asialaw is pleased to announce the shortlist for the fourth asialaw Awards, which will be held virtually on Thursday, 30 September 2021.
The awards will celebrate the domestic and regional law firms across 23 jurisdictions, 11 legal expertise categories and 7 industry expertise categories. The awards period was for the calendar year of 2020-21. The information was captured in the submission for the upcoming edition of asialaw Profiles.
The awards will also include prizes for a selection of Impact Cases and Impact Deals, which impressed the asialaw team. There will also be ‘Client Service Excellence’ awards for 21 jurisdictions.
All winners will be announced on 30 September online and will have been judged on innovation, complexity and impact.
*To register for asialaw Awards 2021's virtual ceremony on Thursday 30th September, click here.*
We have a variety of packages available to help showcase your success at these awards. For further details please e-mail William Lo at william.lo@euromoneyasia.com or call +852 2842 6970
See the full shortlist here:
REGIONAL AWARDS
LEGAL EXPERTISE AWARDS
Banking and Finance Firm of the Year
Chandler MHM
Khaitan & Co
King & Wood Mallesons
Lee & Ko
Nishimura & Asahi
Rajah & Tann
Shook Lin & Bok (Singapore)
Capital Markets Firm of the Year
Adnan Sundra & Low
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Kim & Chang
King & Wood Mallesons
Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Competition/Antitrust Firm of the Year
Fangda Partners
Jipyong
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Rajah & Tann
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Corporate and M&A Firm of the Year
AZB & Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nishimura & Asahi
Rajah & Tann
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Shin & Kim
Construction Firm of the Year
Drew & Napier
HSA Advocates
Lee & Ko
Shearn Delamore & Co
Skrine
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
Bharucha & Partners
Drew & Napier
Kim & Chang
Khaitan & Co
Lee & Ko
Rajah & Tann
Skrine
WongPartnership
Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
Anand and Anand
Drew & Napier
Fangda Partners
Lee & Ko
Remfry & Sagar
Tilleke & Gibbins
Wong & Partners
Labour and employment Firm of the Year
JunHe
Kim & Chang
King & Wood Mallesons
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nishimura & Asahi
WongPartnership
Regulatory Firm of the Year
Fangda Partners
King & Wood Mallesons
Lee & Ko
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
WongPartnership
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Restructuring and Insolvency Firm of the Year
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Drew & Napier
Kim & Chang
Rajah & Tann
Shook Lin & Bok (Singapore)
WongPartnership
Yulchon
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Tax Firm of the Year
Kim & Chang
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
Lee & Ko
Skrine
Wong & Partners
INDUSTRY EXPERTISE AWARDS
Aviation and Shipping Firm of the Year
Han Kun Law Offices
Kim & Chang
King & Wood Mallesons
Lee & Ko
Rajah & Tann
Banking and Financial Services Firm of the Year
Adnan Sundra & Low
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
AZB & Partners
Kim & Chang
King & Wood Mallesons
Lee & Ko
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Shook Lin & Bok (Singapore)
Energy Firm of the Year
J Sagar & Associates
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Rajah & Tann
Wong & Partners
Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Infrastructure Firm of the Year
DFDL
JunHe
Lee & Ko
Trilegal
Weerawong C&P
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Insurance Firm of the Year
AnJie Law Firm
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Nishimura & Asahi
Rajah & Tann
Tian Yuan Law Firm
Real Estate Firm of the Year
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
AZB & Partners
Chandler MHM
Khaitan & Co
Rajah & Tann
Shin & Kim
Shook Lin & Bok (Singapore)
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Technology and Telecommunications Firm of the Year
Drew & Napier
Fangda Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Rajah & Tann
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Zhong Lun Law Firm
JURISDICTIONAL FIRMS OF THE YEAR
Bangladesh Firm of the Year
AS & Associates
Doulah & Doulah
Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates
Tanjib Alam & Associates
Brunei Firm of the Year
Abrahams Davidson & Co
CCW Partnership
HEP Law
YC Lee & Lee
Cambodia Firm of the Year
BNGLegal
Bun & Associates
DFDL
SokSiphana&associates
VDB Loi
China Firm of the Year
