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Welcome to the ALB Malaysia Law Awards 2015!
Date: Friday, March 27, 2015
Venue: InterContinental Kuala Lumpur – Junior Ballroom, Level 2
165 Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur 50450
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DATO' MAH WENG KWAI Dato’ Mah Weng Kwai was called to the English Bar as a Barrister-at-Law in 1971 and to the Malaysian Bar as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in July 1972. In 1973 Dato’ Mah joined the Judicial and Legal Services of Malaysia and held, inter alia, the posts of Magistrate, President of the Sessions Court and Senior Assistant Registrar of the High Court. He also served as a Deputy Public Prosecutor and Senior Federal Counsel in the Attorney General’s Chambers. Dato’ Mah obtained his Master of Laws degree with Honours in 1985 from the University of Sydney, Australia and in 1999 was appointed a Fellow of the Senate of the University of Sydney. He left the Judicial and Legal Services in 1985 and commenced private practice as an advocate and solicitor as the principal of Mah Weng Kwai & Associates. Dato’ Mah is a past president of the Malaysian Bar and of the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA). He was also a member of the Legal Profession Qualifying Board and the Advocates and Solicitors Disciplinary Board both established under the Legal Profession Act 1976. On Jan. 4, 2010, Dato’ Mah was appointed a Judicial Commissioner of the High Court of Malaya and on Aug. 10, 2011, a Judge of the High Court of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. He was elevated to the Court of Appeal, Malaysia on Sept. 21, 2012. Dato’ Mah returned to MahWengKwai & Associates as a consultant after his retirement as a Court of Appeal Judge in February 2015. He is on the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration's panel of arbitrators and is certified as a mediator by the Malaysian Mediation Centre. | TAN SRI JAMES FOONG CHENG YUEN Tan Sri James Foong Cheng Yuen was called to the English Bar by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple in 1970 and to the Malaysian Bar in 1971. From 1971 to 1990, Tan Sri James Foong engaged in private legal practice as an advocate and solicitor specializing in criminal and insurance law. He was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the High Court of Malaya in 1990 and in 1992 was elevated to the High Court Bench. He then advanced to the Court of Appeal of Malaysia in 2005 and became a Federal Court Judge in 2009. While still a Federal Court Judge, Tan Sri James Foong was appointed Managing Judge of the Civil Division of the High Court in Kuala Lumpur and of the High Court and subordinate courts in the state of Penang. He retired from the Malaysian judiciary on February 25, 2012. He was made a Bencher of the Honorable Society of the Inner Temple, London in 2009 and in March 2011 was conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of the West of England. Currently, Tan Sri James Foong is an arbitrator of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce and the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration, a senior consultant to the China ASEAN Legal Cooperation Centre based in Hainan, People's Republic of China, an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya and a director of a number of companies. |
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RANAJIT DAM Ranajit is the Managing Editor of Thomson Reuters’ Legal Media Group, which has four monthly publications (including Asian Legal Business) and related online offerings. A former lawyer, he has worked in India, the U.S. and China prior to his current role | |
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ALB MALAYSIA LAW AWARDS 2015
METHODOLOGY SUMMARY
Part I
GENERAL GUIDELINES
A. All nominations must be written in the ALB nomination form. The same must be submitted not later than Jan. 28, 2015. ALB will not accept entries written in any other forms.
B. Entries for any categories must have been completed between Dec. 1, 2013 to Nov. 30, 2014.
C. Documents supplementary to the information provided in the nomination form may be submitted within the nomination period. No supplementary information will be accepted after the nomination deadline.
D. Clients or contact persons provided in the nomination form will be contacted by ALB, as may be necessary, without prior notice to the nominating organisation. It is advisable that only clients whose consent for this purpose has been obtained are listed in the nomination form.
E. Foreign law firms advising Malaysian parties on matters pertaining to non-Malaysian laws may join the nominations, unless otherwise provided in the succeeding provisions.
F. A third-party nomination for Dealmaker of the Year, In-House Lawyer of the Year or Managing Partner of the Year can be considered only when the nominee's law firm or in-house team has not nominated for such individual category.
Part II
DEFINITION OF TERMS
For purposes of this Awards, unless the context otherwise requires -
"breadth" means the degree to which the work spanned different jurisdictions, practice areas, parties and industries;
"complexity" means the degree to which the work requires intricate legal principles or advanced techniques and structures;
"impact or significance" means the degree by which the stakeholders, the bench and bar or the Malaysian community at large is affected;
"improvement" means the degree to which the work involved improved techniques and structures or innovative legal rules or regulations;
"innovation" means the degree to which the work involved original techniques and structures or innovative legal rules or regulations;
"Malaysian element" means any or all of the following: (a) one of the law firms involved must be based in Malaysia; (b) one of the parties to the deal must be based in Malaysia; (c) the contract/deal was executed/completed in Malaysia; or (d) the contract/deal must, in any way, be related to Malaysia;
"third-party award or recognition" includes that which is given by any award-giving organisation, public or private, other than ALB; and
"work" includes any transactions/deals/projects completed, cases handled, disputes settled and other legal services provided within the organisation or otherwise.
