Awards and Recognition

 Award Name

 Categories

• Indonesian Deal Firm of the Year
• Malaysian Deal Firm of the Year
• Thailand Deal Firm of the Year
• Southeast Asia M&A Deal of the Year - AIA's USD1.8 billion acquisition of ING Groep N.V's Malaysian insurance and Takaful business

• PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line (APOL) Restructuring
• Acquisition and regeneration of Battersea power station by a Malaysian based consortium led by Sime Darby
• CITIC Securities acquisition of CLSA from Crédit Agricole

• Vietnam Law Firm of the Year

• Debt Capital Market Deal of the Year – Yanzhou Coal Mining’s Note Issuance
• IP Deal of the Year – iPad case

• Restructuring Deal of the Year - PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line restructuring deal

• Mid-market Legal Advisor of the Year

• Power Deal of the Year - Gulf U-Thai power 
• Infrastructure Deal of the Year - Sydney Desalination

• Best Bankruptcy Law Firm
• Best Japan Securitization Award - Japan Driver One 25 billion yen auto loan securitization

 
2012 Rankings

General

• PLC Which Lawyer 2011: Ranked 1st in the inaugural Asia Pacific Super League Table

Aircraft Finance

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in Asia Pacific

Antitrust/ Competition

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm for China/ Hong Kong (international firms)

Banking & Finance

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in Indonesia, Taiwan and Thailand

Capital Markets

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in Indonesia, Taiwan and Thailand

Construction

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in China/ Hong Kong (international firms)

Corporate & Finance

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in Malaysia (lawyers based aboard)

Corporate / M&A

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam

Dispute Resolution

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in Taiwan and Thailand

Employment

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in China/ Hong Kong (international firms advising Hong Kong law and PRC law) and in Taiwan

Insurance

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in China/ Hong Kong (international firms advising non-contentious matters) and in Taiwan

Intellectual Property

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in Asia Pacific, China/ Hong Kong (international firms), Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore (domestic firms) and Vietnam
• ALB IP Rankings Survey 2012: Tier One Law Firm in Asia Pacific

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in Asia Pacific, Japan and Taiwan

Investment Funds

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in Asia Pacific for real estate and in China/ Hong Kong (international firms advising real estate)

Private Client/ Wealth Management

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in China/ Hong Kong (international firms)

Private Equity

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in Asia Pacific

Projects

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in Indonesia (Projects & Natural Resources), Philippines (Projects, Infrastructure & Energy) and Vietnam (Projects, Infrastructure & Energy)

Real Estate

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in China/ Hong Kong (international firms), Indonesia, Taiwan (real estate & projects) and Thailand
• Euromoney: Ranked 1st for Real Estate Legal Services in Asia, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines and Thailand.

Restructuring & Insolvency

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in Thailand

Tax

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in China/ Hong Kong (international firms advising Hong Kong law and PRC law), Japan (international firms), Malaysia, Singapore (domestic firms) and Thailand

TMT

• Chambers Asia 2012: Tier 1 Law Firm in China/ Hong Kong (international firms), Taiwan and Vietnam