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The Best Lawyers in Singapore™ 2025 Edition

For 2025, Best Lawyers presents the most esteemed awards for lawyers and law firms in Singapore.

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Written by Best Lawyers

Published: April 17, 2024

The Best Lawyers in Singapore 2025

Our Purely Peer Review® process includes nominations, peer voting and an extensive research process to verify data for each recognized lawyer. For 2025, the process culminated in 588 awarded lawyers at 142 law firms for The Best Lawyers in Singapore™.

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The Practice Areas Behind Each Award

Lawyers in Singapore received awards in 47 individual practice areas. Among these practices, the top 10 with the most recognized lawyers include Arbitration and Mediation, Litigation, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Shipping and Maritime Law, Construction Law, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets Law and Intellectual Property Law.

Through the Best Lawyers website, users can access the Find a Lawyer page, which allows them to find lawyers across Singapore in necessary practice areas. Users searched the Best Lawyers website the most in Singapore for these 10 practice areas: Information Technology Law, Arbitration and Mediation, Construction Law, Corporate Law, Criminal Defense, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Private Funds.

“Lawyer of the Year” Awards

The 16th edition of The Best Lawyers in Singapore also includes the respected “Lawyer of the Year” awards, which honor one lawyer per practice area in each metropolitan area. For 2025, the awards honor 27 “Lawyer of the Year” recipients across Singapore.

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Interested in seeing Best Lawyers honorees? Use our Find a Lawyer in Singapore tool to search by location and specialty. Visit the Find a Lawyer page to explore additional legal expertise and resources worldwide.

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Lawyers in Columbus, Ohio

Denise M. Mirman
Denise M. Mirman
Friedman & Mirman Co. LPA
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Family Law
Recognized since 2012 in
Denise M. Mirman
Denise M. Mirman

Denise Mirman is the managing shareholder of Friedman & Mirman Co. LPA, a nine-lawyer firm that practices family law exclusively. She has been included in Super Lawyers every year since inception and is on several top lists in Columbus and Ohio. She has also been listed in Best Lawyers in America in Family Law for several years,a distinction limited to just 1% of the practicing attorneys in the country as voted upon by other lawyers, and she is the Best Lawyers in America 2015 Lawyer of t...

Denise M. Mirman
Denise M. Mirman
James D. Abrams
James D. Abrams
Taft
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Appellate Practice
Commercial Litigation
Specific Focus
COVID-19
Recognized since 2016 in
James D. Abrams
James D. Abrams
Mary McWilliams Dengler
Mary McWilliams Dengler
Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote PC
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Insurance
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Recognized since 2021 in
Mary McWilliams Dengler
Mary McWilliams Dengler

Mary McWilliams Dengler is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants and Railroad Law. Mary McWilliams, who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Mary McWilliams is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic ...

Mary McWilliams Dengler
Mary McWilliams Dengler
Gregory B. Foliano
Gregory B. Foliano
Arnold Todaro Welch & Foliano
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Specific Focus
Birth Trauma
Recognized since 2007 in
Gregory B. Foliano
Gregory B. Foliano

Greg Foliano has been defending professionals for his entire career. He has represented physicians, nurses, hospitals, lawyers and nursing homes throughout Ohio. Greg's career began in 1990 with a law firm dedicated exclusively to the defense of professional malpractice lawsuits. He tried his first case to verdict within months after receiving his law license and had his first solo case tried to verdict within a year of practice. Since that time, Greg has continued to try lawsuits throughout ...

Gregory B. Foliano
Gregory B. Foliano
Jon J. Saia
Jon J. Saia
Saia, Marrocco & Jensen, Inc.
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
DUI / DWI Defense
Recognized since 2012 in
Jon J. Saia
Jon J. Saia

Jon J. Saia has over 34 years of experience in defending criminal cases. The focus of his practice is OVI Defense. Beyond representing individuals charged with OVI, Mr. Saia provides consultation services and expert testimony with respect to the administration of field sobriety and and is often consulted by colleagues with regard to issues surrounding breath, blood and urine alcohol testing. Mr. Saia is has completed training in both the administration and instruction of DUI Detection and Sta...

Jon J. Saia
Jon J. Saia
Matthew S. Bailey
Matthew S. Bailey
JRW Esquire LTD
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Recognized since 2023 in
Matthew S. Bailey
Matthew S. Bailey

Matthew S. Bailey is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Matthew S., who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Matthew S. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Matthew S. Bailey
Matthew S. Bailey
Todd Long
Todd Long
Eastman & Smith LTD
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Recognized since 2026 in
Todd Long
Todd Long

Part of the White Collar Crime and Investigations Practice Group, Mr. Long has represented businesses, business professionals, public officials, medical professionals and educators in matters involving fraud, embezzlement, tax controversies, public corruption, regulatory enforcement matters and business litigation. He manages matters in both federal and state courts as well as before government regulatory entities. His experience includes dealing with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Fed...

Todd Long
Todd Long
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Samuel Lillard
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Employment Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Recognized since 2024 in
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Samuel Lillard

Samuel Lillard is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Samuel, who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Samuel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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J. Troy Terakedis
J. Troy Terakedis
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Specific Focus
Partnership
Recognized since 2009 in
J. Troy Terakedis
J. Troy Terakedis

Troy Terakedis counsels clients on federal income tax matters and in the structuring and formation of venture capital, leveraged buyout and other private equity funds, as well as other business entities. He also advises on partnership, limited liability company and general corporate law. In addition, Troy works with closely-held businesses, their owners, and other high-net worth individuals and executives, advising them on federal income tax, corporate succession, estate and gift tax and asse...

J. Troy Terakedis
J. Troy Terakedis
Gregory W. Stype
Gregory W. Stype
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Corporate Law
Economic Development Law
Government Relations Practice
Specific Focus
Economic Development
Recognized since 2006 in
Gregory W. Stype
Gregory W. Stype

Gregory W. Stype is a partner in the Columbus office of Barnes & Thornburg, where he is a member of the Government Services and Finance Department. With more than 30 years of experience, Gregory devotes his practice to public and infrastructure finance and economic development. Gregory has served as counsel to state government entities, including the Ohio Public Facilities Commission, the Ohio Office of Budget and Management, and the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission, as well as...

Gregory W. Stype
Gregory W. Stype

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