The 16th Asian Legal Business (“ALB”) SE Asia Law Awards 2020 will be conducted virtually on 15 October 2020. This award ceremony will pay tribute to the outstanding performance of private practitioners and in-house teams across the Southeast Asia region.
ALB reported that 112 law firms in the region had participated with close to 800 submissions for the three categories consisting of (1) Deal Categories; (2) Individual Categories; (3) In-House Categories; and (4) Firm Categories 54 award categories. The 54 award categories are:
(1) Deal Categories
– Debt Market Deal of the Year (Midsize)
– Debt Market Deal of the Year (Premium)
– Equity Market Deal of the Year (Midsize)
– Equity Market Deal of the Year (Premium)
– M&A Deal of the Year (Midsize)
– M&A Deal of the Year (Premium)
– Project Finance Deal of the Year
– Islamic Finance Deal of the Year
(2) Individual Categories
– Dealmaker of the Year
– Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year
– In-House Lawyer of the Year
– Singapore Managing Partner of the Year
– Regional Managing Partner of the Year
– Woman Lawyer of the Year (In-House)
– Woman Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm)
– Young Lawyer of the Year (In-House)
– Young Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm)
(3) In-House Categories
– Financial Services In-House Team of the Year
– Construction and Real Estate In-House Team of the Year
– Energy and Resources In-House Team of the Year
– Innovative In-House Team of the Year
– Manufacturing and Trade In-House Team of the Year (NEW!)
– Compliance and Risk Management In-House Team of the Year (NEW!)
– Technology, Media and Telecommunications In-House Team of the Year
– Transportation and Logistics In-House Team of the Year
– SE Asia In-House Team of the Year
(4) Firm Categories
– Aviation Law Firm of the Year
– Banking and Financial Services Law Firm of the Year
– Construction Law Firm of the Year
– Corporate Citizenship Law Firm of the Year
– Dispute Resolution Boutique Law Firm of the Year
– Transactional Boutique Law Firm of the Year
– Energy and Resources Law Firm of the Year
– International Deal Firm of the Year
– Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year
– International Arbitration Law Firm of the Year
– Maritime Law Firm of the Year
– Matrimonial and Family Law Firm of the Year
– Medical and Healthcare Law Firm of the Year
– Private Wealth Law Firm of the Year (NEW!)
– Real Estate Law Firm of the Year
– Restructuring and Insolvency Law Firm of the Year
– Rising Law Firm of the Year
– SE Asia Deal Firm of the Year
– SE Asia Practice Firm of the Year
– Singapore Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year
– Regional Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year
– Singapore Litigation Law Firm of the Year
– Regional Litigation Law Firm of the Year
– Tax and Trusts Law Firm of the Year
– Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year
– Thailand Law Firm of the Year
– Vietnam Law Firm of the Year
– SE Asia Law Firm of the Year
Eugene Thuraisingam LLP is extremely humbled to have been shortlisted in three categories at the Asian Legal Business Southeast Asia Law Awards 2020.
a. Singapore Managing Partner of the Year (in alphabetical order):
Our managing partner, Eugene Thuraisingam has been nominated as Singapore Managing Partner of the Year, among nine other managing partners of law firms in Singapore.
| S/No. | Singapore Managing Partner of the Year | Firm |
| 1. | Abraham Vergis | Providence Law Asia |
| 2. | Andrea Chee | AEI Legal |
| 3. | Ashok Kumar | BlackOak |
| 4. | Cavinder Bull, SC | Drew & Napier |
| 5. | Eddee NG | Tan Kok Quan Partnership |
| 6. | Eugene Thuraisingam | Eugene Thuraisingam LLP |
| 7. | Patrick Ang | Rajah & Tann Singapore |
| 8. | Philip Jeyaretnam | Dentons Rodyk & Davidson |
| 9. | Sarjit Singh Gill | Shook Lin & Bok |
| 10. | Yu-En Ong | Norton Rose Fulbright |
b. Young Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm) (in alphabetical order): and
Our partner, Suang Wijaya has been shortlisted as one of the young lawyers in private practice, alongside 14 other young lawyers in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam.
| S/No. | Young Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm) | Firm |
| 1. | Alain Charles Veloso | Quisumbing Torres |
| 2. | Alexius Chong | Sidley Austin |
| 3. | Arief Nugroho | SIP Law Firm |
| 4. | Darius Tay | BlackOak |
| 5. | Foo Yuet Min | Drew & Napier |
| 6. | Gerard Quek | Peter Doraisamy |
| 7. | Irina Akentjeva | Herbert Smith Freehills |
| 8. | Jeffrey Tanner | Stephenson Harwood |
| 9. | Julie Raneda | Schellenberg Wittmer |
| 10. | Lionel Chan | Oon & Bazul |
| 11. | Nguyen Vu Quynh Lam | VILAF |
| 12. | Ong Johnson | Loi & Co |
| 13. | Simon Spells | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner |
| 14. | Suang Wijaya | Eugene Thuraisingam LLP |
| 15. | Sue Ann Gan | Norton Rose Fulbright |
c. Rising Law Firm of the Year (in alphabetical order):
Eugene Thuraisingam LLP has also been nominated as one of the Rising Law Firms of the Year, among 12 other regional law firms in five countries including Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
| S/No. | Rising Law Firm of the Year |
| 1. | AEI Legal |
| 2. | Allen & Gledhill (Myanmar) |
| 3. | Daniel & Wong |
| 4. | Eugene Thuraisingam LLP |
| 5. | Jacque Law |
| 6. | Kudun & Partners |
| 7. | LAW Partnership |
| 8. | Ooi & Ooi |
| 9. | Panelo Law Office |
| 10. | Providence Law Asia |
| 11. | The Capital Law Office |
| 12. | Tolosa Javier Law Firm |
| 13. | Walalangi & Partners |
The complete list of finalists can be found here.
During these unprecedented times, industry leaders are utilising technology to their greatest potential. Our partner, Syazana Yahya was quoted by ALB on how Eugene Thuraisingam LLP has transformed and embraced technology:
At Eugene Thuraisingam LLP, we believe that agility and adaptability are essential to increase our competitiveness as a leading dispute resolution firm in Asia-Pacific. Before COVID-19, we have been actively boosting our technological capabilities, including adopting a new knowledge management platform which automatically organizes existing institutional knowledge and speeds up the research process. The firm has also shifted its practice of conducting meetings, hearings, arbitrations and mediations. There is now greater flexibility in conducting these events (being able to participate from whichever country they are in) which is especially important for our cross-border disputes.
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