The nominations for the 2014 IFLR Asia Awards have been announced.
This year we are proud to announce a new award category, the high-yield team of the year, following increased deal volume this year. This award is to be awarded to a firm which has been involved in innovative high-yield deals in Asia over the past 12 months. We are also introducing a high-yield deal of the year.
We have also introduced a rising star firm of the year to be awarded to newly established firms that have demonstrated their ability to give local law advice in innovative international deals in dynamic legal markets. Firms that were established before January 1, 2008 and give local law advice in China, India, Indonesia and Singapore are eligible. We have also expanded our 'rising star' award to recognise one senior associate in each deal of the year category. Shortlists for these awards will not be released, and winners will be announced on the night.
All national law firm of the year award winners will be announced on the night, together with the winners of our Outstanding in-house contribution award, Services to financial regulation award and the IFLR market reform award.
For all deal and team of the year shortlists, please see below.
The law firms listed on each deal are based on preliminary research and submissions. If your firm advised on one of these deals but we do not have you listed, please e-mail Ashley Lee at ashley.lee@iflrasia.com.
The awards ceremony will take place at the Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong on February 26. The 2014 ceremony is sponsored by RR Donnelley and Major Lindsey & Africa.
To book your table, please contact Simon King at simon.king@euromoneyasia.com
TO BE ANNOUNCED ON THE NIGHT: national law firms of the year, rising star firms of the year, 'rising star' awards, Pro bono firm of the year, Outstanding in-house contribution award, Services to financial regulation award and the IFLR market reform award
DEALS OF THE YEAR
M&A
Baidu/91 Wireless
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Han Kun Law Offices
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Maples and Calder
Sidley Austin
Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ/Bank of Ayudhya
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters
Nishimura & Asahi
Sullivan & Cromwell
Thanathip & Partners
Etihad – Jet Airways JV
Amarchand Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff
DLA Piper
Economic Laws Practice
Gagrats
Harish Salve
Fraser & Neave contested takeover
Allen & Gledhill
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Drew & Napier
Duane Morris & Selvam
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Shearn Delamore & Co
Shook Lin & Bok
Stamford Law
TSMP Law Corporation
Walkers
Weerawong Chinnavat & Peangpanor
White & Case
WongPartnership
Mengniu/Yashili
Allen & Overy
Linklaters
Loeb & Loeb
Maples and Calder
Sullivan & Cromwell
SapuraKencana/Seadrill tender rig business
Ahmad Isa & Partners
Ali Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro
Arias B
Arias Fabrega & Fabrega
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
MJM
Norton Rose Fulbright
Soemadipradja & Taher
TSMP Law Corporation
Watson Farley & Williams
Wikborg Rein
PRIVATE EQUITY
Baring Private Equity – Lafarge
Allen & Overy
AZB & Partners
BMR & Associates
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Wadia Ghandy & Co
Billabong recapitalisation
Allens
Gilbert + Tobin
Paul Weiss
Sidley Austin
Blackstone – 2 Maldives sea plane companies
Allen & Overy
Amarchand Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Premier Chambers
Shah Hussain & Co
Walkers
Focus Media take-private
Clifford Chance
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Fangda & Partners
Fried Frank
Kirkland & Ellis
Maples and Calder
Morrison & Foerster
Paul Weiss
Ropes & Gray
Shearman & Sterling
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell
Walkers
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Zhong Lun Law Firm
KKR – Weststar Aviation Services
Azmi & Associates
Rahmat Lim & Partners
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Warburg Pincus – Vingroup
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
YKVN
DEBT AND EQUITY-LINKED
AE-Rotor SBLC-backed bonds
Allen & Overy
Amarchand Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff
Linklaters
Dalian Wanda bonds
Appleby
Linklaters
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Reed Smith Richards Butler
Tian Yuan Law Firm
ICBC Asia USD Basel III-compliant Tier 2 bonds
Allen & Overy
Linklaters
Lotte Shopping exchangeable bond
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Paul Hastings
Shook Lin & Bok
Yulchon
Noble Group CGIF-wrapped THB bond
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Conyers Dill & Pearman
HIGH-YIELD
Nord Anglia Holdings PIK Toggle Notes
Grandall Law Firm
Han Kun Law Offices
Latham & Watkins
Maples and Calder
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
PT MNC Investama Tbk
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Makes & Partners
Norton Rose Fulbright
O'Melveny & Myers
White & Case
WongPartnership
Rolta
AZB & Partners
Davis Polk & Wardwell
DLA Piper
Trilegal
SoftBank
Latham & Watkins
