IFLR is delighted to reveal the shortlist for the Asia-Pacific Awards 2022. Below is the full shortlist across the deal, team, national and international firm, and in-house categories.
The Awards focus exclusively on legal innovation in cross-border transactions that closed in the calendar year of 2021. The full methodology and criteria can be read here.
Winners will be announced at a virtual ceremony on March 17, during which IFLR will also announce winners of the In-house Contribution Award and Market Reform Award.
IFLR will publish all the winners online, with podcasts and analysis to explore the work covered in the Awards and the individuals and teams behind it.
To find out more please contact Anicette Indiana: Anicette.indiana@euromoneyasia.com
The winners will be announced on March 17 and to ensure the widest possible audience, the broadcast is open-access and there is no fee to attend. Please register here.
The shortlist below is based on preliminary research. If your team advised on one of these transactions please contact Jamie Rayat: jamie.rayat@euromoneyplc.com
DEALS OF THE YEAR
Debt and equity-linked
Bank of China sustainability re-linked notes
Allen & Overy
Jingtian & Gongcheng
JunZeJun Law Offices
Linklaters
Bank of China Yulan bond offering
Allen & Overy
Jingtian & Gongcheng
JunZeJun Law Offices
Linklaters
China Construction Bank multi-currency ESG bonds issuance
Allen & Overy
Dentons
Global Law Office
Linklaters
Government of Malaysia 144A/Reg S sukuk offering
Adnan Sundra & Low
Allen & Overy
Linklaters
Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Hungary green panda bond
Fangda Partners
Republic of Indonesia SDG bond
Allen & Overy
Ginting & Reksodiputro in association with Allen & Overy
Mayer Brown
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
Surbana Jurong sustainability-linked notes issuance
Allen & Gledhill
Clifford Chance
Equity
Bukalapak IPO
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Milbank
White & Case
Witara Cakra Advocates
GLP J-REIT investment unit global offering
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Morrison & Foerster
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Sullivan & Cromwell
JD Logistics IPO
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Han Kun Law Offices
Maples Group
Shihui Partners
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
KakaoBank IPO
Bae Kim & Lee
Linklaters
Paul Hastings
Shin & Kim
Krafton IPO
Bae Kim & Lee
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Kim & Chang
Paul Hastings
Kuaishou Technology IPO
Clifford Chance
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Haiwen & Partners
Latham & Watkins
Maples Group
SF REIT global offering
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Harneys
Hogan Lovells
JunHe
King & Wood Mallesons
Shanghai MicroPort MedBot IPO and H-share listing
Jia Yuan
JunHe
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
High yield
Kaisa offering and concurrent exchange and tender offer
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Harneys
Jia Yuan Law Offices
Linklaters
Sidley Austin
Japfa Comfeed Indonesia sustainability-linked bond
Assegaf Hamzah and Partners
Clifford Chance
Milbank
Rajah & Tann
Shui On Development sustainability-linked bond
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jin Mao Law Firm
Walkers
BIM Land JSC offshore green bond
Allen & Overy
Shearman & Sterling
VILAF
West China Cement offering
Carey Olsen
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Milbank
Morgan Lewis
M&A
Grab Holdings SPAC – Altimeter Growth Corporation merger
Cooley
Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Morrison & Foerster
Nishimura & Asahi
Ropes & Gray
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
WilmerHale
JERA / AboitizPower
Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia
King & Spalding
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Kuehne+Nagel / Apex International
Baker McKenzie
Bär & Karrer
Haiwen & Partners
NautaDutilh
Ropes & Gray
T&D Associates
Walkers
YKVN
Yulchon
Match Group / Hyperconnect
Kim & Chang
Latham & Watkins
Lee & Ko
Sullivan & Cromwell
PayPal / Paidy
Cooley
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nishimura & Asahi
White & Case
SF Holding / Kerry Logistics
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Slaughter and May
Private equity
Affinity Equity Partners/JobKorea
Bae Kim & Lee
Lee & Ko
China Biologic Products take-private
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Fangda Partners
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Haiwen & Partners
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Maples Group
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Weil Gotshal & Manges
CVC Capital / Shiseido personal-care business
Allen & Gledhill
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Formosa Transnational
JunHe
Kim & Chang
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
White & Case
Ferrovial and GIC Singapore / IRB Infrastructure Developers
Linklaters
S&R Associates
Touchstone Partners (team now at Resolut)
I Squared Capital / AG&P City Gas Equity Investment
Allen & Gledhill
Khaitan & Co
Milbank
Rajah & Tann
Shearman & Sterling
Trilegal
MBK Partners / CAR Inc.
