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.