At last, the moment has arrived to announce the official list of finalists for the second annual Asian Legal Business Awards. We wish to thank the hundreds of legal and industry professionals who enthusiastically entered into the spirit of the Awards by assisting with our months of research and examination of the industry. Your insight and experience has proven invaluable and we would not have been able to complete this task without it. Thank you all.
Nominations have come from senior in-house legal figures, private practitioners, barristers, regulators, rating agencies and legal recruiters.
Each made nominations by submitting nomination forms and consulting directly with our researchers, who contacted and interviewed leading industry professionals.
Each nomination was thoroughly reviewed and considered in each of the 31 categories. Special consideration was given to multiple peer nominations. Each short-listed firm or individual was contacted and asked to provide detailed information, supporting documentation, and examples of achievements etc.
Finally, after painstaking consideration of each proposed finalist and supporting information, we take great pleasure in announcing the official finalists for the Asian Legal Business Awards.
For those of you who did not make the final list, we would like to stress that across the nomination proposals that we received, the standard was extremely high, and the number of finalists was of course restricted. We thank you for your time, efforts and assistance and wish you the best for next year. For those of you who did make the final list, great work and congratulations on a fantastic result!
We look forward to seeing you at the Asian Legal Business Awards this September 25th, when the winners will be revealed. Good luck!
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| Arbitration |
Banking |
Baker & McKenzie Freshfields Herbert Smith Lovells Richards Butler |
Allen & Overy Clifford Chance Linklaters Lovells |
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| Boutique |
Capital Markets |
Arculli & Associates Charltons Halkes Dundon Jonathan Rostron Solicitors Keesal Young and Logan LLP Kwok and Yih |
Allen & Overy Clifford Chance Freshfields Linklaters Shearman & Sterling Sullivan & Cromwell |
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| Chambers of the Year |
China Practice |
Des Voeux Chambers Gilt Chambers Prince's Chambers Temple Chambers |
Baker & McKenzie Clifford Chance Freshfields Perkins Coie Vivien Chan & Co |
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| City Firm |
Commercial Litigation |
Allen & Overy Freshfields Herbert Smith Simmons & Simmons Slaughter & May |
Baker & McKenzie Clifford Chance Herbert Smith JSM Lovells Richards Butler |
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| Construction |
Criminal |
Denton Wilde Sapte Lovells Mallesons Masons Minter Ellison Simmons & Simmons |
Boase Cohen & Collins Haldanes Robertsons WK To & Co |
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| Employer of Choice |
Employment |
Allen & Overy Freshfields Herbert Smith Simmons & Simmons |
Baker & McKenzie Deacons JSM Linklaters Minter Ellison Simmons & Simmons |
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| Entertainment |
Hong Kong Law Firm |
Baker & McKenzie Deacons Denton Wilde Sapte Haldanes Paul Weiss |
Baker & McKenzie Deacons Haldanes JSM Woo Kwan Lee & Lo |
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| In-House Team |
Insolvency |
Barclays Capital Cheung Kong Credit Suisse First Boston Hutchison Whampoa HSBC UBS |
Allen & Overy Clifford Chance Denton Wilde Sapte JSM Lovells White & Case
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| Insurance |
Intellectual Property |
Barlow Lyde & Gilbert CMS Cameron McKenna Deacons Herbert Smith Kennedys |
Baker & McKenzie Bird & Bird Deacons JSM Lovells Wilkinson & Grist |
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| International Law Firm |
IT/Telecommunications |
Baker & McKenzie Clifford Chance Freshfields Jones Day Minter Ellison |
Arculli & Associates Baker & McKenzie Bird & Bird Paul Weiss |
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| Legal Personality |
Managing Partner |
Winston Chu Ka-sun Audrey Eu Margaret Ng Martin Lee Alan Leong SC |
Mark Lloyd-Williams, Herbert Smith Nick Rees, Linklaters Barbara Mok, Jones Day David Stannard, Norton Rose Chris Howse, Richards Butler Huen Wong, Simmons and Simmons |
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| Matrimonial |
M & A |
Boase Cohen & Collins Chaine, Chow & Barbara Hung Haldanes Hampton, Winter & Glynn Stevenson, Wong & Co |
Gifford Chance Freshfields Jones Day Linklaters Norton Rose Shearman & Sterling |
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| North American Firm |
PRC Law Firm |
Jones Day Paul Hastings Shearman & Sterling Sidley, Austin Brown & Wood Sullivan & Cromwell White & Case |
Commerce & Finance Law Fangda & Partners Jun He Hai Wen & Partners King & Wood |
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| Pro Bono |
Project Finance |
Barnes & Daly Boase Cohen & Collins Chan Wong & Lam Latham & Watkins |
Allen & Overy Clifford Chance Freshfields Latham & Watkins Linklaters |
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| Real Estate |
Shipping |
Baker & McKenzie Deacons Kao, Lee & Yip JSM Woo Kwan Lee & Lo |
Clyde & Co DLA Holman Fenwick & Willan Ince & Co Jonathan Rostron Richards Butler |
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| Tax & Trusts |
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Baker & McKenzie Bryan Cave LLP Lea & White JSM |
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| Names and titles of judges: Hon Martin CM Lee, QC, SC Legislative Councillor & Founding Chairman of the Democratic Party Charles Booth, Associate Professor & Director, Asian Institute of International Financial Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong Douglas Arner, Associate Professor & Deputy Director, Asian Institute of International Financial Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong Chan Shu-ying, JP Director of Legal Aid, Legal Aid Department David Graham, Managing Director & General Counsel for Asia Pacific, Morgan Stanley Kenneth Ng, Head of Legal and Compliance, HSBC
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