Awards and Recognition

General

• Employer of Choice (China and Hong Kong), Asian Legal Business (ALB) 2011
• Most Responsive International Firm of the Year (China and Hong Kong), Asian Counsel 2010
• No. 1 Law Firm for China and Hong Kong, PLC Which Lawyer? 2005-2010
• China Client Choice Award, International Law Office Awards 2005-2008
• Employer of Choice (China and Hong Kong), ALB Employer of Choice Survey 2010 
• Hong Kong Law Firm of the Year, PLC Which Lawyer? Law Firm Awards 2010
• Caring Company Award, Hong Kong Council of Social Service 2007-2011

Banking & Finance

• Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year, Asian-Counsel 2010
• Leading Law Firm for Banking & Finance (China / Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2011
• Asset Finance Law Firm of the Year (Hong Kong), ACQ Finance Magazine Country Law Awards 2008
• Leading Firm for Banking: Lenders & borrowers (Hong Kong), PLC Which Lawyer? 2008-2009
• Highly Recommended Firm for Banking & Finance: Cross-border Advice (China), PLC Which Lawyer? 2011
• Highly Recommended Firm for Banking: Lenders & borrowers (Hong Kong), PLC Which Lawyer? 2010, 2011

Competition/Antitrust

• Antitrust/ Competition Law Firm of the Year (Hong Kong), Asian-Counsel 2010
• Band 1 Law Firm for Competition/Antitrust (China/Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2009-2011

Construction

• Band 1 Law Firm for Construction (China / Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2011
• Deals of the Year 2010: Disney Shanghai Project , Asian-Counsel 2010

Corporate and M&A

• Number one legal advisor for Greater China M&A deals by volume in 2010, Financial Times & Mergermarket Asia Pacific M&A Awards 2010
• Corporate/ M&A Law Firm of the Year (China), Asian-Counsel 2010
• Leading Law Firm for Corporate/ M&A (China / Hong Kong), Chambers Global 2010
• Highly Recommended Law Firm for Corporate/M&A (Cross-border advice in China and Hong Kong), PLC Which Lawyer? 2007-2010
• M&A Deals of the Year: Acquisition of Interstate Hotels & Resorts by Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels (Group) Company Limited; Interstate Hotels & Resorts Acquisitions, Asian-Counsel 2010
• Foreign Direct Investment Deal of the Year: Shanghai Disneyland, China Business Law Journal 2010
• M&A Domestic Deal of the Year: China Eastern Airlines US$1.35 billion merger with Shanghai Airlines, China Business Law Journal 2010
• M&A Inbound Deal of the Year: Tidetime Sun’s US$1 billion acquisition of coal mines in Xinjiang, China Business Law Journal 2010
• M&A Outbound Deal of the Year: CNOOC-Bridas US$3.1 billion joint venture, China Business Law Journal 2010

Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

• International Arbitration Law Firm of the Year and Energy & Resources Deal of the Year (China), Asian Legal Business China Law Awards 2011
• Leading Law Firms for Dispute Resolution (China / Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2009 - 2011
• Commercial Arbitration Law Firm of the Year (Hong Kong), ACQ Finance Magazine Law Awards 2009
• Leading Arbitration and Dispute Resolution practice (China / Hong Kong), Asian Legal Business 2009

Employment Law

• Employment/ Labour Law Firm of the Year (China), Asian-Counsel 2010
• International Law Firm of the Year (Employment), China Law & Practice Awards 2008
• Band 1 Law Firm for Employment (China / Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2011
• Tier 1 Law Firm for Employment (China / Hong Kong), Asia Pacific Legal 500 2009-2011
• Honourable Mention: Employee Discrimination Litigation against Equal Opportunities Commission, Asian-Counsel 2010

Environment and Climate Change

• Environmental Law Firm of the Year (China), Asian-Counsel 2010
• Highly Recommended Law Firm for Environment (China), PLC Which Lawyer? 2008, 2010
• Best Global Law Firm for Climate Change Deals/Projects (Top Legal Advisor of CDM/JI Projects by Number of Deals), New Energy Finance Awards 2008-2010

Insurance

• Tier 1 Law Firm for non-contentious work in Insurance in (China and Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2011
• Leading Law Firm for Insurance (Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2009-2010
• Recommended Law Firm for Insurance (Hong Kong), PLC Which Lawyer? 2010, 2011

Intellectual Property

• Foreign IP Firm of the Year (China), Managing Intellectual Property Global Awards 2011
• Leading IP Law Firm (China / Hong Kong), ALB Survey on Asia's Leading IP Law Firms 2010
• Leading IP Law Firm (China / Hong Kong), Asia IP 2009
• Tier 1 Law Firm for Intellectual Property (China / Hong Kong), Asia Pacific Legal 500 2006-2011
• Band 1 Law Firm in IP (China / Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2008-2011
• Trademark Law Firm of the Year (China / Hong Kong), Asia IP Awards 2010
• Tier 1 Law Firm Trademark Prosecution & Trademark Contentious (Hong Kong), MIP World IP Survey 2007-2010
• Tier 1 Foreign Law Firm for Trademark work (China), MIP World IP Survey 2007-2010
• Tier 1 Foreign Law Firm for Copyright work (China), MIP World IP Survey 2009-2010
• Intellectual Property/ Patents Law Firm of the Year (China), Asian-Counsel 2010

