Awards won in 2008

Awards name Categories
Asian Legal Business Awards
  • -  China Deal of the Year for Alibaba IPO
  • -  Debt Market Deal of the Year for Sinopec CB
  • -  Equity market Deal of the Year for Citic Bank IPO
  • -  IT/Telecommunications Deal of the year for Alibaba IPO
  • -  Real Estate and Construction Deal of the Year for Soho China IPO
Asian Legal Business Hong Kong Awards
  • -  Equity Market Deal of the Year for Alibaba.com Hong Kong IPO
  • -  M&A Deal of the Year for MTR-KCRC merger
China Law and Practice Awards
  • -  Capital Markets Team of the Year
  • -  International Law Firm of the Year
Environmental Finance Awards
  • -  Renewable Energy Project Financing of the Year for the Babcock & Brown Wind Partners (BBW) global wind portfolio
Financial Times Mergermarket M&A Awards Asia
  • -  Financial Services Legal Advisor of the Year
  • -  Legal Advisor of the Year for China and Hong Kong
  • Deal of the Year:
  • -  M&A Deal of the Year went to China Unicom's acquisition of China Netcom
IFLR European Awards
  • -  Debt and equity-linked team of the year in recognition of our work in representing Apollo Management, AstraZeneca, Merrill Lynch, RBS and Eurotunnel, in four major deals last year
  • -  Private equity team of the year for our roles advising CVC Capital partners, Permira, Centaurus and Paulsson, Cinven and Investor AB and Morgan Stanley Principal Investments
  • -  Pro-bono award for advising Deutsche Bank on the first externally-rated securitisation of subordinated microcredits by DB Microfinance
  • Deals of the Year:
  • -  M&A deal of the year in recognition of our work on the 71.1 billion takeover of ABN Amro, where we represented Merrill Lynch, financial advisers to the consortium company RFS Holding
  • -  Private equity deal of the year for our role as international counsel to Permira in its acquisition of Valentino Fashion Group
  • -  Project finance deal of the year for our work advising the arrangers in the 1.03 billion refinancing of a 1678 MW portfolio of wind farms by Babcock & Brown
Infrastructure Journal Awards
  • -  Deal of the Year Babcock & Brown Wind Partners' portfolio refinancing
International Tax Review Awards
  • -  European Tax Firm of the Year
  • -  National Tax Firm of the Year - UK and Austria
JUVE Awards
  • -  Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year
  • -  Environment, Planning and Regulation Law Firm of the Year
  • -  Recruitment/Associate Development Law Firm of the Year
Lawyer Awards
  • -  Competition/Regulatory Team of the Year for the acquisition of Vernons Football Pools by Sportech
  • -  Law Firm of the Year
Legal Business Awards
  • -  Banking and Restructuring Team of the year
  • -  Law Firm of the Year
Managing Partners Forum Awards
  • -  Award for Exceptional Achievement for our 35 year partnership with the Tower Hamlets Law Centre
PLC Which Lawyer?
  • -  International Law Firm of the Year
  • -  Law Firm of the Year for Western Europe
Private Equity News Awards for Excellence in Advisory Services Europe
  • -  Private Equity and M&A Team of the Year
Project Finance International EMEA Awards
  • -  Transport Deal of the Year for Diabolo
Project Finance Magazine
  • -  African Telecoms Deal of the Year for the MTN Nigeria financing
  • -  Transport Deal of the Year for Northwest Parkway
Top Legal Awards
  • -  Law Firm of the Year - Real Estate
Who's Who Legal
  • -  Commercial Arbitration Law Firm of the Year
  • -  Competition Law Firm of the Year
  • -  Global Corporate Tax Law Firm of the Year