The nominations for the 2019 IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards have been announced. For all the deal and team of the year shortlists, please see below.
The IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards celebrate legally innovative teams and deals in the region and will be held on Thursday, March 7 at the Island Shangri-La in Hong Kong.
The national law firms of the year and pro bono firm of the year will be announced on the night.
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 email james.wilson@legalmediagroup.com
To reserve your table, please email James Murray at james.murray@euromoneyasia.com or call +852 2842 6936
DEALS OF THE YEAR
Debt & equity-linked
Air Liquide panda bond
Allen & Overy
JunHe
Australia Pacific LNG US private placement
Allens
Clayton Utz
Latham & Watkins
Sullivan & Cromwell
Bank of China 144A Additional Tier 1 capital securities
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Inalum bond
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Clifford Chance
Sidley Austin
Widyawan & Partners
PLN senior notes and concurrent tender offers
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
Republic of Maldives definitive notes
Allen & Overy
Linklaters
Shah Hussain & Co
Suood & Anwar
Tsinghua Unic guaranteed bonds and tap issue
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Global Law Office
Linklaters
Ogier
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Zhongsheng Group Reg S convertible bond and on-market buyback
Clifford Chance
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Equity
Ascletis Pharma IPO
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Paul Hastings
Sidley Austin
Tian Yuan Law Firm
Walkers
BeiGene HKEx listing
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Fangda Partners
JunHe
Mourant Ozannes
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell
China Tower IPO
Clifford Chance
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
King & Wood Mallesons
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Ping An Good Doctor IPO
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
DLA Piper
Grandall Law Firm
Haiwen & Partners
Kirkland & Ellis
Maples Group
Qingdao Haier IPO on the Ceinex
Clifford Chance
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters
Orrick
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Softbank IPO
Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Sullivan & Cromwell
Vinhomes initial equity offering
Allen & Overy
Latham & Watkins
Vilaf
YKVN
Xiaomi Corporation IPO
Clifford Chance
Jingtian & Gongcheng
JunHe
Maples Group
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
High yield
Energy and Resources (GEAR) offering
Latham & Watkins
Makes & Partners
Shearman & Sterling
Witara Cakra Advocates
Korean Air Lines offering
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Shin & Kim
PT Sawit Sumbermas Sarana
Allen & Gledhill
Allen & Overy
KhattarWong
Mayer Brown
Suhardiman Kardono Swadiri Hazwar
White & Case
Sands China notes
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Luís Cavaleiro de Ferreira Ricardo Silva & Associados
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Slaughter and May
Walkers
Star Energy project bond
Allen & Gledhill
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
Latham & Watkins
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Rajah & Tann
Yingde Gases Group
Clifford Chance
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Haiwen & Partners
Tian Yuan Law Firm
M&A
Alibaba Group / Daraz
Allen & Gledhill (Myanmar)
DFDL
FJ & G de Saram
Noerr
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Pioneer Law
RIAA Barker Gillette
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Alibaba / Sun Art
Clifford Chance
Fangda Partners
Herbert Smith Freehills
JunHe
Reed Smith
Skadden Arps Slate Meager & Flom
Slaughter and May
Cosco Shipping / Orient Overseas
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Davis Polk & Wardwell
JunHe
Kirkland & Ellis
Paul Hastings
Reed Smith
Slaughter and May
Sullivan & Cromwell
Walkers
Diageo / Swellfun
Allen & Overy
Haiwen & Partners
JunHe
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group / Bank Danamon
Allen & Gledhill
Baker McKenzie
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
Makes & Partners
Nishimura & Asahi
WongPartnership
Prudential-Eastspring / TMB Asset Management
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
SK Telecom and Macquarie Korea Opportunities Management / ADT Caps
Kim & Chang
Latham & Watkins
Lee & Ko
Walmart / Flipkart
Allen & Gledhill
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
Drew & Napier
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Hogan Lovells
Khaitan & Co
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian
SAM & Co
WongPartnership
Private equity
Advent International / Serta China and partnership with King Koil China
Deacons
Haiwen & Partners
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Maples Group
Mayer Brown
Pepper Hamilton
Ropes & Gray
Sullivan & Cromwell
Walkers
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Bain Capital-led consortium / Toshiba Memory Corporation
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Dechert
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Kim & Chang
Morrison & Foerster
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Ropes & Gray
Walkers
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Global Infrastructure Partners-led consortium / Equis Energy
Ali Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro
Atsumi & Sakai
Clifford Chance
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Lee & Li
Russin & Vecchi
Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
KKR and SinoCare / HeTia
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Global Law Office
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Nesta Investment / Global Logistic Properties
Allen & Gledhill
BMA Law
Broad & Bright
Clifford Chance
Drew & Napier
Kirkland & Ellis
Maples Group
Morgan Lewis Stamford
Morrison & Foerster
Rajah & Tann
Shook Lin & Bok
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Walkers
WongPartnership
Tat Hong managing director, founders and StanChart Private Equity / Tat Hong Holdings
