World Services Group is honored to congratulate our Asia-Pacific member firms that were nominated and awarded at the 2018 Asia Legal Awards ceremony.
The Asia Legal Awards present the region's top lawyers, law firms, and in-house teams and celebrate their most stellar achievements of the year. Recognizing the best work in the region across multiple practice areas and disciplines, The Asia Legal Awards cover highly regarded transactions and complex cases, identifying outstanding legal work and firms’ commitment to diversity and innovation.
WINNERSHan Kun Law Offices
TMT Deal of the Year – China Unicom $12B Mixed Ownership Reform
Investment Funds Firm of the Year
Lee & Ko
Finance Firm of the Year
Insurance Firm of the Year
SSQ Asian Law Firm of the Year
MinterEllison
Finance Deal of the Year: Acquisitions – Yancoal’s financing for Rio Tinto Australian assets acquisition
FINALISTSDeacons
Finance Deal of the Year: Projects and Assets – Karot, Pakistan $1.7B hydropower project financing
Finance Firm of the Year
Han Kun Law Offices
Securities Deal of the Year: Equity – ZhongAn Online Insurance Hong Kong IPO
Private Equity Deal of the Year – Meituan-Dianping's Series C financing
Competition and Trade Firm of the Year
TMT Firm of the Year
New Asian Office of the Year
SSQ Asian Law Firm of the Year
Securities Lawyer of the Year – Jason Wang
Hunton & Williams
M&A Deal of the Year: Southeast Asia – AES Corp.'s sale of Masinloc power plant holding
Kochhar & Co
M&A Deal of the Year: South Asia – Nuance Communications Inc.’s $36M acquisition of mCarbon Tech Innovation
Lee & Ko
Finance Deal of the Year: Acquisitions – Bain Capital's $500M financing Hugel Inc. acquisition
Energy and Infrastructure Project of the Year - Goseong Hai $3.8B thermal power plant project
Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
Competition and Trade Firm of the Year
Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
Real Estate Firm of the Year
Shipping and Maritime Firm of the Year
SSQ Asian Law Firm Leader of the Year – Jae Hoon Kim
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
TMT Deal of the Year – SoftBank-Didi’s $2.2B investment in Grab
Weerawong Chinnavat & Peangpanor
M&A Deal of the Year: South Asia – Asahi Glass Thai acquisition from Solvay
Congratulations to our member firms for their well-deserved honors in excellence. This continued recognition year-after-year upholds the prestige and quality service for the region and the entire WSG organization.
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