The 2005 China Law Awards was organized by Key Media International Ltd., the publisher of Asian Legal Business. Llinks was nominated in 8 categories (researchers contacted over 1000 in-house counsels and lawyers in practice to determine the finalists and only 3-7 law firms were nominated in each category): China Law Firm of the Year, Shanghai Law Firm of the Year, Banking Law Firm of the Year, Capital Markets Law Firm of the Year, Joint Venture Law Firm of the Year, Mergers and Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year, Project Finance Law Firm of the Year, Tax & Trusts Law Firm of the Year, and was the winner of Banking Law Firm of the Year.