Awards

DFDL is the preeminent integrated legal and tax firm in Southeast and South Asia with a reputation for technical excellence, creativity, and integrity.

We have won numerous awards for our legal and tax work across all the countries in which we operate. Our legal experts are regularly featured as expert speakers and panelists at prestigious events, and our team is regularly quoted in global media.

2024 asialaw

  • Banking and Finance ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Banking and Financial Services CambodiaHighly Recommended
  • Banking and Financial Services Lao PDRHighly Recommended
  • Banking and Financial Services ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Consumer Goods and Services CambodiaHighly Recommended
  • Consumer Goods and Services ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Corporate and M&A ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Corporate and M&A VietnamHighly Recommended
  • Energy ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Energy VietnamHighly Recommended
  • Industrials and Manufacturing CambodiaHighly Recommended
  • Infrastructure Lao PDRHighly Recommended
  • Infrastructure Lao PDRHighly Recommended
  • Infrastructure ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Tax ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Tax VietnamHighly Recommended
  • Capital Markets ThailandNotable
  • Consumer Goods and Services VietnamNotable
  • Industrials and Manufacturing VietnamNotable
  • General Business Law CambodiaOutstanding
  • General Business Law Lao PDROutstanding
  • Aviation and Shipping ThailandRecommended
  • Banking and Finance VietnamRecommended
  • Banking and Financial Services VietnamRecommended
  • Capital Markets VietnamRecommended
  • Industrials and Shipping ThailandRecommended
  • Labour and Employment ThailandRecommended
  • Real Estate ThailandRecommended
  • Real Estate VietnamRecommended
  • Restructuring and Insolvency ThailandRecommended

2024 chambers and partners asia pacific

  • General Business Law CambodiaBand 1
  • General Business Law Lao PDRBand 1
  • General Business Law MyanmarBand 1
  • Projects & Energy BangladeshBand 1
  • Corporate & Finance BangladeshBand 2
  • Tax ThailandBand 2
  • Corporate/M&A VietnamBand 3
  • Projects & Energy ThailandBand 3
  • Projects, Infrastructure & Energy VietnamBand 3
  • Real Estate ThailandBand 3
  • Corporate/M&A ThailandBand 4
  • Tax VietnamSpotlight Table

2024 legal 500 asia pacific

  • Corporate and M&A/Projects  MyanmarTier 1
  • Leading Firm Cambodia & Lao PDRTier 1
  • Tax Vietnam Tier 1
  • Banking and Finance Bangladesh Tier 2
  • Corporate and M&A Vietnam Tier 2
  • Projects & Energy Thailand & Vietnam Tier 2
  • Tax Thailand Tier 2
  • Banking and Finance Thailand Tier 3
  • Corporate And M&A Bangladesh Tier 3
  • Real Estate and Construction Thailand & Vietnam Tier 3
  • Restructuring And Insolvency Thailand Tier 3
  • TMT Thailand Tier 3

2024 world tax world transfer pricing

  • Tax Cambodia & MyanmarActive
  • Transfer Pricing CambodiaActive
  • Customs VietnamTier 2
  • General Corporate Tax Thailand & VietnamTier 2
  • Transfer Pricing Thailand & VietnamTier 3

2023 asialaw

  • Banking and Finance ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Banking and Financial Services CambodiaHighly Recommended
  • Banking and Financial Services Lao PDRHighly Recommended
  • Banking and Financial Services ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Construction ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Consumer Goods and Services CambodiaHighly Recommended
  • Consumer Goods and Services ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Corporate and M&A ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Corporate and M&A VietnamHighly Recommended
  • Energy ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Energy VietnamHighly Recommended
  • Industrials and Manufacturing CambodiaHighly Recommended
  • Infrastructure Lao PDRHighly Recommended
  • Infrastructure MyanmarHighly Recommended
  • Infrastructure ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Real Estate MyanmarHighly Recommended
  • Tax ThailandHighly Recommended
  • Tax and Transfer Pricing VietnamHighly Recommended
  • Technology and Telecommunications MyanmarHighly Recommended
  • Technology and Telecommunications ThailandHighly Recommended
  • General Business Law BangladeshNotable
  • Capital Market ThailandOther Notable
  • Consumer Goods and Services VietnamOther Notable
  • Banking and Financial Services MyanmarOutstanding
  • Energy MyanmarOutstanding
  • General Business Law CambodiaOutstanding
  • General Business Law Lao PDROutstanding
  • General Business Law MyanmarOutstanding
  • Aviation and Shipping ThailandRecommended
  • Banking and Finance VietnamRecommended
  • Capital Markets VietnamRecommended
  • Industrials and Manufacturing ThailandRecommended
  • Labour and Employment ThailandRecommended
  • Real Estate ThailandRecommended
  • Real Estate VietnamRecommended
  • Restructuring and Insolvency ThailandRecommended

