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
Latham & Watkins
Mitsui & Co.'s low-carbon ammonia import and supply project
Mori Hamada
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Nishimura & Asahi
$498M green loan to Nxera DCT Pte. Ltd.
WongPartnership
Allen & Gledhill
Taepyeong Salt Farm Solar PV project - WINNER
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 - WINNER
Dentons
JTJB
Boyu Capital's acquisition finance for Starbucks China
Fangda Partners
King & Wood
Morrison Foerster
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
JunHe
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
Jingtian & Gongcheng
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 - WINNER
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
Jingtian & Gongcheng
JunHe
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
JunHe
Kirkland & Ellis
Monster Energy $327M take private
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Haiwen & Partners
Harneys
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Walkers
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
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
EQT's $14.5B Nord Anglia Education private listing
JunHe
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres shares acquisition
Allen & Gledhill
Gibson Dunn
Latham & Watkins
WongPartnership
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
PT Sweets Indonesia- Yupi Indo Jelly Gum share sale
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Latham & Watkins
Stonepeak - Princeton Digital Group investment - WINNER
Sidley Austin
Latham & Watkins
Mourant
Warburg Pincus - Acclime leveraged buyout
Kirkland & Ellis
AZB
Kim & Chang
Hadef
Christopher & Lee Ong
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
Latham & Watkins
Walkers
Restructuring and Insolvency Matter of the Year
Sino-Ocean Group $6B offshore debt restructuring - WINNER
Sidley Austin
A&O Shearman
Linklaters
Walkers
ClFI Holdings $6.8B offshore debt restructuring
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Kirkland & Ellis
Country Garden offshore debt restructuring
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Fangda Partners
MtGox Co. Ltd bankruptcy and rehabilitation
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Brown Rudnick
Miller Thomson
Nishimura & Asahi
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
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
Latham & Watkins
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
Nishimura & Asahi
NTT Finance Corporation’s $17.5B notes offering - WINNER
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
ZhongLun
JX Advanced Metals' global IPO - WINNER
Mori Hamada
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Nishimura & Asahi
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
Walkers
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
Jingtian & Gongcheng
UltraGreen.ai Limited's $400M IPO
Allen & Gledhill
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Latham & Watkins
WongPartnership
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 - WINNER
- WongPartnership
Boutique Law Firm of the Year
- Beijing Grandwin Law firm
- Collyer Law
- Hugill & Ip
- Prolegis
- Setia Law - WINNER
- Siraj Omar
- So & Sato
- Taxise Asia
- Wan Yeung Hau & Co.
Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
- A&O Shearman
- Allen & Gledhill
- Bae, Kim & Lee - WINNER
- 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 Cadwalader - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- Siraj Omar
- China Commercial Law Firm
Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
- Allen & Gledhill
- Bae, Kim & Lee
- Bird & Bird
- Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
- Drew & Napier - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
M&A Firm of the Year
- Bae, Kim & Lee
- Fangda Partners
- Freshfields
- JunHe
- Kirkland & Ellis - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- Milbank
- Nishimura & Asahi
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Sullivan & Cromwell
Projects Firm of the Year
- Bae, Kim & Lee
- Baker Botts
- Baker McKenzie - WINNER
- 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 Cadwalader - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
Transport Firm of the Year
- Allen & Gledhill
- Fangda Partners
- Jingtian & Gongcheng
- JunHe
- Lee & Ko
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Rajah & Tann - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- 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
- Marissa 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 - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- 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 Singapore
- AirAsia
- Bank of Singapore
- British American Tobacco
- Canaan
- Fresenius Medical Care
- Medtecs Group
- Mizuho Bank
- Nanyang Technological University - WINNER
- 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 Industrial Group Corporation Limited
- Lee Jie Jiun, Volkswagen Group Malaysia
- Milla Klarissa Atmoprawiro, Indonesia Infrastructure Finance
- Nelson Wong, Tam Jai International Co.
- Nga Nguyen, Citibank - WINNER
- 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 - WINNER
- Hugill & Ip
- JunHe
- Lee & Ko
- LNT & Partners
Legal AI Product of the Year
- Allen & Gledhill - WINNER
- Ask.Legal
- JunHe
- Lee & Ko
- Lexagle
- China Commercial Law Firm
Grand Prix Awards
Asian Law Firm Leader of the Year
- Haigreve Khaitan, Khaitan Co
International Law Firm Leader of the Year
- Connie Heng, Clifford Chance
International Law Firm of the Year
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Asian Law Firm of the Year
- Allen & Gledhill