Part III
CATEGORIES
A. Deal Categories
1. Debt Market Deal of the Year
2. Equity Market Deal of the Year
3. Islamic Finance Deal of the Year
4. M&A Deal of the Year
5. MalaysiaDealmaker of the Year
6. Malaysia Deal of the Year
(1) Specific Guidelines
a. A deal must have some Malaysian element.
b. An organisation may submit up to three deals for every category below, and every deal submitted thereon must have a minimum financial value (MFV) of USD250 million:
1. Debt Market Deal of the Year;
2. Equity Market Deal of the Year;
3. Islamic Finance Deal of the Year; and
4. M&A Deal of the Year.
c. The winners of other deal categories, except Dealmaker of the Year, automatically become finalists for Malaysia Deal of the Year, and the finalist obtaining the highest score wins the award.
(2) Criteria. The evaluation of deals will be based on the following factors:
a. Complexity;
b. Innovation/improvement;
c. Breadth;
d. Impact/significance; and
e. Third-party awards/recognition.
B. In-House Categories
1. Banking and Financial Services In-House Team of the Year
2. Energy and Resources In-House Team of the Year
3. Insurance In-House Team of the Year
4. TMT In-House Team of the Year
5. In-House Lawyer of the Year
6. MIArb Award Malaysia In-House Team of the Year
(1) Specific Guidelines
a. All in-house teams with physical office in Malaysia are qualified for any in-house categories.
b. In-house teams from industries other than banking, energy and resources, insurance and technology, media and telecommunications may nominate their teams for Malaysia In-House Team of the Year.
c. The winners of other in-house categories, except In-House Lawyer of the Year, and the in-house teams referred to above automatically become finalists for Malaysia In-House Team of the Year.
(2) Criteria. The evaluation of entries for in-house categories will be based on the following factors:
a. Complexity;
b. Innovation/improvement;
c. Breadth;
d. Impact/significance; and
e. Third-party awards/recognition (when applicable).
C. Firm Categories
1. KLRCA Award Arbitration Law Firm of the Year
2. Banking and Financial Services Law Firm of the Year
3. Corporate Citizenship Law Firm of the Year
4. SCL Malaysia Award Energy, Projects and Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year
5. Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year
6. Islamic Finance Law Firm of the Year
7. Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year
8. Litigation Law Firm of the Year
9. Maritime Law Firm of the Year
10. Real Estate Law Firm of the Year
11. Malaysia Deal Firm of the Year
12. International Deal Firm of the Year
13. Managing Partner of the Year
14. Malaysia Law Firm of the Year
(1) Specific Guidelines
a. An international law firm may nominate for Arbitration Law Firm of the Year provided that, in the cases submitted as entries, the seat of arbitration was in Malaysia or the firm advised, represented or assisted a Malaysian party or parties in such cases.
b. Only Malaysian law firms are eligible to nominate for Litigation Law Firm of the Year, Malaysia Deal Firm of the Year and Managing Partner of the Year.
c. Only foreign law firms are eligible to nominate for International Deal Firm of the Year.
d. No MFV is required for deals submitted for Malaysia Deal Firm of the Year or International Deal Firm of the Year; nevertheless, the deals submitted for the latter category must have some "Malaysian element" as defined in Part II above.
e. The winners of other firm categories, except Managing Partner of the Year, automatically become finalists for Malaysia Law Firm of the Year, and the finalist obtaining the highest score wins the award.
(2) Criteria. The evaluation of entries for firm categories will be based on the following factors:
a. Key hires/departures (when applicable);
b. Complexity;
c. Innovation/improvement;
d. Breadth;
e. Impact/significance;
f. Third-party awards/recognition;
g. No. of transactions completed (when applicable); and
h. Volume of completed transactions in USD (when applicable).
Part IV
JUDGING PANEL
The judging panel consists of the general and the special expertise panels. It is composed of approximately 30 reputable members from the legal academe, in-house teams, law firms, legal associations or business leagues, whose identities are kept confidential prior to the awarding ceremony.
The panel of judges is given one week to evaluate the accomplishments of nominees based on a research summary provided by ALB. The judges choose the top three finalists for every category. A score allocated by a judge to a finalist with which or with whom he has an apparent conflict of interest is considered void.
The finalist in every category who obtains the highest score wins.
