asialaw is pleased to present our virtual awards ceremony of the fifth asialaw Awards. In the video clip below, you will be able to find all the details and reasons for the winners.
Zhong Lun Law Firm received the biggest prize of the awards with Asia Firm of the Year. It also took home trophies for China Firm of the Year, Construction Firm of the Year, Infrastructure Firm of the Year, and Technology and Telecommunications Firm of the Year.
Lee & Ko also had a successful run, winning six awards including South Korea Firm of the Year, Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year, Regulatory Firm of the Year, as well as three Editor's Choice Impact Deal & Case Awards.
In total, the awards recognised leading law firms and lawyers across 11 practice areas, seven industries and 23 jurisdictions across the region. These firms and lawyers have been judged as best in class for their legal and industry expertise in terms of their innovative approaches, management of complex situations and the positive impact of their advice.
Congratulations to all the shortlisted firms and a big round of applause for our winners this year. The asialaw team looks forward to seeing you all next year at our 2023 awards ceremony.
All winners have the opportunity to receive a range of opportunities and benefits to highlight their success at these awards. Please reach out to our publisher Fan Yeung at fan.yeung@euromoneyasia.com
See the full shortlist and winners here:
JURISDICTIONAL FIRMS OF THE YEAR
Bangladesh Firm of the Year
AS & Associates
Winner: DFDL
FM Associates
Tanjib Alam & Associates
Brunei Firm of the Year
Abrahams Davidson & Co
AIP Law
Winner:
CCW Partnership
Cheok Advocates & Solicitors
Cambodia Firm of the Year
Bun & Associates
Winner: DFDL
R&T Sok & Heng
Tilleke & Gibbins
VDB Loi
China Firm of the Year
Fangda Partners
Global Law Office
Han Kun Law Offices
JunHe
King & Wood Mallesons
Winner: Zhong Lun Law Firm
Hong Kong SAR Firm of the Year
Charltons
Deacons
Gallant
Winner: Hugill & Ip
LC Lawyers
Wilkinson & Grist
Zhong Lun Law Firm
India Firm of the Year
AZB & Partners
Winner: Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
HSA Advocates
IndusLaw
Khaitan & Co
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Trilegal
Indonesia Firm of the Year
ABNR
Winner: Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
Makarim & Taira S
UMBRA
Japan Firm of the Year
Winner: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Atsumi & Sakai
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
TMI Associates
Kazakhstan Firm of the Year
Aequitas
SayatZholshy & Partners
Winner: Signum Law Firm
Unicase
Laos Firm of the Year
Winner: DFDL
Rajah & Tann (Laos)
Tilleke & Gibbins
VDB Loi
ZICO Law
Macau SAR Firm of the Year
DSL Lawyers
Jorge Neto Valente Advogados
Winner: Rato Ling Lei & Cortés
Riquito Advogados
Malaysia Firm of the Year
Adnan Sundra & Low
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Lim Chee Wee Partnership
Winner: Shearn Delamore & Co
Shook Lin & Bok
Skrine
Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Maldives Firm of the Year
CTL Strategies
Praxis
S&A Lawyers
Winner: SHC Lawyers
Mongolia Firm of the Year
KhanLex Partners
MahoneyLiotta
Winner: MDS & KhanLex
Melville Erdenedalai
Myanmar Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Winner: DFDL
Nishimura & Asahi (Myanmar)
Rajah & Tann Myanmar
VDB Loi
Pakistan Firm of the Year
Ali Khan Law Associates
Winner: 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)
Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los Angeles
Winner: SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Villaraza & Angangco
Singapore Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Drew & Napier
Oon & Bazul
Winner: Rajah & Tann
Shook Lin & Bok
TSMP Law Corporation
WongPartnership
South Korea Firm of the Year
Bae Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
LAB Partners
Winner: Lee & Ko
Shin & Kim
Yulchon
Sri Lanka Firm of the Year
DL & F De Saram
Winner: FJ & G de Saram
Julius & Creasy
Sudath Perera & Associates
Taiwan Firm of the Year
Chen & Lin
LCS & Partners
Winner: Lee and Li
Lin & Partners
Tsar & Tsai
Thailand Firm of the Year
Chandler MHM
Kudun & Partners
R&T Asia (Thailand)
Tilleke & Gibbins
Winner: Weerawong C&P
Vietnam Firm of the Year
DFDL
Frasers Law Company
Lexcomm
VILAF
Winner: YKVN
REGIONAL AWARDS
LEGAL EXPERTISE AWARDS
Banking and Finance Firm of the Year
Winner: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Fangda Partners
Khaitan & Co
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Capital Markets Firm of the Year
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Lee & Ko
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Winner: Shin & Kim
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Competition/Antitrust Firm of the Year
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
AZB & Partners
Fangda Partners
Winner: Han Kun Law Offices
Kim & Chang
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Yulchon
Corporate and M&A Firm of the Year
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Atsumi & Sakai
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Winner: Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Yulchon
Construction Firm of the Year
Drew & Napier
JunHe
Lee & Ko
Rajah & Tann
Shearn Delamore & Co
Winner: Zhong Lun Law Firm
Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
Davinder Singh Chambers
Kim & Chang
Winner: Lee & Ko
Lim Chee Wee Partnership
Rajah & Tann
Shearn Delamore & Co
Villaraza & Angangco
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
Amica Law
Anand and Anand
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Lee & Ko
Shook Lin & Bok (Malaysia)
Winner: Yulchon
