Overview
(January 13, 2022, Washington, DC) — Steptoe has received a practice ranking and an individual recognition for Wendy Wysong in the 2022 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. Published annually, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific provides unbiased commentary and insight into the legal marketplaces of 25 Asia Pacific jurisdictions, recommending firms and individuals on merit.
In its Hong Kong guide, Steptoe is recommended in the "Regulatory: Anti-Corruption and Compliance" practice area. Wendy Wysong is listed as a "Leading Individual" in her field.
Wysong is the managing partner of Steptoe's Hong Kong office and co-chair of the firm's Investigations and White-Collar Defense group. She focuses her practice on regulatory compliance and white-collar defense of international laws, representing clients throughout the United States and Asia in the logistics, defense, aerospace, healthcare, telecommunications, gaming, consumer goods and energy sectors.
Read more on the recommendations in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. For more information on Steptoe's presence in the professional community, see the Honors & Rankings page.
About Steptoe
In more than 100 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
The diversity of the firm is a critical factor in its success. The majority of Steptoe's nine offices are managed by women; the majority of Steptoe’s practice groups have women as leaders; the firm’s fourteen-person elected compensation committee includes six women; and the firm's nine-person elected executive committee includes three women. The firm's eight-person professional business services leadership is equally diverse, with half the c-suite made up of women, including three women of color, and other leaders who openly identify as LGBTQ+.