China Law & Practice Awards 2015: Inspiring innovation

Welcome to the ninth China Law & Practice Awards.

The China Law & Practice Awards is the jurisdiction's most prestigious legal awards ceremony that recognises and applauds China's elite.

It celebrates trail-blazing deals, precedent-setting cases and top-quality practitioners. It upholds legal innovation and evolution, and seeks out complexity and market impact among those to be selected as finalists. Winners will be chosen based on their ability to incorporate novel and progressive legal structures, reconcile inconsistencies in the law or contribute to – perhaps even pioneer – reform.

The China Law & Practice Awards research process is renowned for its comprehensiveness and objectivity – no partial external influences interfere with research and selection.

After the success of last year's awards and based on the feedback of market participants, China Law & Practice has further expanded the awards categories. Given the increased focus on compliance and drive against corruption, we have included an Individual Award for Regulatory & Compliance to commend the lawyers who have been most active in the field. New Individual Awards for Litigation and Arbitration have also been added to highlight those respected for their work in increasingly complex China-related disputes.

Lastly, we are pleased to introduce the award for the Most Innovative Firm of the Year, which symbolises the ingenuity and progress required to succeed in this challenging market. It will be presented alongside the ultimate PRC and International Firms of the Year. There are no applications for these three Awards as we judge criteria based on the quality and creativity of work reflected in all submissions we receive combined.

Please click here to view a complete list of this year's award categories.

Forms

Submission forms have been sent out to key individuals at domestic firms and international firms doing China work. If you have not received these forms, please find them below:

International firms:
Firm of the Year
Individual Awards
Deals of the Year

China firms:
Firm of the Year
Individual Awards
Deals of the Year
Regional Firm of the Year

In-house teams:
In-house Team of the Year

Please note that there are no submission forms for Teams of the Year, as we take this information from your Deals submissions. All deals must have been completed between May 2014 and May 2015.

The deadline for all submissions for domestic China firms is May 22 2015.

The deadline for all submissions for international firms is June 5 2015.

Interviews

A key part of the awards process includes interviews with leading lawyers and in-house counsel in the region. The editorial team will be in touch with firms shortly to set these up.

Shortlists

The shortlists for the China Law & Practice Awards will be released on July 20 2015.

Ceremony

Mark your calendars - the ceremony will take place in Beijing on Thursday September 17. Please click here to view the photos of last year's awards ceremony.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact China Law & Practice's editor: [email protected]