Deals of the Year

Finance Deal of the Year

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


Restructuring & Insolvency Deal of the Year

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
Allen & Gledhill


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


Securities Deal of the Year: Debt

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


Securities Deal of the Year: Equity

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


Private Equity Deal of the Year

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


TMT Deal of the Year

$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


ESG Deal of the Year

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


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

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


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

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


Individual Awards

Fintech and Digital Assets Lawyer of the Year

Grace Chong, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher


Private Client Lawyer of the Year

Stacy Choong, Withersworldwide


Data Privacy Lawyer of the Year

Kieran Donovan, Latham & Watkins


IPO Lawyer of the Year

Xiang Gao, Jingtian & Gongcheng


Litigator of the Year

Jae Heon Park, Lee & Ko


Energy and Infrastructure Lawyer of the Year

Kim Hock Ang, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow


International Arbitration Lawyer of the Year

Robert Wachter, Lee & Ko


Transport Lawyer of the Year

Gavin Gan Wang, JunHe


Employment Lawyer of the Year

Helen Colquhoun, DLA Piper


Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year

Kah Chin Chu, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow


ESG Lawyer of the Year

Jae Hong Jung, Kim & Chang


Private Equity Lawyer of the Year

Marcia Ellis, Morrison Foerster


Firm Awards

TMT Firm of the Year

Bae, Kim & Lee LLC


M&A Firm of the Year

Kirkland & Ellis


Offshore Law Firm of the Year

Harney Westwood & Riegels


Banking & Finance Firm of the Year

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett


Investment Funds Firm of the Year

Sidley Austin


Securities Firm of the Year

Davis Polk & Wardwell


International Arbitration Firm of the Year

Sidley Austin


Litigation Firm of the Year

Fangda Partners


Southeast Asian Firm of the Year

Latham & Watkins


Intellectual Property Firm of the Year

Bird and Bird


FinTech and Digital Assets Firm of the Year

Norton Rose Fulbright


ESG Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie
HFW


Transport Firm of the Year

Lee & Ko


Asian Pro Bono Initiative of the Year

Hogan Lovells


Asian Diversity Initiative of the Year

Han Kun Law Offices


In-House Awards

Asian In-House Legal Department of the Year

Grab Holdings, Inc.


General Counsel of the Year

Won Young Jung, Janssen Korea


Grand Prizes

Asian Law Firm Leader of the Year

Nishant Parikh and Sridhar Gorthi, Trilegal


International Law Firm Leader of the Year

Yash Rana, Goodwin Procter


International Law Firm of the Year

Latham & Watkins


Asian Law Firm of the Year

Rajah & Tann