Deal Awards
ESG Deal of the Year
Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower's A-share placement
Haiwen & Partners
Hunan Junxin Environmental Protection - Hunan Renhe Environmental stake acquisition
China Commercial Law Firm
Guohao Law Firm
Green Development Fund and China South‑to‑North Water Diversion Group investment project
JunHe
Masdar and TotalEnergies $2.2B renewable project JV
Norton Rose Fulbright
Kinstellar
Mitsui & Co.'s low-carbon ammonia import and supply project
Mori Hamada
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
$498M green loan to Nxera DCT Pte. Ltd.
WongPartnership
Allen & Gledhill
Taepyeong Salt Farm Solar PV project
Lee & Ko
Kim & Chang
$750M sustainability-linked loan for PT Vale Indonesia Tbk
Baker McKenzie
Mayer Brown
TNB & Partners
VPBank $1B syndicated green and social loan facility
YKVN
Freshfields
Finance Deal of the Year
DBS Bank's stake increase in DBS Securities (China) Limited
Haiwen & Partners
Zhongyin Law Firm
Atome Financial's structured bond issuance
Dentons
JTJB
Boyu Capital's acquisition finance for Starbucks China
Fangda Partners
King & Wood
Morrison Foerster
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Guangxi Nuclear Power - Bailong nuclear power project finance
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Firmus Supercloud $10B debt finance
Milbank
Kirkland & Ellis
Gilbert + Tobin
Allens
MTR Corporation's $3.8B green loan facility
Slaughter and May
Deacons
BESS project finance
Mori Hamada
Nishimura Asahi
Marina Bay Sands' $9.3B loan facilities
Allen & Gledhill
Altimetrik’s - SLK Software $625M acquisition finance
Kirkland & Ellis
AZB & Partners
$2.3B acquisition finance for Arise Digital Technology
Baker McKenzie
Linklaters
M&A Deal of the Year
China Shenhua Energy Company's reorganization project
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Air Liquide - DIG Airgas acquisition
Lee & Ko
Kim & Chang
China Power's $3.8B asset restructuring and acquisition of SPIC Yuanda Environmental Protection
Slaughter and May
JunHe
Zhongzi Law Office
Savvy Games - Moonton Technology acquisition
Global Law Office
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Kone - Thyssenkrupp Elevator acquisition
Shihui Partners
Hannes Snellman Attorneys
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Kirkland & Ellis
Freshfields
Roschier Attorneys
Toyota Industries Corporation privatisation
Mori Hamada
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Slaughter & May
Gaien Partners
Nishimura & Asahi
ENN Energy privatisation
Sullivan & Cromwell
Clifford Chance
Slaughter and May
Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals - Ikena Oncology reverse merger
Cooley
Hang Seng Bank $13.6B privatisation
Slaughter and May
Des Voeux Chambers
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Kirkland & Ellis
Gilbert + Tobin
ANE's $1.8B privatisation
Kirkland & Ellis
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Haiwen & Partners
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Private Equity Deal of the Year
Blackstone - Neysa investment
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Talwar Thakore & Associates
AZB & Partner
DCP Capital - Sun Art share acquisition
Sullivan & Cromwell
Slaughter and May
Monster Energy $327M take private
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Haiwen & Partners
Harneys
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
EQT - Fujitec acquisition
Mori Hamada
White & Case
Morrison Foerster
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Carlyle - BASF’s coatings business acquisition
Fangda Partners
Milbank
Latham & Watkins
Creel, García-Cuéllar
EQT's $14.5B Nord Anglia Education private listing
JunHe
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres shares acquisition
Allen & Gledhill
Gibson Dunn
PT Sweets Indonesia- Yupi Indo Jelly Gum share sale
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Latham & Watkins
