The nominations for this years 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
urić 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
Private equity team
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Lovells
Shearman & Sterling
Restructuring team
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Lovells
Project finance team
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Simmons & Simmons
European law firm of the year
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Lovells
Most innovative US firm in Europe
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Latham & Watkins
Shearman & Sterling
Sullivan & Cromwell