It feels almost surreal to say out loud that we hosted our ninth Asia Legal Awards, 2022 at the Island Shangri-La in Hong Kong last week. It was our first in-person ceremony in over two years and it was the first major event in quite a while where I had the honor of playing host and emcee.

The event went well if I do say so myself—in part because we were finally able to gather as a group of industry players—over 100 attendees in Hong Kong, where no more than 120 are permitted in one place. It was great to see all the lawyers let their guard down and go home fairly happy. Who would have thought that possible? (I am joking, of course.)