China Law & Practice Awards 2019 | ALM Events | 20 June 2019 | Kerry Hotel, 38號 Hung Luen Rd, Hung Hom Bay, Hong Kong

China Law & Practice in association with The American Lawyer, The Asian Lawyer and Legal Week, is inviting nominations for the 13th annual China Law & Practice Awards, where the top lawyers, law firms, and in-house teams in China will gather to celebrate their most stellar achievements of the year.

Complex domestic and cross-border acquisitions and disputes and the increasing need for innovative regulatory solutions with both local and global applicability all make China one of the most vibrant, demanding, and competitive legal environments in the world.

As China’s most renowned ceremony for the legal elite, the China Law & Practice Awards honor the best work in and out of the nation. Across our coverage of practice areas and disciplines we intend to identify the biggest and most important commercial legal matters that involved lawyers and parties in China.

Award Categories:

Deals of the Year:
• Debt Securities
• Equity Securities
• Finance
• M&A
• Outbound
• Projects & Energy
• TMT

Firms of the Year:
• Banking & Finance
• Capital Markets
• Competition
• Dispute Resolution
• Healthcare & Life Sciences
• Intellectual Property
• Investment Funds
• Labor & Employment
• M&A
• Private Equity & Venture Capital
• Projects & Energy
• Real Estate
• Regulatory & Compliance
• TMT
• Best New Office
• Offshore

Dealmakers of the Year:
• China Dealmaker
• International Dealmaker

Lawyers of the Year:
• Competition
• Labor & Employment
• Private Client
• Real Estate & Construction
• Regulatory & Compliance
• Rising Star

In-House Team of the Year:
• Chinese Company
• International Company

General Counsel of the Year:
• Chinese
• International Company

Other Awards:
• Best Use of Technology
• Pro Bono Initiative of the Year
• Rising Star In-House Counsel of the Year

SSQ Grand Prix Awards:
• Most Innovative Firm of the Year
• China Firm of the Year
• International Firm of the Year
• Outstanding Achievement Award

2018 Winners

DEBT SECURITIES DEAL OF THE YEAR:
• Shanghai Port Group’s $1B exchangeable bond
• Clifford Chance
• Jin Mao Law Firm
• Jingtian & Gongcheng
• Linklaters

EQUITY SECURITIES DEAL OF THE YEAR:
• iQiyi’s $2.25B Nasdaq IPO
• Davis Polk & Wardwell
• Han Kun Law Offices
• Jingtian & Gongcheng
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
• Walkers

FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR:
• Geely’s $9B financing for Daimler investment
• Allen & Overy
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• King & Wood Mallesons

M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR:
• Alibaba’s acquisition of Sun Art Retail
• Clifford Chance
• Fangda Partners
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• JunHe
• Reed Smith Richard Butler
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
• Slaughter and May

PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL OF THE YEAR:
• Appleby
• Ant Financial’s $14 billion series c financing
• Clifford Chance
• Fangda Partners
• Goodwin Procter
• King & Wood Mallesons
• Mayer Brown
• Morrison & Foerster
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
• Sullivan & Cromwell
• Walkers
• Weil, Gotshal & Manges

OUTBOUND DEAL OF THE YEAR:
• Harbin Pharma’s $300M investment in GNC
• JunHe
• Latham & Watkins
• Ropes & Gray

PROJECTS & ENERGY DEAL OF THE YEAR PROJECT AND ENERGY:
• Poly-GCL Petroleum Group’s $4B Ethiopia-Djibouti LNG project
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• Mayer Brown
• Kirkland & Ellis

TMT DEAL OF THE YEAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY:
• Meituan-Dianping’s $3.7B investment in Mobike
• Fangda Partners
• Han Kun Law Offices
• Maples and Calder
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

REAL ESTATE DEAL OF THE YEAR:
• China Investment Corp’s $13.8B acquisition of Logicor
• Clifford Chance
• Mayer Brown
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

CHINA DEALMAKER OF THE YEAR:
• Charles Li (Han Kun Law Offices)