Stonepeak - Princeton Digital Group investment
Sidley Austin
Latham & Watkins
Warburg Pincus - Acclime leveraged buyout
Kirkland & Ellis
AZB
Kim & Chang
Hadef
Christopher & Lee Ong
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
Restructuring and Insolvency Matter of the Year
Shimao Property Group debt restructuring
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Sino-Ocean Group $6B offshore debt restructuring
Sidley Austin
A&O Shearman
Linklaters
ClFI Holdings $6.8B offshore debt restructuring
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Country Garden offshore debt restructuring
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Fangda Partners
MtGox Co. Ltd bankruptcy and rehabilitation
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Brown Rudnick
Miller Thomson
Binjiang Yipin Yuan handover
JunHe
SDasin Retail Trust Management restructuring
Allen & Gledhill
Tsinghua Unigroup $449M keepwell bonds restructuring
Freshfields
White & Case
Campbells
Latham & Watkins
Ogier
Ashurst
Kirkland & Ellis
Prince Group liquidation and insolvency
Walkers
Securities Deal of the Year: Debt
New World Development Company's exchange offer
Sidley Austin
Nissan Motors' international and Euro-Yen convertible bonds
Mori Hamada
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Linklaters
Bayfront IABS VII's $706M infrastructure asset-backed notes issuance
Allen & Gledhill
Alibaba Group Holdings' $3.2B convertible notes issuance
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Linklaters
Fangda Partners
Baidu Group's $2B exchangeable bonds offering
JunHe
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Han Kun Law Offices
Midea Group’s $2.2B convertible bond issuance
Freshfields
Linklaters
Nippon Steel’s $3.7B Regulation S convertible bond offering
Sullivan & Cromwell
Linklaters
NTT Finance Corporation’s $17.5B notes offering
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Davis Polk & Wardwell
MTR’s $3B debt offering
Slaughter and May
Maples and Calder
Linklaters
Yinson Bergenia Production B.V. notes issuance
Norton Rose Fulbright
Securities Deal of the Year: Equity
CATL's $5.3B Hong Kong IPO
Kirkland & Ellis
Llinks Law Offices
CM Law Firm
JX Advanced Metals' global IPO
Mori Hamada
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Zijin Gold International's Hong Kong IPO
Slaughter and May
Latham & Watkins
Fujian Zenith Law Firm
DeHeng Law Office
PayPay Corporation's NASDAQ listing
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Mori Hamada
Maynilad Water Services’ Philippine IPO
Milbank
Latham & Watkins
Pony AI $860M dual primary listing
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Haiwen & Partners
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Seres Group’s $1.7B Hong Kong IPO
Cooley
Davis Polk & Wardwell
King & Wood
Haiwen & Partners
Tata Capital Limited’s $1.75 Billion IPO
Sidley Austin
AZB & Partners
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Latham & Watkins
Talwar Thakore & Associates
Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals' Hong Kong IPO
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
UltraGreen.ai Limited's $400M IPO
Allen & Gledhill
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Firm Awards
Banking & Finance Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Baker McKenzie
Fangda Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
Kirkland & Ellis
Lee & Ko
Milbank
Nishimura & Asahi
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
WongPartnership
Boutique Law Firm of the Year
Beijing Grandwin Law firm
Collyer Law
Hugill & Ip
Prolegis
Setia Law
Siraj Omar
So & Sato
Taxise Asia
Wan Yeung Hau & Co.
Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
A&O Shearman
Allen & Gledhill
Bae, Kim & Lee
Baker McKenzie
Fangda Partners
Freshfields
Latham & Watkins
Lee & Ko
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Tilleke & Gibbins
Wan Yeung Hau & Co.
