2008 Finalists

2008 ALB China Law Awards

Firms of the Year:
Grant Thornton Award
Insolvency & Restructuring Law Firm of the Year :  
Jun He Law Offices
King & Wood
Zhong Lun
King Capital
Guantao
Boss & Young
Dacheng
Jincheng & Tongda

HSBC Private Bank Global Wealth Solutions Award
Tax & Trust Law Firm of the Year:  
Lehman Lee & Xu
Shanghai Zuo Quan Law Firm
Junzejun
Commerce & Finance
Grandall Legal Group
Jun He Law Office

Insurance Law Firm of the Year :
Allbright Law Offices
Grandall Legal Group
King & Wood
Wang Jing & Co
Kai-Rong
G & W Law Firm

Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year:
Allbright Law Offices
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Jun He Law Offices
King & Wood
Zhong Lun
Fangda Partners
Zhenghan
Shenda

Banking Law Firm of the Year:
Commerce & Finance
Global Law Office
Haiwen & Partners
Jun He Law Offices
King & Wood
Llinks Law Office
Jingtian & Gongcheng

Offshore Law Firm of the Year:
Appleby
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Maples & Calder
Walkers

Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year :
CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office
King & Wood
Liu Shen & Associates
Lifang & Partners
Chang Tsi & Partners
Zhongzi

Shipping Law firm of the Year :
GlobalLaw Office
H & Y Law Firm
Hai Tong & Partners
Henry & Co.
Rolmax Law Office
Sloma & Co
Wang Jing & Co

Deals of the Year:

Energy & Resources Deal of the Year :

Sinopec - CRE
Herbert Smith
Richards Butler
Banks : China International Capital Corporation

China Petrochemical oil refinery assets acquisition
Guantao 
Herbert Smith
Banks : China International Capital Corporation

DEC reorganisation and listing
King & Wood
Norton Rose
Banks : Citic Securities, HSBC

Copitrak Systems (Asia) Ltd Award
IT/Telecommunications Deal of the Year:

3Com H3C Tech leveraged financing
Commerce & Finance
Freshfields
Maples and Calder
Jun He
Slaughter and May
Latham & Watkins
Ogier
Banks : Goldman Sachs

Alibaba.com IPO
Fangda Partners
Freshfields
Sullivan & Cromwell
Maples and Calder
Haiwen & Partners
Slaughter and May
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Banks: Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley

Giant IPO
Grandall
O'Melveny & Myers
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Commerce & Finance
Lee & Li
Shearman & Sterling
Patterson Belknap Webb & Taylor LLP
Banks: Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith and UBS

China Mobil - Paktel
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
Hafeez Pirzada Law Associates
Kabraji & Talibuddin
Bank information not available

Knight Frank Award
Real Estate & Construction Deal of the Year :

Soho China IPO-
Zhong Lun
Haiwen & Partners
Freshfields
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Commerce & Finance 
Skadden
Bank : Goldman Sachs, HSBC and UBS & KPMG

China Central Properties IPO & CB issues
Zhong Lun
King & Wood
Linklaters
Halliwells
Mayer Brown JSM
DLA Piper
Dickinson Cruickshank
Banks: Merrill Lynch, Cazenove Asia

Country Garden IPO
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Woo Kwan Lee & Lo
Iu Lai & Li
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Commerce & Finance
Lovells
Banks: Morgan Stanley and UBS

Beijing Guohua Real Estate stake acquisition
Mallesons
Jun He 
Banks : Deutsche Bank
 
Evergrande equity/debt financing
Firms: Jun He, Paul Hastings, OMelveny & Myer, Richards Butler, Commerce & Finance
Banks: Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch

Project Finance Deal of the Year:

Tianjin Shibei - Veolia Vater
Beijing Concord Law Firm
Gide Loyrette Nouel

Fujian Refining and Ethylene Project
King & Wood
Latham & Watkins
Haiwen & Partners
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case

KEPCO - SIL
Milbank
Shearman & Sterling
Mayer Brown JSM
Banks : Export - Import Bank of Korea, Woori Bank, HSBC

Nanjing Ethylene Complex Refinancing
Shearman & Sterling
Jun He 

Sinopec Financing of Block 18
Firms: Jones Day

Debt Market Deal of the Year:

Hopson Development
Haiwen & Partners
Linklaters
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Drake & Co
Freshfields
Banks: Credit Suisse

China Development Bank
Sidley Austin
Haiwen & Partners

Banks: HSBC and Bank of China

Sinopec CB Issue
Haiwen & Partners
Herbert Smith
Skadden
Commerce & Finance
Freshfields
Banks: Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers

Road King Infrastrucure FRNs
Global Law Office
Commerce & Finance
Richards Butler
Sidley Austin
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Linklaters

Neo-China Group
Malleson Stephen Jaques
Latham & Watkins
Clifford Chance
Richards Butler
Bank : BOCI Asia Limited, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Equity Market Deal of the Year:
Alibaba.com IPO
Fangda Partners
Freshfields
Sullivan & Cromwell
Maples and Calder
Haiwen & Partners
Slaughter and May
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Banks: Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley

China Boqi Environmental Solutions Technology Firms:
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Guantao Law Firm
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Zhong Lun
Banks: Daiwa Securities SMBC

CITIC Bank
King & Wood
Skadden
Commerce & Finance
Freshfields
Banks: Citigroup, HSBC, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch

China Agri-Industries Holdings Introductory Listing
Commerce & Finance
Herbert Smith
King & Wood
Freshfields
Banks: Goldman Sachs

PetroChina Company a Share Listing
King & Wood
Freshfields
Shearman & Sterling
Jingtian & Ng
Banks : Citic Securities Limited, UBS Securities, China International Capital Corporation

COSCO
Commerce & Finance
Fangda Partners
Banks : China International Capital Corporation

M & A Deal of the Year:

ICBC - Bank Halim
Baker & McKenzie
HHP
Makes & Partners
Banks: ICBC, Halim Bank

CIC - Morgan Stanley
Sullivan & Cromwell
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Banks : Morgan Stanley

China Pacific - Carlyle
King & Wood
Fangda & Partners
Linklaters
Banks: Merrill Lynch, China International Capital Corporation

COSCO assets acquisition
Commerce & Finance
Fangda & Partners
Paul Hastings
Zong Heng
Banks : China International Capital Corporation

SEB International SAS Acquisition in SUPOR
Chen & Co
Llinks
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Banks : China International Capital Corporation
Arcelor Mittal acquisiti in China Oriental Group Company
Law firms: Baker Mckenzie, King & Wood, Herbert Smith, Freshfields
Banks: UBS

International Dealmaker of the Year:
Jeanette Chan - Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Teresa Ko - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Celia Lam - Linklaters 
Jon Christianson - Skadden Arps 
Howard Zhang - OMelveny & Myers 
Andrew Ruff - Shearman & Sterling

China Dealmaker of the Year:
Junxian Wei - Dacheng 
Xiao Wei - Jun He Law Offices
Bai Yanchun - King & Wood
Jeffrey Ding - Fangda
Shao Guozhong - Jincheng & Tongda 
David Yu - Llinks
Zhang Xuebingr - Zhong Lun

·China Deal of the Year to be announced on the night

In-House Teams of the Year:
Investment Bank In-House Teams of the Year:
China International Capital Corporation
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
Morgan Stanley
UBS
China Development Bank
JP Morgan

Banking & Financial Service In-House Teams of the Year:
Bank of China
Bank of Communications (BoCom)
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
Standard Chartered Bank
China Asset Management Co
China Merchants Bank
China Mingsheng Banking Corp
China Construction Bank

Chinese Company In-House Teams of the Year:
BaoSteel
Haier Group
Huawei Technologies
Lenovo
Sinopec
Ping An Insurance Group
PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited
CNOOC

LexisNexis Award
Foreign Company In-House Teams of the Year:
Honeywell
IBM
Microsoft
Nokia
Bayers
ExxonMobil

·MWE China Law Office Award
China in-house team of the year to be announced on the evening

REGIONAL AWARDS

West China Law Firm of the YearExceedon & Partners  
Solton  & Partners  
Tahota Law Firm
Zhonghao Law Firm
Gaoyang Law Firm
Chongqing Yuanye Law Office
Sichuan Dingli

North East China Law Firm of the Year Shandong Qindao Law Firm
Wang Wu Yang & Ma Law Office
Heng Xin Law Firm
Liaoning Fada Law Firm
Deheng Law Offices

Zhejiang Law Firm of the YearZhejiang T & C Law Firm
Zhe hang Law Firm
Zhejiang Liuhe Law Firm
Zhejiang Wulian Law Firm
High Mark Law Firm

Jiangsu Law Firm of the Year Fangben Law Firm
Jiangsu Zhibang Law Firm
C & T Partners
Jiangsu FD Yongheng Law Firm
Jiangsu Liu Hong Law Firm
Jin Ding Partners PRC Lawyers

Tianjin Law Firm of the Year Winners Law Firm
Yaoda
Join & High Law Office
Mingzhou

Shenzhen Law Firm of the Year Sincere Partners
Jingtian Law Firm
Guanghe Law Office
Huashang (China Commercial) Law Co.
SD & Partner

GIEVES & HAWKES AWARD
Managing Partner of the Year:
Gao Yang - Fangda Partners
Wang Junfeng - King & Wood 
Xiao Wei - Jun He Law Offices
Zhang Xuebing - Zhong Lun 
Wang Zhongde - Dacheng
Tian Yu - Jincheng & Tongda
Cui Liguo - Guantao
Chen Wen - Zhonglun W & D

Guangzhou Law Firm of the Year:
Guangda Partners
C & I Law Firm
Kingson Law Firm
Wang Jing & Co
Trust Law Firm
Guangxin Lawyers
   
Hong Kong Law Firm, PRC Office of the Year:
Deacons
Mayer Brown JSM
Vivien Chan & Co
Woo Kwan Lee & Lo

Beijing Law Firm of the Year:
Jun He Law Offices
King & Wood
Zhong Lun
Global
Dacheng
Jincheng & Tongda
Zhonglun W & D
Jingtian & Gongcheng

Porsche Centre Shanghai Award
Shanghai Law Firm of the Year:
Allbright Law Offices
Fangda Partners
Grandall Legal Group
Jin Mao PRC Lawyers
Llinks Law Office
Jade & Fountain

OMEGA Award
International Law Firm of the Year:
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
Sullivan & Cromwell
Allen & Overy
Lovells
Morrison & Foerster

·OMEGA Award
China Law Firm of the Year to be Announced on the Night