Fangda Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
JunHe
King & Wood Mallesons
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Hong Kong SAR Firm of the Year
Deacons
Gall
King & Wood Mallesons
Wilkinson & Grist
Zhong Lun Law Firm
India Firm of the Year
AZB & Partners
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
HSA Advocates
IndusLaw
Khaitan & Co
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Trilegal
Indonesia Firm of the Year
Ali Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
Makarim & Taira S
UMBRA
Japan Firm of the Year
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Atsumi & Sakai
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
Macau SAR Firm of the Year
DSL Lawyers
Jorge Neto Valente Advogados
MdME Lawyers
Rato Ling Lei & Cortés
Riquito Advogados
Malaysia Firm of the Year
Adnan Sundra & Low
Lee Hishammuddin Allen Gledhill
Raja Darryl & Loh
Shearn Delamore & Co
Shook Lin & Bok
Skrine
Wong & Partners
Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Maldives Firm of the Year
CTL Strategies
S&A Lawyers
SHC Lawyers
Mongolia Firm of the Year
MahoneyLiotta
MDS & Khanlex
Melville Erdenedalai
Nomin & Advocates
Myanmar Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
DFDL
Kelvin Chia Yangon
Myanmar Legal MHM
Rajah & Tann Myanmar
Pakistan Firm of the Year
Akhund Forbes
Ali Khan Law Associates
Haidermota & Co
Kabraji & Talibuddin
RIAA Barker Gillette
Vellani & Vellani
Philippines Firm of the Year
Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Offices
Gatmaytan Yap Patacsil Gutierrez & Protacio (C&G Law)
Martinez Vergara Gonzalez & Serrano
Quisumbing Torres
Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los Angeles
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Singapore Firm of the Year
Allen & Gledhill
Drew & Napier
Rajah & Tann
Shook Lin & Bok
TSMP Law Corporation
WongPartnership
South Korea Firm of the Year
Bae Kim & Lee
Jipyong
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
LCS & Partners
Lee and Li
Lin & Partners
Tsar & Tsai Law Firm
Thailand Firm of the Year
Chandler MHM
Kudun and Partners
LS Horizon
Tilleke & Gibbins
Weerawong C&P
Vietnam Firm of the Year
DFDL
Duane Morris & Selvam
Frasers Law Company
VILAF
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EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARDS
Best Newcomer of the Year
Ali Khan Law Associates
AnantLaw
Eng and Co
Hugill & Ip
Miura & Partners
Spice Route Legal
SRPP
Stellex Law Firm
Asia-Pacific Firm of the Year
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Kim & Chang
King & Wood Mallesons
Lee & Ko
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nishimura & Asahi
Rajah & Tann
Zhong Lun Law Firm
EDITOR’S CHOICE IMPACT DEAL AND CASE AWARDS
Charoen Pokphand Group's $10.6 billion acquisition of Tesco’s businesses in Thailand and Malaysia
Rahmat Lim & Partners
Wong & Partners
InterDigital v Xiaomi
Anand and Anand
Lifang & Partners
IBC Resolution process of Dewan Housing Finance
AZB & Partners
Cyril Amachand Mangaldas
J Sagar Associates
Trilegal
Coupang IPO
Kim & Chang
Korean Air acquisition of Asiana Airlines
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Shin & Kim
Yoon & Yang
SK Broadband v Netflix
Kim & Chang
Shin & Kim
Thai Airways Restructuring
Chandler MHM
DFDL
Kudun and Partners
R&T Asia (Thailand)
SCL Nishimura
Tilleke & Gibbins
Weerawong C&P
New Development Bank’s Rmb5 billion coronavirus combating bonds
Global Law Office
Lufax’s IPO on NYSE
Haiwen & Partners
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Haier Smart Home’s privatization of Haier Electronics Group and listing on the HKEX
King & Wood Mallesons
Zhong Lun Law Firm
JD.com’s $4.05 billion IPO on the HKEX
Han Kun Law Offices
Shihui Partners
SAMR’s first-ever anti-monopoly administrative litigation brought by Kanghui Medicine and Puyunhui Pharmaceutical
AnJie Law Firm
ByteDance’s unfair competition complaint against Tencent
Fangda Partners
China Yangtze Power’s acquisition of the largest electricity company in Peru
JunHe
Tian Yuan Law Firm
HNA Group’s bankruptcy restructuring
Fangda Partners
Global Law Office
Han Kun Law Offices
58.com’s privatisation and delisting from the NYSE
Fangda Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
JunHe
Nissan Motor $8 billion and €2 billion debt offerings
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Softbank Group $11 billion follow-on global offering
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
NTT $40 billion buyout of NTT Docomo
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Hibiya Sogo Law Office
Nakamura Tsunoda & Matsumoto
Nishimura & Asahi