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Harneys wins Offshore Law Firm of the Year 2025 at ALB China Law Awards

20 May 2025
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Harneys has won Offshore Law Firm of the Year at the Asian Legal Business China Awards 2025 for the third consecutive year. In addition, the firm picked up the Equity Market Deal of the Year Award for its involvement in SF Holding's Hong Kong Initial Public Offering and listing. The results were announced at an awards ceremony on 15 May at the Park Hyatt Beijing, in China, attended by Partners Calamus Huang and Jessie Xu, as well as Counsels Vivian Ma and Lily Zhang.

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SF Holding’s Hong Kong Initial Public Offering and Listing (Led by Raymond Ng) – Harneys acted as British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands legal counsel to SF Holding, Asia’s leading logistics provider, in its groundbreaking global offering and listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The listing raised approximately HK$5.83 billion (US$749 million), solidifying its position as the second-largest IPO in Hong Kong in 2024.

The firm was also shortlisted for Private Equity Law Firm of the Year – International, and for two Deal of the Year awards for its involvement in the China Aoyuan Group offshore debt restructuring (led by Chai Ridgers and Paul Sephton) and China Resources Beverage’s Initial Public Offering (led by Jessie Xu).

Shanghai Managing Partner Vicky Lord commented: “We are delighted to have been honoured with these prestigious awards. We would like to thank our clients and colleagues for recognising us and for their continued trust and support. We see these awards as a motivation for us to continue to excel in providing responsive, efficient, and innovative legal services to all our clients.”

Over the past year, the firm has also won Offshore Law Firm of the Year and 11 Deal of the Year Awards from China Business Law Journal, confirming Harneys' industry-leading expertise in navigating complex legal environments.

The ALB China Law Awards pay tribute to the outstanding performance of private practitioners and in-house teams in China.

The Harneys network is one of the largest among offshore law firms in Asia, and operates in Mainland China under Aristodemou Loizides Yiolitis LLC, Shanghai Representative Office, a member of the Harneys Group. Harneys is the first offshore law firm with a full-service legal team on the ground in China with an experienced Dispute Resolution team that focusses on offshore litigation, insolvency, and asset recovery; as well as a leading Corporate team who advises on all aspects of capital raising and investment management.

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Vicky Lord
Partner | Dispute Resolution | Shanghai