About
Welcome to the 14th annual The Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards!
Date: Friday, September 11, 2015
Venue: Conrad Hong Kong – Grand Ballroom
Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong
For enquiries about the event, please contact Caryl at mary.aquino@thomsonreuters.com
or (632) 982 5938.
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GUEST OF HONOUR
Professor Michael Hor
Dean, Faculty of Law
The University Of Hong Kong
Michael Hor grew up and went to school in Ipoh, Malaysia, before going to Singapore to read for an LLB. On graduation he joined the Singapore Legal Service where he administered bankruptcies and companies in liquidation and sat as a Magistrate. He joined the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore and went off to Oxford University to read for a BCL. On his return he became a Lecturer at the Faculty. He is qualified as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, and also read for an LLM in the University of Chicago.
He specializes in most matters related to criminal justice. He has taught and published in criminal law, evidence, and criminal procedure. He has been a Consultant to the Ministry of Law, Singapore, and the Criminal Practice Committee of the Law Society of Singapore. He has also been Chief Editor of the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, a member of the editorial boards of the Singapore Academy of Law Journal and the Asian Journal of Comparative Law, and an advisor to the Singapore Law Review and the Criminal Justice Club, NUS. He has also been Chairman of the Faculty Search (Hiring) Committee and a member of the Faculty Promotion and Tenure Committee, NUS.
He has been a Distinguished Visitor at the Law Faculty of the University of Toronto, a Visitor at the Oxford Centre for Criminology, and Visiting Professor at the University of Hong Kong Law Faculty, where he was also an advisor to its Centre for Comparative and Public Law.
EMCEE
A journalist with more than 20 years financial reporting experience, Tara Joseph is currently chief correspondent for Reuters TV, Asia.
Tara has more than 10 years experience reporting and presenting for TV in Asia, including daily shows for BBC World and China’s CCTV. She has moderated numerous webcasts and panel events including shows hosted at the World Economic Forum in Davos. She was previously the editor and main presenter of Reuters Financial Television based in London. Tara started in journalism as an emerging markets correspondent covering stories in Russia, South Africa and Turkey. She now oversees video production of video packages, and interviews with staff across Asia.
Tara is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism, and Smith College in the United States. She is vice president of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong Kong.
Categories
THE CATEGORIES
Deal Categories
1. Debt Market Deal of the Year
2. Equity Market Deal of the Year
3. M&A Deal of the Year
4. Dealmaker of the Year
5. Deal of the Year
In-House Categories
1. Banking and Financial Services In-House Team of the Year
2. Construction and Real Estate In-House Team of the Year
3. Holman Fenwick Willan Award Shipping In-House Team of the Year
4. Hong Kong Corporate Counsel Association Award Innovative In-House Team of the Year
5. Insurance In-House Team of the Year
6. Lewis Sanders Award Investment Banking In-House Team of the Year
7. Paul Weiss Award Technology, Media and Telecommunications In-House Team of the Year
8. Private Equity In-House Team of the Year
9. The Macallan Fine Oak Single Malt Scotch Whisky Award Hong Kong In-House Lawyer of the Year
10. In-House Team of the Year
Firm Categories
1. Arbitration Law Firm of the Year
2. Boutique Law Firm of the Year
3. Construction Law Firm of the Year
4. Corporate Citizenship Law Firm of the Year
5. Criminal Law Firm of the Year
6. Deal Firm of the Year
7. Immigration Law Firm of the Year
8. Insolvency and Restructuring Law Firm of the Year
9. Insurance Law Firm of the Year
10. Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year
11. Investment Funds Law Firm of the Year
12. Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year
13. Litigation Law Firm of the Year
14. Maritime Law Firm of the Year
15. BDO Limited Award Matrimonial Law Firm of the Year
16. Offshore Law Firm of the Year
17. Withers Award PRC Firm, Hong Kong Office of the Year
18. Real Estate Law Firm of the Year
19. Taiwan Deal Firm of the Year
20. Tax and Trusts Law Firm of the Year
21. Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year
22. Wealth Management Law Firm of the Year
23. Managing Partner of the Year
24. The Macallan Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Award Hong Kong Law Firm of the Year
Submit Today
Nominations are now open. Deadline for nominations will be on July 6, Monday.
Please contact Caryl at mary.aquino@thomsonreuters.com or at 632 982 5938.
