THE MACALLAN ALB @ Hong Kong LAW Awards

The year 2012 marks the 11^th year of the Asian Legal Business (ALB) Hong Kong Law Awards and is also simultaneously The Macallan’s ninth consecutive year of participation and involvement with the programme. It is a highly reputed event around the region and now runs in six countries including China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Japan and a new addition being the Middle East.  Regarded as one of the top-tier awards within the legal industry, The Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards celebrates the excellence and outstanding achievements of Hong Kong’s leading law firms and in-house legal teams. It requires absolute diligence, principle and professionalism to win this coveted award – all of the prerequisites The Macallan has been abiding by for over a hundred years.

Over the years, this event recognises the very best law firms and legal work in Hong Kong and has become a much anticipated occasion in the Hong Kong legal calendar. Each year the Award was attended by the crème de la crème in the market for an exciting evening of networking and recognition. Winners of the eleventh annual The Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2012 were announced recently in Hong Kong. This year, winners in a total of 37 categories accepted their awards on stage and celebrated with around 450 of Hong Kong's most influential solicitors, in-house counsel, investment bankers, judiciary, CEOs as well as Guest of Honour, Mr Gordon Jones, HKSI Hon Fellow, Former Registrar of Companies.

The Awards’ 37 categories feature some new additions this year, including the In-House Team of the Year and the Corporate Citizen and CSR Law Firm of the Year. The highlighted ones that are sponsored by Macallan are The Macallan Fine Oak Single Malt Scotch Whisky Award HK In-house Lawyer of the Year and The Macallan Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Award HK Law Firm of the Year. The Macallan Fine Oak Single Malt Scotch Whisky Award Hong Kong In-House Lawyer of the Year: WINNER, Alibaba Group – Tim Steinert. The Macallan Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Award Hong Kong Law Firm of the Year: WINNER, Linklaters.