offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Dubai and Tokyo, the Asia Pacific practice of Hunton Andrews Kurth represents financial institutions, multinational corporations, governments, agencies and investors in transactions and investments within and across borders of national jurisdictions with a focus on projects in Southeast Asia, North America, East Asia, and the Middle East. Reflecting the cross-disciplinary emphasis of the entire firm, its Asia Pacific lawyers have a strong corporate, commercial, development, mergers and acquisitions, and finance focus, and are regularly ranked among the world’s top practitioners by not only the IFLR 1000 but also Chambers Asia-Pacific, Chambers Global and Legal 500 Asia-Pacific. The firm’s Asia Pacific lawyers understand the local business cultures and legal frameworks in the countries connected with their advisory engagements, and have excellent relationships with legal professionals, business leaders, economic groups and government agencies involved.

 
About IFLR 1000

The IFLR 1000 is the guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers. Established in 1990, the IFLR 1000 remains the only international legal directory dedicated to ranking law firms and lawyers on the basis of financial and corporate transactional work.