The Valeo 2024 Asia Pacific Law Firm Hourly Rate Report details the average hourly rates of large law firms representing large companies in the region by Position (Senior Partner - 25 years or more since graduation year, Partner - 24 years and less, Counsel, Senior Associate - 5 years or more and Associate - 4 years and less) from the AMLAW 100, Magic Circle and Silver Circle firms. The report gives users real-time insight into the rate differences between firms, practices and countries. The rate data and related details of this Report were taken directly from the Attorney Hourly Rate and LPM Pricing Platform.
Research and Reporting Methodology
The publisher researches, reviews, and analyzes hourly rates that are publicly disclosed of attorneys and support staff at currently 2,500 law firms representing over 20,000 companies. Secondary public records research is performed to complete detailed engagement profiles of the attorneys and companies involved. Through this process we are able to provide actionable data to our user community - large law firms, corporations and consulting firms to make 1) direct comparisons between attorneys and firms (as opposed to general averages of a collection of various firms' rates as found in surveys or e-billing services) and 2) important pricing and strategy decisions enterprise-wide or engagement-by-engagement.
In the Valeo Attorney Hourly Rates and LPM Pricing Platform, all hourly rates, hours, and fees for each individual attorney are cited as to the source. For example, the citation for a court filing includes: case name, case number, court, case filing date, filing number, filing description, attorney and support staff listed by full name, client name, hourly rate of each timekeeper, hours billed, total hours and the time period in which the work was performed. As mentioned, further secondary research is required to confirm experience levels (graduation and bar licensure years), bar state (in the United States) or bar country (outside of the United States), practice area(s) and primary industry of the client.
All data for the Analytical Reports is downloaded from the Platform and rates are listed as Average Billed Rates by Firm, Position (Senior Partner, Partner, Counsel, Senior Associate, Associate and Support Staff), Practice(s) and Rate Year.
In order to provide this detailed level of clarity and transparency, the publisher researches 1) public records in US State Courts, US Supreme Court, US Federal Courts - District, Appellate, Federal Circuit and Bankruptcy 2) publicly available budgets from municipalities, districts (school, water, environmental and others), counties and states where attorneys were hired to perform legal work for the public entity 3) registrations such SEC records and other publicly disclosed documents and 4) government affairs fees.
The practice of law is global and although most hourly rate data is from public sources in the United States, the publisher captures hourly rates for attorneys in 62 countries and denominated in 11 currencies.
Since the publisher researches, reviews and analyzes only publicly available information and cites the source of the information, the United States federal and state court systems easily recognize and accept the validity and veracity of the data in court. The data has been used and cited in several hundred United States federal and state court cases including the Supreme Court of the United States (Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley Publishing), Federal District Courts (The United States v. Apple), Appellate Courts including the Federal Circuit, Federal Bankruptcy (AMR Corporation, Chapter 11 bankruptcy case) and Adversary proceedings and major state courts mainly in California, Texas and New York.
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Valeo 2024 Asia Pacific Law Firm Hourly Rate Report
Valeo Research and Reporting Methodology
Rates by Country
Australia
- Non-AMLAW
- Ashurst LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Construction
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Energy
- Equities
- Finance
- Intellectual Property
- International
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Capital Markets
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Energy
- Environmental
- Finance
- Infrastructure
- Intellectual Property
- International
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation Support Services
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Patent
- Private Equity
- Real Estate
- Regulatory
- Tax
- Technology including Emerging Technology
- Transactional
- AMLAW 200
- #1 Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #2 Latham & Watkins LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Finance
- #3 DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Energy
- Regulatory
- #4 Baker McKenzie
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Employee Benefits
- Finance
- Intellectual Property
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #5 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- #7 White & Case LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- #11 Jones Day
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Antitrust
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- International
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #12 Hogan Lovells LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #16 Norton Rose Fulbright
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Antitrust
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- Insurance
- Public Sector Tax Counsel
- Tax
- #24 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Litigation Support Services
- #29 Reed Smith LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #31 Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #37 Milbank LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- #55 Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Magic Circle
- Clifford Chance LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Finance
- Slaughter and May
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Finance
China
- Non-AMLAW
- Clyde & Co LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- International Trade
- Linklaters LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- AMLAW 200
- #1 Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Administrative
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Government & Regulatory Investigations
- Government Affairs/Government Relations
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #2 Latham & Watkins LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Equities
- Finance
- #3 DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property
- #4 Baker McKenzie
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Antitrust
- Contracts
- Copyright
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Real Estate
- Tax
- #5 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #6 Sidley Austin LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Regulatory
- #10 Ropes & Gray LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Life Sciences
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Regulatory
- Technology including Emerging Technology
- #11 Jones Day
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Antitrust
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Equities
- Intellectual Property
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Patent
- #12 Hogan Lovells LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Real Estate
- #14 Greenberg Traurig LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #16 Norton Rose Fulbright
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Finance
- #20 Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #23 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Capital Markets
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #24 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #25 Paul Hastings LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #28 Covington & Burling LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Copyright
- International
- #29 Reed Smith LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Life Sciences
- #30 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #37 Milbank LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Antitrust
- Commercial Litigation
- Finance
- #38 Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #40 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- International Trade
- #46 Foley & Lardner LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Life Sciences
- #67 Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Practice Support
- #101 Steptoe & Johnson LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- Intellectual Property
- Magic Circle
- Allen & Overy LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Antitrust
- Finance
- Clifford Chance LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Finance
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Antitrust
Hong Kong
- Non-AMLAW
- Ashurst LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Energy
- Private Equity
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Linklaters LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Capital Markets
- Commercial Litigation
- Energy
- AMLAW 200
- #1 Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Capital Markets
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- Government Affairs/Government Relations
- Private Equity
- Regulatory
- #2 Latham & Watkins LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- International
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #4 Baker McKenzie
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Arbitration/Mediation
