Europe awards 2012: shortlist revealed

Author: IFLR Correspondent | Published: 18 Jan 2012
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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. Please note, there is no shortlist for National law firm of the year award winners. Those will be announced on the night.

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 iflreditorial1@iflr.com

The awards ceremony will take place on March 22 at the Dorchester in London.

To reserve your table please email Melanie Petch at mpetch@euromoneyplc.com

Or +44 207 779 8836

DEALS

Debt and equity-linked deal of the year

Air liquide dim sum bonds
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters

BP renminbi
Allen & Overy
Simmons & Simmons

Commerzbank CoMen
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Hengeler Mueller
Hogan Lovells
Gleiss Lutz
Sullivan & Cromwell

Credit Suisse Cocos
Allen & Overy 
Carey Olsen
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Homburger
Linklaters 

Export-Import Bank of Ukraine 
Clifford Chance
Magisters 
Sayenko Kharenko
White & Case

Sekerbank asset-guaranteed bond
Norton Rose
Verdi ve Yazici Avukatlik Ortakligi
White & Case

Equity deal of the year


Evraz redomiciles to UK 
Elvinger Hoss & Prussen
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Linklaters

Glencore IPO 
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Mourant Ozannes
Pestalozzi

NKBM: Landmark Slovenian rights offering
Baker & McKenzie
Jadek & Pensa
White & Case

Polymetal IPO 
Carey Olsen
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Grata law firm
Latham & Watkins
Liniya Prava
Mouaimis & Mouaimis

PUMA’s conversion from a German stock corporation into a European SE
 
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
DLA Piper
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
L Papahilippou & Co
M & P Bernitsas
Mamo TCV Advocates
P+P Pollath + Partners
Roschier
Soffal
Studio Legale Tributario & Societario
Uria Menendez
Wolf Theiss

Vallares IPO

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Mourant Ozannes

High yield deal of the year

Jaguar Land Rover
Hogan Lovells
Shearman & Sterling
Sullivan & Cromwell

Kabel BW Group
Allen & Overy
Bonn Schmitt
Clifford Chance
Cravath Swaine & Moore
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Hengeler Mueller
Ropes & Gray
Shearman & Sterling

Kion
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Labco
Bredin Prat
Cravath Swaine & Moore
Shearman & Sterling

Odeon
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Simpson Thacher

Priory
Latham & Watkins
Shearman Sterling
White & Case

M&A deal of the year

Alphabank/Eurobank
Linklaters
Karamanolis & Associates
Koutalidis law firm
Sayenko Kharenko
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Colfax/Charter

Carey Olsen
Mourant Ozannes
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Slaughter and May 
White & Case

Northumbrian water takeover
Ashurst 
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hogan Lovells
Mills & Reeve

Johnson & Johnson/Crucell
Allen & Overy
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
NautaDutilh

SSI - Teesside Cast Products (Tata) 
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Pinsent Masons
Salans 
Shearman & Sterling

Private equity deal of the year

JC Flowers/Compagnie Européenne de Prévoyance
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Moncler/Eurazeo
Bonelli Erede Pappalardo
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters

Spie Group buyout
Clifford Chance
Debevoise & Plimpton
Frieh Bouhéni
Latham & Watkins
Scotto & Associés
Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Vision Capital/Bormioli
Bonelli Erde Pappalardo
Bredin Prat
Pavesi Gitti Verzoni
Ropes & Gray
Uria Menendez

Yoplait/General Mills
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Project finance deal of the year

Eco-tax project
Clifford Chance
De Pardieu Brocas Maffei & Associates
White & Case
Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Nord Stream pipeline: Phase II
Clifford Chance
White & Case

RusVinyl PVC plant
Linklaters
White & Case

Saint Petersburg “Airport City” project
Binder Grosswang
Camilleri Preziosi
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper

Tours-Bordeaux high speed railway link 
Allen & Overy
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Paul Hastings
White & Case
Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Yeni Elektrik merchant power plant
Chiomenti Studio Legale
Clifford Chance
Pekin & Pekin
White & Case

Restructuring deal of the year

Ciech Group 
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Weil Gotshal & Manges

Dinosol 
Allen & Overy 
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Garrigues
Linklaters

KCA Deutag
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer
Linklaters
Ropes & Gray
SNR Denton

Project Helios
Linklaters
Karatzas & Partners
Kirkland & Ellis
Koutalidis Law Firm

Regent property SNC of Regent’s restructuring
Bonelli Erede Pappalardo
Clifford Chance
Elvinger Hoss & Prussen

Rodenstock
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Kirkland & Ellis

Structured finance and securitisation

Alcoa receivables securitisation
Orrick Rambaud Martel

Bilkreditt 1
A&L Goodbody
BAHR
Mayer Brown
Simonsen

Deco CMBS
Allen & Overy
Paul Hastings

Headingley RMBS 2011-1
Clifford Chance
Gilbert & Tobin
Malleson Stephen Jacques
Shepherd and Wedderburn
Sidley Austin

Volkswagen Driver España One
Baker & McKenzie

TEAMS

Debt and equity-linked team of the year
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Simmons & Simmons
White & Case

Equity team of the year
Baker & Mackenzie
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

High yield team of the year
Cravath Swaine & Moore
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Shearman & Sterling
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

M&A team of the year
Allen & Overy
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Private equity team of the year
Clifford Chance
Bonelli Erede Pappalardo
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Project finance team of the year

Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Herbert Smith
Linklaters
White & Case

Restructuring team of the year
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Kirkland &Ellis
Linklaters

Securitisation and structured finance team of the year
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Mayer Brown
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

US law firm in Europe
Latham & Watkins
Mayer Brown
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
White & Case
Willkie Farr & Gallagher

In-house debt team of the year
Barcap
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
HSBC
JP Morgan
Standard Chartered

In-house equity team of the year
Citigroup
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
HSBC
Morgan Stanley

International law firms of the year
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

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