Norton Rose Fulbright ranked in top 3 of Hong Kong 2016 M&A league tables

Recognition January 18, 2017

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has ranked in the top 3 of the Mergermarket 2016 Full Year Hong Kong M&A league table for legal advisors. The firm is ranked in second place by deal value, up from twelfth place in 2015.

In the Thomson Reuters Asia-wide (excluding Japan) league table, Norton Rose Fulbright is ranked in second place for Real Estate M&A with a market share of 5.5 percent.

Psyche Tai, a corporate partner in the Hong Kong office of Norton Rose Fulbright commented:

“Hong Kong has seen a positive growth trend in M&A activity throughout 2016, and we’re pleased to have taken a large share of the associated legal work. This is the result of our strong public M&A credentials and a focus on M&A over the past couple of years. It’s been a year for opportunistic buyers, and we expect the upwards growth in M&A activity to continue throughout 2017.”

For further information please contact:

Stuart Lennon, Senior Marketing and Communications Manager, Asia
Tel: +852 3405 2306
stuart.lennon@nortonrosefulbright.com

Norton Rose Fulbright

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 3500 lawyers and other legal staff based in more than 50 cities across Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare.

Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.

Norton Rose Fulbright Verein, a Swiss verein, helps coordinate the activities of Norton Rose Fulbright members but does not itself provide legal services to clients. Norton Rose Fulbright has offices in more than 50 cities worldwide, including London, Houston, Toronto, Sydney and Johannesburg. For more information, see nortonrosefulbright.com/legal-notices.

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