- Commercial Litigation
- Contracts
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Environmental
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Real Estate
- Regulatory
- Tax
- Technology including Emerging Technology
- #5 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- International
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Real Estate
- #7 White & Case LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Capital Markets
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- #10 Ropes & Gray LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Capital Markets
- Government & Regulatory Investigations
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Research Support
- #11 Jones Day
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Capital Markets
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Energy
- Equities
- Intellectual Property
- International
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Real Estate
- #12 Hogan Lovells LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Capital Markets
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- #13 Goodwin Procter LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Private Equity
- #15 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Capital Markets
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #16 Norton Rose Fulbright
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Antitrust
- Arbitration/Mediation
- Commercial Litigation
- Finance
- #20 Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #22 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Tax
- #23 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- #24 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Capital Markets
- Finance
- #25 Paul Hastings LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- International
- Real Estate
- Research Support
- #26 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Arbitration/Mediation
- Commercial Litigation
- #30 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #36 Dechert LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #37 Milbank LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Capital Markets
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- #38 Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Tax
- #40 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Arbitration/Mediation
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Energy
- Finance
- International
- Investment Management
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #58 Shearman & Sterling LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Capital Markets
- Magic Circle
- Allen & Overy LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Commercial Litigation
- Finance
- Clifford Chance LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Aviation/Aerospace
- Commercial Litigation
- Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Slaughter and May
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Real Estate
- Tax
- India
- AMLAW 200
- #10 Ropes & Gray LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #11 Jones Day
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Magic Circle
- Clifford Chance LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Finance
- Transactional
Japan
- Non-AMLAW
- Ashurst LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Linklaters LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- AMLAW 200
- #2 Latham & Watkins LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #4 Baker McKenzie
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Energy
- Environmental
- Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Tax
- #5 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #7 White & Case LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Finance
- #11 Jones Day
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Antitrust
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- Intellectual Property
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Real Estate
- Tax
- #12 Hogan Lovells LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Intellectual Property
- Patent
- #14 Greenberg Traurig LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- #17 King & Spalding LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Energy
- #20 Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #22 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #24 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Capital Markets
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #25 Paul Hastings LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Intellectual Property
- International
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #37 Milbank LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- #38 Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Electronic Discovery
- Patent Prosecution
- Real Estate
- #55 Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Magic Circle
- Allen & Overy LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Clifford Chance LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Finance
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Employee Benefits
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea
- AMLAW 200
- #1 Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- White Collar Criminal Defense
- #2 Latham & Watkins LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
Malaysia
- AMLAW 200
- #4 Baker McKenzie
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Intellectual Property
- Mergers & Acquisitions
New Zealand
- Non-AMLAW
- Ashurst LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Finance
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
Philippines
- AMLAW 200
- #7 White & Case LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Litigation Support Services
- Project Management
Singapore
- Non-AMLAW
- Ashurst LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Clyde & Co LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Energy
- AMLAW 200
- #1 Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Finance
- #2 Latham & Watkins LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Capital Markets
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #3 DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #4 Baker McKenzie
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- Intellectual Property
- International
- International Trade
- Labor & Employment
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Tax
- #5 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #7 White & Case LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Capital Markets
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #11 Jones Day
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Arbitration/Mediation
- Capital Markets
- Equities
- Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #12 Hogan Lovells LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Finance
- #16 Norton Rose Fulbright
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Antitrust
- Aviation/Aerospace
- Commercial Litigation
- Finance
- Infrastructure
- #17 King & Spalding LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Energy
- Finance
- #21 McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Finance
- #37 Milbank LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Finance
- Transportation
- #40 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Magic Circle
- Allen & Overy LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Clifford Chance LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Aviation/Aerospace
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- International
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Regulatory
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Commercial Litigation
- International
- Slaughter and May
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Finance
Taiwan
- AMLAW 200
- #4 Baker McKenzie
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Antitrust
- Contracts
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #5 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #7 White & Case LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Antitrust
- #11 Jones Day
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Finance
- Intellectual Property
- International
- Labor & Employment
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- #30 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
Thailand
- Non-AMLAW
- Linklaters LLP
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Finance
- AMLAW 200
- #3 DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- #4 Baker McKenzie
- Overall
- Practice Areas
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Antitrust
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Technology including Emerging Technology
- White Collar Criminal Defense
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Companies Mentioned
- 1 Steptoe & Johnson LLP
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Baker McKenzie
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- Covington & Burling LLP
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- Dechert LLP
- DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Foley & Lardner LLP
- Goodwin Procter LLP
- Greenberg Traurig LLP
- Hogan Lovells LLP
- Jones Day
- Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
- King & Spalding LLP
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Milbank LLP
- Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Paul Hastings LLP
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
- Reed Smith LLP
- Ropes & Gray LLP
- Shearman & Sterling LLP
- Sidley Austin LLP
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- White & Case LLP
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