Clifford Chance
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Fangda Partners
Kirkland & Ellis
Sullivan & Cromwell
T&D Associates
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Invesco J-REIT take-private
Mori Hamada Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura Asahi
Project finance
Bangladesh Dhaka Bypass Expressway PPP
A S & Associates
Doulah & Doulah
Hogan Lovells International
Kangda Law Firm
Cirata Solar Power Project
Al Tamimi & Company
Allen & Overy
Assegaf Hamzah
Shearman & Sterling
UMBRA
Greater Changhua 1 offshore wind farm
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Hogan Lovells
LCS & Partners
Lee and Li
Linklaters – Tsar & Tsai
KiwiRail ship financing with CBI certification
EY
Holman Fenwick Willan
Mayne Wetherell
Russell McVeagh
Watson Farley & Williams
Lotus Wind Farm
Allen & Overy
Mayer Brown
Quantum and Sambelia Utility Scale - Solar PV
Ashurst
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Transgrid and Zenobē electric bus project
Baker McKenzie
Gilbert + Tobin
Herbert Smith Freehills
Zhong Neng Offshore Wind Project
Baker McKenzie Taiwan
Lee and Li
Orrick
White & Case
Restructuring
Boart Longyear
Alston & Bird
Ashurst
Bennett Jones
Clifford Chance
Dorsey & Whitney
Fasken, Gilbert + Tobin
Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe
Greenberg Traurig
King & Wood Mallesons
Kirkland & Ellis
Milbank
MinterEllison
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Piper Alderman
Watson Mangioni Lawyers
Malaysia Airlines
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Shearn Delamore & Co
Wong & Partners
MtGox
Brown Rudnick
Minter Thomson
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
Pacific International Lines
Allen & Gledhill
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
ComLaw
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
Drew & Napier
Esquire Law
LVM Chambers
Norton Rose Fulbright
Oon & Bazul
PK Wong & Nair
PKWA Law Practice
TSMP Law
Tan Peng Chin
WongPartnership
Prosafe
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Allen & Gledhill
BAHR
Brodies
Clifford Chance
Mendes Vianna Advogados
Schjødt
Watson Farley & Williams
PTPN Group
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Ginting & Reksodiputro in association with Allen & Overy
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Oentoeng Suria & Partners in association with Ashurst
Sanden Holdings Corporation
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
TMI Associates
Tominaga Law Office
Trans Maldivian Airways
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Kirkland & Ellis
Mourant Ozannes
SHC Lawyers
Securitisation and structured finance
Bayfront Infrastructure Capital ABS issuance
Allen & Gledhill
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Davidson Kempner Hong Kong RMBS
Allen & Overy
Dentons
Simmons & Simmons
Hang Seng Bank unlisted equity-linked investment
King & Wood Mallesons
OSCAR US 2021-2 ABS
Clifford Chance
Morgan Lewis
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
Seward & Kissel
Sidley Austin
Project Kudu P2P Securitisation
Dentons
Shook Lin & Bok
Samsung Card ESG ABS
Shin & Kim
Tiang & Partners
Walkers
White & Case
TEAMS OF THE YEAR
Debt and equity-linked
Allen & Gledhill
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Fangda Partners
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
Shearman & Sterling
Equity
Baker McKenzie
Cleary Gottlieb
Clifford Chance
Paul Hastings
Sidley Austin
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
High yield
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Milbank
Shearman & Sterling
Sidley Austin
M&A
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
King & Spalding
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Slaughter & May
White & Case
Private equity
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Ropes & Gray
Shearman & Sterling
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Project finance
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
Shearman & SterlingWhite & Case
