
Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific
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Now in its ninth year, the FT Innovative Lawyers Asia Pacific awards will celebrate innovations from both law firms and in-house teams in the region. The awards will highlight how law firms and in-house legal teams are adapting to the increasing importance of sustainability, the unpredictability caused by the pandemic and the accelerating digital transformation of business.
2022 Winner List
Innovation in Advancing Markets - Cyril Amarchand Mangaldast
Innovation in Creating New Standards - Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Innovation in Talent Management - McKinsey & Company
Innovation in Digital Finance - DLA Piper
Innovation in Enabling Business Growth - Tiang & Partners
Innovation in Business Leadership - Qantas Airways
Innovation in Digital Legal Practice - Nishimura and Asahi
Innovation in People & Skills - MinterEllison
Innovation in ESG Leadership - DBS Bank
Innovation in the Business of Law: New Solutions - Ashurst
Innovation in Social Justice, Inclusion and Diversity - DLA Piper
Innovation in Legal Operations - DXC Technology
Most innovative change maker - Caryn Sandler, Gilbert + Tobin
Most innovative legal practitioner - Ken Siegel, Morrison & Foerster
Most innovative in-house legal team in Asia-Pacific - McKinsey & Company
Most innovative law firm in Asia-Pacific (International headquartered) - Ashurst
Most innovative law firm in Asia-Pacific (APAC Headquartered) - King & Wood Mallesons
2022 Shortlist
Innovation in Advancing Markets
Allen & Overy
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Deacons
Eversheds Sutherland
Gilbert + Tobin
King & Wood Mallesons
Mayer Brown
Orrick
Pinsent Masons
Innovation in Creating New Standards
Anand and Anand
Baker McKenzie
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
King & Wood Mallesons
Lander & Rogers
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
WongPartnership LLP
Innovation in Digital Finance
Allen & Overy
DLA Piper
Herbert Smith Freehills
LNT & Partners
Yulchon LLC
Innovation in Digital Legal Practice
Algo Legal
Allen & Overy
Clayton Utz
Hogan Lovells
Inkling Legal Design
King & Wood Mallesons
LNT & Partners
MinterEllison
Nishimura & Asahi
WongPartnership LLP
Yulchon LLC
Innovation in Enabling Business Growth
Allen & Gledhill
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Dechert LLP
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Pinsent Masons
S&R Associates
Sullivan & Cromwell
Tiang & Partners
Innovation in the Business of Law: New Solutions
Anand and Anand
Ashurst
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
DLA Piper
Gilbert + Tobin
Herbert Smith Freehills
Kim & Chang
Norton Rose Fulbright
Rajah & Tann Singapore
RHTLaw Asia
Innovation in People and Skills
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
King & Wood Mallesons
MinterEllison
Nishimura & Asahi
Rajah & Tann Singapore
White & Case
Innovation in Social Justice, Inclusion and Diversity
Allen & Overy
DLA Piper
Gilbert + Tobin
Hogan Lovells
Pinsent Masons
RHTLaw Asia
Yulchon LLC
Change Maker
Ashurst - Hilary Goodier
Corrs Chambers Westgarth - Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope
DLA Piper - Jim Holding
Gilbert + Tobin - Caryn Sandler
King & Wood Mallesons - Michelle Mahoney
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto - Reiya Nakano
Nishimura & Asahi - Hiroshi Watanabe
RHTLaw Asia - Azman Jaafar
Innovative Practitioner
Allen & Overy - Matthias Voss
Baker McKenzie - Stephanie Mangnus
Corrs Chambers Westgarth - Mark McCowan
Gilbert + Tobin - Peter Reeves
Morrison & Foerster LLP - Ken Siegel
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu - Daisuke Fukamizu
Nishimura & Asahi - Mikiko Soga
Rajah & Tann Singapore - Kala Anandarajah
Sidley Austin LLP - Effie Vasilopoulos
White & Case - Nels Hansen
Most Innovative Law Firm in Asia Pacific
Anand and Anand
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Gilbert + Tobin
Kim & Chang
King & Wood Mallesons
Lander & Rogers
MinterEllison
Nishimura & Asahi
Rajah & Tann Singapore
Yulchon
Most Innovative Law Firm Headquartered Outside Asia Pacific
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
Morrison & Foerster
Pinsent Masons
White & Case
Business Leadership
ANZ Bank
Binance
Grab
Lazada
Qantas Airways
ESG Leadership
Accenture Japan
BHP
BlackRock
CIMB Group
DBS Bank
Innovation in Talent Management
Accenture
Amazon Japan
McKinsey & Company
PayPal Australia
Westpac
Innovation in Operations
BHP
CIMB Group
DBS Bank
DXC Technology
Hyundai Doosan Infracore
LINE Corporation
McKinsey & Company
Mitsubishi Corporation
PayPal Australia
Shell
Tata Communications
Westpac
Most Innovative In-house Legal Team in Asia-Pacific
Accenture
BHP
CIMB Group
DBS Bank
McKinsey & Company
PayPal Australia
Westpac
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