Europe awards 2010: shortlist revealed

NEWS ANALYSIS - January 26, 2010

The nominations for this year’s IFLR Europe awards have been announced. Here are the deal and team of the year shortlists

The nominations for this year’s IFLR Europe awards have been announced. For all the deal and team of the year shortlists, please see below.

The law firms listed on each deal are based on preliminary research and submissions. If your firm advised on one of these deals but we do not have you listed, please email Elizabeth Fournier at efournier@iflr.com

The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday March 18 in London.

To reserve your table please email Claudia Tan on ctan@legalmediagroup.com or +44 20 7779 8637

DEBT AND EQUITY-LINKED DEAL OF THE YEAR

BPCE exchange offer
Allen & Overy
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Lloyds ECNs
Allen & Overy
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Maclay Murray Spens

EDF retail offering
Clifford Chance
Lovells

Eurus II catastrophe bonds
Appleby
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Lovells
Maples & Calder
Sidley Austin

Club Med ORANE issue
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
Shearman & Sterling

Wind Telecoms high yield
Allen & Overy
Dewey & LeBoeuf
Karatzas & Partners
Koutalidis Law Office
Latham & Watkins
NautaDutilh
White & Case

SECURITISATION AND STRUCTURED FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR

Yorkshire Water
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Maples & Calder
Mourants
Norton Rose

Source ETC programme
Linklaters
Maples & Calder

BNP covered bonds
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance

UBS covered bond programme
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Homburger
Walder Wyss & Partners

EQUITY DEAL OF THE YEAR

Atrium
Appleby
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Stibbe

Globaltrans
Chrysses Demetriades
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Georgiades & Pelides
Herbert Smith

Heidelberg Cement
Allen & Overy
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gleiss Lutz
Görg
HengelerMueller
Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz

HSBC rights issue
Allens Arthur Robinson
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Freehills
Linklaters
Norton Rose
Shearman & Sterling

Lloyds rights issue
Allen & Overy
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Maclay Murray & Spens

M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR

RWE/Essent
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hengeler Mueller
Norton Rose
Simmons & Simmons
White & Case

Emerald/Sinochem
Dickinson Cruickshank
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Memery Crystal
Sarkis & Associates
Simcocks Advocates
Rodrigo Elias & Medrano

Partner Re/Paris Re
Cleary Gottlieb
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Homburger
Lenz & Staehelin
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Sullivan & Cromwell

Qatar/VW
Allen & Overy
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hengeler Mueller
Shearman & Sterling

Jennington/KazakhGold
Aequitas
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Debevoise & Plimpton
Mourant du Feu & Jeune
Withers

Blackrock/Barclays Global Investors
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Blake Cassels
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Mallesons Stephen Jacques
Minter Ellison
Osler Hoskin
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell
William Fry
Willkie Farr & Gallagher

PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL OF THE YEAR

CVC/Anheuser Busch
Bojovic Dasic Kojovic
Boyanov
Clifford Chance
Djingov Gouginski Kyutcukovz Velichkov
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Kambourov & Partners
Karanovic & Nikolic
Kinstellar
Lakatos Koves
Linklaters
Oppenheim
Peli Filip
Porobija & Porobija
PRK Partners
Savoric & Partners
Žurić i Partneri

Apollo/Infineon
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Oaktree/Countrywide
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Slaughter and May
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Walkers

Permira/NDS
Allen & Overy
Cleary Gottlieb
Clifford Chance
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
Hogan & Hartson
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Travers Smith
Weil Gotshal & Manges

Brawn/Honda
Lovells
Shearman & Sterling
Taylor Wessing

Arcus/Babcock & Brown
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Lovells
PLMJ

MidEuropa/Invitel
Baker & McKenzie
Lette
Linklaters
Ogier
Plesner
Norton Rose
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Shearman & Sterling
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case

RESTRUCTURING DEAL OF THE YEAR

Glitnir
Bingham McCutchen
Allen & Overy
Morrison & Foerster
Lovells
Logos Legal Services
Landslog Law Offices

Honsel
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gleiss Lutz
Jones Day
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Loyens & Loeff
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Slaughter & May
Sullivan & Cromwell

IMO Car Wash
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Latham & Watkins
Lovells
NautaDutilh

McCarthy & Stone
Allen & Overy
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters

Rolf Group
Antis Triantafyllides & Sons
Arthur Cox
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Rolf Group
Magisters Kazakh

Schoeller Arca Systems
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Latham & Watkins
Nauta Dutilh
Shearman & Sterling
Van Doorne

Thomson
Bingham McCutchen
Davis Polk & Wardwell
DePardieu Brocas Maffei
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Sonier et Associés

Yell
Cravath Swaine & Moore
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith

PROJECT FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR

New Dawn
Appleby
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Macfarlanes
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

A2 motorway
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Eversheds
Squire Sanders and Dempsey

A5 motorway PPP
Clifford Chance
Freshfields
Simmons & Simmons
DLA Piper

Iberwind
Linklaters
Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados

TEAMS OF THE YEAR

Debt & equity-linked team
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Lovells

Securitisation and structured finance team
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Linklaters

Equity team
Allen & Overy
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters

M&A team
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hengeler Mueller
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
Sullivan & Cromwell