About our research
Methodology
Asialaw Profiles is based on extensive consultation with the market. Our research material comes from a combination of sources:
The process starts with detailed surveys being sent to firms and clients, followed by in-depth interviews with lawyers and law firm representatives – conducted face-to-face and over the telephone – as well as additional research. Our aim is to present balanced and detailed editorial chapters.
Questionnaires:
We invite all of the law firms featured in each edition – and even those that are not – to complete a set of questionnaires telling us about their activities over the previous year. We ask for descriptions of the firm’s most important deals in each practice area, as well as information about key contacts, personnel moves and client details.
Partner interviews:
Nobody knows the legal market as well as the people who made it. For this reason, we interview a large number of the leading lawyers from a range of disciplines in each jurisdiction, both by telephone and face-to-face. We ask them their opinions on our previous year’s rankings, their competitors’ specific strengths, and their jurisdiction’s leading lawyers. In addition, we discuss recent trends and their effect on their jurisdiction’s legal market.
Many partners’ comments are included, without attribution, in the editorial.
Client interviews:
To achieve the most objective coverage possible, Asialaw Profiles conducts telephone interviews with in-house counsel, and other buyers of financial legal services, throughout the year. Most of these are provided to us by the law firms themselves, using the questionnaires. We ask clients about their experiences with each firm they use, as well as their feedback on specific lawyers.
The information given by clients is a key factor in deciding the rankings, and we often include their comments, without attribution, in the editorial.
Independent research:
All members of our research team have received training in journalism and financial markets, and are adept at reading around the subject. Using the unique resources of Legal Media Group’s array of magazine titles, directories and events, a year-round supply of press releases, and a well developed database of contacts, each member of the research team is able to understand the nuances of their assigned legal markets.
Our research schedule:
Below is the timetable for Asialaw Profiles research programme.
Early Feb
Distribution of questionnaire alert
Mid Feb
Distribution of questionnaires
Mid April
Deadline for questionnaires
Apr, May, Jun
Interviews
Jul, Aug
Further research and finalising content
September 30
Publication of Asialaw Profiles