We are pleased to announce that the Firm continues to be ranked by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2024 for its Shipping practice in Tier 4, as well as its Commercial and Transactions practice in Tier 5.

In addition to the practice rankings, our Managing Partner, Raghunath Peter Doraisamy FCIArb, is recognised as a “Litigation Star” for his Shipping practice and our Deputy Managing Partner, Gerard Quek, has been recognised as “Future Star” for his Commercial and Transactions practice.

These rankings are testimony to the Firm’s expertise and experience in the areas of Shipping, and Commercial and Transactions and our dedicated team for their hard work.

Benchmark Litigation is the definitive guide to the world’s leading litigation firms and lawyers. Law firm and lawyer rankings are based on extensive interviews with litigators, dispute resolution specialists and their clients as well as analysis of the market’s most important cases and firm developments.

PDLegal LLC is pleased to announce that Managing Partner, Peter Doraisamy, has been recognised and ranked by Chambers & Partners (Asia-Pacific 2024 for Shipping: Domestic: Litigation).

The following quotes appear with Peter’s ranking: –

“Peter is highly intelligent, with a keen awareness for issues. He often proposes simple, practical solutions for seemingly complex issues.” – Shipping Litigation Client

“He is very good at understanding the case matter easily. During trial, his way of handling witnesses is impressive.” – Shipping Litigation Client

The Chambers Asia-Pacific guide and rankings provide the most independent, in-depth insights and reliable recommendations on the best law firms and lawyers across the legal markets in Asia-Pacific.

This ranking is a testimony to the expertise and experience of the Firm’s shipping practice and would not be possible without the support of our clients and friends.

BENCHMARK LITIGATION ASIA-PACIFIC 2023

PDLegal is grateful for the recognition by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2023. The firm has been ranked Tier 4 in the “Shipping” category and Tier 5 in the “Commercial and Transactions” category.

Additionally, the Firm’s Managing Partner, Peter Doraisamy has been recognised as Litigation Star (in the “Shipping” category) and Deputy Managing Partner, Gerard Quek has been recognised as Future Star (in the “Commercial and Transactions” category).

These rankings are testimony to the expertise and experience of the Firm’s practice areas. The Firm is grateful to its clients and will continue to work hard to strive for excellence.

ABOUT BENCHMARK LITIGATION

Benchmark Litigation is the definitive guide to the world’s leading litigation law firms and lawyers. It is the only publication on the market focusing exclusively on litigation work. Research is conducted through extensive interviews with peers and clients of 14 jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, among others. It covers 10 practice areas in Singapore including Commercial and Transactions, Construction, Insolvency, and several others.

The Firm’s Managing Partner, Peter Doraisamy has been recognised as Litigation Star (in the “Shipping” category).

These rankings are testimony to the expertise and experience of the Firm’s practice areas. The Firm is grateful to its clients and will continue to work hard to strive for excellence.

ABOUT BENCHMARK LITIGATION

Benchmark Litigation is the definitive guide to the world’s leading litigation law firms and lawyers. It is the only publication on the market focusing exclusively on litigation work. Research is conducted through extensive interviews with peers and clients of 14 jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, among others. It covers 10 practice areas in Singapore including Commercial and Transactions, Construction, Insolvency, and several others.

The Firm’s Deputy Managing Partner, Gerard Quek has been recognised as Future Star (in the “Commercial and Transactions” category).

These rankings are testimony to the expertise and experience of the Firm’s practice areas. The Firm is grateful to its clients and will continue to work hard to strive for excellence.

ABOUT BENCHMARK LITIGATION

Benchmark Litigation is the definitive guide to the world’s leading litigation law firms and lawyers. It is the only publication on the market focusing exclusively on litigation work. Research is conducted through extensive interviews with peers and clients of 14 jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, among others. It covers 10 practice areas in Singapore including Commercial and Transactions, Construction, Insolvency, and several others.

