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Simpson Thacher has been named “In-House Community Firm of the Year 2015” in the category of China Capital Markets by the Asian-Mena Counsel, based on the publication’s 2015 annual survey among in-house counsel. The Firm also received an honorable mention in the category of Alternative Investment Funds (including private equity) in Korea.

In separate legal awards sponsored by China Law & Practice, Simpson Thacher was recognized as “Private Equity Team of the Year” and for two “Deals of the Year” awards. The Firm was recognized in connection with the “Real Estate & Construction Deal of the Year” for its representation of Blackstone Real Estate Partners in the formation of its joint venture with Vanke, one of China’s largest real estate developers, to invest in logistics properties in China, and “Equity Deal of the Year” for its representation of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) in connection with its US$25 billion initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. The Firm was also named “Private Equity Team of the Year” by the IFLR Asia Awards in both 2014 and 2015.

The Alibaba IPO was the largest IPO ever conducted and Alibaba represented the largest market-cap company ever at the time of IPO. The transaction has swept the equity or deal category of all legal awards in China, Hong Kong and Asia, including the Asia Legal Awards 2015 by The Asian Lawyer, IFLR Asia Awards 2015, ALB China Law Awards 2015, and “Deal of the Year” by Asian-Mena Counsel and China Business Law Journal in 2014. The latest honor for the Alibaba IPO was “Equity Market Deal of the Year” by the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2015. In the same award, the Firm also won “Debt Market Deal of the Year” and “Deal of the Year” for its representation of Alibaba Group in connection with its debut offering of US$8 billion senior unsecured notes.