Deal Award Categories
In-House Award Categories
Firm Award Categories
Deal Award categories
Debt Market Deal of the Year
Champion REIT
Firms: Appleby; Baker & McKenzie; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; JSM; Simmons & Simmons
Bank: Citi; HSBC Institution Trust
Accountant: Deloitte |
China Merchants Holdings Guaranteed Notes
Firms: Fried Frank; Linklaters; Maples and Calder
Bank: Bank of America Merrill Lynch; BNP Paribas; ING Group |
Hong Kong and China Gas Company Offering
Firms: Allen & Overy; Commerce & Finance; Linklaters; Woo Kwan Lee & Lo
Banks: HSBC; Morgan Stanley |
Nine Dragons Senior Notes Offering
Firms: Commerce & Finance; Conyers Dill & Pearman; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Goncalves Pereira, Rato, Ling, Vong & Cunha; Jun He Law Offices; Sidley Austin
Bank: Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Accountant: PwC |
Noble Group Senior Notes Offering
Firms: Clifford Chance; Conyers Dill & Pearman; Davis Polk & Wardwell
Banks: Citi; JPMorgan
Accountant: Ernst & Young |
Equity Market Deal of the Year
China Construction Bank Private Sale of H-Shares
Firms: Cleary Gottlieb; Deacons
Bank: Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
China Shanshui Cement IPO
Firms: Commerce & Finance; Jones Day; King & Wood; Maples and Calder; Norton Rose; Shearman & Sterling; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Banks: CCB International Capital; Credit Suisse; Morgan Stanley
Accountant: KPMG |
China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock A+ H share issue
Firms: Baker & McKenzie; Grandall; Herbert Smith; JiaYuan |
Hutchison Telecom Spin-off
Firms: Cleary Gottlieb; Conyers Dill & Pearman; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Herbert Smith; Linklaters
Bank: Goldman Sachs |
Real Gold IPO
Firms: Conyers Dill & Pearman; Gordon Ng & C; Hogan & Hartson; Jun He Law Offices; King & Wood; Latham & Watkins; Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Banks: Citi; Macquarie |
Renhe Commercial Holdings IPO
Firms: Conyers Dill & Pearman; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Jingtian & Gongcheng; Kaiwen; Latham & Watkins; Morrison & Foerster; Norton Rose
Banks: BOCI Asia; HSBC; Morgan Stanley; UBS
Accountant: KPMG |
Shandong Chenming Paper A+B+H Share Issue
Firms: Hylands; JiaYuan; Li & Partners; Orrick
Bank: Guotai Junan; Macquarie |
SJM Holdings HK Listing and Global Offering
Firms: Baker & McKenzie; C&C Advogados; Joao Nuno Riquito & Associates Advogados; Goncalves Pereira, Rato, Ling, Vong & Cunha; Linklaters; Shearman & Sterling
Banks: BNP Paribas; CLSA; Deutsche Bank |
Bally Award
M&A Deal of the Year
China Merchants Bank – Wing Lung Bank Acquisition
Firms: Clifford Chance; Deacons; DLA Piper; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Jun He Law Offices; Simmons & Simmons; Zhong Lun
Banks: Credit Suisse; JPMorgan; Morgan Stanley; UBS |
China Oilfield Services – Awilco Acquisition
Firms: Clifford Chance; King & Wood; White & Case; WongPartnership
Banks: Bank of China; CICC; JPMorgan; Standard Chartered |
China Unicom Restructuring
Firms: Commerce & Finance; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Jingtian & Gongcheng; Linklaters; Milbank; Shearman & Sterling; Skadden; Slaughter and May; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: Bank of America Merrill Lynch; CICC; Citi; JPMorgan |
CITIC International Financial Holdings Privatisation
Firms: Herbert Smith; Jones Day; Linklaters; Richards Butler
Banks: CITIC International Financial Holdings Ltd (CIFH); Lehman Brothers; Morgan Stanley
Accountant: KPMG |
Enric Energy Equipment – CIMC Acquisition
Firms: Conyers Dill & Pearman; Morrison & Foerster; Paul Hastings |
Nomura – Lehman Brothers (Asian business) Acquisition
Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Allen & Overy; AZB & Partners; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Khaitan & Co; Kim & Chang; Linklaters; Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Rajah & Tann; Skadden; Trilegal; Weil Gotshal & Manges; White & Case; WongPartnership
Banks: Rothschild
Accountant: KPMG |
PCCW Proposed Privatisation
Firms: Baker & McKenzie; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Lovells; Skadden |
Project Finance Deal of the Year
Central Asia – China Gas Pipeline
Firms: Baker & McKenzie; Clifford Chance; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; GRATA; King & Wood
Banks: Bank of China; China Development Bank |
CMA CGM Ship Financing
Firms: Kim & Chang; Norton Rose; Orrick; Yulchon
Banks: Calyon; Credit Industriel et Commercial |
Florens Sale and Lease-back of Marine Containers
Firms: Freehills; Orrick |
New Songdo International City Development
Firms: Bae, Kim & Lee; Kim & Chang; Sewha, Park & Goo
Bank: Shinhan Bank |
Korea Deal of the Year
E-Land Group- Homever Sale
Firms: Bae, Kim & Lee; Kim & Chang |
Global 2008 Asset Securitisation
Firms: Horizon Law Group; Kim & Chang; Simmons & Simmons
Banks: Hana Daetoo Investment Bank; ING Group |
Industrial Bank of Korea Commercial Paper Programmes
Firms: Allen & Overy; Lee & Ko
Bank: Industrial Bank of Korea |
KEXIM SEC Registered Global Notes Offering
Firms: Cleary Gottlieb; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Kim & Chang
Bank: Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Kookmin Bank – Bank CentreCredit Acquisition
Firms: Cleary Gottlieb; GRATA; Shin & Kim; White & Case |
LS Cable – Superior Essex Acquisition
Firms: Bae, Kim & Lee; Cleary Gottlieb; Kim & Chang; Lee & Ko; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
Morgan Stanley Private Equity/Shinhan Private Equity – Norske Skog Korea Acquisition
Firms: Kim & Chang; Linklaters; Shin & Kim; Wiersholm |
Shinhan Financial Group Rights Offering
Firms: Bae, Kim & Lee; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Kim & Chang; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Banks: BNP Paribas; JPMorgan; Shinhan Financial Group; UBS
Accountant: KPMG |
Taiwan Deal of the Year
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Going-Private Buyout of ASE Test
Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Baker & McKenzie; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Sullivan & Cromwell; WongPartnership
Banks: Citi; Lehman Brothers
Accountant: Deloitte |
Acquisition of "good bank assets" of Bowa Bank
Firms: Allen & Gledhill; Baker & McKenzie; LCS & Partners
Banks: DBS; UBS
Accountant: Deloitte |
Fubon – ING Taiwan Insurance Unit Acquisition
Firms: Cleary Gottlieb; Jones Day; Lee and Li
Bank: ING Group; Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. |
Micron Technology – Nanya Technology JV
Firms: Jones Day; Lee and Li |
Qimonda – Micron Technology Stake Acquisition in Inotera
Firms: Allen & Overy; Cleary Gottlieb; Clifford Chance; Jones Day; LCS & Partners; Lee and Li; Tsar & Tsai; Wilson Sonshini Goodrich & Rosati |
In-House Award Categories
Banking & Financial Services In-House Team of the Year
| Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
| HSBC |
| ICBC |
| Standard Chartered |
Construction In-House Team of the Year
| Hong Kong Electric |
| Housing Authority |
| Legal Advice Division, Development Bureau, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government |
| MTRC |
Insurance In-House Team of the Year
| ACE Insurance |
| AIA |
| Aon Asia |
| Essar |
| Prudential |
Lewis Sanders Award
Investment Bank In-House Team of the Year
| Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
| Deutsche Bank |
| Goldman Sachs |
| JPMorgan |
| Morgan Stanley |
| UBS |
Paul, Weiss Award
IT/Telecommunications In-House Team of the Year
| CSL |
| Hutchison Telecom |
| PCCW |
| Smartone |
Paul, Weiss Award
Media & Entertainment In-House Team of the Year
| PCCW |
| Sing Tao Group |
