M&A Deal of the Year: North Asia
BeiGene’s Global Strategic Oncology Collaboration With Amgen
Goodwin Procter
Latham & Watkins
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Cathay Pacific Airways’ Acquisition of Hong Kong Express Airways
Eversheds Sutherland
JunHe
Slaughter and May
Walkers
Hyundai Motor Group Autonomous Driving Joint Venture With Aptiv
Kim & Chang
Latham & Watkins
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Merger of Yahoo Japan and Line Corp.
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Kim & Chang
Latham & Watkins
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
Shearman & Sterling
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
White & Case
New Frontier Corp. Acquisition of United Family Healthcare
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Fangda Partners
Global Law Office
Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Kirkland & Ellis
Paul Hastings
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Winston & Strawn
M&A Deal of the Year: South & Southeast Asia
CapitaLand’s Acquisition of Ascendas-Singbridge
Allen & Gledhill
Drew & Napier
WongPartnership
FWD Group's Acquisition of Siam Commercial Bank’s Life Insurance Business
Baker McKenzie
Linklaters
Slaughter and May
Hindustan Unilever’s Acquisition of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
AZB & Partners
Baker McKenzie
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Slaughter & May
PT Medco Energi Internasional’s Acquisition of Ophir Energy
Adnan Kelana Haryanto & Hermanto
Chandler MHM
DFDL Sidley Austin
Linklaters
Nishimura & Asahi
Skadden
YKVN
Zaid Ibrahim & Co
SK Group’s investment in Vingroup
Baker & McKenzie
Equity Law
Latham & Watkins
YKVN
Securities Deal of the Year: Debt
AES Mong Duong Power’s Project Bond Issue
Allen & Overy
NautaDutilh
Shearman & Sterling
VILAF
IFC SmartChem’s Convertible Bond
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Samvad Partners
Trilegal
LG Chem’s Green Bond Offer
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Lee & Ko
Linklaters
Persero's Samurai Bond Issue
Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Shui On Land's Green Finance Framework Bond Issue
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Securities Deal of the Year: Equity
Alibaba’s Hong Kong Listing
Fangda Partners
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
King & Wood Mallesons
Maples and Calder
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Asset World Corp.’s Thai IPO
Allen & Overy
Latham & Watkins
Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners
White & Case
Lotte REIT’s IPO
Bae, Kim & Lee
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Yulchon
Luckin Coffee’s Nasdaq Listing
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Jingtian & Gongcheng
King Wood & Mallesons
Suzhou HYC Technology’s STAR Market Listing
Llinks Law Offices
Vodafone Idea’s rights issue
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
S&R Associates
Sidley Austin
Private Equity Deal of the Year
GIC’s investment into GMR Airports
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
JSA
L&L Partners
Nishith Desai Associates
Shardul Amarchand
Trilegal
Vaish Associates
KKR’s Acquisition of NVC Lighting's China Business
Fangda Partners
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Kirkland & Ellis
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
MBK Partners’ Sale of Shares in Orange Life Insurance
Bae, Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
SoftBank Vision Fund’s Investment into Chehaoduo
Han Kun Law Offices
Morrison & Foerster
Zhong Lun Law Firm
T&D Holdings, The Carlyle Group’s Investment in Fortitude Group
Appleby
Debevoise & Plimpton
King & Spalding
Nishimura & Asahi
Sidley Austin
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
TMT Deal of the Year
Alibaba’s Acquisition of NetEase Kaola
Fangda Partners
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Infinium Ltd.’s Virtual Banking License in Hong Kong
Baker McKEenzie
Joint Venture Between IronNet Cybersecurity and Ensign InfoSecurity
Drew & Napier
WongPartnership
LG Uplus’ Acquisition of CJ Hello
Bae, Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
SoftBank Vision Fund’s Investment in Coupang