MLA 2015 IMPORTANT DATES
December 1, 2014 | Opening of nominations |
January 28, 2015 | Deadline for nominations (Please submit nomination forms to mailto:mary.aquino@thomsonreuters.com) |
End of February | Online announcement of finalists |
March 27, 2015 | Awarding ceremony |
For inquiries, you may contact:
Mary Carousel Aquino
ALB Senior Research Analyst
T: (+632) 982 5938
E: mary.aquino@thomsonreuters.com
Finalists
DEAL CATEGORIES
Debt Market Deal of the Year
Armada Kraken's Syndicated Bridge Facility
Law firms: Azmi & Associates; Norton Rose Fulbright
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (Malaysia)'s Multi-currency Sukuk Programme
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Banks: Bank of Mitsubishi-UFJ (Malaysia); CIMB Investment Bank; Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International
BGSM Management's Islamic MTN Programme
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Zul Rafique & Partners
Bank: CIMB Investment Bank
Boustead Holdings's Perpetual Junior Islamic MTN Programme
Law firm: Zul Rafique & Partners
Bank: Affin Investment Bank
Cagamas Global's Notes Issue
Law firms: Allen & Overy; Clifford Chance; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Banks: Bank of China; HSBC; Maybank
Accounting firm: PwC
CIMB Thai Bank Public Co's Tier 2 Subordinated Debt Issuance
Law firms: Baker & McKenzie; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Bank: CIMB Investment Bank
DRB-HICOM's Issuance of Perpetual Sukuk Musharakah
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Kadir Andri & Partners
Bank: CIMB Investment Bank
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
Financing for Pipe Laying Support Vessels
Law firms: Arias, Fabrega & Fabrega; Clifford Chance; Conyers Dill & Pearman; Rahmat Lim & Partners; Stocche Forbes; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice; Wolf Theiss
Banks: ABN AMRO Bank NV; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ; DZ Bank AG; ING Bank NV; KFW IPEX-Bank; Standard Chartered Bank; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp
Issuance of Indenture for McDermott International
Law firms: Azmi & Associates; Porter Hedges
Listing of Maybank's MTN Programme on Tokyo Pro-Bond Market
Law firm: Linklaters
Banks: Credit Agricole CIB; Credit Agricole Securities Asia BV, Tokyo Branch; Maybank; Maybank Kim Eng Securities
Midciti Sukuk's ICP and IMTN Programmes
Law firm: Adnan Sundra & Low
Banks: AmInvestment Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank
MISC's Bond Refinancing
Law firms: Azmi & Associates; Norton Rose Fulbright; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
Notable Vision's MTN Programme
Law firms: Allen & Gledhill; Rodyk & Davidson; Zaid Ibrahim & Co; Zul Rafique & Partners
Bank: Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
SapuraKencana's Loan Facility
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Allen & Overy; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice; Zul Rafique & Partners
Senai-Desaru Expressway's Sukuk Restructuring
Law firm: Shearn Delamore & Co
TF Varlik Kiralama's Issuance of Sukuk
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Paksoy, Attorneys at Law; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Banks: HSBC Amanah Malaysia; Standard Chartered Saadiq
7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings's IPO
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Clifford Chance
Banks: Affin Investment Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; Hong Leong Investment Bank; Kenanga Invesment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank; Public Investment Bank; RHB Investment Bank; UBS Securities Malaysia
Icon Offshore's IPO
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Clifford Chance; Wong & Partners; Zul Rafique & Partners
Banks: AFFIN Investment Bank; BNP Paribas Malaysia; Credit Suisse; Hong Leong Investment Bank; Kenanga Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank; RHB Investment Bank
Malaysia Airports Holdings's Fundraising
Law firms: Clifford Chance; DLA Piper
Banks: CIMB Group; Credit Suisse; JP Morgan
Nirvana Asia's IPO and Listing on HKEx
Law firms: Hogan Lovells; Mah-Kamariah & Philip Koh; Sullivan and Cromwell; Wong & Partners
Banks: CIMB Investment Bank; DBS Asia Capital; UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch; UBS Securities Hong Kong
Privatisation and Delisting of Al-Hadharah Boustead REIT and Boustead Plantations' IPO
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Azzat & Izzat; Kadir Andri & Partners
Banks: Affin Investment Bank; AmInvestment Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; Credit Suisse Securities (Malaysia); Hwang DBS Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank; RHB Investment Bank
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
Public Bank's Renounceable Rights Issue
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Clifford Chance
Banks:Affin Investment Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; Hong Leong Investment Bank; Kenanga Invesment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank; Public Investment Bank; RHB Investment Bank; UBS Securities Malaysia
Islamic Finance Deal of the Year
AmIslamic Bank's Murabahah Sukuk
Law firm: Adnan Sundra & LowBank: AmInvestment Bank
Bank Islam Malaysia's Issuance of Tier 2 Regulatory Capital
Law firm: Kadir, Andri & Partners
Cahaya Capital's Exchangeable Trust Certificates
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Allen & Overy; Linklaters; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Banks: CIMB Bank; Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch; Standard Chartered Bank
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
DRB-HICOM's Issuance of Perpetual Sukuk Musharakah
