IFLR Asia awards 2014: shortlist revealed

IFLR Asia awards 2014: shortlist revealed

The nominations for the 2014 IFLR Asia Awards have been announced

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

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