Haldanes Recognised in Doyle’s Guide 2026 for Competition Law and White Collar Crime
Haldanes has been officially ranked across two key practice categories in the August 2026 edition of Doyle’s Guide: Leading Competition & Antitrust Lawyers – Hong Kong, 2026 and Leading White Collar Crime, Corporate Crime & Regulatory Investigations Lawyers – Hong Kong, 2026.
Individual Recognitions
In the inaugural 2026 edition of the Competition & Antitrust category, Partners Felix Ng and Paul Wang have been recognised as Recommended Lawyers.
In White Collar Crime, Corporate Crime & Regulatory Investigations, six of our lawyers earned individual recognition:
- Preeminent: Andrew Powner (Consultant)
- Leading: Jonathan Midgley, Felix Ng, Paul Wang, and Timothy Wan (all Partners)
- Recommended: Geoffrey Booth (Consultant)
Notably, both Andrew and Felix have been continuously recognised in White Collar Crime & Regulatory Investigations since 2019, making 2026 their 8th consecutive year receiving this distinction. Paul has also been recognised in the same category for consecutively five years since 2022.
These latest rankings build on Haldanes’ continued inclusion across Doyle’s Guide in 2026. In April, our Criminal Defence team was ranked as a First-Tier Criminal Defence firm for the eighth consecutive year since the guide’s launch in 2019, alongside individual recognitions for several team members (view our Criminal Defence rankings). More recently, our Civil Litigation practice secured rankings in Estates & Succession Planning as well as Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution (view our Civil Litigation rankings).
We extend our sincere thanks to Doyle’s Guide, as well as our clients, peers, and industry colleagues, for recognising our practice in the inaugural Competition & Antitrust category.
Haldanes’ Competition Law and White Collar Crime Practices
Backed by five decades of exceptional experience in criminal defence and regulatory investigations, Haldanes’ Antitrust and Competition Law practice possesses a distinct strategic advantage in managing the uniquely quasi-criminal nature of Hong Kong’s antitrust enforcement regime. We are part of the joint panel between the Department of Justice and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council aimed at connecting mainland Chinese enterprises with Hong Kong’s elite legal sector, as well as a key contributor to the World Bank’s Business Ready 2025 Report and frequently interviewed by mainstream media like the South China Morning Post.
Haldanes’ Criminal Defence Practice
Haldanes is one of the best-known criminal law firms in Hong Kong. We have a sizeable Criminal Defence Department and our award-winning team has been consistently recognised by leading international legal directories, including Asian Legal Business, Who’s Who Legal / Lexology, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation, Doyles’ Guide, Mondaq, and China Business Law Journal.
Further Reading:
- Haldanes’ Insights: Criminalising Bid-Rigging – 5 Features of Competition Commission’s Reform
- SCMP Interviews Felix Ng on Criminal & Antitrust Issues After Tai Po Fire
- Haldanes interviewed by SCMP on ParknShop-Wellcome supermarket merger
- The World Bank’s Business Ready 2025 Report
- Partner Felix Ng interviewed by Reuters on CK Hutchison’s Panama ports deal
- Competition Law in Hong Kong: 9 Things You Need to Know
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