The “Singapore’s Best Law Firms 2025” lists are based on recommendations made by lawyers (peer-to-peer survey), in-house lawyers (corporate legal departments) and clients in 18 different fields of law. In addition to that, participants could also recommend law firms in the categories “Advise to Charities & Not-for-Profit Organizations” and “Offering Pro Bono Services”. For the first time, this edition features a list of the most recommended lawyers.

The sample of lawyers was collected via research conducted by Statista on company websites and further public available sources. The Association of Corporate Counsel Asia Pacific (ACC) also invited its members to take part in the survey. Invitations were sent by e-mail with a personalised link that could only be used once. In addition, lawyers and clients could participate in the survey via an open link that was announced and made available online on The Straits Times’ website. The participants had to provide a personalised company e-mail address for validation purposes, before their answers were included in the evaluation.

The survey was conducted online between 21st May and 15th July 2024, and a total of 5,966 professionals (clients and colleagues) took part. Statista recorded more than 12,000 recommendations for the law firms in all fields of law. Self-recommendations (recommendations from one’s own, associated or allied law firm) were prohibited and were therefore not included in the evaluation. The participants were also asked to answer some optional editorial questions that were specifically aimed to give a better insight into Singapore’s legal world. These questions varied between lawyers and in-house lawyers/clients.