IFLR is delighted to reveal the full list of finalists for the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2024, celebrating the region's most innovative cross-border work and those behind it.
Decided by an internal panel of judges, the awards focuses exclusively on celebrating the most exciting legal innovation in cross-border transactions that reached financial close in the 2023.
Winners across all the categories will be announced at the gala awards ceremony at The St. Regis Hong Kong on March 20, 2024, including the recipients of the Digital Finance and Financial Services Regulatory awards, in-house Market Makers award and the Rising Star Lawyer award.
At the event, IFLR will also reveal the 2024 winners of the prestigious Market Reform Award, the In-House Contribution Award and Women Dealmakers Hall of Fame Award.
The firms and teams listed on each of the shortlisted deals below are based on preliminary research. If you advised on one of the deals below and you would like to be listed, please contact Nancy Ping.
To book your seat at the ceremony, or find out about commercial and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Anicette Indiana.
Congratulations to all of those shortlisted!
DEALS OF THE YEAR
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Bank of China CNH Yulan bondAllen & Overy
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Junzejun law offices
LinklatersBank of China US dollar SLLBAllen & Overy
Jingtian & Gongcheng
JunZeJun Law Offices
King & Wood Mallesons
LinklatersEgypt debut sustainable development panda bondsADSERO - Ragy Soliman & Partners
Dechert
Fangda Partners
Global Law Office
JunHe
White & CaseGovernment of Mongolia liability managementAllen & Overy
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
DB & GTS LLP
Melville ErdenedalaiHKSAR inaugural tokenised green bond offeringAllen & Overy
Ashurst
King & Wood Mallesons
LinklatersNIO convertible bondsCommerce & Finance
Han Kun Law Offices
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Maples and CalderRepublic of Philippines Sukuk issuanceAllen & Overy
Linklaters
Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los AngelesVingroup exchangeable bonds and concurrent buybackAllens
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
VILAF -
Hahn & Company / LutronicCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Kim & Chang
Shin & KimHimeji Energy Storage FacilityNishimura & AsahiHousing Development Finance Corporation – HDFC Bank mergerArgus Partners
Singhi & Co
AZB & Partners
Cravath Swaine & Moore
Wadia Ghandy & CoJapan Industrial Partners / Toshiba take-privateDavis Polk & Wardwell
Morrison & Foerster
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
Shearman & Sterling
Slaughter and May
TMI Associates
Maples GroupMalaysia Building Society / MIDF GroupAbdullah Chan & Co
Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)MBK Partners and UCK Partners / Osstem ImplantCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Lee & Ko
Yoon & YangNetDragon / Gravitas Education Holdings IncCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Kirkland & Ellis
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & FlomTrue Corporation – DTAC mergerAllen & Overy
Linklaters -
Adlai Nortye US IPOHan Kun Law Offices
Latham & Watkins
Maples Group
O’Melveny & Myers
Zhong Lun Law FirmAmman Mineral Internasional IPOAssegaf Hamzah & Partners
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
Milbank
Sidley AustinDekon Group IPOHerbert Smith Freehills
Jia Yuan Law Office
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Slaughter and MayJ&T Express IPOCommerce & Finance Law Offices
DaHui Lawyers
Han Kun Law Offices
Harney Westwood & Riegels
Hutabarat Halim & Rekan
Latham & Watkins
Rahmat Lim & Partners
Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
SyCip Salazar Hernandez &
Vietnam International Law Firm (VILAF)
Weerawong Chinnavat & PartnersJSW Infrastructure IPOKhaitan & Co
Linklaters
TrilegalSharkNinja NYSE listingCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Maples Group
Paul Hastings
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & FlomShiyue Daotian H-share listingClifford Chance
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Paul HastingsZJLD Group Hong Kong IPOCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Conyers
