asialaw is honored to announce the shortlist for the sixth annual asialaw Awards, to be held on Tuesday, 26th September 26, 2023 at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The ceremony marks the return of this prestigious event to an in-person gala for the first time in three years, following previous virtual iterations during the pandemic.
This prestigious event will recognise excellence among law firms across 23 jurisdictions in Asia, honoring outstanding achievement in 28 practice areas and industry sectors during the 2022-2023 eligibility period. Winners will be selected based on demonstrated innovation, complexity, and impact of matters.
The awards ceremony will also spotlight 'Impact Cases and Deals' that impressed the asialaw research team. Additionally, ‘Client Choice Awards' will also be presented to law firms based on objective client feedback and survey data collected by the team, highlighting impressive client service and leading practitioners.
We look forward to revealing all the deserving winners at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on 26th September, 2023. It will be an occasion to celebrate the remarkable talent and achievements in Asia's legal communities over the past year.
We have a variety of packages available to help showcase your success at these awards. For further details please e-mail our publisher Fan Yeung at fan.yeung@delinian.com or call +852 2842 6970.
See the full shortlist here:
REGIONAL AWARDS - LEGAL EXPERTISE AWARDS
Banking and Finance Firm of the Year
Albar & Partners
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
AZB & Partners
Lee & Ko
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
TT&A
Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners
JunHe
Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year
Chea Li (Lily) Tan (Albar & Partners)
Hui (Nelson) Zhou (JunHe)
Karan Mitroo (Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India)
Satoshi Inoue (Anderson Mori & Tomotsune)
Sonali Mahapatra (TT&A)
Weerawong Chittmittrapap (Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners)
Capital Markets Firm of the Year
Adnan Sundra & Low
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Haiwen & Partners
Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
YKVN
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year
Jeffrey Ding (Fangda Partners)
Jing (Anthony) Zhao (Zhong Lun Law Firm)
Katsumasa Suzuki (Mori Hamada & Matsumoto)
Manan Lahoty (IndusLaw)
Meng Yang (Adrian) Chee (Adnan Sundra & Low)
Myoung Jae Chung (Kim & Chang)
Nhat Quang Truong (YKVN)
Yash Ashar (Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas)
Competition/Antitrust Firm of the Year
Anant Law
Anjie Board Law Firm
Fangda Partners
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Trilegal
TMI Associates
Competition/Antitrust Lawyer of the Year
Anu Monga (Anant Law)
Hwan Jeong (Lee & Ko)
Michael Han (Fangda Partners)
Nisha Uberoi (Trilegal)
Peng Wu (Zhong Lun Law Firm)
Youngjin Jung (Kim & Chang)
Construction Firm of the Year
Eldan Law
Rajah & Tann
Lee & Ko
Shearn Delamore & Co
UMBRA
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Construction Lawyer of the Year
Dinesh Pardasani (DSK Legal)
Edwin Lee (Eldan Law)
Jihong Wang (Zhong Lun Law Firm)
Richard Khoo (Skrine)
Rodney Gomez (Shearn Delamore & Co)
Corporate and M&A Firm of the Year
JSA
JunHe
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Shin & Kim
Yulchon
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Corporate and M&A Lawyer of the Year
Chaoying (Charles) Li (Han Kun Law Offices)
Gaku Ishiwata (Mori Hamada & Matsumoto)
Gunjan Shah (Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co)
Ho Joon Moon (Lee & Ko)
Rajat Sethi (S&R Associates)
Tong Gun Lee (Shin & Kim)
Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
Fangda Partners
Karanjawala & Co
Kim & Chang
Kudun & Partners
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Makarim & Taira S
Rajah & Tann
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
WongPartnership
Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year
Cecil Abraham (Cecil Abraham & Partners)
Chee Wee Lim (Lim Chee Wee Partnership)
Francis Xavier (Rajah & Tann)
Jin Yeong Chung (Kim & Chang)
Nuo Ji (Fangda Partners)
Ruby Ahuja (Karanjawala & Co)
Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
Anand and Anand
Drew & Napier
Fangda Partners
Kim & Chang
King & Wood Mallesons
Lifang & Partners
Shook Lin & Bok (Singapore)
Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year
Hui Huang (Wanhuida Intellectual Property)
Hyun Jin Chang (Kim & Chang)
Jevon Louis (Shook Lin & Bok, Singapore)
Meryl Koh (Drew & Napier)
Michael Soo (Shook Lin & Bok, Malaysia)
Pravin Anand (Anand and Anand)
Pu (Alexandra) Yang (Fangda Partners)
Un Ho Kim (Lee & Ko)
Labour and Employment Firm of the Year
Dentons Rodyk Davidson
Drew & Napier
JunHe
Lee & Ko
T Thavalingam & Co
Trilegal
Tsar & Tsai Law Firm
Labour and Employment Lawyer of the Year
Ji Hyung Kim (Jipyong)
Jianping Wang (DeHeng Law Offices)
Kelvin Tan (Drew & Napier)
Thavalingam Thavarajah (T Thavalingam & Co)
Regulatory Firm of the Year
Deacons
Fangda Partners
Global Law Office
Lee & Ko
Nishith Desai Associates
Skrine
WongPartnership
Restructuring and Insolvency Firm of the Year
BlackOak
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Fangda Partners
Kudun & Partners
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Rajah & Tann
Shearn Delamore & Co
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Restructuring and Insolvency Lawyer of the Year
Ashok Kumar (BlackOak)
L Viswanathan (Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas)
Nobuaki Kobayashi (Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu)
Patrick Ang (Rajah & Tann)
Rabindra Nathan (Shearn Delamore & Co)
Tax Firm of the Year
Economic Laws Practice
Kim & Chang
LawAlliance
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Tax Lawyer of the Year
Carina Laforteza (SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan)
Dong Soo Kim (Kim & Chang)
Mukesh Butani (BMR Legal)
Nitin Nadkarni (Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill)
Piphob Veraphong (LawAlliance)
Seung Soon Lim (Yoon & Yang)
REGIONAL AWARDS - INDUSTRY EXPERTISE AWARDS
Aviation and Shipping Firm of the Year
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Han Kun Law Offices
Kudun & Partners
Lee & Ko
Rajah & Tann
Shearn Delamore & Co
Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners
Banking and Financial Services Firm of the Year
ACCRALAW
JSA
JunHe
Lee & Ko
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Shook Lin & Bok (Singapore)
Energy Firm of the Year
Drew & Napier
DSK Legal
JunHe
Lee & Ko
Lexcomm
Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India
Rajah & Tann
Skrine
Infrastructure Firm of the Year
Gulapa Law
JunHe
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Rajah & Tann
Shearn Delamore & Co
Trilegal
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Insurance Firm of the Year
AnJie Broad Law Firm
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Tilleke & Gibbins
WhiteFern
Real Estate Firm of the Year
Chandler MHM
IndusLaw
Lee & Ko
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Rajah & Tann
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Technology and Telecommunications Firm of the Year
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Disini Law Offices
Kudun & Partners
Rajah & Tann
Skrine
WongPartnership
Yulchon
Zhong Lun Law Firm
JURISDICTIONAL AWARDS - JURISDICTIONAL FIRMS OF THE YEAR
Bangladesh Firm of the Year
AS & Associates
DFDL
Doulah & Doulah
Rahman's Chambers
Brunei Firm of the Year
Abrahams Davidson & Co
CCW Partnership
HEP Law
Cambodia Firm of the Year
Bun & Associates
DFDL
R&T Sok & Heng
Sithisak Law Office
Tilleke & Gibbins
VDB Loi
China Firm of the Year
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Fangda Partners
Global Law Office
Haiwen & Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
JunHe
King & Wood Mallesons
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Hong Kong SAR Firm of the Year
Deacons
Gall
Hugill & Ip
Timothy Loh
Zhong Lun Law Firm
India Firm of the Year
AZB & Partners
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
IndusLaw
JSA
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Trilegal
Indonesia Firm of the Year
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners
Makarim & Taira S
SSEK Law Firm
UMBRA
Japan Firm of the Year
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
TMI Associates
Kazakhstan Firm of the Year
Aequitas
Grata International
Signum Law Firm
Unicase
Laos Firm of the Year
DFDL
Rajah & Tann (Laos)
Tilleke & Gibbins
VDB Loi
ZICO Law (Laos)
Macao SAR Firm of the Year
Jorge Neto Valente Advogados
Manuela António – Lawyers and Notaries
Rato Ling Lei & Cortés
Riquito Advogados
Malaysia Firm of the Year
Adnan Sundra & Low
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Shearn Delamore & Co
Skrine
Shook Lin & Bok (Malaysia)
Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
Zul Rafique & Partners
Maldives Firm of the Year
CTL Strategies
Praxis
S&A Lawyers
SHC Lawyers
Mongolia Firm of the Year
KhanLex Partners
MahoneyLiotta
MDS & KhanLex
Melville Erdenedalai
Myanmar Firm of the Year
DFDL
Myanmar Legal MHM
Rajah & Tann Myanmar
Tilleke & Gibbins
VDB Loi
Pakistan Firm of the Year
Akhund Forbes
Ali Khan Law Associates
Haidermota & Co
Kabraji & Talibuddin
Orrdignam & Co
Saiduddin & Co
Vellani & Vellani
Philippines Firm of the Year
ACCRALAW
Gatmaytan Yap Patacsil Gutierrez & Protacio (C&G Law)
Martinez Vergara Gonzalez & Serrano (MVGS)
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Villaraza & Angangco
Singapore Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Drew & Napier
Rajah & Tann
Shook Lin & Bok
WongPartnership
South Korea Firm of the Year
Bae Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Shin & Kim
Yoon & Yang
Yulchon
Sri Lanka Firm of the Year
DL & F De Saram
FJ & G de Saram
Julius & Creasy
Nithya Partners
Taiwan Firm of the Year
Lee & Li
Lexcel Partners
Lin & Partners
Tsar & Tsai Law Firm
Thailand Firm of the Year
Chandler MHM
Kudun & Partners
Tilleke & Gibbins
Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners
Vietnam Firm of the Year
APFL & Partners
Frasers Law Company
Lexcomm
VILAF
YKVN
EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARDS
Best Newcomer of the Year
Anant Law
BTPLaw
KhanLex Partners
Sagus Legal
Stratage Law Partners
Wen & Co
Asia Firm of the Year
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Rajah & Tann
Shearn Delamore & Co
Skrine
Zhong Lun Law Firm
EDITOR’S CHOICE – IMPACT DEAL AND CASE AWARDS
The demerger of a Chhattisgarh iron and steel plant from National Mineral Development Corporation to NMDC SteelJSA
Merger of HDFC and HDFC BankArgus Partners, AZB & Partners, Cravath Swaine & Moore, Singhi & Co, Wadia Ghandy & Co
IPO of Life Insurance Corporation of IndiaCyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Duane Morris & Selvam, Linklaters Singapore, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Lodha Group/Macrotech Developers QIPCyril Amarchand Mangaldas, IndusLaw, Sidley Austin
Debt restructuring of Marelli Holdings – the first simplified rehabilitation proceedings (SRP) case in JapanAnderson Mori & Tomotsune, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Tosei Asset Advisors' acquisition of The Otemachi Place East Tower – the largest real estate transaction in JapanMori Hamada & Matsumoto
KKR's acquisition of Mitsubishi Corporation and UBS Asset ManagementAnderson Mori & Tomotsune, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Nishimura & Asahi
Financing of the Jeju Hanlim Offshore Wind Farm Project – South Korea's first commercial offshore wind project Lee & Ko, Shin & Kim
Samsung Electronics v former employees Lee & Ko
Chubb's acquisition of Cigna's APAC businessesKim & Chang, Shin & Kim
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank's first issuance of sustainable development bond in China Fangda Partners, Global Law Office
Gotion High-Tech's GDR listing on the SIX Swiss ExchangeHaiwen & Partners, Llinks Law Firm
Atour Lifestyle Holdings' listing on NasdaqJunHe, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Range Intelligent's backdoor listing on SZSEKing & Wood Mallesons, Zhong Lun Law Firm
JD Property's acquisition of China LogisticsHan Kun Law Offices
GTC Duty Free's Hong Kong IPOHaiwen & Partners, Jia Yuan Law Offices
China Resources Land's acquisition of China Fortune Land's assetZhong Lun Law Firm
MBK Partners’ acquisition of Medit CorpKim & Chang, Lee & Ko
Thai Life’s IPO – Southeast Asia's biggest IPO of 2022Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners
Merger of Celcom Axiata and Digi.comAdnan Sundra & Low, Christopher & Lee Ong, Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
NetEase Interactive Entertainment v Riot GamesDrew & Napier, Rajah & Tann