DEAL OF THE YEAR
Debt and equity-linked
Bank of China sustainability re-linked notes
Allen & Overy
Jingtian & Gongcheng
JunZeJun Law Offices
Linklaters
Equity
KakaoBank IPO
Bae Kim & Lee
Linklaters
Paul Hastings
Shin & Kim
High yield
Kaisa offering and concurrent exchange and tender offer
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Harneys
Jia Yuan Law Offices
Linklaters
Sidley Austin
M&A
PayPal / Paidy
Cooley
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nishimura & Asahi
White & Case
Private equity
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
Project finance
Greater Changhua 1 offshore wind farm
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Hogan Lovells
LCS & Partners
Lee and Li
Linklaters
Tsar & Tsai
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
Securitisation and structured finance
Bayfront Infrastructure Capital ABS issuance
Allen & Gledhill
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
TEAMS OF THE YEAR
Debt and equity-linked
Allen & Overy
Equity
Paul Hastings
High yield
Milbank
M&A
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Private equity
Kirkland & Ellis
Project finance
Allen & Overy
Restructuring
Clifford Chance
Securitisation and structured finance
Clifford Chance
Financial services regulatory
Herbert Smith Freehills
Pro bono
Baker McKenzie
IN-HOUSE TEAMS OF THE YEAR
In-house corporate team
Coupang
In-house debt team
HSBC
In-house equity team
Goldman Sachs
LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR
Regional firm
Allen & Gledhill
Offshore firm
Maples Group
India practice
Linklaters
China practice
Linklaters
US law firm
White & Case
International law firm
Clifford Chance
NATIONAL LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR
Australia
MinterEllison
Cambodia
VDB Loi
Hong Kong SAR
Deacons
India
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Indonesia
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Japan
Nishimura & Asahi
Macau SAR
Rato, Ling, Lei & Cortés
Sri Lanka
Neelakandan & Neelakandan
Pakistan
Kabraji Talibuddin
China
Fangda Partners
China – debt capital markets firm of the year
Jingtiang & Gongcheng
China – equity capital markets firm of the year
JunHe
China – corporate firm of the year
Zhong Lun
Malaysia
Shearn Delamore & Co
New Zealand
Russell McVeagh
Philippines
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Singapore
Allen & Gledhill
South Korea
Kim & Chang
Taiwan
Lee and Li
Thailand
Baker McKenzie
Vietnam
VILAF
In-house Market Makers
Calum Conway - Director, legal - CVC Capital Partners
Nick Moller - Principal counsel - Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Mandy Kim – Head of legal and compliance – KakaoBank
Rising Stars
Rising Stars - International
Kevin Yao – Counsel - Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Bingqing Pan – Counsel - Davis Polk & Wardwell
Husayn Reza – Counsel - Allen & Overy
Rising Stars – National
Hyun Jung Kim - Associate - Bae, Kim & Lee
Alex Bond - Senior Associate - Bell Gully
Harun Wailan Ngantung - Senior Associate - Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Women Dealmakers Hall of Fame
Kaya Proudian - White & Case
In-house Contribution
Joe Zhou, head of legal and chief compliance officer, CICC
Market Reform
Jamie Allen, founding secretary general, ACGA
