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All the deals and law firms shortlisted for IFLR's 2018 Asia Awards, which will be held on March 1 in Hong Kong The nominations for the 2018 IFLR Asia Awards have been announced.The national law firms of the year and pro bono firm of the year will be announced on the night.The law firms listed on each deal are based on preliminary research and submissions.DEALS OF THE YEAR Debt & equity-linked Ayala Corporation fixed-for-life notes Maples and Calder Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles China Lodging equity-linked refinancing transactions Latham & Watkins Tian Yuan Law Firm Walkers Government of Mongolia's liability management and sovereign bond GTs Advocates Hogan Lovells Mongolia Mayer Brown JSM Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Industrial and Commercial Bank of China CICERO notes Allen & Overy JunHe King & Wood Mallesons Linklaters Kyobo Life Insurance's subordinated capital securities offering Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Clifford Chance Yulchon Postal Savings Bank of China AT1 preference shares Clifford Chance Linklaters PTTEP liability management and new issues Allen & Overy Clifford Chance Singha Estate's convertible bonds offering Baker McKenzie Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow Linklaters Equity China Literature IPO Clifford Chance Davis Polk & Wardwell Grandall Law Firm Han Kun Law Offices Maples and Calder Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Lotte Chemical Titan Holding IPO Adnan Sundra & Low Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Clifford Chance Kadir Andri & Partners Netlink NBN Trust IPO Allen & Gledhill Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Sea Limited NYSE IPO Assegaf Hamzah & Partners Davis Polk & Wardwell Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung Kirkland & Ellis Rajah & Tann VietJet Aviation IPO Allen & Overy Baker McKenzie Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Vincom Retail IPO Allen & Overy Latham & Watkins Vilaf WuXi Biologics IPO Fangda Partners Jingtian & Gongcheng Maples and Calder Shearman & Sterling Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance H-share listing Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Grandall Law Firm Han Kun Law Offices Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom High yield Azure Power Energy Appleby Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas IndusLaw Latham & Watkins Mayer Brown JSM Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Indika Energy senior notes Allen & Gledhill Assegaf Hamzah & Partners Ginting & Reksodiputro Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners Mayer Brown JSM Shearman & Sterling Kaisa Group Holdings exchange offer and issuance Harneys Westwood & Riegels Jia Yuan Law Offices Mayer Brown JSM Shearman & Sterling Sidley Austin Paiton Energy coal-fired power plant Adnan Kelana Haryanto & Hermanto Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung NautaDutilh Shearman & Sterling Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom SoftBank Group notes Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Sullivan & Cromwell WTT high yield offering Clifford Chance Davis Polk & Wardwell Maples and Calder Xinhu Zhongbao senior notes Grandall Law Firm King & Wood Mallesons Linklaters Ogier M&A Chow Tai Fook Enterprises / Alinta Energy Allen & Overy Harneys Westwood & Riegels Herbert Smith Freehills Greenwood Roche HP / Samsung Electronics' printing business Bae Kim & Lee Christopher & Lee Ong Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Kim & Chang Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Rajah & Tann Singapore Humanwell Healthcare and Citic Capital / Ansell Gilbert + Tobin Khaitan & Co King & Wood Mallesons Ropes & Gray Thanathip & Partners JERA / ReNew Power Ventures Private Allen & Overy Nishith Desai Associates Trilegal Rosneft / Essar Oil AZB Partners Cyril Amarchand Mandalgas Dechert Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Herbert Smith Freehills J Sagar Associates Linklaters Talwar Thakore & Associates Slaughter and May Starbucks / Uni-President Enterprises and President Chain Store Chen & Lin Fangda Partners Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Yangming Partners Yanzhou Coal Mining and Yancoal / Coal & Allied Allens Baker McKenzie Gilbert + Tobin Herbert Smith Freehills King & Wood Mallesons Private equity Bank of East Asia / PRASAC Microfinance Clifford Chance Linklaters Mayer Brown JSM Rajah & Tann Sciaroni & Associates Shook Lin & Bok CITIC and The Carlyle Group / McDonald's Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton JunHe Kirkland & Ellis Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Zhong Lun Law Firm KKR / Calsonic Kansei Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Simpson Thacher & Bartlett KKR / Pepper Herbert Smith Freehills Jones Day King & Wood Mallesons PAG / Yingde Gases Allen & Overy Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton David Norman & Co Fangda Partners Slaughter and May Walkers Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati Permira / Tricor Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Linklaters Walkers Prostar Capital / Kyungnam Energy Allen & Overy Kim & Chang Lee & Ko Ropes & Gray Walkers Warburg Pincus / ARA Allen & Gledhill Baker McKenzie Hall & Wilcox Jones Day Kim & Chang Latham & Watkins Rahmat Lim & Partners WongPartnership Project finance Cirebon II IPP