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Kadir Andri & Partners
Bank: CIMB Investment Bank
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
EPF's Islamic Financing for Public Housing Programme
Law firms: Amin-Tan & Co; Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill; Radzlan Low and Partners
EXIM Bank of Malaysia's Wakala Islamic Finance Programme
Law firms: Clifford Chance; Linklaters; Wong & Partners; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Banks: BNP Paribas Capital (Asia Pacific); CIMB Bank; HSBC; Maybank Investment Bank
FGB Sukuk Company II's Sukuk Wakalah Programme
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Clifford Chance; Mapleas and Calder; Zaid Ibrahim & Co; Zul Rafique & Partners
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
Financing for Banten IPP
Law firms: Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro; Makarim & Taira S; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Shearman & Sterling
Bank: CIMB Investment Bank; Citibank; EXIM Bank of Malaysia; Maybank
Imtiaz Sukuk II's ICP and IMTN Programmes
Law firms: Kadir Andri & Partners; Shook Lin & Bok
Banks: CIMB Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank
Islamic Development Bank's Sukuk Offering and Listing on LSE
Law firm: Norton Rose Fulbright
Banks: Bank of London and The Middle East; CIMB Bank; Commerzbank AG; First Gulf Bank PJSC; HSBC; National Bank of Abu Dhabi PJSC; Natixis; RHB Investment Bank; Standard Chartered Bank; Union National Bank
Malaysia Airports Holdings's Musharakah Sukuk Programme
Law firms: Raslan Loong; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Banks: CIMB Investment Bank; Citibank; HSBC Amanah Malaysia; Maybank Investment Bank
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
Maxis's Commodity Murabahah Term Financing-i
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Zul Rafique & Partners
Northport's Issuance of IMTN and ICP Programmes
Law firm: Kadir, Andri & Partners
Banks: Affin Hwang Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
Privatisation and Delisting of Al-Hadharah Boustead REIT and Boustead Plantations' IPO
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Azzat & Izzat; Kadir Andri & Partners
Banks: Affin Investment Bank; AmInvestment Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; Credit Suisse Securities (Malaysia); Hwang DBS Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank; RHB Investment Bank
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
Real Estate Financing for Battersea Power Station
Law firms: Baker & McKenzie; Norton Rose Fulbright; Wong & Partners
Banks: CIMB Investment Bank; Maybank Kim Eng Securities; Standard Chartered Bank; Standard Chartered Saadiq
Sabah Credit Corp's Sukuk Musharakah Programmes
Law firm: Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Bank: AmInvestment Bank
Société Générale Bank and Trust SA’s Multi-currency IMTN Programme
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Allen & Overy; Hogan Lovells; Zul Rafique & Partners
Sunway Treasury Sukuk's Issuance of Sukuk Mudharabah
Law firm: Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
TNB Western Energy's Issuance of Ijarah and Wakalah Sukuk
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Banks: BNP Paribas Malaysia; CIMB Investment Bank
M&A Deal of the Year
Blackstone Energy Partners' Investment in Tamarind Energy
Law firms: Bennett Jones; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Vinson & Elkins
Ekuity Yakinjaya's Investment in Octanex NL
Law Firms: Gilbert + Tobin; Herbert Smith Freehills; Minters Ellison Rudd Watts Lawyers; Rahmat Lim & Partners; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
Felda Global's Acquisition of 51 Percent Equity Interest in Felda Holdings from KPF Malaysia
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Zulpadli & Edham
Greenland Group's Maiden Investment in Malaysia
Law firms: Baker & McKenzie; Dennis, Nik & Wong; Wong & Partners
Khazanah Nasional's Investment in China Huarong Asset Management Co
Law firms: Clifford Chance; Global Law Office
Bank: Bank of Merrill Lynch
Petronas's Acquisition of Phillips 66 Asia's 47 Percent Interest in Malaysian Refining Co
Law firms: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Skrine; Zain & Co
PT Pertamina Malaysia Eksplorasi Produksi's Acquisition of 30 Percent of Murphy Oil Corp's Malaysian Oil and Gas Assets
Law firms: Ashurst; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Skrine; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Bank: Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co
SapuraKencana's Acquisition of Newfield Exploration Co's Malaysian Oil and Gas Assets
Law firm: Skrine
SapuraKencana's Acquisition of Oil and Gas Assets in Vietnam
Law firms: EP Legal; Linklaters; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
SEEK's Acquisition of JobStreet Corp's Online Employment Business
Law firms: Sullivan & Cromwell; Wong & Partners
Telekom Malaysia's Investment into Packet One Networks
Law Firms: Clifford Chance; Kadir Andri & Partners; Wong & Partners; Zain & Co
Banks: Goldman Sachs; JP Morgan
Accounting firms: Crowe Horwarth; PwC
Yinson Production's Acquisition of 100 Percent of Shares in Fred Olsen Production ASA
Law firms: BA-HR; Baker & Mackenzie; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
Banks: Ambank; Maybank Investment Bank; United Overseas Bank
Zebra Technologies Corp's Acquisition of Motorola Solutions' Enterprise Business
Law firms: Kirkland & Ellis; Shearn Delamore & Co
Dealmaker of the Year
Datuk Syed Zaid Albar - Albar & Partners
Raymond Tong - Clifford Chance
Munir Abdul Aziz - Wong & Partners
Malaysia Deal of the Year
FINALISTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THE NIGHT.