2023 chambers and partners asia pacific

  • General Business Law CambodiaBand 1
  • General Business Law Lao PDRBand 1
  • Infrastructure MyanmarBand 1
  • Projects & Energy BangladeshBand 1
  • Corporate/M&A VietnamBand 2
  • Corporate & Finance BangladeshBand 3
  • Projects & Energy ThailandBand 3
  • Projects, Infrastructure & Energy VietnamBand 3
  • Real Estate ThailandBand 3
  • Tax ThailandBand 3
  • Corporate/M&A ThailandBand 4
  • Technology, Media, Telecoms ThailandBand 4
  • Tax VietnamSpotlight Table

2023 iflr 1000

  • Financial and Corporate BangladeshActive
  • RestructuringOther Notable
  • RestructuringOther Notable
  • Financial and Corporate CambodiaTier 1
  • Financial and Corporate Lao PDRTier 1
  • Financial and Corporate MyanmarTier 1
  • Project Development CambodiaTier 1
  • Project Development Lao PDRTier 1
  • Project Development MyanmarTier 1
  • Project Development VietnamTier 1
  • Project Development Thailand  Tier 2
  • Banking and Finance ThailandTier 3
  • Banking and Finance VietnamTier 3
  • Capital Markets: Debt/M&A ThailandTier 3
  • Capital Markets: Debt/M&A VietnamTier 3
  • Project Development: Foreign SingaporeTier 3

2023 legal 500 asia pacific

  • Tax Firm of the Year 2023
  • Corporate and M&A MyanmarTier 1
  • Leading Firm CambodiaTier 1
  • Leading Firm Lao PDRTier 1
  • Projects MyanmarTier 1
  • Tax ThailandTier 1
  • Tax VietnamTier 1
  • Banking and Finance BangladeshTier 2
  • Corporate and M&A VietnamTier 2
  • Projects and Energy ThailandTier 2
  • Projects and Energy VietnamTier 2
  • TMT ThailandTier 2
  • Banking and Finance ThailandTier 3
  • Corporate And M&A BangladeshTier 3
  • Real Estate and Construction ThailandTier 3
  • Real Estate and Construction VietnamTier 3
  • Restructuring And Insolvency ThailandTier 3
  • Banking and Finance VietnamTier 4
  • Corporate and M&A ThailandTier 4

2023 world tax world transfer pricing

  • Tax Cambodia & MyanmarActive
  • Transfer Pricing CambodiaActive
  • Customs VietnamTier 2
  • General Corporate Tax Thailand & VietnamTier 2
  • Transfer Pricing VietnamTier 3

2022 asia business law journal

  • Tax Law Firm of the Year

2022 chambers and partners asia pacific

  • Winner of Mekong Region Firm of the Year
  • General Corporate Business Law Cambodia, Lao PDR, MyanmarBand 1
  • Corporate/M&A VietnamBand 2
  • Projects & Energy, Real Estate, Tax ThailandBand 2
  • Corporate & Finance BangladeshBand 3
  • Projects, Infrastructure & Energy VietnamBand 3
  • Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) ThailandBand 4
  • Corporate/M&A ThailandBand 5
  • Tax VietnamSpotlight Table

2022 iflr 1000

  • Financial and Corporate Cambodia, Lao PDR & MyanmarTier 1
  • Project Development Cambodia, Lao PDR & MyanmarTier 1
  • Project Development Thailand & VietnamTier 2
  • Banking and Finance/Capital Markets: Debt/M&A Thailand & VietnamTier 3
  • Project Development: Foreign SingaporeTier 3

2022 legal 500 asia pacific

  • Project Development Cambodia, Lao PDR & MyanmarTier 1
  • Corporate and M&A/Projects MyanmarTier 1
  • Leading Firm Cambodia & Lao PDRTier 1
  • Tax VietnamTier 1
  • Corporate and M&A VietnamTier 2
  • Projects & Energy Thailand & VietnamTier 2
  • TMT ThailandTier 2
  • Banking and Finance ThailandTier 3
  • Corporate and M&A ThailandTier 3
  • Real Estate and Construction Thailand & VietnamTier 3
  • Tax ThailandTier 3
  • Banking and Finance VietnamTier 4

2022 world tax world transfer pricing

  • Tax Cambodia & MyanmarActive
  • Transfer Pricing CambodiaActive
  • Private Client ThailandTier 1
  • Customs VietnamTier 2
  • General Corporate Tax Thailand & VietnamTier 2
  • Transfer Pricing VietnamTier 3