IFLR is delighted to reveal the full list of finalists for the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2025, celebrating the region's most innovative cross-border work and those behind it.
Decided by an internal panel of judges, the awards focus exclusively on celebrating the most exciting legal innovation in cross-border transactions that reached financial close in 2024.
Winners across all the categories will be announced at a gala awards ceremony in Hong Kong on April 16, including the recipients of the Digital Finance Award, Financial Services Regulatory Award, Market Reform Award, In-House Contribution Award and Women Dealmakers Hall of Fame Award.
Watch this space for further details on the venue and for details on how to attend! As well as the event, IFLR will announce the winners online, with podcasts and content to explore the work covered in the awards.
To find out more about the event and commercial opportunities related to the awards, please contact Anicette Indiana.
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 would like to be listed, please contact Nancy Ping.
Congratulations to all of those shortlisted!
DEALS OF THE YEAR
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Capital City of Ulaanbaatar municipal bondMayer Brown
Melville ErdenedalaiCathay Life Insurance regulatory capital issuanceAllen & Gledhill
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Lee & Li
LinklatersCLP Power kangaroo bondHarney Westwood & Riegels
King & Wood MallesonsContinuum Green Energy private bondA&O Shearman
Linklaters
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
TT&AHKSAR digitally native green notesAshurst
A&O Shearman
LinklatersJD Group convertible bondCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Han Kun Law Offices
Latham & Watkins
Maples Group
Nixon Peabody
Shihui Partners
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
White & CasePing An Group convertible bondsDLA Piper
Haiwen & Partners
JunHe
LinklatersSan Miguel Global Power senior perpetual securitiesA&O Shearman
Latham & Watkins
Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan -
AET Singapore Holdings sustainability-linked revolving credit-i facilityRajah & Tann
Shook Lin & BokAvatr Technology and Seres Group / Shenzhen YinwangGrandall Law Firm
Haiwen & PartnersDai-ichi Life Holdings / Benefit OneAnderson Mori & Tomotsune
Miura & Partners
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nishimura & AsahiItochu Corporation / Big MotorMori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahiispace shelf registration share issueMori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & TsunematsuNidec Corporation / Takisawa Machine ToolAnderson Mori & Tomotsune
Baker McKenzie
Davis Polk & Wardwell
GH Consults LLC
TMI AssociatesSK E&S – SK Innovation mergerKim & Chang
Lee & KoPT Adaro Andalan Indonesia spin-offAssegaf Hamzah & Partners -
Asics Corporation global public offeringAnderson Mori & Tomotsune
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & FlomBlack Sesame IPOClifford Chance
JunHe
K&L Gates
Maples Group
Sullivan & Cromwell
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Zhong Lun Law FirmHD Hyundai Marine Solution IPOBae Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
Linklaters
Paul Hastings
Stikeman ElliotMidea Group listingFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jia Yuan Law Offices
King & Wood Mallesons
Rajah & Tann
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & FlomRigaku Holdings Corporation IPOAnderson Mori & Tomotsune
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Simpson Thacher & BartlettSynagistics de-SPAC and listingAssegaf Hamzah & Partners
Christopher & Lee Ong
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Kirkland & Ellis
Maples Group
Morrison Foerster
Rajah & Tann
Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los Angeles
Sidley AustinTokyo Metro Global IPOAnderson Mori & Tomotsune
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Simpson Thacher & BartlettWebtoon Entertainment IPOBae Kim & Lee
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Kim & Chang
Kirkland & Ellis -
Biocon Biologics Global senior secured notesA&O Shearman
Albar & Partners
Arthur Cox
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
TT&AeHi Car Services senior notes due 2027Clifford Chance
O’Melveny & MyersGolomt Bank senior notes due 2027A&O Shearman
Financial Law Consulting
Mayer Brown
