Key statistics
- Ranked Practice Areas
- 27
- Awards Won
- 23
- Ranked Lawyers
- 50
- Male:Female Ratio of Ranked Lawyers
- 33:17
Firm summary
Analysis
King & Wood Mallesons is a Domestic: Multi-practice firm in China.
In 2023, the firm was recognised in 27 practice area(s) and 50 of its practitioner(s) were accredited.
In the same year, King & Wood Mallesons was nominated for 75 awards, of which it won 23.
This information is based on aggregated legal ranking and awards data from the world’s market-leading legal publications. Legal Media 360’s sentiment index methodology can be viewed here.
Rankings
within China
| Practice Area Subcategory | BAND | No. of rankings | Ave. Band | Table | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antitrust and competition | |||||
| General | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Banking and finance | |||||
| General | BAND 1 | 4 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Capital markets | |||||
| General | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Construction | |||||
| General | BAND 1 | 2 | 1.5 | View full ranking table | |
| Corporate and M&A | |||||
| General | BAND 1 | 4 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Data protection and cybersecurity | |||||
| General | BAND 1 | 2 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Dispute resolution | |||||
| Arbitration | BAND 1 | 2 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| General | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Healthcare and lifesciences | |||||
| General | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.7 | View full ranking table | |
| Insurance | |||||
| General | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Intellectual property | |||||
| Disputes | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Non-contentious | BAND 1 | 2 | 1.5 | View full ranking table | |
| Patent litigation | BAND 1 | 2 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Patent prosecution | BAND 1 | 2 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Trademark enforcement and litigation | BAND 1 | 2 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Trademark prosecution | BAND 1 | 2 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Investment funds | |||||
| General | BAND 1 | 4 | 1.3 | View full ranking table | |
| Labour and employment | |||||
| General | BAND 1 | 4 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Media and entertainment | |||||
| General | BAND 3 | 1 | 3.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Private client and wealth management | |||||
| General | BAND 2 | 1 | 2.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Private equity | |||||
| General | BAND 1 | 4 | 1.5 | View full ranking table | |
| Project development | |||||
| Including energy and infrastructure | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Real estate | |||||
| General | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.3 | View full ranking table | |
| Regulatory | |||||
| General | BAND 1 | 2 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Restructuring and insolvency | |||||
| General | BAND 1 | 4 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Tax | |||||
| General | BAND 1 | 3 | 1.0 | View full ranking table | |
| Technology, media, telecoms | |||||
| General | BAND 2 | 1 | 2.0 | View full ranking table | |
Deals/Case awards
Total nominations-to-win ratio
31:6
| Award | Nomination(s) | Win(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Banking and finance - Project finance | ||
| China Development Bank / Laos Wanwan Expressway medium and long-term project loan | 1 | 0 |
| Northern International-Bengal coal-fired power station syndicated project | 1 | 0 |
| Capital markets - Debt | ||
| Afterpay convertible notes offering | 1 | 0 |
| Alibaba $5 billion senior unsecured notes offering | 1 | 0 |
| Contemporary Amperex Technology | 1 | 0 |
| Evergrande restructuring | 1 | 0 |
| Li Auto $750 million convertible senior notes issuance | 1 | 0 |
| State Grid $600 million + EUR800 million dual currency bonds issuance | 1 | 0 |
| Capital markets - Equity | ||
| Baidu HKEx secondary listing | 1 | 0 |
| China Mobile $2.8 billion A-share IPO | 2 | 1 |
| China Telecom A-share listing | 1 | 0 |
| CRCC Heavy Industry spin-off and STAR market listing | 1 | 0 |
| Li Auto HKEx listing | 1 | 0 |
| SenseTime HKex IPO | 1 | 0 |
| SF REIT global offering | 1 | 0 |
| Capital markets - Structured finance and securitisation | ||
| Hang Seng Bank unlisted equity-linked investment | 1 | 0 |
| Corporate and M&A - General | ||
| ATL / CATL JVs and cross-license agreement | 1 | 0 |
| GLP / Yangtze River Delta intelligent information infrastructure complex acquisition | 1 | 0 |
| Inner Mongolia Pingzhuang Energy / China Longyuan Power Group Corporation three parts transaction | 1 | 0 |
| Oceanwide / International Data Group shares sale | 1 | 0 |
| Tsinghua Unigroup bankruptcy restructuring | 1 | 1 |
| Dispute resolution - General | ||
| HNA Holdings $170 billion restructuring | 1 | 1 |
| Energy and natural resources - General | ||
| Argentine ATUCHA III nuclear power plant project | 1 | 0 |
| Inner Mongolia Pingzhuang Energy / China Longyuan Power Group Corporation three parts transaction | 1 | 0 |
| General business law - General | ||
| China Mobile $2.8 billion A-share IPO | 1 | 1 |
| Galanz Group/ Whirlpool China acquisition | 1 | 1 |
| Project development - including energy and infrastructure | ||
| Goldwind Argentina five wind power project US$270 million green loan | 1 | 0 |
| Longyuan Power / Pingzhuang Energy merger | 1 | 0 |
| Restructuring and insolvency - General | ||
| Boart Longyear restructuring | 1 | 1 |
| Technology, media and telecoms - General | ||
| Cloudwalk Group IPO application | 1 | 0 |
Firm awards
Total nominations-to-win ratio
44:17
| Award | Nomination(s) | Win(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | ||
| Antitrust and competition | 1 | 1 |
| Aviation | 1 | 1 |
| Banking and finance | 2 | 1 |
| Capital markets | 4 | 2 |
| Copyright | 1 | 0 |
| Corporate and M&A | 1 | 1 |
| Data protection and cybersecurity | 1 | 1 |
| Dispute resolution | 3 | 1 |
| Dispute resolution - Arbitration | 1 | 0 |
| Firm of the year | 3 | 2 |
| General business law | 1 | 0 |
| Healthcare and lifesciences | 1 | 0 |
| Intellectual property | 1 | 0 |
| Intellectual property - Patent | 3 | 1 |
| Intellectual property - Trademark enforcement and litigation | 1 | 0 |
| Intellectual property - Trademark prosecution | 1 | 0 |
| International trade and WTO | 1 | 0 |
| Labour and employment | 1 | 0 |
| Private equity | 1 | 0 |
| Real estate | 1 | 0 |
| Regulatory | 1 | 0 |
| Restructuring and insolvency | 1 | 1 |
| Technology, media, telecoms | 3 | 2 |
| White collar crime | 1 | 1 |
| Regional | ||
| Asia-Pacific firm of the year | 2 | 1 |
| Banking and finance | 1 | 0 |
| Corporate and M&A | 2 | 1 |
| Financial services regulatory | 1 | 0 |
| Firm of the year | 1 | 0 |
| Restructuring and insolvency | 1 | 0 |
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