At least seven Asian firms have been listed among the top global arbitrations firms this year.

Indian firms Advani & Co and Amarchand & Mangaldas made the list, along with Korea's Lee & Ko, Bae Kim & Lee and Kim & Chang, Australia-based Clayton Utz, and Singapore's Rajah & Tann.  All firms have been featured in Global Arbitration Review's Top 100, which ranks the top law firms in arbitration expertise.

Rajah & Tann, which won the International Arbitration award at last year's ALB Law Awards, was the only firm in Singapore to be chosen and was also the first Asian law firm to break into the top 30, achieving a world-wide ranking of 25th.

This year's winner in the International Arbitration Firm of the Year category will be revealed at the BMW ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2009, to be held on 5 June at The Ritz-Carlton Millenia.