Asia Legal Awards 2017: Finalists announced
Jan 12, 2017
The top firms, lawyers and deals across Asia-Pacific that made the cut for this year's Asia Legal Awards, presented by sibling publication The Asian Lawyer
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We are pleased to unveil the finalists for The Asian Lawyer’s 2017 Asia Legal Awards. Winners will be announced at the dinner gala held on Wednesday, February 22 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong.
To reserve your table, please contact Richard Morris at +44 75 8687 0325 or [email protected].
For more information on the ceremony and judging process, please visit www.asialegalawards.com.
Please contact Anna Zhang at [email protected] if your firm is missing on any of the nominated deals.
M&A Deal of the Year: North Asia
ChemChina’s $43B acquisition of Syngenta Bärr & Karrer Clifford Chance Davis Polk & Wardwell Fangda Partners Homburger Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Didi & Uber China’s $35B merger Davis Polk & Wardwell Fangda Partners Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Han Kun Law Offices Walkers
JD & Walmart’s $1.5B partnership Han Kun Law Offices Morrison & Foerster Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Kakao’s $1.5B acquisition of Loen Entertainment Bae, Kim & Lee Shin & Kim
Lotte’s $2.4B acquisition of Samsung’s chemical business Bae, Kim & Lee Lee & Ko
Softbank’s $31B acquisition of ARM Holdings Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Davis Polk & Wardwell Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Herbert Smith Freehills Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Morrison & Foerster Slaughter and May White & Case
M&A Deal of the Year: South Asia
Essar Oil’s $13B sale to Rosneft & Trafigura AZB & Partners Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Linklaters Slaughter and May
MakeMyTrip’s $2B acquisition of ibibo Appleby Cravath Swaine & Moore Latham & Watkins S&R Associates Trilegal
Nirma’s $1.1B acquisition of Lafarge India AZB & Partners Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Pinsent Masons
Tata Power’s $1.4B acquisition of Welspun Renewables AZB & Partners Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
M&A Deal of the Year: Southeast Asia
Alibaba’s $1B acquisition of Lazada Dechert Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Noerr Sullivan & Cromwell
Avago’s $37B acquisition of Broadcom Allen & Gledhill Latham & Watkins McDermott Will & Emery Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom WongPartnership
Jeonbuk Bank & Apro’s $134M acquisition of Phnom Penh Commercial Bank DFDL Kim & Chang
Mitsui, Behn Meyer & Myanmar Agribusiness’ JV Allen & Gledhill Allen & Gledhill (Myanmar)
Rosneft & Pertamina’s $14B partnership Dentons Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Soemadipradja & Taher
M&A Deal of the Year: Private Equity & Venture Capital
Brookfield’s $1B acquisition of IFC Seoul Kim & Chang Shin & Kim
KKR & Warburg’s $550M investment in GO-JEK Allen & Overy Ashurst Assegaf Hamzah & Partners Ginting & Reksodiputro Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners Latham & Watkins Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
MBK & TPG’s $1.2B acquisition of The Wharf T&T Clifford Chance Deacons Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Walkers
Xiwang Food & Primavera’s $730M acquisition of Iovate Health Goodmans Gowling WLG King & Wood Mallesons Sidley Austin Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Yokohama Rubber’s $1.2B acquisition of Alliance Tire Group AZB & Partners Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Nishimura & Asahi Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
M&A Lawyer of the Year
Charles Li – Han Kun Law Offices Gene Oh Kim – Kim & Chang Sang Gon Kim – Lee & Ko Dongwoo Seo – Bae, Kim & Lee Cyril Shroff – Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Xu Ping – King & Wood Mallesons
M&A Firm of the Year
Bae, Kim & Lee Davis Polk & Wardwell Han Kun Law Offices Kim & Chang King & Wood Mallesons Paul Hastings WongPartnership
Finance Deal of the Year: Acquisitions
Apex-Lexmark $2.6B financing King & Wood Mallesons Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom White & Case