International Trade, Indirect Taxes and Customs

• Best Indirect Tax Firm (China), International Tax Review, Asia Tax Awards 2009
• Tier 1 Law Firm for WTO/International Trade in China, Asia Pacific Legal 500 2007-2010

Major Projects and Project Finance

• Tier 1 Law Firm for Projects and Energy (China), Asia Pacific Legal 500 2007-2011
• Project Finance Deal of the Year: Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline, China Law & Practice Awards 2009, ALB China Law Awards 2009 and ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2009
• Honourable Mention: China Development Bank/ Aircel Financing, Asian-Counsel 2010

Pharmaceutical and Healthcare

• China Deal of the Year: Sinopharm Group HKD10 billion (USD1.3 billion) IPO, Asiamoney 2009
• Highly Recommended Law Firm for Life Sciences: Corporate & Commercial (Hong Kong and China), PLC Which Lawyer? 2007-2009, 2011 

Private Equity

• Leading Law Firm for Private Equity: Buyouts (China / Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2011
• Tier 1 Law Firm for Private Equity (China), IFLR1000 2010/11
• No. 1 Legal Adviser in Asia (by Widest Coverage), Private Equity Asia June 2009
• Private Equity Deal of the Year (disposal of Natural Beauty Bio-Technology Limited to the Carlyle Group), China Law & Practice Awards 2010
• Asia Pacific Law Firm of the Year (Transactions), Private Equity Real Estate (PERE) Global Awards 2010
• Recommended Law Firm for Private Equity/Venture Capital (China / Hong Kong), PLC Which Lawyer? 2007-2011

Real Estate

• Tier 1 Law Firm in Investment Funds (Real Estate) (China / Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2011
• Tier 1 Law Firm in Real Estate (China and Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2009-2011
• Leading Law Firm for Corporate Real Estate (Hong Kong), PLC Which Lawyer? 2009-2011
• Leading Law Firm for Corporate Real Estate (China), PLC Which Lawyer? 2011 
• Band 1 Law Firm for Real Estate (China & Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2008-2010
• Highly Recommended Law Firm for Corporate Real Estate (Hong Kong / China), PLC Global 50 2006-2008
• Hong Kong Deal of the Year: Champion REIT’s acquisition of Langham Place and USD1.6 billion acquisition financing, FinanceAsia Awards for Achievement 2008

Restructuring & Insolvency

• Restructuring & Insolvency Law Firm of the Year (China), Asian-Counsel 2010
• Tier 1 Law Firm (China and Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2011
• Highly Recommended Law Firm for Restructuring & Insolvency (Hong Kong), PLC Which Lawyer? 2007-2011

Securities and Capital Markets

• Equity Team of the Year: Baker & McKenzie, IFLR Asia Awards 2009
• Equity Market Deal of the Year: Bank of Communications Share Issue, Asian-Counsel 2010
• Asia's Best Deal and China Deal of the Year: Sinopharm IPO, Asiamoney 2009
• Best IPO Deal of the Year: Sinopharm, FinanceAsia Awards for Achievement 2009, IFLR Asia Awards 2009 
• Debt Market Deal of the Year (Champion REIT’s USD1.65 billion acquisition of the Langham Place Mall and Office Tower in Hong Kong’s Mongkok district and the related capital-raising exercise), ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2009
• Equity Deal of the Year: China Railway Construction Corporation IPO, IFLR Asia Awards 2009, ALB China Law Awards 2009, FinanceAsia Awards for Achievement 2008
• Honorable Mention: China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation Ltd IPO, Asian-Counsel 2008
• Debt Market Deal of the Year: Champion REIT Convertible Bonds, ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2007
• Energy and Resources Deal of the Year: China Coal IPO, ALB China Law Awards 2007

Tax

• Tier 1 Law Firm (China / Hong Kong), International Tax Review Tax Planning Survey 2011
• Taxation Law Firm of the Year (China / Hong Kong), Asian-Counsel 2010
• Tax Disputes Firm of the Year (China / Hong Kong), International Tax Review, Asia Tax Awards 2010
• Tier 1 Law Firm (China/ Hong Kong) Hong Kong Law, Chambers Asia 2010 – 2011
• Tier 1 Law Firm (China/ Hong Kong) PRC Law, Chambers Asia 2011
• Tax & Trusts Law Firm of the Year, ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2002-2010
• International Tax Firm of the Year, China Law & Practice Awards 2010
• Tier 1 World's Leading Tax Planning Practice (China / Hong Kong), International Tax Review 2010
• Asia Tax Restructuring Team of the Year, International Tax Review Asia Tax Awards 2009
• Tier 1 Tax Transactional Firm (China / Hong Kong), International Tax Review: Tax Transactional Survey 2011

Technology, Media and Telecommunications

• Tier 1 Law Firm in (China / Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2009-2011
• Leading Law Firm for Telecommunications (Hong Kong), PLC Which Lawyer? 2008-2010
• Band 1 Law Firm for TMT: Information Technology (Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2009-2011
• Band 1 law firm for TMT: Information Technology (China) – Chambers Asia 2011
• Highly Recommended Law Firm for Telecoms & Media (China / Hong Kong), PLC Which Lawyer? 2008-2010

Wealth Management

• Tier 1 Law Firm in (China / Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2009-2011
• Band 1 Law Firm for Private Client/Wealth Management (Hong Kong), Chambers Asia 2009-2011
• Band 1 Law Firm for Private Client/Wealth Management (China), Chambers Asia 2010 – 2011