Judges
METHODOLOGY SUMMARY
Part I
GENERAL GUIDELINES
- All nominations must be written in the ALB nomination form. ALB will not accept entries written in any other forms.
- Work includes any transactions/deals/projects completed, cases handled, disputes settled and other legal services provided within the organisation or otherwise.
- Entries to any categories must have been completed or provided within the period of April 2014 to March 2015.
- Clients or contact persons provided in the nomination form will be contacted by ALB, as may be necessary, without prior notice to nominating organisations. It is advisable that only the names of clients whose consent for this purpose has been obtained are listed in the nomination form.
Part II
DEFINITION OF TERMS
For purposes of this Awards, unless the context otherwise requires -
"breadth" means the degree to which the work spanned different jurisdictions, practice areas, parties and industries;
"complexity" means the degree to which the work requires intricate legal principles or advanced techniques and structures;
"impact or significance" means the degree by which the stakeholders, the bench and bar or the Hong Kong community at large is affected;
"improvement" means the degree to which the work involved improved techniques and structures;
"innovation" means the degree to which the work involved original techniques and structures or innovative legal rules or regulations;
"Hong Kong element" means any or all of the following: (a) one of the law firms involved must be based in Hong Kong; (b) one of the clients/parties to the case/deal must be based in Hong Kong; (c) the deal was completed in Hong Kong; or (d) the case/deal must, in any way, be related to Hong Kong;
Finalists
THE SHORTLIST***
DEBT MARKET DEAL OF THE YEAR
Alibaba’s Debut 144A/Reg S Bond Offering
Law firms: Fangda Partners;King & Wood Mallesons; Maples and Calder;Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: Citigroup Global Markets; Credit Suisse Securities (USA); Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch; Goldman Sachs (Asia);J.P. Morgan; Morgan Stanley
Accounting firm: PwC
Alibaba's Revolving Credit Facility
Law firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Maples and Calder
Banks: BNP Paribas, Hong Kong Branch; Citibank; Credit Suisse; DBS Bank; Deutsche Bank; Goldman Sachs Bank USA; HSBC; ING Bank; J.P. Morgan Chase Bank; Mizuho Bank; Morgan Stanley Senior Funding
AT&T's Formosa Bond Offering
Law Firms: Lee and Li; Sidley Austin; Sullivan & Cromwell
Bank: Morgan Stanley
Bank of China's Offshore Preference Shares Issuance
Law firms: Clifford Chance; Jingtian & Gongcheng; Linklaters; King & Wood Mallesons
Banks: BNP Paribas; BOC International (China); China Merchants Securities (HK); Citibank; CITIC Securities International; Credit Suisse; HSBC; Morgan Stanley; Standard Chartered Bank
Chexim's Dual Tranche 144/Reg S Bond Offering
Law firms: Haiwen & Partners; JunHe; Linklaters; Sidley Austin
Bank: ANZ; Bank of Communications, Hong Kong Branch; Barclays; Credit Agricole CIB; HSBC; ICBC International; J. P. Morgan; The Royal Bank of Scotland
China Huarong's Dual-Tranche Bond Issuance
Law firms: Clifford Chance; Linklaters; Maples and Calder
Banks: ABCI Capital; CCB International Capital; China Merchants Securities (HK); Citigroup Global Markets; Credit Suisse Securities (Europe); DBS Bank; ICBC (Asia); Jefferies; Shanghai Pudong Development Bank; Standard Chartered Bank; Wing Lung Bank
China Shenhua Energy's Bond Issuance
Law firms: Jingtian & Gongcheng; JunHe; Latham & Watkins; Ogier; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: BOCOM International Securities; CICC HK Securities; Citigroup Global Markets; Deutsche Bank; Goldman Sachs (Asia); HSBC; ICBC International Capital; ICBC International Securities; J.P. Morgan Securities
Accounting firms: Deloitte Touche; KPMG
CITIC Securities' MTN Programme
Law firms: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Jingtian & Gongcheng; King & Wood Mallesons; Walkers
Banks: Citi; Citic Securities International; HSBC; Standard Chartered Bank
CITIC's MTN Programme Listing
Law firms: Clifford Chance;JunHe; Linklaters; Zhong Lun Law Firm
Bank: HSBC
Accounting firm: KPMG
CNOOC's Guaranteed Note Offering
Law firms: Blake, Cassels & Graydon; Davis Polk & Wardwell; JunHe; Linklaters; Stewart McKelvey
Banks: BOCI Asia; Credit Suisse; Goldman Sachs; J.P. Morgan; Morgan Stanley
CNPC's Drawdown
Law firms: Appleby; Clifford Chance; JunHe; King & Wood Mallesons; Shearman & Sterling
Hutchison Whampoa's Bond Offering