Melville Erdenedalai LLPIndika senior notes due 2029A&O Shearman
Allen & Gledhill
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Sidley AustinIRB Infrastructure DevelopersA&O Shearman
JSA
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
TT&AKaroon Energy secured notesA&O Shearman
Baker McKenzie
Campos Mello Advogados
Chapman and Cutler
Mattos Filho
Pinheiro Neto
Sullivan & Cromwell
White & CasePT Sorik Marapi Geothermal Power project bondAssegaf Hamzah & Partners
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Mayer BrownSAEL senior secured notesCyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Khaitan & Co
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
Moses Singer -
Ant Group and Ant International refinancingA&O Shearman
Fangda Partners
Linklaters
Norton Rose Fulbright
OgierDalian Newland Commercial Management acquisition financingA&O Shearman
Fangda Partners
Haiwen & Partners
Junhe
LinklatersEQT Partners Asia acquisition financingA&O Shearman
Ashurst
DLA Piper
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Kirkland & Ellis
Simpson Thacher & BartlettGoodpack refinancingFangda Partners
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Kim & Chang
Kirkland & Ellis
Maples Group
Nishimura & Asahi
Pinheiro Neto
Stibbe
WongPartnershipKKR and Singtel term and revolving facilitiesA&O Shearman
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Rajah & Tann
Simpson Thacher & BartlettKorean Air US EXIM-guaranteed KRW financingDLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Kim & Chang
Morris James
Vedder Price
Yoon & YangNovotech Group unitranche refinancingA&O Shearman
White & CaseWT Microelectronics and Morrihan International acquisition financingLee & Li
Stewart McKelvey
Tsar & Tsai
Wildeboer DellelceHillhouse Investment / Incorp Global acquisition financingAllen & Gledhill
Allens
Clifford Chance
Milbank
Mourant Ozannes
Walkers -
Alcon – OcuMensionGibson Dunn & Crutcher
Morrison FoersterApril Group / Vinda InternationalClifford Chance
Linklaters
Norton Rose Fulbright
Slaughter and MayB Grimm Power Public Company / Nakwol Blueheart and Hanbit Wind PowerJipyong
Kudun and PartnersGuangken Rubber / Hua Lien InternationalDacheng Law Offices
Dentons Hong Kong
TC & CoL'Occitane Groupe / L'Occitane InternationalArendt & Medernach
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Fried Frank
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Loyens & Loeff
Norton Rose Fulbright
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
White & CaseLunit / Volpara Health TechnologiesBaker McKenzie
Harmos Horton & Lusk
MinterEllison
MinterEllisonRuddWattsPyridam / ProbiotecArmand Yapsunto Muharamsyah & Partners
Arnold Bloch Leibler
Ashurst
SSEKStar India – Viacom18 mergerAZB & Partners
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Covington & Burling
JSA
Khaitan & Co
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom -
Archimed / Jeisys MedicalCorrs Chambers Westgarth
Kim & Chang
Latham & Watkins Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise
YulchonBain Capital / Masan GroupAllens
Clifford Chance
Milbank
YKVNCVC Capital Partners / Siloam International HospitalsAllen & Gledhill
HBT
Milbank
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
TSMPGallatin Point Capital / Honey InsuranceArnold Bloch Leibler
MinterEllisonKKR / SingtelLatham & WatkinsPAG, CITIC Capital, Ares Management, Adia and Mubadala / NewlandA&O Shearman
Fangda Partners
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Haiwen & Partners
Linklaters
Simpson Thacher & BartlettPlatinum Equity / Inventia HealthcareKirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Quillon Partners
Rothschild & Co
Stifel Nicolaus India
TrilegalSnow Peak privatisationAnderson Mori & Tomotsune
Nishimura & Asahi
Ropes & Gray
TMI Associates -
AdaniConneX hyperscale data centersA&O Shearman
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Milbank
Norton Rose Fulbright
Rajah & Tann
Saraf And Partners
Turner & TownsendBESS Nusantara Capital City PV plantAshurst
Ashurst ADTLaw
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
HHP Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Nah'R Murdono Law Office
Oentoeng Suria & Partners
Rajah & Tann
UMBRADhamra LNG Terminal refinancingClifford Chance
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Latham & WatkinsGenesis NZ Lauriston solar farmChapman Tripp
Russell McVeagh