ChemChina-Syngenta financing Clifford Chance Davis Polk & Wardwell Linklaters Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Hahn & Company-Ssangyong Cement $675M financing Kim & Chang Lee & Ko
Midea-Kuka $4.6B financing Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Herbert Smith Freehills
Softbank-ARM Holdings $10B financing Baker & McKenzie Davis Polk & Wardwell Morrison & Foerster Slaughter and May White & Case
VietJet’s $11.3B aircraft purchase financing Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
Finance Deal of the Year: Projects
Central Java $4.3B coal power project financing Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Shearman & Sterling
Myingyan $300M IPP financing Allen & Overy Mayer Brown JSM
Oyu Tolgoi $4.4B copper and gold mine project financing Farara Kerins Kaufhold & Reveillaud, Avocats Lackowicz & Hoffman LehmanLaw Mongolia Loyens & Loeff MahoneyLiotta Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Shearman & Sterling Sullivan & Cromwell VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne
SMC $435M multi-facility coal power plant financing Latham & Watkins Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Picazo Buyco SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Tengizchevroil $16B upstream expansion financing Latham & Watkins Sullivan & Cromwell
Yamal LNG $27B project financing Clifford Chance Linklaters
Finance Deal of the Year: Restructuring & Insolvency
Hyundai Merchant Marine $2.1B restructuring Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Kim & Chang Lee & Ko Yulchon
Pacific Andes $1.5B liquidation Clifford Chance DLA Piper Drew & Napier Harney Westwood & Riegels Jingtian & Gongcheng Linklaters Mayer Brown JSM Rajah & Tann Walkers WongPartnership
STX O&S $1.1B rehabilitation Holman Fenwick Willan Kim & Chang Watson Farley & Williams
Winsway Enterprises $500M restructuring Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Campbells Reed Smith Richards Butler Stephenson Harwood Walkers
Finance Lawyer of the Year
Chin Chuan Chen – Ashurst Indri (Mita) Guritno – Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners Hun Ko – Lee & Ko Madeline Leong – Watson Farley & Williams Thomas Ng – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Jack Wang – King & Wood Mallesons Zhang Xu – DeHeng Law Offices
Finance Firm of the Year
Fangda Partners Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Hogan Lovells Kim & Chang Linklaters Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
Securities Deal of the Year: Debt
AP Renewables’ $225M green bond Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Bank of China’s $3B green bond Clifford Chance Linklaters
Busan Bank’s $250M coco bond Allen & Overy Bae, Kim & Lee
Geely’s $400M green bond Conyers Dill & Pearman Davis Polk & Wardwell Haiwen & Partners King & Wood Mallesons
National Bank of Canada’s Rmb4B panda bond JunHe Linklaters
Valin Mining’s $354M convertible bond Allens Ashurst Latham & Watkins Jia Yuan Law Firm King & Wood Mallesons
Securities Deal of the Year: Equity
BOC Aviation $1.1B IPO Allen & Gledhill Allen & Overy Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Linklaters
Cikarang Listrindo $275M IPO Assegaf Hamzah & Partners Herbert Smith Freehills Shearman & Sterling
ICICI Prudential Life $908M IPO Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Davis Polk & Wardwell S&R Associates
National Australia Bank’s CYBG demerger & $5.5B capital raising Allen & Overy Clifford Chance King & Wood Mallesons Linklaters
Postal Savings Bank $7.4B IPO Clifford Chance Davis Polk & Wardwell Haiwen & Partners King & Wood Mallesons
Samsung Biologics $2B IPO Bae, Kim & Lee Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Lee & Ko Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
SF Logistics $6.3B backdoor listing Grandall Law Firm JunHe
Securities Lawyer of the Year
Bonnie Chan – Davis Polk & Wardwell Wonsik Choo – Lee & Ko William Liu – Linklaters Richard Mazzochi – King & Wood Mallesons Hee-Gang Shin – Bae, Kim & Lee Anna-Marie Slot – Ashurst
Securities Firm of the Year
Bae, Kim & Lee Davis Polk & Wardwell Jingtian & Gongcheng Kim & Chang Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Shearman & Sterling
Investment Funds Lawyer of the Year
Adam Furber – Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Dean Moroz – Ashurst Andrew Ostrognai – Debevoise & Plimpton Eriko Sakata – Linklaters Effie Vasilopoulos – Sidley Austin
