Paul Hastings

Accolades

Paul Hastings has been named as a leading law firm by publications such as Chambers and Legal 500 for its global work and investment in key practice areas including finance, M&A, private equity, real estate, employment, and litigation. Recent award highlights include:

• IFLR’s Asian Awards 2011’s  Equity Deal of the Year 2011 award for our role advising J.P Morgan as the sponsor and depositary in Vale Corporation’s listing of Hong Kong Depositary Receipts on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange by way of introduction.
• Asian-Mena Counsel 2011 In-House Handbook’s Practice of the Year 2011 - Honorable Mention for the firm’s Hong Kong Capital Markets Practice and Japan Project Finance Practice.
• Asian-Counsel’s Deals of the Year 2010 - Honorable Mention for our role advising Hanwha Chemical in the US$370 million acquisition of a controlling interest in Solarfun, a NASDAQ-listed vertically integrated PRC manufacturer of photovoltaic cells and modules.
• Financial Times US Innovative Lawyers Report 2010’s Most Innovative M&A Deals 2010 - Commended for our role advising Dong-A Pharmaceutical on its strategic alliance with GlaxoSmithKline
• Asian Legal Business’s M&A Deal of the Year 2010 for our role advising Balderton Capital and Trust Bridge in connection with GCL-Poly’s US$3.45 billion acquisition of Jiangsu Zhongeng.
• Asian Legal Business’s M&A Deal of the Year 2010 for our role advising Warburg Pincus, as an equity holder in Nikko Asset Management, in connection with the US$1.2 billion acquisition of Nikko Asset Management.
• Asian Legal Business’s Real Estate and Construction Deal of the Year 2010 for our role advising on the US$475 million pre-IPO restructuring of Glorious Property, involving the issuance of RMB-denominated promissory notes.
• IFLR’s Private Equity Deal of the Year 2010, Asian Counsel’s Deal of the Year, FinanceAsia’s Best Private Equity Deal and Best Leveraged Financing, The Deal Magazine’s Deal of the Year as well as IFR Asia’s Loan of the Year, South Korea Capital Markets Deal of the Year for our role advising the mandated lead arrangers on KKR’s & Affinity’s US$1.8 billion acquisition of Oriental Brewery in South Korea.
• Asian-Counsel’s Private Equity Law Firm of the Year 2009.
• Asian-Counsel’s Real Estate Law Firm of the Year 2009.
• PrivateEquityRealEstate's Private Equity Law Firm of the Year 2009. This is the fourth consecutive year that Paul Hastings has won this award, which is voted for by the industry.
• Project Finance's Indian Power Deal of the Year 2009 for our role advising Reliance Power and Sasan Power in their US$4.2 billion development and financing a power project in India.
• Asian-Counsel’s Deal of the Year 2009 for our role advising on the RMB3.11 billion (approximately US$455 million) debt restructuring by Zhu Kuan (Hong Kong) Company Limited and Zhu Kuan Group Company Limited (Zhu Kuan), both window companies of the Zhuhai Municipal Government in Hong Kong and Macau, respectively.
• IP Business and Law's Top 10 U.S. Litigation Wins 2008 for our defense of Taiwan's Quanta Computer in a critical patent infringement case.
• Asian Legal Business’s Real Estate and Construction Deal of the Year 2009 and Asian-Counsel’s Deal of the Year 2008 for our success in advising Asia Pacific Land on its acquisition of The Center, a landmark Shanghai office building. This is the largest ever single asset real estate transaction in China’s history.
• IFLR's Private Equity Deal of the Year 2008 for our role on Blackstone’s investment in China Bluestar.
• Project Finance's Asia-Pacific Refinancing Deal of the Year 2008 for our role on the US$544 million refinancing of the Santa Rita power project in the Philippines. This is the fifth successive year that our Asia Projects Group has won a deal of the year award.
• The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers' Global Management Labor & Employment Law Firm of the Year 2009 for the fourth consecutive year.