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Haiwen & Partners
King & Wood Mallesons -
Chinadata GroupDavis Polk & Wardwell
JunHe
LinklatersContinuum Energy AuraAshurst
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Talwar Thakore & Associates
LinklatersGoswami Infratech PrivateDesai & Diwanji
Khaitan & Co
Linklaters
Trilegal
Talwar Thakore & AssociatesMongolian Mining Corporation and Energy ResourcesAllen & Overy
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Loyens & Loeff
Maples Group
Melville Erdenedalai
Shearman & Sterling
Snow Hill ConsultancyPT Medco Energi InternasionalAllen & Gledhill
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Barrow & Williams
Chandler MHM
Conyers
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Dentons
Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong
Mayer Brown
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Walkers
Witara Cakra AdvocatesReNew Energy Global – Diamond II notes due 2026Ashurst
Appleby
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Linklaters
Talwar Thakore & AssociatesTheta Capital tender offerMakes & Partners
Milbank
Morgan Lewis Stamford
Shearman & Sterling -
Adani Group refinancingAllen & Overy
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Latham & Watkins
Madun Gujadhur Chambers
Talwar Thakore & Associates
TM&S Gujadhur ChambersAET Singapore Holdings Islamic sustainability linked RCFRajah & Tann Singapore
Shook Lin & BokAirTrunk Global Sustainability-Linked Loan financingBaker McKenzie
Conyers
Gilbert + Tobin
King & Wood Mallesons
Maples Group
Zul Rafique & PartnersBPEA EQT / IMG Academy financingKirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Mourant
Ropes & GrayBank of Qingdao blue loanFangda Partners
White & CaseESR and Chinachem Group logistics centre green loanAllen & Overy
Mayer Brown
OgierMedcoEnergi GroupGibson Dunn & Crutcher
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Harney Westwood & Riegels
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
ProlegisTelstra / Digicel Pacific financingBaker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Gilbert + Tobin -
Airbus – Tarmac Aerosave – Chengdu Airport Xingcheng JVAllbright Law Firm
Zhong Lun Law FirmBoston Scientific / Acotec ScientificBaker McKenzie
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
O’Melveny & Myers
Shearman & SterlingEntain Group / TAB New ZealandAllens Linklaters
Chapman Tripp
MinterEllisonRuddWattsStellantis / Zhejiang LeapmotorAllen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Grandway Law
Haiwen & Partners
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Vermilion PartnersUnited Overseas Bank / Citi’s consumer banking businessesAllen & Overy
Kadir Andri & Partners
Linklaters
Rahmat Lim & Partners
VILAFVertex Technology Acquisition Corporation – 17LIVE business combinationDeacons
Eng and Co
Harney Westwood & Riegels
K&L Gates
Lin & Partners
Maples Group
Nishimura & Asahi
Rajah & Tann Singapore
WongPartnership LLPVinFast / Black Spade business combinationAllen & Gledhill
Appleby
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Latham & Watkins
Rajah & Tann
VILAF
Walkers
YKVNWebuild / CloughAllens
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Gilbert + Tobin
Herbert Smith Freehills
HWL Ebsworth
King & Wood Mallesons -
Blackstone / R SystemsCyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Simpson Thacher & BartlettChindata Group take-privateConyers
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Haiwen & Partners
Harney Westwood & Riegels
JunHe
King & Wood Mallesons
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Maples Group
Mourant
Weil Gotshal & MangesEQT / SK ShieldusKim & Chang
Loyens & Loeff
Poellath
Simpson Thacher & BartlettInvestor consortium / Subway ChinaBaker McKenzie
Han Kun Law Offices
Haiwen & Partners
Kirkland & EllisKKR / Hitachi Transport SystemMori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nishimura & Asahi
Simpson Thacher & BartlettPAG / Shanghai Xingyi Cinema ManagementFangda Partners
Haiwen & Partners
JunHe
Sundial Law FirmTemasek / Manipal Health Enterprises Private (MHEPL)AZB & Partners
JSA
Milbank
Shardul Amarchand & Mangaldas
Trilegal -
Batang Toru HydropowerAssegaf Hamzah & Partners
Global Law Office
JunHe
Makarim & Taira S
UMBRAHai Long Offshore Wind FarmClifford Chance
Lee and Li
Linklaters
Tsar & Tsai