Law firms: Allen & Overy; Maples and Calder; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: Citigroup Global Markets; Goldman Sachs (Asia); HSBC; Merrill Lynch International
ICBC's Triple-Currency Preference Shares Offering
Law Firms: Allen & Overy;JunHe; King & Wood Mallesons; Linklaters
Lenovo's Bond Offering
Law firms: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; King & Wood Mallesons; Shearman & Sterling
Bank: Citigroup Global Markets
Petronas' Debt Offering
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low;Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Kadir, Andri & Partners; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Norton Rose Fulbright
PRC Ministry of Finance's Sovereign Bond Issuance
Law firms: Deacons; Haiwen & Partners; Linklaters
Banks: Agricultural Bank of China, Hong Kong Branch; Bank of China (Hong Kong); Bank of Communications, Hong Kong Branch; China Construction Bank (Asia); HSBC; ICBC (Asia); Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong)
Sinopec Group's 144A/Reg S Note Offering
Law firms: Conyers Dill & Pearman; Davis Polk & Wardwell;Haiwen & Partners; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Banks: Citi; HSBC; Goldman Sachs (Asia); CCB International Capital; J.P. Morgan
State Grid Corp's Senior Guaranteed Note Issuance
Law firm: Herbert Smith Freehills
Tencent's Bond Offering
Law firms: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Global Law Offices; JunHe; Latham & Watkins; Maples and Calder
Banks: ANZ; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Bank of China (Hong Kong); Barclays; Citigroup; Credit Suisse; Deutsche Bank; Goldman Sachs (Asia); J.P. Morgan; China Merchants Securities (HK)
EQUITY MARKET DEAL OF THE YEAR
Alibaba’s IPO
Law firms: Conyers Dill & Pearman; Fangda Partners; King & Wood Mallesons; Maples and Calder; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Sullivan & Cromwell
Bank: Citigroup Global Markets;Credit Suisse; Deutsche Bank; Goldman Sachs; J.P. Morgan; Morgan Stanley
Accounting firm: PwC
BAIC Motor's IPO
Law firms: Clifford Chance; King & Wood Mallesons; Norton Rose Fulbright
Banks: China Merchants Securities; Citic Securities; CLSA; Deutsche Bank; HSBC; Morgan Stanley; UBS
CAR's IPO
Law firms: Conyers Dill & Pearman; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Han Kun Law Offices; King & Wood Mallesons; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Banks: China Renaissance Securities; CICC; Credit Suisse; Morgan Stanley
CGN Power's Hong Kong IPO and Global Offering
Law firms: Clifford Chance; Grandall Law Firm; King & Wood Mallesons; Shearman & Sterling
Cheil Industries' IPO
Law firms: Bae, Kim & Lee; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Kim & Chang;Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Banks: J.P. Morgan; KDB Daewoo Securities; Woori Investment & Securities
Cheung Kong and Hutchison's Reorganisation
Law firms: Commerce & Finance Law Offices; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Guantao Law Firm; Linklaters; King & Wood Mallesons; Maples and Calder; Woo Kwan Lee & Lo
Banks: Bank of America Merrill Lynch;HSBC
Accounting firms: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu' PwC
China CNR Corp's IPO
Law firms: Allens; Clifford Chance; Jingtian & Gongcheng; Morrison & Foerster
Banks: China International Capital Hong Kong Securities Corp;Macquarie Capital Securities;UBS Hong Kong
Dalian Wanda's IPO
Law firms: Appleby; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; King & Wood Mallesons; Reed Smith; Tian Yuan Law Firm
Banks: Barclays; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; CICC; Citi; Credit Suisse; DBS; Deutsche Bank; Goldman Sachs; HSBC; Nomura; UBS
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
Fuyao Glass' IPO
Law firms: Commerce & Finance Law Offices; Fujian Zenith Law Firm; Latham & Watkins; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: Goldman Sachs; HSBC; China Merchants Securities; UBS
Accounting firm: PwC
Hang Seng Bank's A Shares Institutional Market Placing
Law firm: Norton Rose Fulbright
Harbin Bank's IPO
Law Firms: Clifford Chance; Jiayuan Law Firm; JunHe; Linklaters
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
Jasmine Broadband Internet Infrastructure Fund's IPO
Law firms: Shearman & Sterling; Weerawong, Chinnavat & Peangpanor; White & Case
Banks: Bualuang Securities; Morgan Stanley
JD.com's IPO
Law firms: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Maples and Calder; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
PICC Property and Casualty Co's H Share Rights Issue
Law firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; JunHe; King & Wood Mallesons; Linklaters
