The 2026 listing of leading Hong Kong Front-End Construction & Infrastructure Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of non-contentious construction, projects and infrastructure matters across the region’s legal markets who have been identified by clients and peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Bernard Ang, Pinsent Masons
Sam Farrands, King & Wood
Ilan Freiman, CMS
Leading
Ian Cocking, Cocking & Co
Scott Gardiner, King & Wood
Gilbert Kwok, Gilbert Kwok & Partners
Recommended
Hinson Cheung, Pinsent Masons
James McLaren, Linklaters
Vivian Wong, Cocking & Co
Tian Xu, King & Wood
John Yeap, Pinsent Masons
Previous editions
2025 edition published May 2025
Preeminent
Bernard Ang, Pinsent Masons
Ilan Freiman, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Leading
Ian Cocking, Cocking & Co
Sam Farrands, King & Wood Mallesons
Recommended
Hinson Cheung, Pinsent Masons
Scott Gardiner, King & Wood Mallesons
Gilbert Kwok, Gilbert Kwok & Partners
James McLaren, Linklaters
Nicholas Molan, King & Wood Mallesons
Dennis Wong, Cocking & Co
John Yeap, Pinsent Masons
2024 edition published July 2024
Preeminent
Bernard Ang, Pinsent Masons
Sam Farrands, King & Wood Mallesons
Ilan Freiman, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Leading
Ian Cocking, Cocking & Co
John Yeap, Pinsent Masons
Recommended
Geoffrey Chan, Mayer Brown
Dean Lewis, Pinsent Masons
Stanley Lo, Deacons
Nicholas Molan, King & Wood Mallesons
Dennis Wong, Cocking & Co
2022 edition published May 2022
Preeminent
Sam Farrands, King & Wood Mallesons
Ilan Freiman, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Leading
Bernard Ang, Pinsent Masons
Geoffrey Chan, Mayer Brown
Ian Cocking, Cocking & Co
Patrick Daley, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Damon So, Hogan Lovells
Christopher Tung, K&L Gates
Recommended
Joseph Bevash, Latham & Watkins
Peiji Gao, Clifford Chance
Glenn Haley, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Tim Hill, Hogan Lovells
Felicia Lee, Mayer Brown
Stanley Lo, Deacons
Richard Lyons, Hills Dickinson
Patricia Tan Openshaw, Gibson Dunn
2021 edition published June 2021
Preeminent
Bernard Ang, Pinsent Masons
Ilan Freiman, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Leading
Geoffrey Chan, Mayer Brown
Sam Farrands, King & Wood Mallesons
Stanley Lo, Deacons
Recommended
Kwok Kit Cheung, Deacons
Ian Cocking, Cocking & Co
Glenn Haley, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Menachem Hasofer, Mayer Brown
Gilbert Kwok, Cocking & Co
Felicia Lee, Mayer Brown
Edmund Wan, King & Wood Mallesons
2020 edition published April 2020
Preeminent
Bernard Ang, Pinsent Masons
Sam Farrands, King & Wood Mallesons
Ilan Freiman, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Leading
Geoffrey Chan, Mayer Brown
Venna Cheng, Mayer Brown
Glenn Haley, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Edmund Wan, King & Wood Mallesons
Recommended
Joseph Chung, Deacons
Ian Cocking, Cocking & Co
Patrick Daley, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Menachem Hasofer, Mayer Brown
Stanley Lo, Deacons
Stuart Salt, Linklaters
Damon So, Hogan Lovells