Ali Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro Bae Kim & Lee Drew & Napier Latham & Watkins Lee & Ko Loyens & Loeff Makarim & Taira S Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Karot Hydropower Allen & Overy Aqlaal Advocates Deacons Global Law Office Kabraji & Talibuddin Mourant Ozannes RIAA Barker Gillette Shearman & Sterling Legoland theme park – Tokyo Clifford Chance White & Case Muara Laboh IPP Ali Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro Latham & Watkins Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Mochtar Karuwin Komar Momo-o Matsuo & Namba Myingyan IPP Allen & Overy DFDL Myanmar Duane Morris & Selvam Mayer Brown JSM Sidrap Wind Farm Allen & Overy Baker McKenzie DLA Piper Sirajganj Greenfield Power Plant Ahmed & Farooq Baker & McKenzie DFDL Shearman & Sterling Tanjung Jati 5 & 6 (Jawa-4) expansion Ali Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro Allen & Overy Latham & Watkins Makarim & Taira S Restructuring Arrium restructuring Arnold Bloch Leibler Gilbert + Tobin King & Wood Mallesons Morgan Lewis & Bockius Bis Industries restructuring Allens Clifford Chance Gilbert + Tobin Herbert Smith Freehills Linklaters Simpson Thacher & Bartlett EMAS Chiyoda Subsea restructuring Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Allen & Gledhill Blank Rome Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Porter Hedges Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Vinson & Elkins White & Case WongPartnership Emeco recapitalisation and triple merger Baker McKenzie Gilbert + Tobin Sullivan & Cromwell KrisEnergy capital restructuring Allen & Gledhill Clifford Chance Latham & Watkins WongPartnership Walkers Mongolian Mining restructuring Carey Olson Clifford Chance Davis Polk & Wardwell Harneys Westwood & Riegels Ropes & Gray Walkers Structured finance and securitisation Avant Trust notes Allen & Overy Clayton Utz King & Wood Mallesons Latitude's credit card master trust Clifford Chance Herbert Smith Freehills King & Wood Mallesons Neerg Energy / ReNew high yield Allen & Overy Orient auto loan-backed receivables Clifford Chance Morgan Lewis & Bockius Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Nishimura & Asahi Seward & Kissel Sidley Austin Shinhan Card's Credit Card ABS issuance Bae Kim & Lee Jones Day Kim & Chang Shin & Kim Walkers Trafigura's non-recourse commodity inventory funding programme Allen & Gledhill Allen & Overy White & Case United Overseas Bank covered bonds Allen & Gledhill Allen & Overy Linklaters LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR Debt & equity-linked Allen & Overy Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Clifford Chance Latham & Watkins Linklaters Mayer Brown JSM Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Equity Allen & Overy Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Clifford Chance Davis Polk & Wardwell Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Kirkland & Ellis Shearman & Sterling Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom High yield Clifford Chance Davis Polk & Wardwell Latham & Watkins Mayer Brown JSM Shearman & Sterling Sidley Austin Sullivan & Cromwell M&A Allen & Overy Baker McKenzie Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Herbert Smith Freehills King & Wood Mallesons Linklaters Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Private equity Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Clifford Chance King & Wood Mallesons Kirkland & Ellis Ropes & Gray Latham & Watkins Linklaters Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Project finance Allen & Overy Baker McKenzie Latham & Watkins Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Shearman & Sterling Mayer Brown JSM Linklaters Restructuring Clifford Chance Davis Polk & Wardwell Gilbert + Tobin King & Wood Mallesons Kirkland & Ellis Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Ropes & Gray White & Case Structured finance and securitisation Allen & Overy Clifford Chance Jones Day King & Wood Mallesons Linklaters In-house equity team Bank of America Merrill Lynch Citigroup Credit Suisse Deutsche Bank Goldman Sachs JP Morgan Morgan Stanley In-house debt team Bank of America Merrill Lynch Citigroup Credit Suisse Deutsche Bank JP Morgan HSBC Standard Chartered Regional firm of the year Allen & Gledhill Anderson Mori & Tomotsune AZB & Partners Bae Kim & Lee Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Fangda Partners Gilbert + Tobin Kim & Chang King Wood & Mallesons Financial services regulatory Allen & Overy Davis Polk & Wardwell Deacons Herbert Smith Freehills King & Wood Mallesons Linklaters Offshore firm of the year Conyers Dill & Pearman Harney Westwood & Riegels Maples and Calder Mourant Ozannes Walkers China practice of the year Allen & Overy Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Clifford Chance Davis Polk & Wardwell Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Linklaters Shearman & Sterling Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom US law firm of the year Baker McKenzie Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Davis Polk & Wardwell Latham & Watkins Mayer Brown JSM Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Shearman & Sterling Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom International law firm of the year Allen & Overy Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Clifford Chance Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Latham & Watkins Linklaters Mayer Brown JSM Shearman & Sterling