Allen & Gledhill dominated the 11th edition of the annual ALB Southeast Asia Law Awards, picking up a total of nine awards at the gala dinner held at the Fullerton Hotel on May 28, including both Singapore Deal Firm of the Year (shared with WongPartnership) and Southeast Asia Law Firm of the Year.

Aside from six wins in the firm category – which included Banking and Financial Services Law Firm of the Year and Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year – the firm also appeared on four award-winning deals, including Southeast Asia M& Deal of the Year.

WongPartnership picked up four awards in total including three in the deal category. Allen & Overy was the big winner among international law firms, picking up four awards, all in the deal category.

Other notable winners included Drew & Napier, which won both the Arbitration Law Firm of the Year award and the Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year, the 11th straight time it had won the latter award.

Ashurst’s Matthew Bubb won the coveted Managing Partner of the Year award, capping a successful night for the firm, which also picked up the Energy and Resources Law Firm of the Year award.

The recently formed Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas won two awards – for India Deal Firm of the Year, as well as India Managing Partner of the Year, which was won by Cyril Shroff.

Baker & McKenzie also picked up two awards – Tax & Trusts Law Firm of the Year, and Thailand Deal Firm of the Year. 

Among in-house teams, Asian Development Bank won three awards – including the In-house Team of the Year award -- while Maybank Investment Bank & Maybank Kim won two awards, including In-house Lawyer of the Year for Dalvin Kaur.

For a full list of winners, please click here.