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IFLR1000 is delighted to announce the shortlists for the inaugural IFLR1000 China Awards.
The awards celebrate the most innovative deals and the best performing firms and lawyers in China across 2019 and highlight where firms performed exceptionally both provincially and nationally. Our methodology and criteria can be viewed here.
Winners will be announced on August 27, 2020.
There will be no physical event for this year’s awards due to issues created by COVD-19 but winners will be announced online and we will be producing digital content analysing award winners. For more details please contact: William Lo - william.lo@euromoneyasia.com
DEALS OF THE YEAR
BANKING AND FINANCE
Ascent Real Estate Investors / Sigma Delta Investment Partners financing for acquisition of Zhongguancun Dinghao Electronics Building
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
- JunHe
Financing for HillHouse Capital acquisition of 15% Stake in Gree Appliances
- Fangda Partners
- JunHe
ICBC Turkey Hunutlu bridge loan
- DeHeng Law Offices
- King & Wood Mallesons
Financing for United Airlines purchase of four PW4077D engines from Air China
- King & Wood Mallesons
Financing for Huaneng Renewables Corporation's take-private
- Jingtian & Gongcheng
- JunHe
CAPITAL MARKETS
Huatai Securities GDR offering and LSE listing
- King & Wood Mallesons
- Fangda Partners
Alibaba Group Holding HKSE secondary listing
- King & Wood Mallesons
- Fangda Partners
China Three Gorges CorporationRmb20 billion green exchangeable bonds
- DeHeng Law Offices
Zhongliang Holdings Group HKSE IPO
- Jingtian & Gongcheng
- Commerce & Finance
HYC Technology SSE STAR Market IPO
- Llinks Law Offices
China Resources Microelectronics SSE STAR Market IPO
- Global Law Office
- Fangda Partners
M&A
China Resources Snow Beer acquisition of Heineken China business
- King & Wood Mallesons
- Han Kun
Wingtech Technology acquisition of Nexperia
- JunHe
HillHouse Capital acquisition of 15% Stake in Gree Appliances
- JunHe
- Hylands Law Firm
China National Nuclear Corporation Capital Holding acquisition of Tongfang
- Dentons
- Gaopeng & Partners
HBIS Group acquisition of Tata Steel Southeast Asia assets
- Jingtian & Gongcheng
Huaneng Renewables Corporation's take-private
- Jingtian & Gongcheng
- JunHe
Shagang Group acquisition of Global Switch Holdings IDC business
- Jincheng Tongda & Neal
RESTRUCTURING AND INSOLVENCY
Shanghai CEFC International Group insolvency
- King & Wood Mallesons
- AllBright Law Offices
- Fangda Partners
Bohai Steel Group insolvency
- King & Wood Mallesons
- Commerce & Finance
- Global Law Office
- Haiwen & Partner
- Shanghai Joius Law Firm
King-Strong New Material Technology restructuring
- Jia Yuan Law Offices
Yinji Entertainment And Media insolvency
- East & Concord Partners
Dandong Harbor Group restructuring
- Dentons
- King & Wood Mallesons
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
FIRM OF THE YEAR
BEIJING
- Fangda Partners
- Jingtian & Gongcheng
- JunHe
- King & Wood Mallesons
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
CHONGQING
- AllBright Law Offices
- Dentons China
- Exceedon & Partners
- K&H Law Firm
- Solton & Partners
- Tahota Law Firm
GUANGDONG
