Deal Awards

Cross-border M&A Deal of the Year (0-$2 billion)

AGBA Acquisition $555 million SPAC merger with TAG Companies
Dechert
Loeb & Loeb
BTPLaw
Walkers
M.B. Kemp

Victoria’s Secret and Regina Miracle International joint venture
Dentons
King & Wood Mallesons

NWS Holdings portfolio acquisition and joint venture with Goodman Group
Eversheds Sutherland
King & Wood Mallesons
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Harneys

PDSTI - ICON Aircraft investment
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Sidley Austin

China Merchants Port Holdings A-Share offering and Ningbo Port investment
JunHe

SD Biosensor and SJL Partners' $1.53 billion acquisition of Meridian Bioscience
Paul Hastings
Shin & Kim
Jones Day
Keating Muething & Klekamp

JD Logistics' $1.3 billion acquisition of Deppon Logistics
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Han Kun Law Offices
Maples Group

Creative Artists Agency’s acquisition of CAA-GBG
Shihui Partners
Deheng Law Offices
White & Case

Cross-border M&A Deal of the Year ($2 billion+)

SK hynix $9 billion’s acquisition of Intel Corporation
Fangda Partners
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Kim & Chang
Munger, Tolles & Olson
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Linklaters
Bae, Kim & Lee

Samsung BioLogics’ $2.3 billion stake acquisition in Samsung Bioepis
Kim & Chang
Ropes & Gray

LG Energy Solution and Stellantis N.V. joint venture
Lee & Ko
Miller Canfield

Silk Road Fund consortium investment in Aramco Gas Pipelines Company stake
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Slaughter and May
White & Case

$5.3 billion sale of Selfridges & Co
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Pinsent Masons
Allen & Overy

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s $8 billion sale of core regional banking franchise to U.S. Bancorp
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Nishimura & Asahi
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Sullivan & Cromwell

Finance Deal of the Year

$1.1 billion syndicated social loan facility to Housing Development Finance Corporation
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
AZB & Partnerss

Bank of Qingdao A- and H-share issuance and fund raising
Dentons China
JunHe
King & Wood Mallesons

Blackstone Group's $950 million leveraged financing for acquisition of Interplex Holdings
Kirkland & Ellis
JunHe
Linklaters
Allen & Gledhill
Zhong Lun
Latham & Watkins

Xinjiang Goldwind's $270 million four-year syndicated green loan facility
Mayer Brown
Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi
Fangda Partners
Baker McKenzie
Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi
King & Wood Mallesons
Tanoira Cassagne

Bhola IPP refinancing
Shearman & Sterling
Clifford Chance
DFDL
Farooq & Associates

Financing for SK Hynix’s acquisition of Intel's SSD business and Dalian NAND Flash Manufacturing Facility assets in China
Kim & Chang

PT Medco Power $50 million Islamic loan for renewable energy project
UMBRA - Strategic Legal Solutions

Take private of 51job, Inc.
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Harneys
JunHe
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Maples Group
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Sullivan & Cromwell
Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Restructuring and Insolvency Deal of the Year

Huachen Energy Co., Ltd. senior notes restructuring
Fangda Partners
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Lifang & Partners

Sritex Group restructuring
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Aji Wijaya & Co
RevLaw
Linklaters
Swandy Halim & Partners
Clifford Chance
Cavenagh Law
Allen & Overy

HNA Group restructuring
Global Law office
Han Kun Law Offices
JunHe
King & Wood Mallesons
Zhong Lun Law Firm

Sinopec's capital restructuring and investment in Kangde Fucai
Jingtian & Gongcheng

Restructuring and reorganisation of Dongying Fangyuan NonFerrous Metals and its affiliates
Dentons
JunHe

Senior notes restructuring of Golden Wheel Tiandi
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Conyers

Eastar Jet Co., Ltd. creditor's claim
Lee & Ko
Yulchon
DR & AJU
Kim & Chang

Mizuho Bank's financing to and restructuring of Marelli Holdings
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Jones Day
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Philippine Airlines restructuring
Norton Rose Fulbright
Debevoise & Plimpton
Accralaw
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Dorsey & Whitney
Herbert Smith Freehills
Holland & Knight
Hughes Hubbard
K&L Gates
Maples Group
Morris, Nichols Arsht & Tunnel
Perkins Coie
Sidley Austin
Vedder Price
White & Case
Nishimura & Asahi