INTERNATIONAL DEALMAKER OF THE YEAR:
• Julie Gao (Skadden)

COMPETITION LAWYER OF THE YEAR:
• Susan Ning (King & Wood Mallesons)

DISPUTE RESOLUTION LAWYER OF THE YEAR:
• Huang Tao (King & Wood Mallesons)

ENERGY LAWYER OF THE YEAR:
• Ji Xiaohui (Linklaters)

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWYER OF THE YEAR:
• Ran Ruixue (Covington & Burling)

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAWYER OF THE YEAR:
• Lucy Lu (King & Wood Mallesons)

PRIVATE CLIENT LAWYER OF THE YEAR:
• Mingjun Jia (Zhong Lun Law Firm)

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION LAWYER OF THE YEAR:
• Maria Wang (Morrison & Foerster)

REGULATORY & COMPLIANCE LAWYER OF THE YEAR:
• Zhang Baosheng (Zhong Lun Law Firm)

TAX LAWYER OF THE YEAR:
• Brendan Kelly (Baker McKenzie)

TMT LAWYER OF THE YEAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY:
• Peng Yu (Ropes & Gray)

RISING STAR OF THE YEAR:
• Chen Yingzhen (Jingtian & Gongcheng)

PRO BONO INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR:
• Hogan Lovells

BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY:
• King & Wood Mallesons

IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR:
• Baowu Steel Group

MOST INNOVATIVE FIRM OF THE YEAR:
• Han Kun Law Offices

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR:
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR:
• Fangda Partners

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - BANKING & FINANCE:
• King & Wood Mallesons

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR - BANKING & FINANCE:
• Capital Clifford Chance

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - CAPITAL MARKETS:
• Jingtian & Gongcheng

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR - CAPITAL MARKETS:
• Capital Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - COMPETITION:
• Fangda Partners

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR - COMPETITION:
• Linklaters

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - DISPUTE RESOLUTION:
• JunHe

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR- DISPUTE RESOLUTION:
• Latham & Watkins

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - HEALTHCARE & LIFE SCIENCES:
• Global Law Office Global

FIRM OF THE YEAR - HEALTHCARE & LIFE SCIENCES:
• Sidley Austin

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - INSURANCE:
• Jincheng Tongda & Neal

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR - INSURANCE:
• DLA Piper

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
• Capital & Wood Mallesons

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR:
• Covington & Burling

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - INVESTMENT FUNDS:
• Fangda Partners

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR - INVESTMENT FUNDS:
• Cooley

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - LABOR & EMPLOYMENT:
• Junhe Law Firm

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR - LABOR & EMPLOYMENT:
• Baker McKenzie

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - M&A:
• Fund of Fangda Partners

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR - M&A:
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - PRIVATE EQUITY & VENTURE CAPITAL:
• Han Kun Law Offices

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR - PRIVATE EQUITY & VENTURE CAPITAL:
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - PROJECTS & ENERGY:
• Tian Yuan Law Firm

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR - PROJECTS & ENERGY:
• Herbert Smith Freehills

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - REAL ESTATE:
• JunHe

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR - REAL ESTATE:
• Sidley Austin

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - REGULATORY & COMPLIANCE:
• MWE China Law Offices

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR - REGULATORY & COMPLIANCE:
• Herbert Smith Freehills

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - SHIPPING & AVIATION:
• Guantao Law Firm

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR - SHIPPING & AVIATION:
• Stephenson Harwood

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - TAX:
• Wood Mallesons

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR - TAX:
• Baker McKenzie

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - TMT TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY:
• Han Kun Law Offices

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR - TMT TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY:
• Hogan Lovells

CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR - TRADE INTERNATIONAL:
• Global Law Office Global

FIRM OF THE YEAR - TRADE INTERNATIONAL:
• Capital Steptoe & Johnson LLP

BEST NEW OFFICE:
• Zhong Lun Hangzhou

OFFSHORE LAW FIRM:
• Maples and Calder

HONG KONG LAW FIRM:
• Deacons