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Labour and employment Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Winner: Hugill & Ip
Lee & Ko
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Shearn Delamore & Co
Skrine
TSMP Law Corporation
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Regulatory Firm of the Year
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
HSA Advocates
Kim & Chang
Winner: Lee & Ko
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
WongPartnership
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Restructuring and Insolvency Firm of the Year
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Lee & Ko
Shook Lin & Bok (Singapore)
Skrine
Winner: WongPartnership
Yulchon
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Tax Firm of the Year
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
BMR Legal
Drew & Napier
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
Lee & Ko
Winner: Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership
INDUSTRY EXPERTISE AWARDS
Aviation and Shipping Firm of the Year
Del Rosario & Del Rosario
Han Kun Law Offices
Helmsman
Kim & Chang
Winner: Oon & Bazul
Shearn Delamore & Co
Banking and Financial Services Firm of the Year
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Fangda Partners
Winner: Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Yulchon
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Energy Firm of the Year
Winner: Chandler MHM
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
HSA Advocates
Lee & Ko
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Rajah & Tann
Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Infrastructure Firm of the Year
Atsumi & Sakai
HSA Advocates
JunHe
Lee & Ko
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Shearn Delamore & Co
Winner: Zhong Lun Law Firm
Insurance Firm of the Year
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Winner: AnJie Law Firm
Lee & Ko
Rajah & Tann
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Yulchon
Real Estate Firm of the Year
L&L Partners
Lee & Ko
Lee Hishammuddin
Allen & Gledhill
Winner: Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
TMI Associates
WongPartnership
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Technology and Telecommunications Firm of the Year
Disini Buted Disini Law Offices
Drew & Napier
Han Kun Law Offices
IndusLaw
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Yulchon
Winner: Zhong Lun Law Firm
EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARDS
Best Newcomer of the Year
AP & Partners
Bombay Law Chambers
Winner: CFB Lawyers
KhanLex Partners
Stratage
GSL Chambers
Asia Firm of the Year
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Rajah & Tann
Shearn Delamore & Co
Winner: Zhong Lun Law Firm
Impact Deal and Case Awards
China Construction Bank’s landmark multi-currency ESG bond issuance
Dentons China, Global Law Office
Galanz Group’s merger filing and antitrust compliance to acquire Whirlpool in China
King & Wood Mallesons, Zhong Lun Law Firm
China Mobile's IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
Haiwen & Partners, King & Wood Mallesons
CTOS Digital’s listing on the main market of Bursa Malaysia – the biggest IPO of Malaysia in 2021
Adnan Sundra & Low, Chooi & Company + Cheang & Ariff
LG Energy Solution IPO – the largest IPO in KRX's history
Bae Kim & Lee, Kim & Chang
An American automobile manufacturer v labour union – post spin-off collective bargaining case
Kim & Chang, Law Firm Yeoneun
United Ocean Group's corporate reorganisation
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Novartis International's patent infringement suit against a group of Korean generic companies
Kim & Chang, Lee & Ko
Sampyo Group's safety litigation in response to the Ministry of Employment's investigation
Lee & Ko
KEPCO v employee – Korea's leading unlawful dispatch case
Lee & Ko
Enertech Holding Company's landmark water treatment and transportation project in Pakistan
Ali Khan Law Associates
Ørsted Group's divestment of an offshore wind farm in Taiwan – a fresh 50-50 ownership structure for APAC offshore wind sector
LCS & Partners, Lee and Li
US IPO of Grab Holdings via SPAC
SSEK Legal Consultants, SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan, YKVN
VPBank's sale of 49% stake in FE Credit to Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Finance Group – the largest M&A deal in Vietnam in 2021
YKVN
Alibaba and Baring Private Equity Asia's $400 million investment in The CrownX
YKVN
Monde Nissin IPO
ACCRALAW, Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos
Bukalapak IPO
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners, Witara Cakra Advocates
BDO Unibank's issuance and listing of $900 million BDO ASEAN sustainability bonds
Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos, Serrano Law
Zomato IPO
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, IndusLaw, J Sagar Associates
Government of India's divestment of Air India
AZB & Partners, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Indian CCI investigation into Meta Group where privacy is being considered for the first time as a competition factor
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Biocon Biologics' investment into Serum Institute Life Sciences
K Law, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, Veritas Legal
Cuscaden Peak acquisition of Singapore Press Holdings
Allen & Gledhill, Rajah & Tann
Westbridge Ventures II Investment Holdings v Anupam Mittal
AZB & Partners, Baker McKenzie Wong Leow, TSMP Law Corporation, Veritas Legal
Hin Leong Trading Insolvency
Advocatus Law, Allen & Gledhill, Damodara Ong, Davinder Singh Chambers, Drew & Napier, JWS Asia Law Corporation, Morgan Lewis Stamford, Oon & Bazul, Rajah & Tann, Shook Lin & Bok, TSMP Law Corporation