Kirkland Named Law Firm of the Year for Restructuring and Insolvency by The Legal 500 China
Kirkland has been recognized as “Law Firm of the Year in the Restructuring and Insolvency: Foreign Firms” at 2025 The Legal 500 China Awards, which celebrate leading firms, lawyers and in-house teams that have made significant contributions to China’s dynamic and complex legal market. The selection process is based on The Legal 500’s independent research, which evaluates both full-service and boutique PRC firms as well as foreign law firms.
In Asia, our market-leading restructuring group provides a broad range of business advisory and crisis management skills to navigate clients through situations involving financially troubled companies.
The practice has achieved Tier 1 rankings in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: China Edition for 2026 in both the China and Hong Kong jurisdictions, and our partners are also highly regarded across the industry.
Restructuring and Insolvency: Foreign Firms (China):
- Leading partner: Neil McDonald
Restructuring and Insolvency (Hong Kong):
- Hall of Fame: Neil McDonald
- Leading partner: Wei-Yang Lim
