On 5 August 2014, Asian Legal Business announced the shortlist of Hong Kong Law Awards 2014. With excellent professional capability and the top legal services, Guantao is shortlisted for "PRC Firm, Hong Kong Office of the Year" and "Equity Market Deal of the Year - Sinopec Engineering's IPO".
Guantao Law Firm (Hong Kong) is in association with Peter C. Wong, Chow & Chow, which covers various practice areas, including capital markets, corporate and M&A, foreign direct investment, intellectual property, China-appointed attestation service and international notary. Two other offices are also shortlisted for the “PRC Firm, Hong Kong Office of the Year", and they are: Jun He Law Firm Hong Kong Office and Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson in association with Zhonglun Law Firm.
Guantao is shortlisted for "Equity Market Deal of the Year" due to its outstanding performance in Sinopec Engineering's IPO in Hong Kong. It is the IPO of shares of the largest engineering and construction company in the world since 2013 and is also the IPO of the largest non-financial institution listed in HKSE since 2012. In addition, it is the first case introducing the concepts of “listed shares” and “unlisted shares” in an H share IPO. Guantao acted as the PRC legal counsel for the underwriters J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific), CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK), UBS AG (Hong Kong branch) and Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC, forming an elite team comprised of many senior partners and lawyers so as to provide the full legal services throughout the deal.
"ALB Hong Kong Law Awards" is a grand annual event in the domain of Asian legal services, which is also the widely-acknowledged award. Winners in all categories this year will be eventually announced at the annual award ceremony held in Hong Kong on 5 September 2014.