Kim & Chang
Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Steptoe & Johnson
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
IPO Lawyer of the Year
Christopher Wong, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Li He, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Mi-Eun Roh, Bae, Kim & Lee
Ye Yusheng, Jingtian & Gongcheng
Private Equity Lawyer of the Year
| Charles Li, Han Kun Law Offices |
| David Wang, Gunderson Dettmer |
| George Niu, Shihui Partners |
| Sungjo Yun, Bae, Kim & Lee |
| Yunbak Chung, Kim & Chang |
Investment Funds Lawyer of the Year
| Adam Furber, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
| Geoffrey Chan, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
| James Wang, Jingtian & Gongcheng |
| Lorna Chen, Shearman & Sterling |
| Xun Zeng, Cooley |
TMT Lawyer of the Year
| Athistha (Nop) Chitranukroh, Tilleke & Gibbins |
| Li Chen, Shearman & Sterling |
| Philip Qu, TransAsia Lawyer |
| Seong-Hyeon Bang, Kim & Chang |
| Stella Cramer, Norton Rose Fulbright |
M&A Firm of the Year (Large deal $500M or above)
Clifford Chance
Fangda Partners
Lee & Ko
L&L Partners
Nishimura & Asahi
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
WongPartnership
M&A Firm of the Year (Medium-sized deal under $500M)
Bae, Kim & Lee
Goodwin Procter
Guantao Law Firm
Han Kun Law Offices
Ropes & Gray
Yoon & Yang
Securities Firm of the Year
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Lee & Ko
Shearman & Sterling
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Finance Deal of the Year: Acquisitions
Amer Sports Acquisition Financing
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Mourant
China Yangtze Power Co. Acquisition Financing
Baker McKenzie
Tian Yuan Law Firm
Walkers
Financing of New World Development's Acquisition of FTLife Insurance
Sullivan & Cromwell
Walkers
GPSC Financing for the Acquisition of GLOW Energy
Norton Rose Fulbright
Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners
SMBC Financing Asahi Group's Acquisition of Carlton & United Breweries
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gilbert + Tobin
Finance Deal of the Year: Insolvency and Restructuring
China Singyes Solar Technologies’ Debt Restructuring
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
DLA Piper
Harneys
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction’s Debt-for-Equity Swap
Bae, Kim & Lee
Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Philippines Restructuring
Kim & Chang
V&A Law Center
Maxpower’s Bank Debt Restructuring
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Linklaters
UMBRA
Restructuring of Hyflux Ltd.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Allen & Gledhill
Dentons Rodyk
Drew & Napier
Eversheds Harry Elias
Gibson Dunn
Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee
Rajah & Tann Singapore
WongPartnership
Finance Deal of the Year: Projects
Bank of China Belt and Road Projects Bond Program
Allen & Overy
Jingtian & Gongcheng
JunZeJun Law Offices
Linklaters
First Floating Production Storage and Offloading Facilities Project Bond
King & Spalding
Project Financing of Maharashtra Expressway
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
L&L Partners
PT Pertamina EP Cepu’s Gas Field Development Project
ABNR
Latham & Watkins
Milbank
UMBRA
Saudi Aramco-Petronas Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development Project
Christopher & Lee Ong
Kadir Andri & Partners
Milbank
Shearman & Sterling
Shearn Delamore
Shook Lin & Bok
White & Case
Energy and Infrastructure Project of the Year
China Merchants Group’s Djibouti Free Trade Zone Development
Fangda Partners
Linklaters
Simmons & Simmons
Samtan and Shinhan Consortium’s Wind Farms Acquisition
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
TBEA Group’s Hydropower Plant Project in the Republic of Guinea
Thiam & Associés
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Yunlin Offshore Wind Project
Blanke Meier Evers
Lee & Li
Linklaters
Tsar & Tsai
White & Case
Energy and Infrastructure Lawyer of the Year
| Hun Ko, Lee & Ko |
| Linh Doan, Watson Farley & Williams |
| Seungkyo Lee, Bae, Kim & Lee |
| Weerawong Chittmittrapap, Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners |
| Yao Jian, Jingtian & Gongcheng |
Finance Firm of the Year
Clifford Chance
Kim & Chang
King & Wood Mallesons
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case
International Trade Lawyer of the Year
| David Tang, JunHe |
| Jung Hoon Shin, Kim & Chang |
| Pu Lingchen, Zhong Lun Law Firm |
| Tatman Savio, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld |
| Young Jae Cho, Lee & Ko |
Data Privacy Lawyer of the Year
| Athistha (Nop) Chitranukroh, Tilleke & Gibbins |
| David Pan, Llinks law Offices |
| Jeffrey Liu, Zhong Lun Law Firm |
| Jin Hwan Kim, Kim & Chang |
| Tae Uk Kang, Bae, Kim & Lee |
Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year
| Alexandra Yang, Fangda Partners |
| Katie Feng, Hogan Lovells |
| Nandana Indananda, Tilleke & Gibbins |
| Timothy Bickham, Steptoe & Johnson |
| Zhao Ye, Jingtian & Gongcheng |
Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
Fangda Partners
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Winston & Strawn
Yulchon
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Asian Alternative Legal Service Offering of the Year
Herbert Smith Freehills’ APAC Alternative Legal Services Team
KorumLegal
LOD
Asian Diversity Initiative of the Year
Herbert Smith Freehills’ Shared Parental Leave in Asia
RWT International Law Office’s "One Team One Dream" Initiative
Asian Pro Bono Initiative of the Year
Allen & Overy's research on Recognition and Treatment of Relationships under Hong Kong Law
Bae, Kim & Lee’s work on the Protection of North Korean Refugees
Herbert Smith Freehills’ Shopfront Youth Legal Centre
Hogan Lovells’ HL BaSE
JunHe’s Legal Work for One Foundation
Mayer Brown’s NGO Marketplace
Asian Technology and Innovation Initiative of the Year
D'Light Law Group’s Comake Contract Generator
Herbert Smith Freehills’ Smart Legal Contracts Coding Training Program
Norton Rose Fulbright’s NRF SYKE Offering
VDB Loi’s Electronic and AI-based Platform
Offshore Law Firm of the Year
Appleby
Carey Olsen
Maples
Mourant
Walkers
New Asian Office of the Year
Charles Russell Speechlys’ Hong Kong Office
Jingtian & Gongcheng's Hong Kong Office
RWT International Law Office
Zhong Lun Law Firm’s Nanjing Office
Asian In-House Legal Department of the Year
Manulife Financial Asia Ltd.
Marriott APAC Legal Team
Morgan Stanley
Royal Golden Eagle
SK Holdings Co. Ltd.
Telstra
Private Client Firm of the Year
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Dentons Rodyk
Stephenson Harwood
Withers
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Private Client Lawyer of the Year
| Catherine Por, Stevenson, Wong & Co. |
| Dawn Quek, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow |
| Kevin Lee, Stephenson Harwood |
| Marcus Dearle, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner |
| Paul Jebely, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman |
General Counsel of the Year
| Cristina Reyes, Unilever |
| Karin Trantallis, Marriott International |
| Michael Ting, Manulife |
| Sea Hun Oh, Hyundai Heavy Industries |
| Tat Fung Yu, Yue Xiu Enterprises |
International Law Firm Leader of the Year
Denise Jong, Asia Pacific managing partner, Reed Smith
Justin D'Agostino, Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Smith Freehills
Miguel Zaldivar, Asia Pacific Middle East regional chief executive, Hogan Lovells
Milton Cheng, global chair, Baker McKenzie
Stephen Kitts, Asia managing partner, Eversheds Sutherland
Asian Law Firm Leader of the Year
Anthony Zhao, managing partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Cyril Shroff, managing partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Yong Seok Ahn, managing partner, Lee & Ko
Wai King Ng, managing partner, WongPartnership
International Law Firm of the Year
Herbert Smith Freehills
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
Norton Rose Fulbright
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Asian Law Firm of the Year
Bae, Kim & Lee
Jingtian & Gongcheng
L&L Partners
Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
L&L Partners
Yulchon
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Shipping Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Lee & Ko
Mayer Brown
Stephenson Harwood
Watson Farley & Williams
Zhong Lun Law Firm