China Law & Practice Awards 2015 Shortlist: Teams and Firms of the Year

July 21, 2015 | BY

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Find out which law firms in China made the cut to be the best at what they do. Here is the shortlist for Teams and Firms of the Year

The annual China Law & Practice Awards will take place on September 17 at the JW Marriott in Beijing. Please contact Danny Collins at [email protected] to reserve your table.

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


TEAMS OF THE YEAR


Banking & Finance

PRC:
Fangda Partners
Global Law Office
Jun He
King & Wood Mallesons
Llinks Law Offices
Zhong Lun Law Firm

International:
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
White & Case

Capital Markets

PRC:
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Fangda Partners
Grandall Law Firm
Jun He
King & Wood Mallesons
Zhong Lun Law Firm

International:
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

M&A

PRC:
Haiwen & Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
Jun He
King & Wood Mallesons
Zhong Lun Law Firm

International:
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Slaughter & May
Sullivan & Cromwell

Private Equity

PRC:
Fangda Partners
Haiwen & Partners
Han Kun Law Offices
Jun He
Zhong Lun Law Firm

International:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Kirkland & Ellis
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Weil Gotshal & Manges

Projects, Energy & Infrastructure

PRC:
Guantao Law Firm
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Jun He
Sunshine Law Firm
Zhong Lun Law Firm

International:
Allen & Overy
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Norton Rose Fulbright
Vinson & Elkins
White & Case

FIRMS OF THE YEAR


Competition

PRC:
AnJie Law Firm
Broad & Bright
Fangda Partners
King & Wood Mallesons
T&D Associates
Zhong Lun Law Firm

International:
Allen & Overy
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jones Day
Linklaters

Dispute Resolution

PRC:
Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Fangda Partners
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Jun He
King & Wood Mallesons
Zhong Lun Law Firm

International:
Baker & McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
Kobre & Kim
Sidley Austin

Insurance

PRC:
AnJie Law Firm
Jun He
King & Wood Mallesons
Wang Jing & Co
Wintell & Co

International:
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
DLA Piper
Kennedys

Intellectual Property

PRC:
CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office
Chang Tsi & Partners
Fangda Partners
King & Wood Mallesons
Wan Hui Da Law Firm & Intellectual Property Agency

International:
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Labour & Employment

PRC:
Baohua Law Firm
DeHeng Law Offices
Jun He
King & Wood Mallesons
River Delta Law Firm

International:
Baker & McKenzie
Hogan Lovells
Simmons & Simmons

Life Sciences

PRC:
Global Law Office
Han Kun Law Offices
Jun He
King & Wood Mallesons

International:
Covington & Burling
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hogan Lovells
Ropes & Gray
Sidley Austin

Real Estate & Construction

PRC:
Boss & Young
Fangda Partners
Jun He
King & Wood Mallesons
Zhong Lun Law Firm

International:
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Hogan Lovells
Morrison & Foerster

Regulatory & Compliance

PRC:
Fangda Partners
Global Law Office
Jun He
King & Wood Mallesons
Zhong Lun Law Firm

International:
Baker & McKenzie
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
Simmons & Simmons
Steptoe & Johnson

Shipping & Maritime

PRC:
Global Law Office
Haitong & Partners
Wang Jing & Co
Wintell & Co
Zhong Lun Law Firm

International:
Holman Fenwick Willan
Ince & Co
Mayer Brown JSM
Norton Rose Fulbright
Reed Smith Richards Butler

Tax

PRC:
Hwuason Law Firm
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Jun He
King & Wood Mallesons
Zhong Lun Law Firm

International:
Baker & McKenzie
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells

TMT

PRC:
Han Kun Law Offices
Hylands Law Firm
Jun He
TransAsia Lawyers
Zhong Lun Law Firm

International:
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
Morrison & Foerster
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

Trade

PRC:
AllBright Law Offices
Hylands Law Firm
Jincheng Tongda & Neal
Zhong Lun Law Firm
King & Wood Mallesons

International:
Baker & McKenzie
Covington & Burling
Sidley Austin
Steptoe & Johnson

Offshore

Conyers Dill & Pearman
Harney Westwood & Riegels
Ogier
Maples and Calder
Walkers

Up-and-Coming

AnJie Law Firm
Baohua Law Firm
Co-effort Law Firm
DaHui Lawyers

Hong Kong

Deacons
Oldham Li & Nie
Wilkinson & Grist
Woo Kwan Lee & Lo

Japan

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nishimura & Asahi

Korea

Bae Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Shin & Kim

Taiwan

Formosa Transnational
Formosan Brothers
Lee and Li
Tsar & Tsai

PRC Firm of the Year

Fangda Partners
Global Law Office
Jun He
King & Wood Mallesons
Zhong Lun Law Firm

International Firm of the Year

Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hogan Lovells
Sidley Austin

Most Innovative Firm of the Year

Allen & Overy
Han Kun Law Offices
Hylands Law Firm
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

REGIONAL FIRMS OF THE YEAR


East China

High Mark Law Firm (Hangzhou)
JC Master Law Offices (Nanjing)
Zhejiang T&C Law Firm (Hangzhou)
Zhejiang Zeda Law Firm (Hangzhou)

North China

Fada Law Firm (Dalian)
Heng Xin Law Office (Dalian)
Wincon Law Firm (Qingdao)
Winners Law Firm (Tianjin)

South China

C&I Partners (Guangzhou)
Guangda Law firm (Guangzhou)
Jing Tian Law Firm (Shenzhen)
V&T Law Firm (Shenzhen)

West and Central China

Hubei Luojia Law Firm (Wuhan)
Solton & Partners (Chongqing)
Yunnan Baqian Law Group (Yunnan)
Zhonghao Law Firm (Chongqing)

IN-HOUSE TEAMS OF THE YEAR


PRC Company

Alibaba
Baidu
China Resources Group
Huawei
Sinopec
Tencent

International Company

Boehringer Ingelheim
Honeywell
Kohler
Nestle
Siemens
Varian Medical Systems

PRC Financial Institution

Fosun
China Development Bank
CITIC Group
FountainVest Partners
State Development and Investment Corporation

International Investment Bank

BNP Paribas
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
Morgan Stanley Asia

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