Our methodology

Firm information

Names, services and office information are checked against the firm’s website. These facts are labelled as firm-reported. Our English descriptions are written for this guide; they are not the firm’s own promotional copy.

Independent recognition

A record is independently confirmed when its result can be checked with the issuing directory. Each entry retains the original category, result, geography and edition. A shortlist is not a win, and recognition in one practice is not an overall firm rating.

We do not count a lawyer’s individual ranking as a firm ranking. Recognition counts describe the records in our collection, not a firm’s complete history.

News and updates

Each update shows who published it. Firm news is reported by the firm itself; our summaries are written for this guide and link to the original. Coverage from third parties will be labelled with its own publisher and never presented as firm-reported.

Official records are a separate check

Reviewing a firm’s website does not verify its regulatory status. An official-record check must identify the exact registered entity and the date checked. Where this has not been completed, the profile says so.

Dates and missing information

A check date records when we consulted a source. It is not necessarily the date to which a statistic refers. Unknown figures are shown as not confirmed; missing recognition is not evidence that a firm has no awards.

Coverage and independence

The directory begins with one firm, Jincheng Tongda & Neal. Inclusion is not a recommendation. Firms are listed alphabetically, and we do not publish our own league table or combine third-party rankings into a score.