Banks: CICC; Goldman Sachs; HSBC
Ping An Insurance's H-Share Placement
Law firms: DLA Piper; Paul Hastings
Banks: Credit Suisse; Goldman Sachs; Morgan Stanley
Shengjing Bank Co's IPO
Law firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: China Merchants Securities (HK); UOB Kay Hian (Hong Kong)
WH Group's IPO
Law firms: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Commerce & Finance Law Offices; Haiwen & Partners; Jingtian & Gongcheng; Maples and Calder; Paul Hastings
Banks: BOCI Asia; Morgan Stanley Asia
M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR
AB InBev's Acquisition of Oriental Brewery Co
Law firms: Kim & Chang;Simpson Thacher & Bartlett;Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: Citigroup; Deutsche Bank; Lazard; Morgan Stanley
Alibaba's Acquisition of UCWeb
Law firms: Maples amd Calder; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
A.S. Watson and Temasek's Alliance
Law firms: Clifford Chance; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Linklaters; Maples and Calder
Banks: Bank of America Merrill Lynch; DBS; Goldman Sachs; HSBC
China Consortium's Investment in GLP
Law firm: Morrison & Foerster
China Lodging Group's Alliance with Accor
Law firms: JunHe; Proskauer Rose; Shearman & Sterling
CLP and CSG's Acquisition of 60 Percent Interest in CAPCO
Law firms: J.S. Gale & Co; Linklaters
COLI's Acquisition of CSCECL's Property Portfolio
Law firms: Jingtian & Gongcheng; Norton Rose Fulbright
Didi and Kuaidi's Merger
Law firms: JunHe; Maples and Calder
Giant Interactive Group's Going-Private Transaction
Law firms: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Appleby; Conyers Dill & Pearman; Fangda Partners; Fenwick & West; Grandall Law Firm; JunHe; Kirkland & Ellis; Linklaters; Maples and Calder; O'Melveny & Myers; Shearman & Sterling; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Banks: BNP Paribas; China Minsheng Bank; Credit Suisse; Deutsche Bank; Duff & Phelps; Goldman Sachs; ICBC International Capital; J.P. Morgan; Morgan Stanley
HKT's Acquisition of CSL
Law firms: Clifford Chance;Conyers Dill & Pearman; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Linklaters
Hony Capital's Acquisition of PizzaExpress
Law firms: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Linklaters; Weil Gotshsal & Manges
Lenovo's Acquisition of IBM's Server Business
Law firms: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Hogan Lovells
Microsoft's Acquisition of Nokia's Devices Service Business
Law firms: Baker & McKenzie; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe;Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
MMG’s Acquisition of Las Bambas
Law firms: Baker & McKenzie; Clifford Chance; Dentons; Estudio Grau; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Linklaters; Miranda; Rodrigo, Elias & Medrano Abogados; Sullivan & Cromwell; White & Case
Banks: Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Citigroup; Deutsche Bank; Goldman Sachs
OCBC's Acquisition of Wing Hang Bank
Law firms: Allen & Gledhill; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Haiwen & Partners; Kirkland & Ellis; Maples and Calder; MdME Lawyers; Slaughter and May
Banks: Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Goldman Sachs; J.P. Morgan; Nomura Holdings
Subscription of 30 Percent Interest in Sinopec Marketing
Law firms: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Hylands Law Firm; K&L Gates; Morrison & Foerster; King & Wood Mallesons
Tencent and JD.com's Investment in Bitauto
Law firms: Han Kun Law Offices; JunHe;Maples and Calder;Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom;
TPG's Sale of Stakes in Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Nasional
Law firm: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Dealmaker of the Year
Judy Lee - Appleby
Dorothea Koo - Baker & McKenzie
Denise Shiu - Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Paul Chen - DLA Piper
Edward Freeman - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Cui Liguo - Guantao Law Firm
Joshua Cole - King & Wood Mallesons
Cathy Yeung - Latham & Watkins
James Grandolfo - Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
Psyche Tai - Norton Rose Fulbright
Jeanette Chan - Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Julie Gao - Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
William Chua - Sullivan & Cromwell
Deal of the Year
TO BE ANNOUNCED ON THE NIGHT
Banking and Financial Services In-House Team of the Year
Citic Capital
Citigroup
DBS Bank
Construction and Real Estate In-House Team of the Year
Citic Capital
Hongkong Land
MTR Corp
