Linklaters

Linklaters has won numerous awards in Asia as you will see from the current list.

We have also topped the Thomson Reuters M&A league tables for Asia (ex Japan) by value and/or volume for the past five years. The most recent full year (2008) results show us in first place in Asia with 41 announced deals worth US$40.9 billion.

Asia Firm and Team Awards

• International Law Firm of the Year, IFLR Asian Awards 2008
• Best Financial Law Firm, FinanceAsia Awards 2008 (fourth year in succession)
• Best Foreign Financial Law Firm, FinanceAsia Japan Awards 2009 (second year in succession)
• Best Law Firm, The Asset Triple A Awards 2008 (third year in succession)
• Legal Advisor of the Year, Financial Times-Mergermarket M&A Awards Asia 2008
• International Law Firm of the Year - Mergers & Acquisitions, China Law and Practice Awards 2008
• Best Derivatives Law Firm, The Asset Triple A Derivatives and Structured Products Awards 2008
• Debt & Equity-linked Team of the Year, IFLR Asian Awards 2008 (for five of the past six years)
• Securitisation Team of the Year, IFLR Asian Awards 2008 (third year in succession)
• Best Capital Markets Law Firm, The Asset Triple A Awards 2008 (fourth year in succession)
• Best Derivatives Law Firm, The Asset Triple A Awards 2008 (second year in succession)
• Best Project Finance Law Firm, The Asset Triple A Awards 2008
• Mid-Market Legal Advisor of the Year, Financial Times-Mergermarket M&A Awards Asia 2008
• Telecommunications, Media and Technology Legal Advisor of the Year, Financial Times-Mergermarket M&A Awards Asia 2008
• Law Firm of the Year, Euroweek's Asia Syndicated Loans and Leveraged Finance Poll 2008
• International Deal Maker of the Year – Celia Lam, Asian Legal Business China Law Awards 2008
• Achievement Award for Legal Advice to the Commercial Banking Industry, The Asian Banker, 2008 (second year in succession)

Asia Deal Awards

• CapitaLand Limited’s S$1.3 billion convertible bond, Best Equity-Linked Deal, FinanceAsia Awards 2008
• Chinalco's $14 billion stake acquisition in Rio Tinto, Best China Deal, FinanceAsia Awards 2008
• China Unicom – M&A Deal of the Year, Financial Times-Mergermarket M&A Awards Asia 2008
• Country Garden’s RMB3.6 billion convertible bond, Equity-Linked Deal of the Year, IFR Asia Awards 2008, Most innovative deal, The Asset Awards, 2008
• DLF Limited’s US$2.3 billion Initial Public Offering of 175,000,000 Equity Shares (advising the underwriters) - Structured Finance and Securitisation Deal of the Year, Asian Legal Business South East Asia Awards, 2008
• General Electric Capital Corporation’s public offering of ¥87 billion samurai bonds, the first samurai issue to adopt an exchangeable structure - Debt Market Deal of the Year, Asia Legal Business Awards (Japan), 2008
• Hong Kong and China Gas $1 billion offering, Best investment Grade Bond, FinanceAsia Awards 2008, Best bond/Best investment grade bond/Best new bond/Best corporate bond, The Asset Awards, 2008
• Khazanah Nasional US$550m sukuk exchangable – Best Malaysia deal, The Asset Awards, 2008, Best equity-linked deal, The Asset Awards, 2008
• Korea ACE Mortgage Company’s US$228 million RMBS, Best cross-border securitisation, The Asset Asia Awards 2008
• LG Display, $1.1 billion block trade, Best Korea Deal, FinanceAsia Awards 2008
• MTRC Railway and KCRC Railway HK$49.5 billion merger - M&A Deal of the Year, Asian Legal Business HK Law Awards, 2008
• Malayan Banking US$300 million subordinated capital Sukuk: advised Aseambankers, HSBC and UBS Investment Bank and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited on the issuance of a US$300 million subordinated Sukuk by Malayan Banking Berhad (“Maybank”) – Best Malaysian Deal, Islamic Finance News Deals of the Year Awards 2007, Best Sukuk Deal, Euromoney’s Islamic Finance Awards 2008
• Permira’s JPY185 billion financing for the acquisition of Arysta LifeScience (advising JPMorgan) – Asia-Pacific Loan of the Year and Asia-Pacific Leveraged Loan of the Year, IFR Awards 2008
• SM Investments Corp’s $350 million Regulation S bond – Philippines Capital Markets Deal of the Year, IFR Asia Awards 2008
• Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's $1.8 billion preferred share issue – Best International Bond Deal, FinanceAsia Japan Awards 2009
• UBS Limited and J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd as joint lead managers, Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Limited as co-manager, and The Bank of New York as trustee, in the issue of ¥50 billion Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds due 2015 by Casio Computer Co., Ltd. – Best Equity-linked Deal (Japan), The Asset Triple A Asian Awards, 2008
• Vodafone’s proposed US$11.1 billion acquisition of a controlling stake in Hutchison Essar Limited from Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd – SE Asia M&A Deal of the Year and SE Asia Deal of the Year, Asian Legal Business South East Asia Awards, 2008
• Yamada Denki's $1.4 billion convertible bond – Best Equity Linked Deal, FinanceAsia Japan Awards 2009