The nominations for this year's IFLR Middle East awards have
been announced. For all the deal and team of the year
shortlists, please see below.
Please note, shortlists for IFLR's in-house teams of the
year will be announced online at a later date. The winners of
the national firms of the year and rising star law firm of the
year 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 Gemma
Varriale on gvarriale@euromoneyplc.com
The awards will be announced at the annual dinner on October
15 at the Burj Al-Arab in Dubai.
To reserve your table, please email Liam Sharkey at
lsharkey@iflr.com or call on +44 207 779 8384
DEALS OF THE YEAR
Debt and equity-linked
Al Hilal Bank tier 1 sukuk
Allen & Overy
Linklaters
Maples and Calder
Almarai sukuk
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Zeyad S Khoshaim Law Firm
Etisalat bond
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
GEMS corporate hybrid sukuk
Allen & Overy
Linklaters
Maples and Calder
Ooredoo airtime sukuk
Clifford Chance
Eversheds
Latham & Watkins
Maples and Calder
Saudi Telecom Company sukuk issuance
programme
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Zeyad S Khosaim Law Firm
Topaz Marine high yield bond
Latham & Watkins
Shearman & Sterling
Stibbe
Equity
Al Batinah power company and Al Suwadi power company
IPOs
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Arabian Cement IPO
Matouk Bassiouny
Norton Rose Fulbright
Emirates Reit IPO
Herbert Smith Freehills
K&L Gates
Gulf Marine Services IPO
Al Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Linklaters
White & Case
Marka IPO
Al Tamimi
Sembcorp IPO
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Dentons
Latham & Watkins
Trowers & Hamlins
M&A
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank acquisition of Barclays' UAE
retail banking assets
Al Tamimi & Company
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Disposal of interests in National Petroleum
Services
Al Tamimi & Company
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Haya Rashed Al Khalifa
Linklaters
Simmons & Simmons
Zu'bi & Partners
Samena Capital's acquisition of a stake in RAK
Ceramics
Allen & Overy
Dechert
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
UAE federal railway joint venture
Ashurst
Dentons
Warbus Pincus acquisition of Mercator
Allen & Overy
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Project finance
Az-Zour North IWPP
Allen & Overy
Al Tamimi & Company
ASAR – Al Ruwayeh &
Partners
Chadbourne & Parke
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Latham & Watkins
Emirates Steel Industries refinancing
Dentons
White & Case
Ras Abu Fontas seawater desalination
project
Arab Law Bureau
Eversheds
Norton Rose Fulbright
Simmons & Simmons
Saudi Aramco Cogeneration IPP
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Hatem Abbas Ghazzawi & Co
Herbert Smith Freehills
White & Case
Shuweihat 2 power project bond
Latham & Watkins
White & Case
Sohar Refinery Expansion
Al Busiady Mansoor Jamal & Co
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Trowers & Hamlins
Waad al-Shamal phosphate mine and petrochemical
project
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Restructuring
Dubai Group restructuring
Allen & Overy
Al Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Herbert Smith Freehills
Karatzas and Partners
Linklaters
Maples and Calder
Walkers
Dubai Holdings Investments Group
Clifford Chance
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Maples and Calder
Norton Rose Fulbright
Lamprell restructuring
Al Tamimi & Company
Ashurst
Clyde & Co
Linklaters
Walkers
The Investment Dar restructuring
Allen & Overy
Al Markaz Law Firm
ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Ogier
Tribonian Law Advisors
Zain restructuring
ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Domestic
Emirates Islamic Bank-NASDAQ Dubai Islamic financing
liquidity instrument
Clifford Chance
Maples and Calder
Empower district cooling acquisition of Palm
District Cooling
Al Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
Mesaieed Petrochemical IPO
Latham & Watkins
MetLife AIG-ANB Cooperative Insurance Company
IPO
Baker & McKenzie
Latham & Watkins
Sale of Barwa real estate assets
Al-Ansari & Associates
White & Case
TEAMS OF THE YEAR
Debt and equity-linked
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Equity
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Al Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
Matouk Bassiouny
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
M&A
Allen & Overy
Al Tamimi & Company
Ashurst
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Project finance
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
White & Case
Restructuring
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
MANAGING PARTNER OF THE YEAR
Robin Abraham, Clifford Chance
Husam Hourani, Al Tamimi & Company
Mansoor Jamal Malik, Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co0
Chadia El Meouchi, Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Simon Roderick, Allen & Overy
ISLAMIC BANK OF THE YEAR
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
Al Hilal Bank
Al Rajhi Bank
Dubai Islamic Bank
PRO BONO LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
Badri and Salim El Meouchi
Clifford Chance
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Linklaters
Reed Smith
Shalakany Law Office
Sharkawy & Sarhan
FEMALE LAWYER OF THE YEAR
Margaret Cole, White & Case
Natalie Boyd, K&L Gates
Clarissa Ogden, Allen & Overy
Debbie Walker, Clifford Chance
INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters