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Deal Awards

Finance Deal of the Year: Acquisitions

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


Finance Deal of the Year: Insolvency and Restructuring

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


Finance Deal of the Year: Projects

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

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


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

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


Securities Deal of the Year: Debt

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


Securities Deal of the Year: Equity

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


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


Private Equity Deal of the Year

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


Firm Awards

Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year

Herbert Smith Freehills


Finance Firm of the Year

Nishimura & Asahi


Intellectual Property Firm of the Year

Fangda Partners


Investment Funds Firm of the Year

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett


M&A Firm of the Year (Large deal $500M or above)

King & Wood Mallesons


M&A Firm of the Year (Medium-sized deal under $500M)

Commerce & Finance Law Offices in Association with Eric Chow & Co.


Offshore Law Firm of the Year

Walkers


Securities Firm of the Year

Davis Polk & Wardwell


TMT Firm of the Year

Morrison & Foerster


Asian Diversity Initiative of the Year

Hogan Lovells


Asian Pro Bono Initiative of the Year

Hogan Lovells


Asian Technology and Innovation Initiative of the Year

DLA Piper


Best Crisis Management Initiative of the Year

Lee & Ko


Individual Awards

Data Privacy Lawyer of the Year

Anna Gamvros, Norton Rose Fulbright


International Trade Lawyer of the Year

Tatman Savio, Akin Gump


IPO Lawyer of the Year

Li He, Davis Polk & Wardwell


Private Equity Lawyer of the Year

Ian Ho, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett


Energy and Infrastructure Lawyer of the Year

Matthias Schemuth, DLA Piper


Private Client Lawyer of the Year

Stacy Choong, Withers KhattarWong


In-House Awards

Asian Alternative Legal Service Offering of the Year

KorumLegal


Asian In-House Legal Department of the Year

Manulife


General Counsel of the Year

Carlos Estrada, The Adecco Group


ACC Outstanding Achievement Award

Erika Evasdottir, Centrium Advisory Services


Grand Prizes

International Law Firm Leader of the Year

David Zemans, Milbank


Asian Law Firm Leader of the Year

Cyril Shroff, Cyril Amarchand & Mangaldas


International Law Firm of the Year

Withers


Asian Law Firm of the Year

Kim & Chang