LAW FIRM CATEGORIES
KLRCA Award Arbitration Law Firm of the Year
Clifford Chance
Kadir Andri & Partners
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
MahWengKwai & Associates
Raja, Darryl & Loh
Skrine
Tay & Partners
Banking and Financial Services Law Firm of the Year
Adnan Sundra & Low
Albar & Partners
Kadir Andri & Partners
Norton Rose Fulbright
Raja, Darryl & Loh
Shearn Delamore & Co
Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
Wong & Partners
Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Real Estate Law Firm of the Year
MahWengKwai & Associates
Raja, Darryl & Loh
Shearn Delamore & Co
Skrine
Litigation Law Firm of the Year
Azmi & Associates
Kadir Andri & Partners
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
MahWengKwai & Associates
Raja, Darryl & Loh
Shearn Delamore & Co
Skrine
Tay & Partners
Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Raja, Darryl & Loh
Shearn Delamore & Co
Skrine
Tay & Partners
Zul Rafique & Partners
Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Raja, Darryl & Loh
Shearn Delamore & Co
Skrine
Tay & Partners
Wong & Partners
Islamic Finance Law Firm of the Year
Adnan Sundra & Low
Albar & Partners
Kadir Andri & Partners
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Norton Rose Fulbright
Wong & Partners
Zaid Ibrahim & Co
SCL Malaysia Award Energy, Projects and Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year
Adnan Sundra & Low
Albar & Partners
Clifford Chance
Kadir Andri & Partners
Skrine
Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
Maritime Law Firm of the Year
Joseph & Partners
Shearn Delamore & Co
Skrine
Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
Malaysia Deal Firm of the Year
Adnan Sundra & Low
Kadir Andri & Partners
Raja, Darryl & Loh
Shearn Delamore & Co
Wong & Partners
International Deal Firm of the Year
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Norton Rose Fulbright
Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
Managing Partner of the Year
Datuk Syed Zaid Albar - Albar & Partners
Robert Lazar - Shearn Delamore & Co
Adeline Wong - Wong & Partners
Dato' Zulkifly Rafique - Zul Rafique & Partners
Malaysia Law Firm of the Year
FINALISTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THE NIGHT.
IN-HOUSE CATEGORIES
Banking and Financial Services In-House Team of the Year
CIMB Group of Companies
Malayan Banking Bhd Group of Companies
Energy and Resources In-House Team of the Year
Exxon Mobil Corp
M3nergy
SapuraKencana Petroleum
Insurance In-House Team of the Year
Etiqa Takaful
Sun Life Malaysia Assurance
TMT In-House Team of the Year
Astro Malaysia Holdings
Hewlett-Packard (M)
Telekom Malaysia
In-House Lawyer of the Year
Mahajan Vasudevan Nair - Asian Football Confederation
Razida Abdul Razak - Boustead Heavy Industries Corp
Mohd Nazlan Ghazali - Malayan Banking Bhd Group of Companies
Raphael Kok - Shell Malaysia
Hema Latha Sinnakaundan - Sun Life Malaysia
MIArb Award Malaysia In-House Team of the Year
Boustead Heavy Industries Corp
Sime Darby
OTHER FINALISTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THE NIGHT.