- Dentons
- JunHe
- King & Wood Mallesons
- Shu Jin Law Firm
- Tian Yuan Law Firm
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
SHANGHAI
- AllBright Law Offices
- Fangda Partners
- JunHe
- King & Wood Mallesons
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
SHANDONG
- Grandall Law Firm
- Jointide Law Firm
- Qindao Law Firm
- Tahota Law Firm
- Wincon Law Firm
SICHUAN
- Grandall Law Firm
- King & Wood Mallesons
- Tahota Law Firm
- Tian Yuan Law Firm
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
TIANJIN
- AllBright Law Offices
- Dentons
- Grandall Law Firm
- Join & High Law Office
- Zhong Lun W&D Law Firm
ZHEJIANG
- Dentons
- Grandall Law Firm
- King & Wood Mallesons
- L&H Law Firm
- T&C Law Firm
LAWYER OF THE YEAR
BANKING AND FINANCE
- Wang Qing - Lantai Law Firm
- Liu Fei - Jingtian & Gongcheng
- Zhang Xu - DeHeng Law Offices
- Lawrence Lin - Global Law Office
- Zhu Xiaodong - Tian Yuan Law Firm
- Jing (Shirley) Lu - Zhong Lun Law Firm
CAPITAL MARKETS
- Kong Xin - Commerce & Finance
- Shi Tiejun - JunHe
- Xu Pengfei - Jingtian & Gongcheng
- Cui Liguo - Guantao Law Firm
- Christophe Han - Llinks Law Offices
- Chen Dafei - Han Kun
M&A
- Cheng Jiamao - Dentons China
- Zheng Xiaodong - Jincheng Tongda & Neal
- Richard Ma - DaHui Lawyers
- Gao Xiang - Jingtian & Gongcheng
- Li Chaoying Charles - Han Kun
- Liu Jinrong - Global Law Office
RESTRUCTURING AND INSOLVENCY
- Pan Xinggao - Commerce & Finance
- Lou Feihong - Llinks Law Offices
- Xu Shengfeng - Zhong Lun Law Firm
- Zhu Linha - AllBright Law Offices
- Wu Lixin - East & Concord Partners
- Ji Nuo - Fangda Partners
RISING STAR OF THE YEAR
BANKING AND FINANCE
- Xu Chunlong - King & Wood Mallesons
- Wang Meilin - Lantai Law Firm
- Gan Chengchen - Jincheng Tongda & Neal
- Song Shuang - Tian Yuan Law Firm
- Jiang Zhihui - King & Wood Mallesons
CAPITAL MARKETS
- Shi Zhiheng - Shu Jin Law Firm
- Kong Feifan - Llinks Law Offices
- Kang Qiuning - Global Law Office
- Tan Xiao - Dentons China
- Yang Wei - King & Wood Mallesons
M&A
- Huang Qingfeng - Commerce & Finance
- Wang Zi - Guantao Law Firm
- Chen Cheng - Han Kun
- Ji Xuefeng - Anli Partners
- Liu Ying - Grandall Law Firm
RESTRUCTURING AND INSOLVENCY
- Jia Lei - Jincheng Tongda & Neal
- Du Hongbo - East & Concord Partners
- Pei Jingxiao - East & Concord Partners
- Li Wei - Tian Yuan Law Firm
- Hou Yunjian - Global Law Office
TEAM OF THE YEAR
BANKING AND FINANCE
- DeHeng Law Offices
- Fangda Partners
- Jingtian & Gongcheng
- JunHe
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
CAPITAL MARKETS
- Commerce & Finance
- Fangda Partners
- Global Law Office
- Han Kun
- Jingtian & Gongcheng
- King & Wood Mallesons
M&A
- Dahui Lawyers
- Dentons China
- Han Kun
- JunHe
- King & Wood Mallesons
RESTRUCTURING AND INSOLVENCY
- AllBright Law Offices
- Commerce & Finance
- East & Concord
- Fangda Partners
- Global Law Offices
- King & Wood Mallesons
IFLR1000 CHINA HALL OF FAME
- Guo Kejun - Zhong Lun Law Firm
- Gong Mulong - King & Wood Mallesons
- Michael Han - Fangda Partners
- Hua Xiaojun - JunHe
- Guo Zhongqing - AllBright Law Offices
IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR
- Alibaba Group Holding
- China Development Bank
- China International Capital Corporation
