Four UK firms have made the cut in this year’s list of the 50 global firms with the biggest presence in Asia, as firms attempt to keep up with Chinese players’ breakneck growth.

Addleshaw Goddard, Ince & Co, CMS and Withers have joined this year’s Asia 50 rankings, replacing four US firms. Addleshaws reported 36 lawyers in Hong Kong and two in Singapore in 2017; its headcount in Hong Kong more than doubled from 2016’s 15.