The annual China Law & Practice Awards will take place on September 18 at the JW Marriott in Beijing. Please contact Matthew Siu at +852 2842 6937 or [email protected] to reserve your table.

Make sure to also check the shortlists for the Teams and Firms of the Year and the Individuals of the Year.

If your firm participated in one of these deals but is not mentioned in the shortlist, or you would like to discuss the nominated deals, please contact Katherine Jo at [email protected].

DEBT & EQUITY-LINKED

Country Garden Holdings' US$750 million bond offering
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Iu Lai & Li Solicitors
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Sidley Austin
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Greenland Hong Kong's US$700 million bond offering
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Linklaters
Zhong Lun Law Firm

Lenovo's US$1.5 billion single tranche senior bond offering
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Shearman & Sterling

Qihoo 360's US$550 million convertible bonds offering
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins

EQUITY

China Cinda Asset Management IPO
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Haiwen & Partners
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
King & Wood Mallesons

China Everbright Bank IPO
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jingtian & Gongcheng
King & Wood Mallesons
Li & Partners

China Metal Resources Utilisation IPO
Chen & Co
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Haiwen & Partners
Herbert Smith Freehills
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

New Century REIT IPO
Appleby
Baker & McKenzie
Jingtian & Gongcheng
King & Wood Mallesons
Latham & Watkins
Paul Hastings

Poly Culture IPO
Clifford Chance
Baker & McKenzie
Beijing Junzhi Law Firm
Jia Yuan Law Offices
Paul Hastings

M&A

CITIC Pacific's acquisition of assets from CITIC Group
Freshfields

Mengniu's acquisition of Yashili
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Maples & Calder
Norton Rose Fulbright
Sullivan & Cromwell
Zhong Lun Law Firm

Tesco and China Resources Enterprise JV
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Fangda Partners
Freshfields
King & Wood Mallesons
Maples & Calder
Reed Smith

Yue Xiu's acquisition of 75% stake in Chong Hing Bank
Baker & McKenzie
Deacons
Slaughter & May
Sullivan & Cromwell
Zhong Lun Law Firm

PRIVATE EQUITY

7 Days privatisation
Baker & McKenzie
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Han Yi Law Offices
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Maples & Calder
O'Melveny & Myers
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

AsiaInfo-Linkage privatisation
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Fangda Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
Latham & Watkins
Shearman & Sterling
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Giant Interactive privatisation
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Appleby
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Fangda Partners
Fenwick & West
Grandall Law Firm
Jun He Law Offices
Maples & Calder
O'Melveny & Myers
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Pactera privatisation
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Fangda Partners
Jun He Law Offices
Latham & Watkins
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Ropes & Gray
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Walkers
Zhong Lun Law Firm

South Beauty privatisation
Clifford Chance
Fangda Partners
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters

PROJECT FINANCE

CPI International Mineral's Guinea alumina project
Allen & Overy
King & Spalding
Sylla & Partners

Fujian Refining & Petrochemical Company's refining and ethylene expansion project
Fangda Partners
King & Wood Mallesons
White & Case

Vinh Tan 1 power project
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
LVN & Associates
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Vilaf

Zhaoheng Hydropower Holdings' hydro project
Troutman Sanders
White & Case

ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES

Feishang Anthracite Resources' spinoff and listing
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Maples & Calder
Sullivan & Cromwell

Sinopec's acquisition of 33% stake in Apache Corporation
Vinson & Elkins
Weil Gotshal & Manges

State Grid's acquisition of 60% stake in SPI Australia Assets Pty
Allen & Gledhill
Allens
Herbert Smith Freehills
Linklaters

Xinjiang Zhaokun Trading's prepayment facility refinancing
DLA Piper
Global Law Office

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION

Brookfield Property Partners' pre-IPO convertible perpetual securities investment in China Xintiandi
Allen & Overy
Fangda Partners
Freshfields
Maples & Calder

Greenland Holding Group's acquisition of 60% stake in SPG Land
Freshfields
Kirkland & Ellis

Hopu's US$2.5 billion investment in Global Logistics Properties
Allen & Gledhill
Clifford Chance
Morrison & Foerster
Stamford Law
Walkers
Weil Gotshal & Manges

Spring REIT's private-equity backed IPO
Mayer Brown JSM
Zhong Lun Law Firm

TMT

Alibaba's acquisition of 60% stake in ChinaVision
Fangda Partners
Freshfields
Baker & McKenzie

Baidu's acquisition of 91 Wireless
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Fangda Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Sidley Austin
Zhong Lun Law Firm

Suning and Hony's acquisition of PPTV
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Han Kun Law Offices
Latham & Watkins
Paul Hastings
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Sullivan & Cromwell

Tencent's acquisition of JD.com
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Han Kun Law Offices
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Zhong Lun Law Firm

Tencent's acquisition of 36.5% stake in Sogou from Sohu
Baker & McKenzie
Goulston & Storrs
Haiwen & Partners
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Shearman & Sterling

OUTBOUND

CITIC Securities' acquisition of CLSA
Baker & McKenzie
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Kirkland & Ellis
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell

Dalian Wanda's acquisition of Sunseeker
Freshfields
White & Case

WH Group's acquisition of Smithfield Foods
Allen & Overy
Jingtian & Gongcheng
McGuireWoods
Paul Hastings
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Troutman Sanders
Walkers

Zhuzhou Times New Material Technology's acquisition of the Rubber & Plastics unit of ZF Friedrichshaven AG
Fangda Partners
Freshfields
Zhong Lun Law Firm