For information about the event, please email Tracy at tracy.li@thomsonreuters.com, or call +852 2847 2046
Winners
Debt Market Deal of the Year
SapuraKencana's Loan Facility
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Allen & Overy; Graham Thompson; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice; Zul Rafique & Partners
Armada Kraken's Syndicated Bridge Facility
Law firms: Azmi & Associates; Norton Rose Fulbright
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (Malaysia)'s Multi-currency Sukuk Programme
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Banks: Bank of Mitsubishi-UFJ (Malaysia); CIMB Investment Bank; Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International
BGSM Management's Islamic MTN Programme
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Zul Rafique & Partners
Bank: CIMB Investment Bank
Boustead Holdings's Perpetual Junior Islamic MTN Programme
Law firm: Zul Rafique & Partners
Bank: Affin Investment Bank
Cagamas Global's Notes Issue
Law firms: Allen & Overy; Clifford Chance; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Banks: Bank of China; HSBC; Maybank
Accounting firm: PwC
CIMB Thai Bank Public Co's Tier 2 Subordinated Debt Issuance
Law firms: Baker & McKenzie; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Bank: CIMB Investment Bank
DRB-HICOM's Issuance of Perpetual Sukuk Musharakah
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Kadir Andri & Partners
Bank: CIMB Investment Bank
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
Financing for Pipe Laying Support Vessels
Law firms: Arias, Fabrega & Fabrega; Clifford Chance; Conyers Dill & Pearman; Rahmat Lim & Partners; Stocche Forbes; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice; Wolf Theiss
Banks: ABN AMRO Bank NV; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ; DZ Bank AG; ING Bank NV; KFW IPEX-Bank; Standard Chartered Bank; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp
Issuance of Indenture for McDermott International
Law firms: Azmi & Associates; Porter Hedges
Listing of Maybank's MTN Programme on Tokyo Pro-Bond Market
Law firm: Linklaters
Banks: Credit Agricole CIB; Credit Agricole Securities Asia BV, Tokyo Branch; Maybank; Maybank Kim Eng Securities
Midciti Sukuk's ICP and IMTN Programmes
Law firm: Adnan Sundra & Low
Banks: AmInvestment Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank
MISC's Bond Refinancing
Law firms: Azmi & Associates; Norton Rose Fulbright; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
Notable Vision's MTN Programme
Law firms: Allen & Gledhill; Rodyk & Davidson; Zaid Ibrahim & Co; Zul Rafique & Partners
Bank: Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
Senai-Desaru Expressway's Sukuk Restructuring
Law firm: Shearn Delamore & Co
TF Varlik Kiralama's Issuance of Sukuk
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Paksoy, Attorneys at Law; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Banks: HSBC Amanah Malaysia; Standard Chartered Saadiq
Privatisation and Delisting of Al-Hadharah Boustead REIT and Boustead Plantations' IPO
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Azzat & Izzat; Kadir Andri & Partners
Banks: Affin Investment Bank; AmInvestment Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; Credit Suisse Securities (Malaysia); Hwang DBS Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank; RHB Investment Bank
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings's IPO
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Clifford Chance
Banks: Affin Investment Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; Hong Leong Investment Bank; Kenanga Invesment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank; Public Investment Bank; RHB Investment Bank; UBS Securities Malaysia
Icon Offshore's IPO
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow; Clifford Chance; Wong & Partners; Zul Rafique & Partners
Banks: AFFIN Investment Bank; BNP Paribas Malaysia; Credit Suisse; Hong Leong Investment Bank; Kenanga Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank; RHB Investment Bank
Malaysia Airports Holdings's Fundraising
Law firms: Clifford Chance; DLA Piper
Banks: CIMB Group; Credit Suisse; JP Morgan
Nirvana Asia's IPO and Listing on HKEx
Law firms: Hogan Lovells; Mah-Kamariah & Philip Koh; Sullivan and Cromwell; Wong & Partners
Banks: CIMB Investment Bank; DBS Asia Capital; UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch; UBS Securities Hong Kong
Public Bank's Renounceable Rights Issue
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Clifford Chance
Banks:Affin Investment Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; Hong Leong Investment Bank; Kenanga Invesment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank; Public Investment Bank; RHB Investment Bank; UBS Securities Malaysia
Islamic Finance Deal of the Year
Islamic Development Bank's Sukuk Offering and Listing on LSE
Law firm: Norton Rose Fulbright
Banks: Bank of London and The Middle East; CIMB Bank; Commerzbank AG; First Gulf Bank PJSC; HSBC; National Bank of Abu Dhabi PJSC; Natixis; RHB Investment Bank; Standard Chartered Bank; Union National Bank
AmIslamic Bank's Murabahah Sukuk
Law firm: Adnan Sundra & LowBank: AmInvestment Bank
