On the evening of March 15, 2018, Asia Legal Business (ALB), a publication owned by Thomson Reuters, announced JC Consulting Thomson Reuters ALB China Law Awards 2018 Nominees and Jingtian & Gongcheng received 18 of these nominations:

 

Securities Deal of the Year

 

Baidu Issuing Offshore Bonds

 

ChemChina Subsidiary--China National Chemical Engineering Group Corporation Ltd.’s offshore unit: CNAC (HK) Finbridge Company Limited Issuing US$ 3 billion Bonds

 

International Issuance of US$ 5 billion EMTN unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Huawei with cash advance of US$ 1.5 billion

 

Financing Deal of the Year: JD.com Inc. Spinoff JD Finance

 

Technology, Media and Telecommunication Deal of the Year: JD.com Inc. Spinoff JD Finance

 

The Deal Lawyer of the Year: Tezhi Ling

 

The Law Firm of the Year in Antitrust and Competition Law

 

The Law Firm of the Year in Financing

 

The Law Firm of the Year in Compliance

 

The Law Firm of the Year in Medicine and Healthcare

 

The Law Firm of the Year in Lab Law and Employment

 

The Law Firm of the Year in Debt Restructuring

 

The Law Firm of the Year in Private Equity – China Region

 

The Law Firm of the Year in Real Estate – China Region

 

The Law Firm of the Year in Taxation

 

The Beijing Law Firm of the Year

 

The Managing Partner of the Year: Yang Zhao

 

The JC Consulting Law Firm in China of the Year

 

ALB China Law Awards was established to recognize the leading law firms and excellent in-house teams as well as the outstanding deals in the past year. The awards for this year have attracted more than 200 nominees from legal firms and in-house teams and have reached many service sectors. Determined by the independent jury, the winners will be unveiled at the Awards Ceremony held in Park Hyatt Beijing Hotel on April 19, 2018.