Renowned legal ranking publication The Legal 500, in partnership with leading law firms in 18 jurisdictions across the Asia Pacific region, has just released a special edition of its magazine fivehundred, focusing on doing business in a post-COVID-19 world. It examines the issues and opportunities in-house counsel and law firms are expected to face when conducting business in 2021. Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is honoured to be the only law firm from Malaysia to be asked to contribute to this important topic.

In a candid and exclusive interview, which may be viewed here, Dato’ Nitin Nadkarni shares his perspective on how the pandemic has altered client expectations, the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies on legal practice, and the need for law firms to adapt to the increasing importance of intra-Asia Pacific trade in the 21st century.

Incidentally, just last month, LHAG was ranked in various practice areas in The Legal 500’s Asia-Pacific 2021 edition. Nitin himself, along with Lambert Rasa-Ratnam, Kumar Kanagasingam (Dispute Resolution), Lim Heng Seng (Labour and Employment), Adlin Abdul Majid (Antitrust and Competition; TMT), G Vijay Kumar (TMT), Megat Hizaini Hassan (lslamic Finance), SM Shanmugam (Dispute Resolution) and Tay Weng Hwee (Corporate and M&A; Real Estate and Construction) were recognised in the “Leading Individuals” category. Lambert, a highly respected figure among his peers who leads the firm’s well-regarded Dispute Resolution Practice, also added “Hall of Fame” to his list of honours.