White & CaseDITO Telecommunity Corporation (DITO)Clifford Chance
King & Wood Mallesons
Romulo Law Firm
Shearman & Sterling
Villaraza & Angangco
WongPartnershipECX Indonesian data centre financingAli Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro
Allen & Overy
Ginting & Reksodiputro
Milbank
Norton Rose Fulbright
Rajah & TannInuyama Solar ProjectMori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nishimura & AsahiJeonnam 1 Offshore Wind ProjectKim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Linklaters
White & CaseKarratha Urea ProjectAllens
Ashurst
Herbert Smith Frehills
White & CaseMonsoon Wind ProjectAllen & Gledhill
Dechert
DFDL
Frasers Law Company
Hunton Andrews Kurth
LS Horizons
Milbank
VILAF -
Hong Kong Airlines debt restructuringAllen & Overy
Clifford Chance
King & Wood Mallesons
Latham & Watkins
Stephenson HarwoodIse FoodsAkimitsu Takai of Takai & Partners Law Offices
Nishimura & AsahiKurow Duntroon Irrigation restructuringChapman Tripp
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Russell McVeagh
Simpson GriersonModern Land debt restructuringMaples Group
Sidley Austin LLPReliance Capital Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP)AZB & Partners
Agarwal Law Associates
Crawford Bayley & Co.
Luthra and Luthra Law OfficesSunac debt restructuringLinklaters
Maples Group
Sidley Austin -
Bayfront Infrastructure Capital infrastructure asset-backed securitiesAllen & Gledhill
Clifford Chance
Dentons Rodyk
Latham & WatkinsHKMC – AIIB pilot infrastructure ABSClifford Chance
Linklaters
White & CaseNZGIF Solar Finance Programme – solarZero Residential No 1 TrustChapman Tripp
DLA Piper
Mayne Wetherell
Webb HendersonReliance Jio Infocomm – Ericsson India non-recourse receivables purchase programmeShardul Amarchand Mangaldas & CoShinhan Bank global covered bond programmeKim & Chang
Linklaters
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Shin & KimVivriti Fixed Income Fund – Series 3 IFSC LLPTalwar Thakore & Associates
Trilegal
Khaitan & CoWollar Solar Farm deferred receivables financingAshurst
Baker McKenzie
Dentons
King & Wood Mallesons
TEAMS OF THE YEAR
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Allen & Overy
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Davis Polk & Wardwell
King & Wood Mallesons
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom -
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Latham & Watkins
Paul Hastings
Sidley Austin
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Slaughter and May -
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom -
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
King & Wood Mallesons
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Mayer Brown
White & Case -
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Slaughter and May -
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Kirkland & Ellis
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Ropes & Gray
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Willkie Farr & Gallagher -
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Nishimura & Asahi
Shearman & Sterling
Milbank
White & Case -
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
King & Wood Mallesons
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Maples Group
Sidley Austin -
Allen & Gledhill
Chapman Tripp
Clifford Chance
Kim & Chang
King & Wood Mallesons
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
White & Case
IN-HOUSE TEAMS OF THE YEAR
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BNP Paribas
Citi
CITIC – CLSA
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
JP Morgan
Morgan Stanley
Standard Chartered Bank -
CICC
Citi
CITIC – CLSA
Credit Suisse
Goldman Sachs
Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley -
Asia Development Bank
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Bank of China
CICC
CNCB Investment
CSCI
DBS
UOB -
J&T Express
KKR Asia
Stellantis
Stonepeak
Swire Properties
TPG
Vivriti
Webuild (Clough)
SPECIALISED AWARDS
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Allen & Gledhill
Fangda Partners
IndusLaw
Khaitan & Co
Rajah & Tann
Sethalay Law Office
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Zhong Lun Law Firm
WongPartnership -
Allen & Gledhill
Fangda Partners
Khaitan & Co
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Nishimura & Asahi
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co -
