The Asia Legal Awards 2024 | ALM Global, LLC. | 24 November 2023 | TBA

Law.com International is delighted to be hosting Asia’s most renowned ceremony for the legal elite, The Asia Legal Awards, which honor the best work in the region. These awards, now in their 11th year, intend to identify the most important transactions and cases with the most complex and outstanding legal work in Asia. The awards is open to all firms with offices in Asia.

New Categories for 2024!
• Southeast Asia Emerging Markets Dealmaker of the Year
• Southeast Asian In-House Team of the Year
• Boutique Law Firm of the Year
• Law Firm Innovation of the Year

2023 Winners

Deals of the Year

Finance Deal of the Year
• Blackstone Group's $950 million leveraged financing for acquisition of Interplex Holdings
• Kirkland & Ellis
• JunHe
• Linklaters
• Allen & Gledhill
• Zhong Lun
• Latham & Watkins

Restructuring & Insolvency Deal of the Year
• Three Arrows Capital liquidation
• WongPartnership
• Ogier
• Latham & Watkins
• Advocatus Law
• Solitaire
• Nicholas & Tan Partnership
• Bedell Cristin
• BlackOak
• Drew & Napier
• Ascendant Legal
• Harney Westwood & Riegels
• Morgan Lewis Stamford
• JWS Asia Law Corporation
• Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
• WongPartnership
• Virtus Law
• Allen & Gledhill

Intra-Asia M&A Deal of the Year
• United Overseas Bank’s acquisition of Citigroup's consumer banking businesses in Southeast Asia
• Allen & Overy
• Kadir Andri & Partners
• Linklaters
• Rahmat Lim & Partners
• Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners

Securities Deal of the Year: Debt
• Shanghai Lingang Group green dual-currency FTZ offshore bond issuance
• AllBright Law Offices
• AXA Law Offices
• Guantao Law Firm
• King & Wood Mallesons
• Linklaters
• Maples Group

Securities Deal of the Year: Equity
• LG Energy Solution’s initial public offering in South Korea
• Bae Kim & Lee
• Kim & Chang
• Paul Hastings
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Private Equity Deal of the Year
• EQT $7.3 billion acquisition of Baring Private Equity Asia
• Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
• Kirkland & Ellis
• Maples Group
• Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
• Nishimura & Asahi
• Ropes & Gray
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

TMT Deal of the Year
• $4.3 billion take private of 51job inc.
• Conyers
• Davis Polk & Wardwell
• Harneys
• JunHe
• Kirkland & Ellis
• Linklaters
• Maples Group
• Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
• Sullivan & Cromwell
• Weil, Gotshal & Manges

ESG Deal of the Year
• GIC's $1 billion investment in Envision Energy International
• Herbert Smith Freehills

Cross Border M&A Deal of the Year ($0-$2 billion)
• SD Biosensor and SJL Partners' $1.53 billion acquisition of Meridian Bioscience
• Paul Hastings
• Shin & Kim
• Jones Day
• Keating Muething & Klekamp

Cross Border M&A Deal of the Year ($2 billion+)
• LG Energy Solution and Stellantis N.V. joint venture
• Lee & Ko
• Miller Canfield

Individual Awards

Fintech and Digital Assets Lawyer of the Year
• Grace Chong, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Private Client Lawyer of the Year
• Stacy Choong, Withersworldwide

Data Privacy Lawyer of the Year
• Kieran Donovan, Latham & Watkins

IPO Lawyer of the Year
• Xiang Gao, Jingtian & Gongcheng

Litigator of the Year
• Jae Heon Park, Lee & Ko

Energy and Infrastructure Lawyer of the Year
• Kim Hock Ang, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow

International Arbitration Lawyer of the Year
• Robert Wachter, Lee & Ko

Transport Lawyer of the Year
• Gavin Gan Wang, JunHe

Employment Lawyer of the Year
• Helen Colquhoun, DLA Piper

Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year
• Kah Chin Chu, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow

ESG Lawyer of the Year
• Jae Hong Jung, Kim & Chang

Private Equity Lawyer of the Year
• Marcia Ellis, Morrison Foerster

Firm Awards

TMT Firm of the Year
• Bae, Kim & Lee LLC

M&A Firm of the Year
• Kirkland & Ellis

Offshore Law Firm of the Year
• Harney Westwood & Riegels

Banking & Finance Firm of the Year
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Investment Funds Firm of the Year
• Sidley Austin

Securities Firm of the Year
• Davis Polk & Wardwell

International Arbitration Firm of the Year
• Sidley Austin

Litigation Firm of the Year
• Fangda Partners

Southeast Asian Firm of the Year
• Latham & Watkins

Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
• Bird and Bird

FinTech and Digital Assets Firm of the Year
• Norton Rose Fulbright

ESG Firm of the Year
• Baker McKenzie, HFW

Transport Firm of the Year
• Lee & Ko

Asian Pro Bono Initiative of the Year
• Hogan Lovells

Asian Diversity Initiative of the Year
• Han Kun Law Offices

In-House Awards

Asian In-House Legal Department of the Year
• Grab Holdings, Inc.

General Counsel of the Year
• Won Young Jung, Janssen Korea

Grand Prizes

Asian Law Firm Leader of the Year
• Nishant Parikh and Sridhar Gorthi, Trilegal

International Law Firm Leader of the Year
• Yash Rana, Goodwin Procter

International Law Firm of the Year
• Latham & Watkins

Asian Law Firm of the Year
• Rajah & Tann