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Morrison & Foerster
Vingroup
Clifford Chance
King & Wood Mallesons
Shearman & Sterling
Vilaf
YKVN
EQUITY
Aeon J-Reit IPO
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Morrison & Foerster
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Asia Pay Television Trust IPO
Allen & Gledhill
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Lee Tsai & Partners
WongPartnership
BTS Mass Transit Growth Infrastructure Fund IPO
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Weerawong Chinnavat & Peangpanor
White & Case
China Cinda Asset Management Company IPO
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Haiwen & Partners
King & Wood Mallesons
China Everbright Bank IPO
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jingtian & Gongcheng
King & Wood Mallesons
Li & Partners
KrisEnergy IPO
Allen & Gledhill
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Walkers
PT Matahari Department Store re-IPO
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
Makes & Partners
Maples and Calder
White & Case
SECURITISATION AND STRUCTURED FINANCE
Aeon Thailand credit card securitisation
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Linklaters
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
BMW Financial Services ABS
Eversheds
Jones Day
Kim & Chang
Rajah & Tann
Shin & Kim
KHFC USD/KRW covered bonds
Ashurst
Kim & Chang
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Virgin Australia EETC notes offering
Herbert Smith Freehills
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Wesfarmers' sale and leaseback of Bunnings' warehouse properties
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Lander & Rogers
RESTRUCTURING
Blue Ocean
Ali Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro
Drew & Napier
Hogan Lovells
Makes & Partners
O'Melveny & Myers
Premier Law
Rajah & Tann
Elpida Memory
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Fox Rothschild
Jones Day
Landis Rath & Cobb
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners
Richards Layton & Finger
White & Case
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Sino-Forest restructuring
Bennett Jones
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Goodmans
Hogan Lovells
King & Wood Mallesons
Trophy Property Development Fund
Clifford Chance
Hogan Lovells
Maples and Calder
Paul Hastings
Vinashin
Audier & Partners
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Mayer Brown JSM
White & Case
PROJECT FINANCE
Abbot Point Coal Terminal refinancing
Allen & Overy
Allens Linklaters
Herbert Smith Freehills
Norton Rose Fulbright
Banten IPP
Ali Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro
Makarim & Taira S.
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Shearman & Sterling
Studio City financing|
Appleby
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Henrique Saldanha Advogados & Notarios
Manuela Antonio
Maples and Calder
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
White & Case
TEAMS OF THE YEAR
M&A
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Sullivan & Cromwell
Linklaters
Private equity
Allen & Overy
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Paul Weiss
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Debt and equity-linked
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
High-yield
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Latham & Watkins
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Shearman & Sterling
Equity
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
King & Wood Mallesons
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Securitisation and structured finance
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters
Jones Day
Restructuring
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Hogan Lovells
Mayer Brown JSM
White & Case
Project finance
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Herbert Smith Freehills
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Shearman & Sterling
Financial Services Regulatory team of the year
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Herbert Smith Freehills
Linklaters
Sidley Austin
Regional law firm of the year
Allen & Gledhill
Amarchand Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff
Kim & Chang
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
WongPartnership
Offshore law firm of the year
Appleby
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Maples and Calder
Walkers
Debt and equity-linked in-house team of the year
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Citi
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
JP Morgan
Standard Chartered
UBS
Equity in-house team of the year
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bank of China International
CICC
Goldman Sachs
Morgan Stanley
UBS
China practice of the year
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Sidley Austin
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell
Most innovative US firm
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Latham & Watkins
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Sullivan & Cromwell
White & Case
International firm of the year
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling