India’s AZB & Partners and Singapore’s WongPartnership and Allen & Gledhill were among the top legal advisers for mergers and acquisitions in Asia, excluding Japan, in the first quarter of this year, as M&A activity in the region dropped dramatically amid a still-unresolved trade war between the U.S. and China and slower growth in China, which has acted as Asia’s economic engine. 

The rankings are based on data compiled both by Refinitiv and Mergermarket.