Deal Awards

Finance Deal of the Year: Acquisitions

Medco Energi's US$1.4 billion major stake acquisition in Corridor PSC
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Harney Westwood & Riegels
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
Prolegis
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Zuill & Co

Hillhouse Capital's US$4.4 billion acquisition of Philips Domestic Appliances
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas 
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Haiwen & Partners
Linklaters

Risun Chemicals Limited, Hongye Chemical Group US$770 million acquisition of six insolvent companies
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Latham & Watkins

Macquarie Korea Asset Management’s US$600 millin acquisition of Deokyang Co.
Bae, Kim & Lee
Lee & Ko

CIMC US$1.08 Billion Acquisition of Maersk Container Industry
Gorrissen Federspiel
JunHe
Zhong Lun Law Firm

Finance Deal of the Year: Insolvency and Restructuring

US$11 billion restructuring of China state-linked Peking University Founders Group
Addleshaw Goddard
Allen & Overy
Alvarez & Marsal
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Ogier

US$170 billion restructuring of Hong Kong-listed HNA Holdings
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Han Kun Law Offices

US$3.5 billion debt restructuring of Hong Kong-listed Genting
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
Weil, Gotshal & Manges 

US$3.1 billion loan restructuring for Indonesian state-owned-enterprise, PTPN Group
Allen & Overy
Ginting & Reksodiputro
HHP Law Firm
Oentoeng Suria & Partners in association with Ashurst

US$4 billion collapse of Singapore's Hin Leong Trading
Allen & Gledhill
Davinder Singh Chambers
Drew & Napier
Haridass Ho & Partners
K&L Gates
Oon & Bazul
Rajah & Tann
Stephenson Harwood
Wong Tan & Molly Lim
WongPartnership

Finance Deal of the Year: Projects

Sustainable financing for Indonesia's state-owned utility company, PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Norton Rose Fulbright

Financing for Lotus Wind Power Project in Vietnam
Mayer Brown
Allen & Overy

Financing for Cirata Solar Power Project in Indonesia
Allen & Overy
Shearman & Sterling

Financing for the Jawa 9 and 10 Power Plants in Indonesia
UMBRA
Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
DLA Piper
Milbank

PPP to develop Thailand's Laem Chabang Port Phase 3 Terminal
Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners

Financing for Taiwan's Zhong Neng Offshore Wind Project
Baker McKenzie
Lee and Li
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
White & Case

M&A Deal of the Year: North Asia

eBay Inc.'s US$3.6 billion 80% stake sale of eBay Korea
Kim & Chang
Bae Kim & Lee
Ropes & Gray
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

US$2 billion controlling stake sale in Starbucks Coffee Korea
Lee & Ko
Allen & Overy
Kim & Chang
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Shin & Kim

DL Chemical's US$2.5 Billion Acquisition of Kraton Corporation
King & Spalding
O’Melveny & Myers

K-pop agency HYBE’s US$1 billion Acquisition of Ithaca Holdings
Paul Hastings
Kim & Chang
Latham & Watkins

Incorporation of blockchain platform "Global Shipping Business Network"
AEQUO
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Kim & Chang
Philippi, Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Tiang & Partners
Xin Bai Law Firm

Panasonic’s US$8.5 billion acquisition of Blue Yonder
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Guerrero Olivos
Khaitan & Co
Lee and Li
Lee Tsai & Partners
McCarthy Tétrault
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Rahmat Lim & Partners
White & Case
Zhong Lun Law Firm

M&A Deal of the Year: South and South East Asia

US$12.1 billion merger of Digi.com and Celcom Axiata
Adnan Sundra & Low
Ashurst
Christopher & Lee Ong
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Grab Holdings' US$40 billion SPAC deal and listing
Cooley
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Nishimura & Asahi
Ropes & Gray
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
WilmerHale
YKVN

ESR Cayman's US$5.2 billlion acquisition of ARA Asset Management
Allen & Gledhill
Conyers
Corrs
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gilbert + Tobin
Latham & Watkins
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Shin & Kim
WongPartnership

Indonesian merger to create world's second largest mobile telecoms company
Allen & Overy
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
White & Case

Private Equity Deal of the Year

Bank of China Group Investment's US$1.6 billion investment in SVOLT Energy
Allbright Law Offices

China's CGN Wind Energy's US$4.8 billion fund raising
JunHe

US$512 million cornerstone investments in Hong Kong's SenseTime
Han Kun Law Offices 
Llinks Law Offices
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

US$1.5 billion acquisition of Shiseido's Personal Care business
Allen & Gledhill
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Formosa Transnational
JunHe
Kim & Chang
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
White & Case
Zhong Lun Law Firm

Kuehne+Nagel's US$1.5 billion acquisition of Apex International
Baker McKenzie
Haiwen Partners
Ropes & Gray
YKVN
Yulchon

MBK Partners' US$2.2 billion acquisition of CAR Inc.
Clifford Chance
Conyers
Davis Polk
Fangda Partners
Kirkland & Ellis
Sullivan & Cromwell
Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Alibaba and Baring consortium's US$400 million acquisition of CrownX
YKVN
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Hogan Lovells
Milbank

Securities Deal of the Year: Debt

SK Battery's US$1 billion green bonds offering
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Lee & Ko
Linklaters

China Construction Bank’s US$2.4 billion tri-product ESG bonds
Allen & Overy
Dentons
Global Law Office
Linklaters

Adani Electricity’s US$2 billion Sustainability-Linked Bond Issuance
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
L&L Partners
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters

CDC, Northern Arc Group's US$43 million bond issuance
Anoma Legal Advocates
Phoenix Legal
Trilegal

Kaisa’s US$3 billion new notes offering
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Harneys
Jia Yuan Law Office
Linklaters
Sidley Austin

The Republic of Indonesia’s US$3 billion sukuk bond offering
Assegaf, Hamzah & Partners
Clifford Chance
Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners
White & Case

Securities Deal of the Year: Equity

Zomato Limited's US$12 billion IPO
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

Hong Kong-listed Li Ning Company's US$1.3 billion share sale
Allen & Overy
LC Lawyers

Bank Rakyat Indonesia’s US$6.73 billion rights issue
McCarthy Tétrault
Milbank
Rahmat Lim & Partners
White & Case

Krafton Inc.’s US$3.8 billion IPO
Bae, Kim & Lee
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Kim & Chang
Paul Hastings

PTT Oil and Retail US$1.57 billion IPO
Latham & Watkins
Shearman & Sterling
Weerawong Chinnavat & Partners

JD Logistics’s US$2 billion Hong Kong listing
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Han Kun Law Offices
Shihui Partners
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

TMT Deal of the Year

US$5.6 billion privatisation of 51job.com
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Fangda partners
Haiwen Partners
JunHe 
Kirkland & Ellis
Maples and Calder
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Sullivan & Cromwell
Weil, Gotshal & Manges 

Delivery Hero and Woowa US$4 billion regional partnership
Kim & Chang
Yulchon

PT Bukalapak’s US$1.5 billion IPO
Milbank
White & Case

JD Logistics’s US$2 billion Hong Kong listing
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Han Kun Law Offices
Shihui Partners
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Prosus Ventures’ US$4.7billion acquisition of BillDesk by PayU
AZB & Partners
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Trilegal

PayPal’s US$2.7 billion acquisition of Japan's Paidy
Cooley
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nishimura & Asahi
White & Case