Restructuring
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
King & Wood Mallesons
Kirkland & Ellis
MinterEllison
Milbank
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Securitisation and structured finance
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Dentons
King & Wood Mallesons
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Sidley Austin
White & Case
Financial services regulatory
Deacons
Fangda Partners
Herbert Smith Freehills
Jingtian & Gongcheng
King & Wood Mallesons
Latham & Watkins
Mayer Brown
Nishimura & Asahi
Pro bono
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Nishimura & Asahi
Rajah & Tann
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Slaughter and May
IN-HOUSE TEAMS OF THE YEAR
In-house corporate team
Boart Longyear
Coupang
ESR
Kuaishou
Malaysia Airlines
MBK Partners
In-house debt team
BNP Paribas
Citi
Crédit Agricole
Deutsche Bank
HSBC
JP Morgan
Standard Chartered
UBS
In-house equity team
BofA Securities
CLSAGoldman Sachs
JP Morgan
Morgan Stanley
UBS
LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR
Regional firm
Allen & Gledhill
Commerce & Finance Law Offices Jingtian & Gongcheng
Kim & Chang
King & Wood Mallesons
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
Offshore firm
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Harneys
Maples Group
Mourant Ozannes
Walkers
India practice
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Kirkland & Ellis
Shearman & Sterling
China practice
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
US law firm
Baker McKenzie
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Latham & Watkins
Kirkland & Ellis Shearman & Sterling
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
White & Case
International law firm
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
NATIONAL / JURISDICTIONAL LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR
Australia
Ashurst
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Gilbert + Tobin
MinterEllisonKing & Wood MallesonsHerbert Smith Freehills
Cambodia
Bun & Associates
DFDL
R&T Sok & Heng Law Office
VDB Loi
China (no shortlist, announced on the night)
China – debt capital markets firm of the year
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Fangda Partners
Global Law Office
Jingtian & Gongcheng
JunHe
China – equity capital markets firm of the year
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Haiwen & Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
JunHe
China – corporate firm of the year
Fangda Partners
Haiwen & Partners
JunHe
Han Kun Law Offices
Zhong Lun
Hong Kong SAR
Deacons
LC Lawyers
India
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
JurisCorp
Khaitan & Co
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Spice Route Legal
Touchstone Partners
Trilegal
Indonesia
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Ginting & Reksodiputro in association with Allen & Overy
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
UMBRA
Japan
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
Malaysia
Adnan Sundra & Low
Kadir Andri & Partners
Shearn Delamore & Co
Wong & Partners
Zaid Ibrahim & Co
New Zealand
Bell Gully
Chapman Tripp
Mayne Wetherell
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Russell McVeagh
Philippines
Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Quisumbing Torres
Singapore
Allen & Gledhill
Drew & Napier
Rajah & Tann
Shook Lin & Bok
WongPartnership
South Korea
Bae Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Shin & Kim
Yulchon
Taiwan
Baker McKenzie Taiwan
Formosa Transnational
LCS & Partners
Lee and Li
Tsar & Tsai
Thailand
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Chandler MHM
Kudun & Partners
Weerawong Chinnavat & Partners
Vietnam
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
DFDL
LNT & Partners
VILAF
YKVN
INDIVIDUALS OF THE YEAR
IFLR Women Dealmakers Hall of Fame
Kaya Proudian - White & Case
Clara Shirota - White & Case
Benita Yu - Slaughter and May
Paloma Wang - Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