Allen & Gledhill
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
Drew & Napier
TPG Capital Asia / Quest Laboratories and Gribbles Pathology and Innovative Diagnostics and Quantum Diagnostics
Allen & Gledhill
Allens
Christopher & Lee Ong
Latham & Watkins
Oon & Bazul
Rahmat Lim & Partners
Rajah & Tann
Shook Lin & Bok
TPG Growth / Healthium
Cleary Gottileb Steen & Hamilton
Khaitan & Co
Khaitan Legal Associates
Kirkland & Ellis
Platinum Partners
SAM & Co
Project finance
Eastern Indonesia Renewable Energy Project
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Shearman & Sterling
Fukuoka airport privatisation
Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Rail Project
Ali Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Guantao Law Firm
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Oentoeng Suria & Partners
Jawa 1 LNG-to-power project
Allen & Overy
Ginting & Reksodiputro
Mayer Brown
Nah’r Murdono Law Office
Shearman & Sterling
Widyawan & Partners
Nam Theun 1 hydropower project
Allen & Overy
Chandler MHM
Clifford Chance
DFDL (Lao) Sole
Nghi Son 2 coal-fired BOT
Allen & Overy
Bae Kim & Lee
Clifford Chance
Frasers Law Company
Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono
Vilaf
Pakistan Hub coal-fired power project
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
Rantau Dedap IPP
Ali Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro
Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune
Atsumi & Sakai
Latham & Watkins
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Mochtar Karuwin Komar
Noviar Ianto Pratama
Tokyo-Marunouchi Law Offices
Restructuring
Ezion Holdings restructuring and refinancing
Allen & Gledhill
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Morgan Lewis Stamford
Rahmat Lim & Partners
Rajah & Tann
WongPartnership
Global A&T Electronics
Baker McKenzie
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Dechert
Dentons
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
Drew & Napier
Harneys
Kirkland & Ellis
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Rajah & Tann
Ropes & Gray
Marco Polo Marine
Allen & Gledhill
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
Morgan Lewis Stamford
TSMP Law Corporation
Nam Cheong Group
Allen & Gledhill
Drew & Napier
Rahmat Lim & Partners
Rajah & Tann
Skrine
Noble Group
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Allen & Gledhill
Allen & Overy
Appleby
Clifford Chance
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Harneys
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Walkers
White & Case
WongPartnership
Takata Corporation
Baker McKenzie
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Honigman Miller Schwartz
Jones Day
Kajitani Law Offices
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
Mayer Brown
McGuireWoods
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
Norton Rose Fulbright
O’Melveny & Myers
Orrick
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Sidley Austin
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell
TMI
Tokiwa Law Office
Tokyo Fuji Law Office
Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Z-Obee Holdings
Harneys
Mayer Brown
Paul Hastings
Structured finance and securitisation
Astrea IV ABS issue
Allen & Gledhill
Linklaters
Bayfront Infrastructure Capital project-backed notes
Allen & Gledhill
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Beijing Jingdong Century Trading ABS notes series 1
AllBright Law Offices
King & Wood Mallesons
Korea Housing Finance Corporation (KHFC) social covered bonds
Kim & Chang
Linklaters
Shin & Kim
Sumitomo Mitsui Bank’s covered bonds
Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune
Linklaters
LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR
Debt & equity-linked
Allen & Overy
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
Sullivan & Cromwell
Equity
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Paul Hastings
Sidley Austin
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell
High yield
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Latham & Watkins
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
M&A
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Paul Hastings
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Slaughter and May
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Private equity
Clifford Chance
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Morrison & Foerster
Ropes & Gray
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Project finance
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Shearman & Sterling
Restructuring
Akin Gump
Allen & Overy
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Mayer Brown
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Ropes & Gray
Structured finance and securitisation
Allen & Gledhill
Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune
King & Wood Mallesons
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Pro bono
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Mayer Brown
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Han Kun Law Offices
Herbert Smith Freehills
In-house debt team
BNP Paribas
Barclays
Citi
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
Standard Chartered Bank
In-house equity team
China International Capital Corporation
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
JP Morgan
Morgan Stanley
UBS
Regional firm of the year
Allen & Gledhill
Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
JunHe
King & Wood Mallesons
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
SAM & Co
Financial services regulatory
Deacons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Mayer Brown
Offshore firm of the year
Appleby
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Harney Westwood & Riegels
Maples Group
Mourant Ozannes
Walkers
China practice of the year
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Paul Hastings
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
US law firm of the year
Baker McKenzie
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Ropes & Gray
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
International law firm of the year
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom