ALB Law Awards is a annual industry award recognizing excellence in Legal. Organized by Asian Legal Business (Thomson Reuters), it covers the Asia Pacific region. Established in 2002.
The ALB Law Awards are run by Asian Legal Business, the Thomson Reuters-owned legal publication, and have grown into the region's most extensive law-awards circuit since the first Hong Kong edition in 2002 — the 2026 Hong Kong awards marked the programme's 25th anniversary. Separate annual editions cover Hong Kong, China (national and regional), Japan, Korea, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, plus the Pan Asian Regulatory Awards, each honouring both private practitioners and in-house counsel.
Each edition presents categories for law firms, practice teams, deals and in-house legal departments, with finalists announced ahead of a gala dinner in the host city — Hong Kong 2026, for example, was held on 11 September. For firms and legal teams building an Asia-Pacific profile, an ALB award is among the most recognised regional credentials, backed by ALB's editorial reach and the Thomson Reuters brand, and it is common shorthand in regional legal marketing.
Nominations are made through a secure online form on legalbusinessonline.com and self-nominations are accepted; queries go to albawards@thomsonreuters.com. Because each country edition runs its own cycle, watch the ALB Law Awards hub for the open call in your market — submission windows typically close a few months before each ceremony. Strong submissions focus on concrete matters and deals from the review period with quantifiable outcomes, since ALB's editorial and research team assesses nominations before finalists are named.