| TOM Group |
Real Estate In-House Team of the Year
| Hongkong Land |
| Hutchison Whampoa |
| Nomura International |
| Sun Hung Kai |
Holman Fenwick Willan Award
Shipping In-House Team of the Year
| COSCO Pacific |
| Hutchison Port Holdings |
| Noble Group |
CCH Hong Kong Award
Hong Kong In-House Lawyer of the Year
| Aon Asia - Andrew Bellers |
| ICBC - Alex Wong |
| Morgan Stanley - Jaclyn Jhin |
| Nomura International - Mark Bennett |
| COSCO Pacific - Michelle Hung |
| CSL - Paul Abfalter |
| HSBC - Kenneth Ng |
| UBS - Hoon-Leng Phuak |
Firm Award Categories
Equity Trust Award
Boutique/Specialist Law Firm of the Year
| Charltons |
| Gall & Lane |
| Haldanes |
| So Keung Yip & Sin |
| Tanner De Witt |
Criminal Law Firm of the Year
| Boase Cohen & Collins |
| Dundons |
| Haldanes |
BDO Award
Matrimonial Law Firm of the Year
| Boase Cohen & Collins |
| Haldanes |
| Hampton, Winter and Glynn |
| Stevenson Wong |
Merrill Legal Solutions Award
Construction Law Firm of the Year
| Baker & McKenzie |
| Deacons |
| Lovells |
| Mallesons Stephen Jaques |
| Minter Ellison |
| Pinsent Masons |
Merrill Legal Solutions Award
Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year
| Barlow Lyde & Gilbert |
| Clifford Chance |
| Deacons |
| Herbert Smith |
| Linklaters |
| Lovells |
| Mallesons Stephen Jaques |
| Orrick |
| Richards Butler |
Employment Law Firm of the Year
| Baker & McKenzie |
| Deacons |
| JSM |
| Minter Ellison |
| Simmons & Simmons |
Insolvency & Restructuring Law Firm of the Year
| Allen & Overy |
| Baker & McKenzie |
| Clifford Chance |
| JSM |
| Lovells |
| Tanner De Witt |
Insurance Law Firm of the Year
| Allens Arthur Robinson |
| Barlow Lyde & Gilbert |
| Clifford Chance |
| Deacons |
| Herbert Smith |
| Kennedys |
| Richards Butler |
Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year
| Baker & McKenzie |
| Bird & Bird |
| Deacons |
| Jones Day |
| Lovells |
| Simmons & Simmons |
| Wikinson & Grist |
School of Law, City University of Hong Kong Award
Investment Funds Law Firm of the Year
| Clifford Chance |
| Deacons |
| Debevoise & Plimpton |
| Linklaters |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
| Skadden |
| Sidley Austin |
IT/Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year
| Allen & Overy |
| King & Wood |
| Baker & McKenzie |
| Bird & Bird |
| Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
| Linklaters |
| Paul, Weiss |
Real Estate Law Firm of the Year
| Baker & McKenzie |
| Deacons |
| JSM |
| Minter Ellison |
| Paul Hastings |
| Woo Kwan Lee & Lo |
Shipping Law Firm of the Year
| Clyde & Co |
| Holman Fenwick Willan |
| Ince & Co |
| Keesal, Young & Logan |
| Richards Butler |
AzureTrustees Award
Tax & Trusts Law Firm of the Year
| Baker & McKenzie |
| Bryan Cave |
| DLA Piper |
| JSM |
| Lea & White |
| Withers |
Offshore Law Firm of the Year
| Appleby |
| Conyers Dill & Pearman |
| Harneys |
| Maples and Calder |
| Ogier |
| Walkers |
PRC Firm, Hong Kong Office of the Year
| Grandall |
| Jin Mao |
| Jun He Law Offices |
| King & Wood |
Korea Deal Firm of the Year
| Bae, Kim & Lee |
| Kim & Chang |
| Lee & Ko |
| Shin & Kim |
| Yulchon |
Taiwan Deal Firm of the Year
| Baker & McKenzie |
| Jones Day |
| LCS & Partners |
| Lee and Li |
| Russin & Vecchi |
| Tsar & Tsai |
The Macallan 1824 Collection Award
Managing Partner of the Year
| Baker & McKenzie - Poh Lee Tan |
| Deacons - Lindsay Esler |
| Herbert Smith - Ashley Alder |
| JSM - Elaine Lo |
| Lovells - Allan Leung |
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Orrick - Christopher Stephens
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The Macallan Fine Oak Single Malt Scotch Whisky Award
Hong Kong Law Firm of the Year
| Baker & McKenzie |
| Clifford Chance |
| Deacons |
| Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
| JSM |
| Linklaters |
| Mallesons Stephen Jaques |
| Skadden |