White & CaseMGM Resorts International and ORIX Corporation integrated resortMori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & AsahiNinoy Aquino International Airport PPPLee & Ko
Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & GatmaitanSAFCO Pakistan SAF PlantClifford Chance
Harney Westwood & Riegels
White & CaseYondr Group data centerClifford Chance
Milbank
Rahmat Lim & Partners
Zul Rafique & Partners -
China Aoyuan GroupA&O Shearman
Linklaters
Weil Gotshal & MangesGovernment of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri LankaClifford Chance
White & Case
Baker McKenzieKaisa Group HoldingsFangda Partners
Harney Westwood & Riegels
Kirkland & Ellis
Maples Group
Sidley AustinMSJ Asset Management Company liquidationNishimura & AsahiNo Va Land GroupBlackOak LLC
Hogan Lovells
Sidley Austin
Sullivan & Cromwell
YKVNSino - Ocean group offshore debt restructuringA&O Shearman
Appleby
Linklaters
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Sidley Austin
Walkers
Zhong Lun Law FirmGaruda Indonesia debt restructuringASNP Law Office
Baker McKenzie
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
HFW
K&L Gates Straits LawZhongliang offshore debt restructuringSidley Austin
Latham & Watkins -
Astrea 8 asset-backed securitiesAllen & Gledhill
Latham & WatkinsAnt Digital Technologies tokenised financingKing & Wood Mallesons
LinklatersBauhinia ILBS 2Clifford Chance
LinklatersClifford Capital – Bayfront Infrastructure Capital V Infrastructure ABSAllen & Gledhill
Clifford Chance
Latham & WatkinsCogent IPv4 address securitisationLatham & Watkins
MilbankGPTX structured note platformA&O Shearman
Fangda Partners
Haiwen & Partners
JunHe
LinklatersMaybank Singapore covered bondAllen & Gledhill
LinklatersMidea employee preferential repackaged notesKing & Wood Mallesons
Maples GroupShinhan Bank USD Formosa mortgage covered bondsKim & Chang
Linklaters
Lee & Li
Shin & Kim
TEAMS OF THE YEAR
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A&O Shearman
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Fangda Partners
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom -
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Kirkland & Ellis
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Paul Hastings
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett -
A&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
Sidley Austin
Sullivan & Cromwell
White & Case -
A&O Shearman
White & Case
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright
Kirkland & Ellis
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Milbank -
Baker McKenzie
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Nishimura & Asahi
Norton Rose Fulbright
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Slaughter and May -
Clifford Chance
Fangda Partners
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Milbank
Nishimura & Asahi
Ropes & Gray
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett -
Ashurst
A&O Shearman
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Milbank
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case -
A&O Shearman
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Sidley Austin
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Hogan Lovells -
Allen & Gledhill
Clifford Chance
A&O Shearman
King & Wood Mallesons
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Milbank
IN-HOUSE TEAMS OF THE YEAR
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Citi
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
JP Morgan
HSBC
Morgan Stanley
Standard Chartered Bank -
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
International Finance Corporation
Mizuho Securities
Morgan Stanley
UBS -
ANZ
Bank of China
China Construction Bank International
CICC
CITIC CLSA
CNCB
Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley
Mizuho Securities -
J&T Express
Archimed
CVC Capital
Disney
KKR
San Miguel Global Power
Volpara
Webtoon Entertainment
Yondr
SPECIALISED AWARDS
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Allen & Gledhill
Bae Kim & Lee
Fangda Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
JunHe
Kim & Chang
King & Wood Mallesons Hong Kong
MinterEllisonRuddWatts -
King & Wood Mallesons Hong Kong
Yoon & Yang
Nishimura & Asahi
Khaitan & Co
Fangda Parnters
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
MinterEllisonRuddWatts -
A&O Shearman
Allen & Gledhill
King & Wood Mallesons Hong Kong
Nishimura & Asahi
UMBRA
Walalangi & Partners in association with Nishimura & Asahi -
Bell Gully
Bae Kim & Lee
DNT Lawyers
Mills Oakley
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Hogan Lovells
Han Kun Law Office
Russell McVeagh -
Content Generator - MinterEllison
Drafting with Ment – Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Ment
Metalaw - JunHe
The Check-in Staffing Tool - Khaitan & Co
Verimus ESG - Verimus -
Agnes Tsang - A&O Shearman
Benita Yu - Slaughter and May
Dan Ouyang - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Evelyn Wee - Rajah & Tann Singapore
Gloria Cheung - Linklaters
Joey Chau - Kirkland & Ellis
Paloma Wang - Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom -
Anirudh Arjun - Nishith Desai Associates
Chae Yeon AN - Kim & Chang
Samuel Loh Song-En - BlackOak
Sungjin Kim - Kim & Chang
Wangbei Li - Jingtian & Gongcheng
Yoga Budhi Prananto - HHP Law Firm
Yu Zhang - Han Kun Law Offices -
Christine Yu - Slaughter and May
Esha Goel - Latham & Watkins
Julie Song – A&O Shearman
Kevin Zhang - Davis Polk & Wardwell
Martina To - Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Monica Xu - Cooley
LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR
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Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Allen & Gledhill
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Fangda Partners
King & Wood Mallesons
Kim & Chang
Nagashima Ohno Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
TT&A -
Goyel & Goyal - India
KARNA Partnership in Association with Withersworldwide - Indonesia
Kingland Partners – China
Nazmi Zaini Chambers - Malaysia
Sethalay Law Office – Cambodia -
Appleby
Harney Westwood & Riegels
Maples Group
Mourant
Ogier
Walkers -
A&O Shearman
Linklaters
Clifford Chance
Kirkland & Ellis
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Mayer Brown
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom -
A&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
Sidley Austin -
Linklaters
A&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Kirkland & Ellis
White & Case
Milbank
Sidley Austin -
Latham & Watkins
Kirkland & Ellis
White & Case
Milbank
Sidley Austin
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Mayer Brown
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Baker McKenzie
NATIONAL LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR
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Ashurst
Arnold Bloch Leibler
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
King & Wood Mallesons
MinterEllison
White & Case -
King & Wood Mallesons
JunHe
Fangda Partners
Haiwen & Partners
Dacheng Law Offices -
Haiwen & Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
Dacheng Law Offices
Fangda Partners
Zhong Lun Law Firm -
Charltons
Deacons
Johnson Stokes & Master -
AZB & Partners
Cyril Amarchand Malgaldas
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas -
AZB & Partners
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
JSA
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas -
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi
TMI Associates -
Chapman Tripp
Russell McVeagh
Bell Gully
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Webb Henderson -
Allen & Gledhill
BlackOak LLC
DLA Piper
Rajah & Tann
TSMP
WongPartnership -
Lee and Li
Tsar and Tsai -
Allen & Gledhill
LNT & Partners
Rajah & Tann
VILAF
Vision & Associates
YKVN
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Andersen in Cambodia
Bun & Associates
DFDL
Rajah & Tann Sok & Heng -
Jingtian & Gongcheng
JunHe
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Haiwen & Partners
King & Wood Mallesons -
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Fangda Partners
Dacheng Law Offices
Global Law office
Zhong Lun Law Firm -
Cyril Amarchand Malgaldas
JSA
Khaitan & Co
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Trilegal
TT&A -
AZB & Partners
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
JSA
Khaitan & Co
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas -
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
HHP Law Firm
Makes & Partners
SSEK
UMBRA -
Albar & Partners
Christopher & Lee Ong
Rahmat Lim & Partners
Shook Lin & Bok LLP
Zul Rafique & Partners -
Gatmaytan Yap Patacsil Gutierrez & Protacio
Gulapa & Lim
Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos
Quisumbing Torres
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan -
Bae Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Shin & Kim
Yoon & Yang -
Allen & Gledhill
LNT & Partners
Rajah & Tann
VILAF
Vision & Associates
YKVN