Holman Fenwick Willan Award Shipping In-House Team of the Year
COSCO Pacific
Univan
West of England
Hong Kong Corporate Counsel Association Award Innovative In-House Team of the Year
Alibaba Group
BT Hong Kong
Carlyle Group, Asia
Citic Capital
CK Hutchison
COSCO Pacific
Hongkong Land
Tencent
Insurance In-House Team of the Year
Manulife
Prudential
Lewis Sanders Award Investment Banking In-House Team of the Year
China International Capital Corp Hong Kong Securities
Citic Capital
Citigroup
Goldman Sachs (Asia)
J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific)
Morgan Stanley
Paul Weiss Award Technology, Media and Telecommunications In-House Team of the Year
Alibaba Group
BT Hong Kong
Telstra International
Tencent
Private Equity In-House Team of the Year
Carlyle Group, Asia
Citic Capital
The Macallan Fine Oak Single Malt Scotch Whisky Award Hong Kong In-House Lawyer of the Year
Joe Zhou Jiaxing - China International Capital Corp Hong Kong Securities
Yong Kai Wong - Citic Capital
Michelle Hung - COSCO Pacific
Rodney Chen - MTR Corp
Sharyn Ch'ang - PricewaterhouseCoopers
In-House Team of the Year
TO BE ANNOUNCED ON THE NIGHT
Arbitration Law Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Berwin Leighton Paisner in association with Haley Tam & Co
Bird & Bird
Deacons
Fangda Partners in association with Peter Yuen & Associates
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
King & Wood Mallesons
Latham & Watkins
Mayer Brown JSM
Minter Ellison
Norton Rose Fulbright
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Pinsent Masons
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Stephenson Harwood
Stevenson, Wong & Co
Watson Farley & Williams
Boutique Law Firm of the Year
Charltons
Gall
Morley Chow Seto
Payne Clermont
Construction Law Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Berwin Leighton Paisner in association with Haley Tam & Co
Clyde & Co
Deacons
Hogan Lovells
Holman Fenwick Willan
King & Wood Mallesons
Mayer Brown JSM
Minter Ellison
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pinsent Masons
Corporate Citizenship Law Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deacons
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
Holman Fenwick Willan
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters
Mayer Brown JSM
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Criminal Law Firm of the Year
Boase Cohen & Collins
Haldanes
Morley Chow Seto
Deal Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Morrison & Foerster
Norton Rose Fulbright
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Stevenson, Wong & Co
Sullivan & Cromwell
Immigration Law Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Harvey Law Group
Oldham, Li & Nie
Insolvency and Restructuring Law Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deacons
Gall
Hogan Lovells
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters
Mayer Brown JSM
Sidley Austin
Stephenson Harwood
Tanner de Witt
Insurance Law Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Clyde & Co
Deacons
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
Mayer Brown JSM
Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Deacons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hogan Lovells
Mayer Brown JSM
Morrison & Foerster
Oldham, Li & Nie
Pinsent Masons
Simmons & Simmons
Vivien Chan & Co
Investment Funds Law Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Deacons
Debevoise & Plimpton
King & Wood Mallesons
Shearman & Sterling
Sidley Austin
Simmons & Simmons
Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deacons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gall
Mayer Brown JSM
Oldham, Li & Nie
Pinsent Masons
Simmons & Simmons
Tanner de Witt
Litigation Law Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Clyde & Co
Deacons
Fangda Partners in association with Peter Yuen & Associates
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gall
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
King & Wood Mallesons
Kobre & Kim
Mayer Brown JSM
Norton Rose Fulbright
Oldham, Li & Nie
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Pinsent Masons
Sidley Austin
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Stevenson, Wong & Co
Tanner de Witt
Wilkinson & Grist
Maritime Law Firm of the Year
Clyde & Co
Herbert Smith Freehills
Holman Fenwick Willan
Mayer Brown JSM
Stephenson Harwood
Watson Farley & Williams
BDO Limited Award Matrimonial Law Firm of the Year
Boase Cohen & Collins
Gall
Haldanes
Oldham, Li & Nie
Payne Clermont
Tanner de Witt
Withers
Offshore Law Firm of the Year
Appleby
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Harney Westwood & Riegels