Bank Islam Malaysia's Issuance of Tier 2 Regulatory Capital
Law firm: Kadir, Andri & Partners
Cahaya Capital's Exchangeable Trust Certificates
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Allen & Overy; Linklaters; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Banks: CIMB Bank; Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch; Standard Chartered Bank
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
DRB-HICOM's Issuance of Perpetual Sukuk Musharakah
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Kadir Andri & Partners
Bank: CIMB Investment Bank
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
EPF's Islamic Financing for Public Housing Programme
Law firms: Amin-Tan & Co; Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill; Radzlan Low and Partners
EXIM Bank of Malaysia's Wakala Islamic Finance Programme
Law firms: Clifford Chance; Linklaters; Wong & Partners; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Banks: BNP Paribas Capital (Asia Pacific); CIMB Bank; HSBC; Maybank Investment Bank
FGB Sukuk Company II's Sukuk Wakalah Programme
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Clifford Chance; Mapleas and Calder; Zaid Ibrahim & Co; Zul Rafique & Partners
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
Financing for Banten IPP
Law firms: Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro; Makarim & Taira S; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Shearman & Sterling
Bank: CIMB Investment Bank; Citibank; EXIM Bank of Malaysia; Maybank
Imtiaz Sukuk II's ICP and IMTN Programmes
Law firms: Kadir Andri & Partners; Shook Lin & Bok
Banks: CIMB Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank
Malaysia Airports Holdings's Musharakah Sukuk Programme
Law firms: Raslan Loong; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Banks: CIMB Investment Bank; Citibank; HSBC Amanah Malaysia; Maybank Investment Bank
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
Maxis's Commodity Murabahah Term Financing-i
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Zul Rafique & Partners
Northport's Issuance of IMTN and ICP Programmes
Law firm: Kadir, Andri & Partners
Banks: Affin Hwang Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
Privatisation and Delisting of Al-Hadharah Boustead REIT and Boustead Plantations' IPO
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Azzat & Izzat; Kadir Andri & Partners
Banks: Affin Investment Bank; AmInvestment Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; Credit Suisse Securities (Malaysia); Hwang DBS Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank; RHB Investment Bank
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
Real Estate Financing for Battersea Power Station
Law firms: Baker & McKenzie; Norton Rose Fulbright; Wong & Partners
Banks: CIMB Investment Bank; Maybank Kim Eng Securities; Standard Chartered Bank; Standard Chartered Saadiq
Sabah Credit Corp's Sukuk Musharakah Programmes
Law firm: Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Bank: AmInvestment Bank
Société Générale Bank and Trust SA’s Multi-currency IMTN Programme
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Allen & Overy; Hogan Lovells; Zul Rafique & Partners
Sunway Treasury Sukuk's Issuance of Sukuk Mudharabah
Law firm: Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
TNB Western Energy's Issuance of Ijarah and Wakalah Sukuk
Law firms: Adnan Sundra & Low; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Banks: BNP Paribas Malaysia; CIMB Investment Bank
M&A Deal of the Year
PT Pertamina Malaysia Eksplorasi Produksi's Acquisition of 30 Percent of Murphy Oil Corp's Malaysian Oil and Gas Assets
Law firms: Ashurst; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Skrine; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Bank: Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co
Blackstone Energy Partners' Investment in Tamarind Energy
Law firms: Bennett Jones; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Vinson & Elkins
Ekuity Yakinjaya's Investment in Octanex NL
Law Firms: Gilbert + Tobin; Herbert Smith Freehills; Minters Ellison Rudd Watts Lawyers; Rahmat Lim & Partners; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
Felda Global's Acquisition of 51 Percent Equity Interest in Felda Holdings from KPF Malaysia
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Zulpadli & Edham
Greenland Group's Maiden Investment in Malaysia
Law firms: Baker & McKenzie; Dennis, Nik & Wong; Wong & Partners
Khazanah Nasional's Investment in China Huarong Asset Management Co
Law firms: Clifford Chance; Global Law Office
Bank: Bank of Merrill Lynch
Petronas's Acquisition of Phillips 66 Asia's 47 Percent Interest in Malaysian Refining Co
Law firms: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Skrine; Zain & Co
SapuraKencana's Acquisition of Newfield Exploration Co's Malaysian Oil and Gas Assets
Law firm: Skrine
SapuraKencana's Acquisition of Oil and Gas Assets in Vietnam
Law firms: EP Legal; Linklaters; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
SEEK's Acquisition of JobStreet Corp's Online Employment Business
Law firms: Sullivan & Cromwell; Wong & Partners
Telekom Malaysia's Investment into Packet One Networks
Law Firms: Clifford Chance; Kadir Andri & Partners; Wong & Partners; Zain & Co