Investment Funds Firm of the Year
Ashurst Debevoise & Plimpton King & Wood Mallesons Sidley Austin Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year
Justin D’Agostino – Herbert Smith Freehills Swee Yen Koh – WongPartnership Eung Young Park – Kim & Chang Thomas So – Mayer Brown JSM Pyoung Kun Song – Lee & Ko Bangwei Xu – Jingtian & Gongcheng Zhenyong Ye – JunHe Baosheng Zhang – King & Wood Mallesons
Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
JunHe Kim & Chang King & Wood Mallesons Latham & Watkins Morrison & Foerster WongPartnership Yulchon
Compliance/Investigations Lawyer of the Year
Gary Gao – Zhong Lun Law Firm Han Cheol Kang – Kim & Chang Michael Kim – Kobre & Kim Martin Rogers – Davis Polk & Wardwell Akihisa Shiozaki – Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Sun Shiqi – Jingtian & Gongcheng Yuet Ming Tham – Sidley Austin
Compliance/Investigations Firm of the Year
Davis Polk & Wardwell Kim & Chang Kobre & Kim Lee & Ko Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Sidley Austin Zhong Lun Law Firm
Competition Lawyer of the Year
Kala Anandarajah – Rajah & Tann Nicholas French – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Janet Hui – JunHe Min-Ho Lee – Lee & Ko Susan Ning – King & Wood Mallesons Keumseok Oh – Bae, Kim & Lee Fay Zhou – Linklaters
Competition Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer JunHe Kim & Chang Lee & Ko Linklaters Yulchon
Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year
Gabriela Kennedy – Mayer Brown JSM Taeck Soo Kwon – Bae, Kim & Lee Choong Jin Oh – Lee & Ko Xiang Wang – Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Jessica Xu – JunHe
Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
Bird & Bird Hogan Lovells Kim & Chang Lee & Ko Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Mayer Brown JSM
Employment Lawyer of the Year
Cynthia Chung – Deacons Sang-Hoon Lee – Lee & Ko Andrea Randall – Gall Jenny Tsin – WongPartnership Jennifer Van Dale – Eversheds
Employment Firm of the Year
Gall Lee & Ko Rajah & Tann WongPartnership Zhong Lun Law Firm
Energy Lawyer of the Year
Linh Doan – Watson Farley & Williams Dong Eun Kim – Lee & Ko Daniel Reinbott – Ashurst Craig Rogers – King & Wood Mallesons Stuart Salt – Linklaters
Energy Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill (Laos) Eversheds Herbert Smith Freehills King & Wood Mallesons Lee & Ko Linklaters
TMT Lawyer of the Year
Luke Grubb – Latham & Watkins Gabriela Kennedy – Mayer Brown JSM Mark Parsons – Hogan Lovells Kwang Hyun Ryoo – Bae, Kim & Lee David Wang – Paul Hastings Soon Yub (Samuel) Kwon – Lee & Ko
TMT Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill Bae, Kim & Lee Han Kun Law Offices Hogan Lovells Kim & Chang Lee & Ko Mayer Brown JSM
Private Client Lawyer of the Year
Han (Antonio) Chen – Han Kun Law Offices Radhika Gaggar – Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Richard Norridge – Herbert Smith Freehills Vikna Rajah – Rajah & Tann Xiaocheng Wang – Grandall Law Firm
Offshore Law Firm of the Year
Conyers Dill & Pearman Maples and Calder Walkers
6 In-house Counsel of Distinction
Sharyn Ch’ang – PwC Leiming Chen – Ant Financial Gladys Chun – Lazada Junghoon Kenneth Oh – LG Display Yong Kai Wong – CITIC Capital Jerry Xia – Honeywell
Asian CSR Initiative of the Year
Winner to be revealed on the night
GRAND PRIZES
In-house Legal Department of the Year
Alibaba Lazada Intel LG Chemical LG Display MTR Corporation Telstra
International Law Firm Leader of the Year
William Barron – Davis Polk & Wardwell Milton Cheng – Baker & McKenzie Geraint Hughes – Clifford Chance Michael Kim – Kobre & Kim Ken Segel – Morrison & Foerster Patrick Sherrington – Hogan Lovells
Asian Law Firm Leader of the Year
Melli Darsa – Melli Darsa & Co Masaki Hosaka – Nishimura & Asahi Sungjin Kim – Bae, Kim & Lee Lee Eng Beng – Rajah & Tann Wang Ling – King & Wood Mallesons Xiao Wei – JunHe
International Law Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie Davis Polk & Wardwell Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Hogan Lovells Linklaters Paul Hastings Sidley Austin
Asian Law Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill Bae, Kim & Lee Fangda Partners Kim & Chang King & Wood Mallesons Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
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