Maples and Calder
Mourant Ozannes
Ogier
Walkers
Withers Award PRC Firm, Hong Kong Office of the Year
Fangda Partners in association with Peter Yuen & Associates
Guantao Law Firm (Hong Kong) in association with Peter C. Wong, Chow & Chow
JunHe
Real Estate Law Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deacons
King & Wood Mallesons
Mayer Brown JSM
Morrison & Foerster
Sidley Austin
Vivien Chan & Co
Taiwan Deal Firm of the Year
Formosa Transnational
Lee and Li
Tsar & Tsai
Tax and Trusts Law Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Deacons
Herbert Smith Freehills
Oldham, Li & Nie
Withers
Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Deacons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
King & Wood Mallesons
Mayer Brown JSM
Morrison & Foerster
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Pinsent Masons
Wealth Management Law Firm of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Herbert Smith Freehills
Oldham, Li & Nie
Withers
Managing Partner of the Year
Milton Cheng - Baker & McKenzie
Nick Gall - Gall
William Barron - Davis Polk & Wardwell
Robert Ashworth - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Justin D'Agostino - Herbert Smith Freehills
Owen Chan - Hogan Lovells
Elaine Lo - Mayer Brown JSM
Gordon Oldham - Oldham, Li & Nie
Voon Keat Lai - Stephenson Harwood
The Macallan Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Award Hong Kong Law Firm of the Year
TO BE ANNOUNCED ON THE NIGHT
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Winners
THE WINNERS
DEBT MARKET DEAL OF THE YEAR
Alibaba’s Debut 144A/Reg S Bond Offering
Law firms: Fangda Partners;King & Wood Mallesons; Maples and Calder;Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: Citigroup Global Markets; Credit Suisse Securities (USA); Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch; Goldman Sachs (Asia);J.P. Morgan; Morgan Stanley
Accounting firm: PwC
EQUITY MARKET DEAL OF THE YEAR
Alibaba’s IPO
Law firms: Conyers Dill & Pearman; Fangda Partners; King & Wood Mallesons; Maples and Calder; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: Citigroup Global Markets;Credit Suisse; Deutsche Bank; Goldman Sachs; J.P. Morgan; Morgan Stanley
Accounting firm: PwC
M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR
OCBC's Acquisition of Wing Hang Bank
Law firms: Allen & Gledhill;Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer;Haiwen & Partners; Kirkland & Ellis; Maples and Calder; MdME Lawyers; Slaughter and May
Banks: Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Goldman Sachs; J.P. Morgan; Nomura Holdings
DEALMAKER OF THE YEAR
Jeanette Chan - Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Julie Gao - Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
DEAL OF THE YEAR
Alibaba’s Debut 144A/Reg S Bond Offering
Law firms: Fangda Partners;King & Wood Mallesons; Maples and Calder;Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Sullivan & Cromwell
Banks: Citigroup Global Markets; Credit Suisse Securities (USA); Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch; Goldman Sachs (Asia);J.P. Morgan; Morgan Stanley
Accounting firm: PwC
BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR
Citigroup
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR
Hongkong Land
HOLMAN FENWICK WILLAN AWARD SHIPPING IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR
COSCO Pacific
HONG KONG CORPORATE COUNSEL ASSOCIATION AWARD INNOVATIVE IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR
Alibaba Group
INSURANCE IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR
Manulife
LEWIS SANDERS AWARD INVESTMENT BANKING IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR
Goldman Sachs (Asia)
PAUL WEISS AWARD TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR
Alibaba Group
PRIVATE EQUITY IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR
Carlyle Group, Asia
THE MACALLAN FINE OAK SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY AWARD HONG KONG IN-HOUSE LAWYER OF THE YEAR
Yong Kai Wong - Citic Capital
Rodney Chen - MTR Corp
IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR
Citigroup
ARBITRATION LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
Herbert Smith Freehills
BDO LIMITED AWARD MATRIMONIAL LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
Withers
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Date: Friday, September 11, 2015
Venue: Conrad Hong Kong – Grand Ballroom
Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong
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• Gala black tie award ceremony announcing the winners of each award