Adnan Sundra & Low was on a winning streak at the 2016 ALB Malaysia Law Awards, picking up eight awards at the event, now in its third year. The firm’s awards haul included Malaysia Deal Firm of the Year and Malaysia Law Firm of the Year, while Deepak Sadasivan was honoured as Managing Partner of the Year.
Skrine and Zaid Ibrahim & Co also shone at the gala awards dinner held at the InterContinental Kuala Lumpur on April 7, collecting five and three gongs, respectively. The former was hailed as the Aviation Law Firm of the Year and Real Estate Law Firm of the Year while the latter was a joint winner for two new categories: Islamic Finance Deal of the Year (Premium) and Debt Market Deal of the Year (Premium).
Up-and-coming players Peter Ling & van Geyzel and MahWengKwai & Associates emerged as the Rising Firm of the Year and the Boutique Law Firm of the Year, respectively. Meanwhile, Watson Farley & Williams Asia Practice brought home the International Deal Firm of the Year award.
In the in-house categories, Sime Darby took the Malaysia In-House Team of the Year prize for the second year in a row while GSK Malaysia’s Hooi Bien Chuah was named In-House Lawyer of the Year.
For a full list of winners, see here.