WongPartnership
ESG Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Baker McKenzie
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
Drew & Napier
Eversheds Sutherland
Global Law Office
Hogan Lovells
Jipyong
JunHe
Lee & Ko
FinTech and Digital Assets Firm of the Year
Bae, Kim & Lee
Eversheds Sutherland
Global Law Office
Han Kun Law Offices
Latham & Watkins
Norton Rose Fulbright
China Commercial Law Firm
Insurance Firm of the Year
Bae, Kim & Lee
Fangda Partners
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Johnson Stokes & Master
JunHe
Lee & Ko
LNT & Partners
Rajah & Tann
Siraj Omar
China Commercial Law Firm
Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Bae, Kim & Lee
Bird & Bird
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
Drew & Napier
Jingtian & Gongcheng
JunHe
Lee & Ko
Tay & Partners
Investment Funds Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Cooley
Fangda Partners
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Goodwin
Han Kun Law Offices
Kirkland & Ellis
Morrison Foerster
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
M&A Firm of the Year
Bae, Kim & Lee
Fangda Partners
Freshfields
JunHe
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Lee & Ko
Mori Hamada
Nishimura & Asahi
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Slaughter and May
Sullivan & Cromwell
Offshore Law Firm of the Year
Carey Olsen
Harney Westwood & Riegels
Loeb Smith
Mourant
Walkers
Private Equity Firm of the Year
Fangda Partners
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Han Kun Law Offices
JunHe
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Milbank
Nishimura & Asahi
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Sullivan & Cromwell
Projects Firm of the Year
Bae, Kim & Lee
Baker Botts
Baker McKenzie
Global Law Office
JunHe
Lee & Ko
LNT & Partners
Milbank
Nishimura & Asahi
Rajah & Tann
Regulatory & Investigations Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Bae, Kim & Lee
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Dentons
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Global Law Office
Hogan Lovells
JunHe
Nishimura & Asahi
Rajah & Tann
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Securities Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Fangda Partners
Jingtian & Gongcheng
JunHe
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
O'Melveny & Myers
Sidley Austin
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Slaughter and May
Sullivan & Cromwell
Southeast Asian Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
Prolegis
Rajah & Tann
Taxise Asia
Tilleke & Gibbins
TMT Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Bae, Kim & Lee
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Drew & Napier
Eversheds Sutherland
Han Kun Law Offices
JunHe
Milbank
Nishimura & Asahi
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell
Tilleke & Gibbins
Transport Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Fangda Partners
Jingtian & Gongcheng
JunHe
Lee & Ko
Norton Rose Fulbright
Rajah & Tann
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Tay & Partners
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Lawyers of the Year
Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year
Cheng Shen, Jingtian & Gongcheng
Danielle Roman, Mourant
Jun Hu, China Commercial Law Firm
Makiko Harunari, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Min Min, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Myoung Chul Kwak, Lee & Ko
Nhat Quang Truong, YKVN
Simon Lawrenson, Mourant
Data Privacy Lawyer of the Year
Albert Yuen, Eversheds Sutherland
Esther Franks, Latham & Watkins
Lee Lin Li, Tay & Partners
Lim Chong Kin, Drew & Napier
Lizhi Yuan, Jingtian & Gongcheng
Masaki Mizukoshi, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nhi Pham, DS Avocats/DSEA
Wenwen Zeng, Tian Yuan Law Firm
Xiao Dong, JunHe
Employment Lawyer of the Year
Ashley Chew Lixian, Collyer Law
Haiyan Duan, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Hongjuan Bai, JunHe
Leonard Yeoh, Tay & Partners
Lesli Ligorner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Thuy Hang Nguyen, Baker McKenzie
Tieliu Guan, China Commercial Law Firm
Xin Yu, Jingtian & Gongcheng
Young Jin Kim, Lee & Ko
ESG Lawyer of the Year
Chang Wook Min, Jipyong
Christy Lim, WongPartnership
Chunyan Kou, JunHe
Guanchun Dai, Jingtian & Gongcheng
Leo Li, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Sangmin Kim, Lee & Ko
