The 2004 China Law Awards was organized by Key Media International Ltd., the publisher of Asian Legal Business. Llinks was nominated in 9 categories among all the 24 categories (researchers contacted over 1000 in-house counsels and lawyers in practice to determine the finalists and only 3-6 law firms were nominated in each category): China Law Firm of the Year, Shanghai Law Firm of the Year, Employer of Choice, Banking Law Firm of the Year, Project Finance Law Firm of the Year, Mergers and Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year, Capital Markets Law Firm of the Year, Boutique Law Firm of the Year, Real Estate Law Firm of the Year and was the winner of Banking Law Firm of the Year.