Three Arrows Capital liquidation
WongPartnership
Ogier
Latham & Watkins
Advocatus Law
Solitaire
Nicholas & Tan Partnership
Bedell Cristin
BlackOak
Drew & Napier
Ascendant Legal
Harney Westwood & Riegels
Morgan Lewis Stamford
JWS Asia Law Corporation
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
WongPartnership
Virtus Law

Intra-Asia M&A Deal of the Year

United Overseas Bank’s acquisition of Citigroup's consumer banking businesses in Southeast Asia
Allen & Overy
Kadir Andri & Partners
Linklaters
Rahmat Lim & Partners
Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners

Gezhouba Project share swap and merger
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Jiayuan Law Offices

Bankruptcy and restructuring of N-Securities
Dentons

China National Bluestar Solar $770 million business sale to Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd
Fangda Partners
Baker McKenzie
Davis Polk

Xicheng District Industrial Venture Capital Guiding Fund investment in Suoxinda (Beijing) Data Technology Co.
JunZeJun Law Offices
Robertsons

Li Ning $162 million real estate acquisition in Shanghai
LC Lawyers
Commerce & Finance Law Offices

Japan Korea Joint Smelting Co 49.9% share sale in LS-Nikko Copper Inc
Yulchon
Nishimura & Asahi

HOYA Corporation of Japan and Beijing BOE Vision Electronic Technology Co joint venture
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Bae, Kim & Lee
Tsar & Tsai
Van Bael & Bellis
Bremer Law
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Axis Law Chambers

Securities Deal of the Year: Debt

Hyundai Heavy Industries green notes offering
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Greenberg Traurig
Lee & Ko

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank panda bond issuance
Global Law Office
Fangda Partners

Shanghai Lingang Group green dual-currency FTZ offshore bond issuance
AllBright Law Offices
AXA Law Offices
Guantao Law Firm
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters
Maples Group

Ayala Corporation debut social bond
Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee
Ogier
Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los Angeles

Korea Housing Finance Corp's $15 billion global covered bond program
Kim & Chang
Linklaters

Korea Development Bank $1 billion notes issuance
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Lee & Ko
Linklaters

Republic of Indonesia $3 billion bond issuance
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Clifford Chance
HBT Law
Mayer Brown

Republic of Indonesia sukuk bond offering
Allen & Overy
Ary Zulfikar and Partners
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
White & Case

Securities Deal of the Year: Equity

Emperador Inc.'s secondary listing in Singapore
Allen & Overy
Allen & Gledhill
Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz
Latham & Wakins
Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos

Burning Rock Biotech’s London listing
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler

LG Energy Solution’s initial public offering in South Korea
Bae Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
Paul Hastings
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Biogen Therapeutics’ $2.3 billion equity sale to Samsung BioLogics
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Ropes & Gray

Nippon Paint Holdings Co.'s $1.8 billion overseas offering
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom

Prenetics and Artisan Acquisition Corp merger
Appleby
Kirkland & Ellis
Mourant Ozannes
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Shanghai MicroPort EP MedTech Co.’s Shanghai initial public offering
Shihui Partners

Private Equity Deal of the Year

GLP China Income Fund VI fund raising
Commerce & Finance Law Offices

Permira fund's $2.8 billion sale of Tricor Group to Baring Private Equity Asia
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Ropes & Gray

$1.5 billion sale of Ssangyong C&E to Coller Capital and Hahn & Co.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Kim & Chang
Ropes & Gray

China Structural Reform Fund’s investment in Aion's $2.15 billion funding round
Han Kun Law Offices

SK Ecoplant's $1 billion acquisition of TES Envirocorp
Dechert
Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee
JunHe
Lee & Ko
Lim Jo Yan & Co
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
PJS Law
Tilleke & Gibbins

CGN Wind Power Co. $4.8 billion project financing
Jingtian & Gongcheng

Baring Private Equity Asia's establishment of $11 billion fund
Maples Group

EQT $7.3 billion acquisition of Baring Private Equity Asia
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Kirkland & Ellis
Maples Group
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
Ropes & Gray
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

HealthMap's acquisition of Genetic Diagnostics Private Limited
Quillon Partners
Samvad Partners

Mubadala - KKR $1 billion strategic partnership
Allen & Gledhill
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Shearman & Sterling
Walkers
WongPartnership

TMT Deal of the Year

Acquisition Corp - Near Intelligence Holdings merger
Bird & Bird
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole
Kirkland & Ellis

CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, PT Hutchison 3 Indonesia - Indosat Ooredoo merger
Allen & Overy
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Ginting & Reksodiputro
HHP Law Firm
White & Case
Witara Cakra & Advocates

Shanghai Capital of Culture Industry's $71 million strategic investment in The Paper
Llinks Law Offices
Zhong Lun Law Firm

$4.3 billion take private of 51job inc.
Conyers
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Harneys
JunHe
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Maples Group
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Sullivan & Cromwell
Weil, Gotshal & Manges

CJ ENM Completes $775 million acquisition of Endeavor Content
Latham & Watkins
O’Melveny & Myers
Shin & Kim

EdgePoint Infrastructure landmark acquisition in Philippines
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
PJS Law
Sidley Austin

BW Group acquisition of Hawaiki
DLA Piper
Hesketh Henry
Maddocks
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Stephenson Harwood
Troutman Pepper
Walkers

Krafton's $803 million acquisition of Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Fenwick & West
Kim & Chang
Kirkland & Ellis
Yulchon

ESG Deal of the Year

$1.6 billion green syndicated loan facility by joint venture of Hysan and Chime Corp
Appleby
Baker McKenzie
Mayer Brown

$148 million ESG-linked syndicated loan
Global Law Office

GIC's $1 billion investment in Envision Energy International
Herbert Smith Freehills

Export-Import Bank of Korea Term Note Programme
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Lee & Ko
Yoon & Yang

Launch of Greater China ESG Opportunities Absolute Return Fund
Deacons
Maples Group

BP’s entry into the Asian Renewable Energy Hub
Herbert Smith Freehills
Norton Rose Fulbright

International Finance Corporation's debut housing bond in Bangaldesh
Farooq & Associates
Shearman & Sterling

TotalEnergies - ENEOS Renewables joint venture
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Norton Rose Fulbright
Stephenson Harwood

Launch of Japan's first ESG-focused global venture capital fund
Withersworldwide

Individual Awards

IPO Lawyer of the Year
Dan Ouyang, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Wei Gao, Haiwen & Partners
Xiang Gao, Jingtian & Gongcheng
King Wang Li, Tian Yuan Law Firm
Myoung Jae Chung, Kim & Chang
Will Cai, Cooley
Xin Zang, Grandway Law Offices
Zhoujun Tang, Zhong Lun Law Firm

Private Equity Lawyer of the Year
Charles Li, Han Kun Law Offices
Daniel Yeh, White & Case
Marcia Ellis, Morrison Foerster
Andrew Zhang, Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Sun Yul Lee, Kim & Chang
Tim Gardner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Jinen Zhang, Haiwen & Partners

Energy and Infrastructure Lawyer of the Year
Gavin Yang, Dentons
Hun Ko, Lee & Ko
Jean-Louis Neves Mandelli, Shearman & Sterling
Jun Cheng, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Kim Hock Ang, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Leo Wang, Llinks Law Offices
Linh Doan, Watson Farley & Williams
Yu Qin, JunHe
Rong Fang, Han Kun Law Offices

Fintech and Digital Assets Lawyer of the Year
Grace Chong, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Gye-Jeong Kim, Kim & Chang
Qiao, Zheyuan (Jacqueline), JunHe
Shaun Leong, Withersworldwide
Wei Quan, Han Kun Law Offices

Data Privacy Lawyer of the Year
David Pan, Llinks Law Offices
Doil Son, Yulchon
Jingyuan Shi, Simmons & Simmons
Kieran Donovan, Latham & Watkins
Phoebe Yan, Paul Hastings
Eliza Siew, Deacons
Stella Cramer, Norton Rose Fulbright
Sunghee Chae, Lee & Ko
Zhenyu Ruan, Baker McKenzie FenXun
Zhichao Duan, Han Kun Law Offices

Private Client Lawyer of the Year
Alfred Ip, Hugill & Ip
Han Bao, Haiwen & Partners
Dawn Quek, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Han Chen, Han Kun Law Offices
Jeffrey Lee, Charles Russell Speechlys
Mark Gao, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Stacy Choong, Withersworldwide
Xiangchun Zhong, JunZeJun Law Offices
Echo Zhao, Jingtian & Gongcheng

