Davis Polk receives 23 nominations at the 2026 ALB Hong Kong Law Awards

Davis Polk received 23 nominations for Asian Legal Business’ 2026 Hong Kong Law Awards. The awards recognize the outstanding performance of private practitioners and in-house teams in the region. In addition to multiple nominations for firm awards, several deals on which Davis Polk advised were named “Deal of the Year” finalists in their respective categories.

The firm and its lawyers are shortlisted in the following categories:

• Dealmaker of the Year – Li He
• Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year – Martin Rogers
• Woman Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm) – Miranda So
• Young Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm) – Kevin Zhang
• Civil Litigation Law Firm of the Year
• Deal Firm of the Year
• Fintech Law Firm of the Year
• Regulation and Investigation Law Firm of the Year
• Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year
• M&A Deal of the Year – ANE privatisation and delisting
• M&A Deal of the Year – Geely Automobile’s take-private of Zeekr Intelligent Technology
• M&A Deal of the Year – Tencent Music Entertainment’s acquisition of Ximalaya 
• Debt Market Deal of the Year – AIA Group global medium-term debt programme update and drawdown
• Debt Market Deal of the Year – Baidu senior unsecured notes offering
• Debt Market Deal of the Year – JD.com senior unsecured notes offering 
• Debt Market Deal of the Year – Meituan dual-currency offshore senior notes offering
• Equity Market Deal of the Year – Biren Technology Hong Kong IPO 
• Equity Market Deal of the Year – MiniMax Hong Kong IPO
• Equity Market Deal of the Year – Montage Technology Hong Kong IPO
• Equity Market Deal of the Year – Pony AI dual primary listing
• Equity Market Deal of the Year – Seres Group Hong Kong IPO
• Equity Market Deal of the Year – Seyond de-SPAC listing with TechStar Acquisition Corporation
• Equity Market Deal of the Year – Shanghai Xizhi Technology / Lightelligence Hong Kong IPO

The winners will be announced on September 11, 2026, in Hong Kong.