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Taiwan Deal Firm of the Year WINNER
WINNER
FINALISTS
FINALISTS
• Baker & McKenzie • Lee and Li • Russin and Vecchi
• CLP Holdings • Gammon Construction • Housing Authority
Tsar & Tsai
Why: • Well recognised for providing practical advice and innovative solutions in M&A deals • The highlight of its M&A practice was its representing L-R: ALB representative; of HSBC in a successful public Matt Liu (Tsar & Tsai) bidding of the good bank assets of the Chinese Bank, a distressed local bank, which The Financial Restructuring Fund and Central Deposit Insurance Company sold to HSBC through the mode of general assignment and assumption • Also acted on MBK Partners’ acquisition of certain cable television system operators owned by the China Network Systems (CNS) Group and financing thereof as well as Longreach Group’s investment in Entie Bank and acquiring majority shareholding in EnTie Commercial Bank (EnTie Bank)
in-house awards Real Estate In-House Team of the Year WINNER
Hutchison Whampoa Properties
FINALISTS • Hong Kong Land • Sun Hung Kai Properties Why: • The in-house legal department at Hutchison Whampoa Properties was established in the early L-R: Wang Qiang Yi, Susan Chan (Hutchison 1990s and has now Whampoa Properties); Ashley Alder grown to a team of 35 (Herbert Smith) legal counsel across three jurisdictions with Wang Qiangyi (for PRC) and Susan Chan (for Hong Kong and overseas) acting as head of legal • The team provides legal support and advice on all areas of the division’s operations, including property development, property investment and funding, and property management
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Pinsent Masons Award Construction In-House Team of the Year MTR Corp
Why: • Led by legal director & secretary Leonard Bryan Turk, deputy legal director David Fleming and rising star Gillian Meller • The in-house team at MTR Corp provides advice in relation to all aspects of the Kowloon Southern Link project • Advising the Corporation on its negotiations with Government in relation to the design and construction of six new railway lines in Hong Kong
L-R: Vincent Connor (Pinsent Masons); David Fleming (MTR Corp)
The Macallan Award Insurance In-House Team of the Year WINNER
Prudential
FINALISTS • AIU • AXA Why: • Head of legal Wendy Mok leads a large legal team that focuses on non-contentious matters • Legal team coordinated the successful launch of the W.I.S.E. CSI 300 China Tracker (Stock Code: 2827) by July 2007, an L-R: William Chan (The Macallan); index-tracking exchange traded Wendy Mok (Prudential) fund which seeks to track the performance of CSI 300 Index, the benchmark index of the first Chinese Financial Futures and an important benchmark index of the China’s A share market. The fund is gaining popularity and the fund size now reaches about HK$5bn • Prudential’s China joint venture, CITIC Prudential, has greatly expanded its geographical presence in China Asian Legal Business ISSUE 8.11