Baker McKenzie
King & Wood Mallesons
Lee & Ko
Nishimura & Asahi
Rajah & Tann Singapore -
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
HSBC Legal
Lee & Ko
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi and alliance members
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas -
ALLEN – Zhonglun Law Firm
GLinkGrabber and Kim & Chang AI Translator – Kim & Chang
Harnessing Enterprise Knowledge – Khaitan & Co
Hissa – Rulezero Technology Solutions
Lee & Ko AI Translation System – Lee & Ko and AI Lingo
Membercheck – RTTech and Showsuite
Project Babelfish – Law Society of Singapore and Clifford Chance
StreamEQ – HSBC -
Agnes Tsang - Allen & Overy
Evelyn Wee - Rajah & Tann Singapore
Haiping Li - Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Julia Dai - DaHui Lawyers
Joey Chau - Kirkland & Ellis
Minny Siu - King & Wood Mallesons
Vicky Ma – Clifford Chance
LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR
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Allen & Gledhill
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Commerce & Finance
Kim & Chang
King & Wood Mallesons
Nishimura & Asahi
Rajah & Tann
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas -
Allen & Gledhill – Vietnam
ARMA Law – Indonesia
Icon Law – Singapore
RCM Law - Indonesia
Serrano Law – Philippines -
Appleby
Conyers
Harney Westwood & Riegels
Maples Group
Mourant
Ogier
Walkers -
Allen & Overy
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
White & Case -
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell -
Baker McKenzie
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Milbank
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
White & Case -
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Kirkland & Ellis
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
NATIONAL LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR
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Allens
Ashurst
Gilbert + Tobin
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons -
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Fangda Partners
Jingtian & Gongcheng
JunHe
JunZeJun Law Offices -
Allbright Law Firm
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Fangda Partners
Haiwen & Partners
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Zhong Lun Law Firm -
Charltons
Deacons
Gallant -
AZB & Partners
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Khaitan & Co
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Trilegal -
AZB & Partners
Anagram Partners
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India
Samvad Partners -
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nishimura & Asahi
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
TMI Associates -
Bell Gully
Buddle Findlay
Chapman Tripp
Harmos Horton Lusk
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Russell McVeagh -
Allen & Gledhill
BlackOak
Prolegis
Rajah & Tann Singapore
Shook Lin & Bok
Wong Partnership -
Baker McKenzie
Lee and Li
Lin & Partners
Tsar and Tsai -
Frasers Law Company
Rajah & Tann Vietnam
YKVN
VILAF
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Bun & Associates
DFDL
R&T Sok & Heng Law Office
Sarin & Associates
VDB Loi -
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Haiwen & Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
Zhong Lun Law Firm -
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Global Law Office
Fangda Partners
King & Wood Mallesons
Zhong Lun Law Office -
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Khaitan & Co
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Talwar Thakore & Associates
Trilegal -
AZB & Partners
Argus Partners
DMD Advocates
Khaitan & Co
Shardul Amarchand
Singhi & Co
Mangaldas & Co
Trilegal
Wadia Ghandy & Co -
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
Makarim & Taira S
Makes & Partners
Witara Cakra Advocates -
Kadir Andri & Partners
Rahmat Lim & Partners
Shook Lin & Bok
Wong & Partners
Zaid Ibrahim & Co (in association with KPMG Law)
Zul Rafique & Partners -
Quisumbing Torres
Romulo Law Firm
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Villaraza & Angangco -
Bae Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Shin & Kim
Yoon & Yang -
Allen & Overy Thailand
Baker McKenzie Thailand
Chandler MHM
DFDL
Kudun and Partners
Linklaters Thailand
Tilleke & Gibbins
Weerawong Chinnavat & Partners