WINNERS

ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2010 Winners will be announced on September 10, 2010. To register to attend the event please click here.

Winners for ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2009 were

6 Deal Award Categories

 

• Debt Market Deal of the Year


Champion REIT

Firms:
Appleby; Baker & McKenzie; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; JSM; Simmons & Simmons

Banks:
Citi; HSBC Institution Trust
Accountant: Deloitte

 

• Equity Market Deal of the Year

Hutchison Telecom Spin-Off

Firms:
Cleary Gottlieb; Conyers Dill & Pearman; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Herbert Smith; Linklaters

Bank:
Goldman Sachs

 

• 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

 

• 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

• Korea Deal of the Year

E-Land Group – Homever Sale

Firms: Bae, Kim & Lee; Kim & Chang

 

• 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

9 In-House Award Categories

 

Banking & Financial Services In-House Team of the Year

  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Construction In-House Team of the Year

  • MTRC

Insurance In-House Team of the Year

  • AIA

Lewis Sanders Award Investment Bank In-House Team of the Year

  • Morgan Stanley

Paul, Weiss Award IT/Telecommunications In-House Team of the Year

  • Hutchison Telecom

Paul, Weiss Award Media & Entertainment In-House Team of the Year

  • PCCW

Real Estate In-House Team of the Year

  • Hongkong Land

Holman Fenwick Willan Award Shipping In-House Team of the Year

  • COSCO Pacific

CCH Hong Kong Award Hong Kong In-House Lawyer of the Year

  • Jaclyn Jhin, Morgan Stanley           

20 Firm Award Categories

 

Equity Trust Award Boutique/Specialist Law Firm of the Year

  • Charltons

Criminal Law Firm of the Year

  • Haldanes

BDO Award Matrimonial Law Firm of the Year

  • Hampton, Winter and Glynn

Merrill Legal Solutions Award Construction Law Firm of the Year

  • Pinsent Masons

Merrill Legal Solutions Award Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year

  • Herbert Smith

Employment Law Firm of the Year

  • Simmons & Simmons

Insolvency & Restructuring Law Firm of the Year

  • JSM

Insurance Law Firm of the Year

  • Deacons

Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year

  • Bird & Bird

School of Law, City Unviersity of Hong Kong Award Investment Funds Law Firm of the Year

  • Clifford Chance

IT/Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Real Estate Law Firm of the Year

  • JSM

Shipping Law Firm of the Year

  • Holman Fenwick Willan

AzureTrustees Award Tax & Trusts Law Firm of the Year

  • Baker & McKenzie

Offshore Law Firm of the Year

  • Maples and Calder

PRC Firm, Hong Kong Office of the Year

  • King & Wood

Korea Deal Firm of the Year

  • Kim & Chang

Taiwan Deal Firm of the Year

  • Lee and Li

The Macallan 1824 Collection Award Managing Partner of the Year

  • Elaine Lo, JSM            
  • Poh Lee Tan, Baker & McKenzie

The Macallan Fine Oak Single Malt Scotch Whisky Award Hong Kong Law Firm of the Year

  • Linklaters

 

 

2008 Winners

  

4 Deal Award Categories

Debt Market Deal of the Year

China Development Bank Hong Kong bond issue

Firms: Clifford Chance; Haiwen & Partners; Sidley Austin

Banks: Bank of China; HSBC

Accountants: PwC

 

Equity Market Deal of the Year

Alibaba.com Hong Kong IPO

Firms: Conyers Dill & Pearman; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Maples and Calder; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Sullivan & Cromwell; Fangda; Slaughter and May; Haiwen & Partners

Banks: Deutsche Bank; Goldman Sachs; Morgan Stanley

Accountant: PwC

 

M&A Deal of the Year

MTR-KCRC merger

Firms:Sullivan & Cromwell; Allen & Overy; Milbank Tweed; Linklaters; White & Case; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Slaughter and May

Banks: Goldman Sachs; Merrill Lynch

 

Project Finance Deal of the Year

City of Dreams financing

Firms: Clifford Chance; Richards Butler

Banks: ANZ; Bank of America; Barclays; Citi; Deutsche Bank

10 In-House Award Categories

Real Estate In-House Team of the Year

  • Hutchison Whampoa Properties

 

Construction In-House Team of the Year

  • MTR Corp

 

Insurance In-House Team of the Year

  • Prudential

 

Shipping In-House Team of the Year

  • COSCO Pacific

 

IT / Telecoms In-House Team of the Year

  • PCCW

 

Media & Entertainment In-House Team of the Year

  • TOM Group

 

Banking & Financial Services In-House Team of the Year

  • Deutsche Bank

 

Investment Bank In-House Team of the Year

  • Goldman Sachs

 

 

Hong Kong In-House Lawyer of the Year

  • Gillian Meller, MTR Corp

 

In-House Team of the Year

  • Deutsche Bank

22 Firm Award Categories

Banking Law Firm of the Year

  • Clifford Chance

 

Specialist / Boutique Law Firm of the Year

  • Charltons

 

 

Chambers of the Year

  • Des Voeux

 

Construction Law Firm of the Year

  • Mallesons Stephen Jaques

 

Criminal Law Firm of the Year

  • Haldanes

 

 

Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year

  • Herbert Smith

 

 

Employment Law Firm of the Year

  • JSM

 

 

Insolvency & Restructuring Law Firm of the Year

  • Allen & Overy

 

Insurance Law Firm of the Year

  • Deacons

 

Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year

  • Baker & McKenzie

 

Investment Funds Law Firm of the Year

  • Clifford Chance

 

IT / Telecoms Law Firm of the Year

  • Paul, Weiss

 

 

Matrimonial Law Firm of the Year

  • Hampton Winter & Glynn


Offshore Law Firm of the Year

  • Walkers


Real Estate Law Firm of the Year

  • Deacons

 

Shipping Law Firm of the Year

  • Clyde & Co

 

Tax & Trusts Law Firm of the Year

  • Baker & McKenzie

PRC Firm, Hong Kong Office of the Year

  • King & Wood

 

Taiwan Deal Firm of the Year

  • Tsar & Tsai

 

Korea Deal Firm of the Year

  • Kim & Chang

Managing Partner of the Year

  • Elaine Lo, JSM

 

Hong Kong Law Firm of the Year

  • JSM


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