Zhiwei Zhong, China Commercial Law Firm
Fintech and Digital Assets Lawyer of the Year
Harold Tin, Norton Rose Fulbright
Jacqueline Qiao, JunHe
Martin Rogers, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Paul Lee, Jingtian & Gongcheng
Rui Mu, China Commercial Law Firm
Sam Maxson, Latham & Watkins
International Arbitration Lawyer of the Year
Cavinder Bull, Drew & Napier
Chunhui Fang, Jingtian & Gongcheng
Denis Brock, O'Melveny & Myers
Friven Yeoh, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Jia Gu, Han Kun Law Offices
Koh Swee Yen, WongPartnership
Ming Wu, Dacheng Law Office
Nicholas Lingard, Freshfields
Paul Ho, Stephenson Harwood
Shaun Leong, HFW
Siraj Omar, Siraj Omar
Zachary Sharpe, Lee & Ko
IPO Lawyer of the Year
Grant Chen, Llinks Law Offices
Gwen Wong, Sullivan & Cromwell
Ke Geng, O'Melveny & Myers
Li He, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Miao Zhang, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Michael Yu, Cooley
Shinichi Araki, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Takahiro Saito, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Zaiguang Lu, Han Kun Law Offices
Zhoujun Tang, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Litigator of the Year
Cavinder Bull, Drew & Napier
Chang Ho Seong, Lee & Ko
Daniel Chia, Prolegis
Danny Ong, Setia Law
Honghuan Liu, Jingtian & Gongcheng
Martin Rogers, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Siraj Omar, Siraj Omar
Steve Kwok, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Wendy Lin, WongPartnership
Zhen Zhao, JunHe
M&A Lawyer of the Year
Ching-Yang Lin, Sullivan & Cromwell
Danny Kan, Stephenson Harwood
Denise Shiu, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
James Clayton-Payne, Latham & Watkins
Joe Chen, JunHe
Jonathan Stone, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Miranda So, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Nguyen, Anh Tuan, LNT & Partners
Stephanie Keen, O'Melveny & Myers
Sung Min Kim, Lee & Ko
Private Client Lawyer of the Year
Alfred Ip, Hugill & Ip
Dawn Quek, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Dong Ha Kim, Lee & Ko
Karen Cheung, Holman Fenwick Willan
Loh Kia Meng, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
Mark Gao, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Miao Zhao, Jingtian & Gongcheng
Ong Sim Ho, Drew & Napier
Yoshikazu Hasegawa, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Zhijin Zhang, JunHe
Private Equity Lawyer of the Year
Amy Beckingham, Latham & Watkins
Ian Ho, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Je Won Lee, Lee & Ko
Kay Ian Ng, Sullivan & Cromwell
Nigel Gleeson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Nima Amini, O'Melveny & Myers
Ping Zhang, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Sammuel Zhao, Junhe
Samuel Kang, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Yuki Sato, So & Sato
Projects Lawyer of the Year
Kevin Nathan, Nazmi Zaini Chambers
Kwang Yul Kim, Lee & Ko
Per Lindberg, Morrison Foerster
Thanh Minh Vu, LNT & Partners
Yan Gao, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Yanmei Long, Jingtian & Gongcheng
In-House Awards
Asian In-House Legal Team of the Year
AIA
AirAsia
Bank of Singapore
British American Tobacco
Canaan
Fresenius Medical Care
Medtecs Group
Mizuho Bank
Nanyang Technological University
SingHaiYi Group
SNV Aviation Private
Xendit
General Counsel of the Year
Al-Shwaid de Leon Ismael, Frontiir Group
Bharat Bahadur, SNV Aviation Private
Jia Kang Zhou, Shenzhen Pagoda Inustrial Group Corporation Limited
Lee Jie Jiun, Volkswagen Group Malaysia
Milla Klarissa Atmoprawiro, Indonesia Infrastructure Finance
Nelson Wong, Tam Jai International Co.
Nga Nguyen, Citibank
Penny Koo, AIA Singapore
Phil Leung, Bitget Wallet
Reggy Dio Geo Fanny, PT CND International Trade Indonesia
Wenyi Shou, ESR
Zi Yao Lim, Kulicke and Soffa Industries
Other Awards
Asian Pro Bono Initiative of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Hogan Lovells
Hugill & Ip
JunHe
Lee & Ko
LNT & Partners
Legal AI Product of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
DocPro
JunHe
Lee & Ko
Lexagle
China Commercial Law Firm
Grand Prix Awards
Asian Law Firm Leader of the Year
To be announced at the ceremony.
International Law Firm Leader of the Year
To be announced at the ceremony.
International Law Firm of the Year
To be announced at the ceremony.
Asian Law Firm of the Year
To be announced at the ceremony.