Litigator of the Year
Jingjing Chen, Haiwen & Partners
Jae Heon Park, Lee & Ko
Jeff Lane, Tanner De Wit
Yue Liu, Jingtian & Gongcheng
Peiming Yang, Llinks Law Offices
Somboon Sangrungjang, Kudun and Partners
Yang You, Han Kun Law Offices

International Arbitration Lawyer of the Year
Ing Loong Yang, Akin Gump
Nitin Nadkarni, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Patrick Zheng, Llinks Law Offices
Robert Wachter, Lee & Ko
Wilson Huo, Zhong Lun Law Firm

Transport Lawyer of the Year
Jin-Young Jung, Lee & Ko
Gavin Wang, JunHe

Employment Lawyer of the Year
Cathy Qu, River Delta Law Firm
Grace Young, Dentons
Helen Colquhoun, DLA Piper
Hyun Jae Park, Kim & Chang
Mariyam Shunana, Shunana and Co.
Nam-Ake Lekfuangfu, Baker McKenzie
Wei Huang, Han Kun Law Offices
William Kim, Lee & Ko
Yu Xin, Jingtian & Gongcheng

Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year
Kah Chin Chu, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Myoung Chul Kwak, Lee & Ko
Makiko Harunari, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Yin Ge, Han Kun Law Offices
Yunbo Li, JunZeJun Law Offices
Yao Zhou, Dentons

ESG Lawyer of the Year
Gary Yang, Dentons
Jae Hong Jung, Kim & Chang
Tong Keun Seol, Lee & Ko
Yin Ge, Han Kun Law Offices

Firm Awards

M&A Firm of the Year
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Fangda Partners
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Han Kun Law Offices
Kim & Chang
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Nishimura & Asahi
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell

Banking & Finance Firm of the Year
Anli Partners
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Fangda Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
Jingtian & Gongcheng
King & Wood Mallesons
Lee & Ko
Shearman & Sterling
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Securities Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Haiwen & Partners
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Kim & Chang
Kirkland & Ellis
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Litigation Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Fangda Partners
Gall
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Kim & Chang
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Paul Hastings
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.
Tilleke & Gibbins
Zhong Lun Law Firm

Offshore Law Firm of the Year
Carey Olsen
Conyers
Harneys
Maples Group
Mourant
Walkers

Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Jingtian & Gongcheng
JunHe
Lee & Ko
Mayer Brown
Tilleke & Gibbins
Wanhuida Intellectual Property

Investment Funds Firm of the Year
Cooley
Dechert
Han Kun Law Offices
Jingtian & Gongcheng
JunHe
Kirkland & Ellis
Morrison Foerster
Shearman & Sterling
Sidley Austin
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

TMT Firm of the Year
Bae, Kim & Lee
Bird & Bird
Lee & Ko
Morrison Foerster
Norton Rose Fulbright
Tilleke & Gibbins
Zhong Lun Law Firm

International Arbitration Firm of the Year
Bae, Kim & Lee
Baker McKenzie
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
JunHe
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Mayer Brown
Sidley Austin

Southeast Asian Firm of the Year
Bae, Kim & Lee
Latham & Watkins
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Tilleke & Gibbins
UMBRA
White & Case

ESG Firm of the Year
Bae, Kim & Lee
Baker McKenzie
Herbert Smith Freehills
HFW
Hogan Lovells
Lee & Ko
Mayer Brown
Nishimura & Asahi
Shearman & Sterling

FinTech and Digital Assets Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Fangda Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
King & Wood Mallesons
Norton Rose Fulbright
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.
Withersworldwide
Zhong Lun Law Firm

Transport Firm of the Year
Fangda Partners
Lee & Ko
Shearman & Sterling

Asian Pro Bono Initiative of the Year
Allen & Overy
Hogan Lovells
Mayer Brown
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.
Shearman & Sterling
Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners
Zen Law Chamber

Asian Diversity Initiative of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Han Kun Law Offices
Hogan Lovells
Mayer Brown
Nishimura & Asahi
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

In-House Awards

Asian In-House Legal Team of the Year
AbbVie
ACWA Power Company
Bayer SEA Pte Ltd
Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines, Inc.
Coupang
Grab Holdings, Inc.
Kaar Technologies
Nanyang Technological University
UBS AG

General Counsel of the Year
Chloe Yung, Crypto.com
Won Young Jung, Janssen Korea
Gregory Chew, Nanyang Technological University
Changsik Kim, Samsung Display Corporation
Nicholas Rushgrove, The Carlyle Group

2023 Shortlist