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According to their website, they judged based on interviewing with those active in the market – mainly clients and other lawyers with whom they work and assessing recent work done.
Regarding law firms in Myanmar, their survey result revealed that DFDL Myanmar, Ltd and Myanmar Legal Services Limied rate as band 1, Allen & Gledhill (Myanmar) Co., Ltd, Kelvin China Yangon Ltd, Rajah & Tann NK Legal and VDB Loi rate as band 2, Baker McKenzie, Duane Morris & Selvam (Myanmar), Polastri Wint & Partners: Legal Tax Advisors, U Tin Yu & Associates rate as band 3 and Lucy Wayne & Associates, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, South Asia Law rate as band 4 respectively. Lincoin Legal Services (Myanmar) and Luther Law Firm are rated as other noted firms.
Concerned with lawyers in Myanmar, Swee Gim Cheah from Kelvin Chia Partnership and James S.Finch from DFDL Myanmar, Ltd, Khin Cho Gyi from Myanmar Legal Services Limited, Tin Ohnmar Tun from the Law Chambers and Edwin Vanderbruggen from VDB Loi stand as band 1.
The guide, Chambers Asia-Pacific 2018 is available on chambers and partners website with free of charge.
