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