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Simpson Thacher won two awards at the Asian Legal Business China Law Awards ceremony held in Shanghai, China on April 25, 2008. The Firm was honored with two awards: "The China Deal of the Year" and "IT/Telecom Deal of the Year" for its representation of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank as international underwriters in connection with the Hong Kong initial public offering and Rule 144A / Regulation S offering of 972,579,000 ordinary shares of Alibaba.com Limited ("Alibaba") by Alibaba and its parent company, Alibaba.com Corporation ("Alibaba Group"), as selling shareholder. To read more about the deal, please click here.

The 2008 ALB China Law Awards recognizes the excellence of China's leading law firms as well as the top deals and dealmakers of 2007. Organized annually by the Asia-Pacific Magazine for legal professionals, the ALB Law Awards recognizes and promotes outstanding professional achievement and some of the best legal work of the year throughout China.

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