PDLegal LLC is pleased to announce that Managing Partner, Peter Doraisamy, has been recognised and ranked by Chambers & Partners (Asia-Pacific 2023 for Shipping: Domestic: Litigation). The following quotes appear with Peter’s ranking: –

“Peter Doraisamy of PDLegal in Singapore is a noted shipping lawyer in the market. He handles a wide range of disputes, including ship grounding, cargo and fraud-related cases” – Chambers & Partners – Asia-Pacific 2023

“He is excellent in litigation. He has very good control of the case, collecting the right evidence and putting this into a very successful trial.” – Shipping Litigation Client

Chambers and Partners is the leading independent professional legal research company operating across 200 jurisdictions. Chambers and Partners delivers detailed rankings and insights into the world’s leading lawyers and law firms.

This ranking is a testimony to the expertise and experience of the Firm’s shipping practice and would not be possible without the support of our clients and friends.

Our Awards and Recognitions

PDLegal LLC is pleased to announce that our Managing Partner, Peter Doraisamy, has been ranked (on aggregation) by Legal Media 360 as a Notable practitioner under the Dispute resolution – General category and as a Band 1 practitioner under the Shipping – Disputes category.

Legal Media 360 is a definitive one stop resource for selecting quality legal counsel in Asia which publishes consolidated rankings and awards data based on critical recommendations from multiple market-leading publications.

This ranking is a testimony to the expertise and experience of the Firm’s Dispute resolution and Shipping practices and would not be possible without the support of our clients and friends.

We are pleased to share that PDLegal LLC has been recognised as a “notable firm” in IFLR1000’s 33rd edition for Investment Funds.

The IFLR1000 is the guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers and is the only international legal directory dedicated to ranking law firms and lawyers on the basis of financial and corporate transactional work.

We would like to express our gratitude to all our valued clients for their continued trust and support.

We are pleased to share that PDLegal LLC has been recognised as a “notable firm” in IFLR1000’s 33rd edition for M&A.

The IFLR1000 is the guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers and is the only international legal directory dedicated to ranking law firms and lawyers on the basis of financial and corporate transactional work.

We would like to express our gratitude to all our valued clients for their continued trust and support.

PDLegal LLC is pleased to announce that the firm continues to be recognised by Asialaw 2023 as a notable firm for Aviation & Shipping and Dispute Resolution. Partners, Peter Doraisamy and Andrew Lee are recognised by Asialaw Leading Lawyers as a Notable Practitioner and Rising Star for Dispute Resolution.

Asialaw is the only legal directory featuring comprehensive analysis on Asia’s regional and domestic firms, and leading lawyers from the region. As such, legal professionals can find unrivalled depth about the market, where law firms can benefit from valuable business development opportunities and corporate executives can rely on credible information on the best legal advisers in Asia.
Asialaw rankings are based on the feedback from in-house counsel, private practice lawyers and an independent research in the legal and financial markets across 25 jurisdictions throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Click here to view Asialaw’s analysis of the firm

The firm continues to be recognised by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2022 for its shipping litigation practice (Tier 4). Managing Partner, Peter Doraisamy is also recognised as a “Litigation Star” for his shipping practice.

As the firm’s Corporate, Commercial and Civil Litigation practice continues to grow to handle more complex matters, this year, the firm is also recognised for the said practice (Tier 5).

These rankings are testimony to the expertise and experience of the Firm’s shipping and Corporate, Commercial and Civil Litigation teams.

“The firm regularly acts for ship owners, charterers, protection and indemnity clubs, insurers and other institutions involved in the maritime industry. Its lawyers are experienced in not only shipping disputes but also corporate commercial and civil litigation involving banking and finance, construction, employment and fraud and asset recovery. Last year, the firm doubled its disputes bench strength with the hiring of two partners, a senior associate and two associates.” -Benchmark Litigation 2022

Benchmark Litigation is the definitive guide to the world’s leading litigation law firms and lawyers. It is the only publication on the market focusing exclusively on litigation work. Research is conducted through extensive interviews with peers and clients of 14 jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, among others. It covers 10 practice areas in Singapore including Commercial and Transactions, Construction, Insolvency, and several others.