WINNERS

ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2009 Winners

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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