Banks: Goldman Sachs; JP Morgan
Accounting firms: Crowe Horwarth; PwC
Yinson Production's Acquisition of 100 Percent of Shares in Fred Olsen Production ASA
Law firms: BA-HR; Baker & Mackenzie; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
Banks: Ambank; Maybank Investment Bank; United Overseas Bank
Zebra Technologies Corp's Acquisition of Motorola Solutions' Enterprise Business
Law firms: Kirkland & Ellis; Shearn Delamore & Co
Dealmaker of the Year
Datuk Syed Zaid Albar - Albar & Partners
Raymond Tong - Clifford Chance
Munir Abdul Aziz - Wong & Partners
Malaysia Deal of the Year
SapuraKencana's Loan Facility
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Allen & Overy; Graham Thompson; Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice; Zul Rafique & Partners
Privatisation and Delisting of Al-Hadharah Boustead REIT and Boustead Plantations' IPO
Law firms: Albar & Partners; Azzat & Izzat; Kadir Andri & Partners
Banks: Affin Investment Bank; AmInvestment Bank; CIMB Investment Bank; Credit Suisse Securities (Malaysia); Hwang DBS Investment Bank; Maybank Investment Bank; RHB Investment Bank
Accounting firm: Ernst & Young
Islamic Development Bank's Sukuk Offering and Listing on LSE
Law firm: Norton Rose Fulbright
Banks: Bank of London and The Middle East; CIMB Bank; Commerzbank AG; First Gulf Bank PJSC; HSBC; National Bank of Abu Dhabi PJSC; Natixis; RHB Investment Bank; Standard Chartered Bank; Union National Bank
PT Pertamina Malaysia Eksplorasi Produksi's Acquisition of 30 Percent of Murphy Oil Corp's Malaysian Oil and Gas Assets
Law firms: Ashurst; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Skrine; Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Bank: Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co
LAW FIRM CATEGORIES
KLRCA Award Arbitration Law Firm of the Year
Skrine
Clifford Chance
Kadir Andri & Partners
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
MahWengKwai & Associates
Raja, Darryl & Loh
Tay & Partners
Banking and Financial Services Law Firm of the Year
Adnan Sundra & Low
Albar & Partners
Kadir Andri & Partners
Norton Rose Fulbright
Raja, Darryl & Loh
Shearn Delamore & Co
Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
Wong & Partners
Zaid Ibrahim & Co
Real Estate Law Firm of the Year
Shearn Delamore & Co
MahWengKwai & Associates
Raja, Darryl & Loh
Skrine
Litigation Law Firm of the Year
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill (joint winners)
MahWengKwai & Associates (joint winners)
Azmi & Associates
Kadir Andri & Partners
Raja, Darryl & Loh
Shearn Delamore & Co
Skrine
Tay & Partners
Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year
Zul Rafique & Partners
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Raja, Darryl & Loh
Shearn Delamore & Co
Skrine
Tay & Partners
Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year
Skrine
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Raja, Darryl & Loh
Shearn Delamore & Co
Tay & Partners
Wong & Partners
Islamic Finance Law Firm of the Year
Albar & Partners
Adnan Sundra & Low
Kadir Andri & Partners
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Norton Rose Fulbright
Wong & Partners
Zaid Ibrahim & Co
SCL Malaysia Award Energy, Projects and Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year
Albar & Partners
Adnan Sundra & Low
Clifford Chance
Kadir Andri & Partners
Skrine
Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
Maritime Law Firm of the Year
Joseph & Partners
Shearn Delamore & Co
Skrine
Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
Malaysia Deal Firm of the Year
Shearn Delamore & Co (joint winners)
Wong & Partners (joint winners)
Adnan Sundra & Low
Kadir Andri & Partners
Raja, Darryl & Loh
International Deal Firm of the Year
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Norton Rose Fulbright
Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice
Managing Partner of the Year
Datuk Syed Zaid Albar - Albar & Partners
Robert Lazar - Shearn Delamore & Co
Adeline Wong - Wong & Partners
Dato' Zulkifly Rafique - Zul Rafique & Partners
Malaysia Law Firm of the Year
Albar & Partners
Adnan Sundra & Low
Clifford Chance
Joseph & Partners
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
MahWengKwai & Associates
Shearn Delamore & Co
Skrine
Wong & Partners
Zul Rafique & Partners
IN-HOUSE CATEGORIES
Banking and Financial Services In-House Team of the Year
Malayan Banking Bhd Group of Companies
CIMB Group of Companies
Energy and Resources In-House Team of the Year
SapuraKencana Petroleum
Exxon Mobil Corp
M3nergy
Insurance In-House Team of the Year
Sun Life Malaysia Assurance
Etiqa Takaful
TMT In-House Team of the Year
Astro Malaysia Holdings
Hewlett-Packard (M)
Telekom Malaysia
In-House Lawyer of the Year
Mohd Nazlan Ghazali - Malayan Banking Bhd Group of Companies (joint winners)
Raphael Kok - Shell Malaysia (joint winners)
Mahajan Vasudevan Nair - Asian Football Confederation
Razida Abdul Razak - Boustead Heavy Industries Corp
Hema Latha Sinnakaundan - Sun Life Malaysia
MIArb Award Malaysia In-House Team of the Year
Sime Darby
Boustead Heavy Industries Corp
Astro Malaysia Holdings
Sun Life Malaysia Assurance
SapuraKencana Petroleum
Malayan Banking Bhd Group of Companies
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