Awards articles

  • 2010

    All the nominations

    February, 2010 IFLR's list of the best deals and teams for legal innovation in 2009. But which will win?


  • Asia Bankers' Counsel Poll 2010

    February, 2010 Asia's bankers' counsel are unhappy with the standard of diligence on IPOs. There must be public filings, litigation or greater regulation, or this could cause the next crisis


  • 2009

    Middle East awards: winning firms in full

    October, 2009 All the winning deals, teams and national firms from last night's IFLR Middle East awards


  • Asian Corporate Counsel Poll 2009

    September, 2009 Politicised enforcement and inconsistency is frightening corporate counsel. That and Satyam


  • Bankers' Counsel Poll 2009

    June, 2009 Bankers' counsel believe a single global regulator is both undesirable and impossible. They also think that the FSA has been the UK's biggest asset and that a return to Glass-Steagall would be a bad move. By Elizabeth Fournier


  • Americas teams of the year

    May, 2009 Weil Gotshal & Manges led the field at the IFLR awards at the Waldorf Astoria last month


  • Americas deals of the year

    May, 2009 A report of all the winners including firms working on Panama Canal, CIFG and CIBC


  • Deals of the year

    April, 2009 Including the best work in debt and equity-linked, structured finance and M&A


  • The best teams from 2008

    April, 2009 National winners and a new award for most innovative US firm in Europe


  • The alternative awards

    April, 2009 Firms deserve awards for things other than legal innovation. Here IFLR rewards the firms, communications teams and individuals that made everything a little more pleasant


  • The most innovative deals

    April, 2009 Including pioneering advice in equity, restructuring and private equity


  • Teams of the year

    April, 2009 International teams of the year as well as all the national winners


  • Americas award winners: full list

    March, 2009 All the winners from the IFLR Americas awards 2009


  • Europe award winners: full list

    March, 2009 All the winners from the 2009 IFLR Europe awards


  • Europe awards: National winners

    March, 2009 The national winners from the 2009 IFLR Europe awards


  • Asia award winners: full list

    March, 2009 All the winners from the 2009 IFLR Asia awards


  • Asia awards: National winners

    March, 2009 The national winners from the 2009 IFLR Asia awards


  • Are you up for a trophy?

    March, 2009 The shortlisted deals and teams of the year in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Look out for two new categories for innovative US firms


  • US awards shortlist

    February, 2009 All the nominations for the IFLR US awards


  • Europe awards shortlist

    February, 2009 The nominations for every award at this year's IFLR Europe awards


  • Asia Awards shortlist

    February, 2009 The deals and firms up for winning this year's IFLR awards in Asia


  • 2008

    “The legal event”

    November, 2008 Linklaters wins big at the biggest Middle East awards event ever


  • Middle East awards: Shortlist revealed

    October, 2008 The nominated deals and teams for 2008, including a new corporate counsel award


  • Asia Corporate Counsel Poll 2008

    August, 2008 Hedge funds in Asia are waiting to swoop on companies struggling with new legislation


  • Corporate Counsel Poll 2008

    July, 2008 The landmark survey of European companies finds a new attitude to alternative investors


  • Bankers' Counsel Poll 2008

    June, 2008 In-house counsel give their honest opinions on fair value, Sox, ratings agencies and the future of CDOs


  • The winners from New York

    May, 2008 Plus national and in-house team awards


  • Americas deals of the year

    May, 2008


  • Americas teams of the year

    May, 2008


  • Shearman & Sterling: Americas law firm of the year

    April, 2008 Last night, Shearman & Sterling won law firm of the year at the IFLR Americas awards at the Waldorf Astoria in New York


  • Asia deals of the year

    April, 2008 All the regular categories, plus the first private equity deal of the year


  • Asia teams of the year

    April, 2008 Including winners for the regional, China practice and pro-bono awards


  • Europe deals of the year

    April, 2008 How Linklaters justified its international firm of the year award


  • Europe teams of the year

    April, 2008 Including all 23 national winners


  • Rewards for the process

    April, 2008 IFLR tips its hat to muffins, jelly beans and cufflinks shaped like insects


  • Linklaters is the European law firm of the year

    March, 2008 Linklaters won international law firm of the year at last night's IFLR European awards at the Dorchester in London


  • Full Asia awards winners 2008

    March, 2008


  • JSM is regional and Hong Kong firm of the year 2008

    March, 2008 JSM (now known as Mayer Brown JSM in Asia), one of Asia's oldest and largest law firms, won IFLR's regional and Hong Kong firm of the year awards for 2008.


  • Bonn Schmitt Steichen is Luxembourg winner

    March, 2008 Luxembourg law firm Bonn Schmitt Steichen won the IFLR national team of the year award for its country last night


  • IFLR Awards shortlists 2008

    February, 2008


  • 2007

    Asian Bankers' Counsel Poll 2007

    November, 2007 Disparate markets, uneducated investors and accelerating innovation. In-house counsel voice their concerns, anonymously


  • Middle East awards

    November, 2007 The biggest awards dinner yet


  • Middle East Awards

    October, 2007 Announcing the shorlisted deals and teams of the year


  • Night at the museum

    April, 2007 In March a record number of lawyers from around the world were rewarded as part of IFLR's annual awards celebrations. Read all about all the winners in Europe, the Americas and Asia


  • Europe

    April, 2007 Freshfields sets record; Cadwalader wins structured finance; M&A trophy goes to Skadden


  • Americas

    April, 2007


  • Asia

    April, 2007


  • Americas awards winners 2007

    March, 2007 The Americas awards winners are now live.


  • European awards winners 2007

    March, 2007 The European awards winners are now live.


  • Asian awards winners 2007

    March, 2007 The Asian award winners are now live.


  • 2006

    IFLR's first Middle East awards

    August, 2006 The shortlists for the IFLR Middle East awards, to be held in Dubai on September 5. Read on for deals of the year, teams of the year and national winners.


  • IFLR Annual Awards

    March, 2006 Clifford Chance, Linklaters, and Shearman & Sterling lead winners


  • IFLR Annual Awards: recognizing outstanding deals and law firms across the globe

    February, 2006 IFLR is pleased to announce the short-listed deals and law firms for the Asia, Americas and European awards. Presentations will be made at the annual IFLR Awards Dinners in London, New York and Hong Kong in March.


  • Asian awards nominations 2006

    February, 2006 IFLR is pleased to announce the short-listed deals and law firms for the Asian awards. Awards presentations will be made at the annual IFLR Awards Dinner on March 15 at the Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong.


  • European awards nominations 2006

    February, 2006 IFLR is pleased to announce the short-listed deals and law firms for the European Awards. Presentations will be made to the winners at the annual IFLR Awards Dinner to be held at The Dorchester, Park Lane, London on the evening of March 22.


  • Americas awards nominations 2006

    February, 2006 IFLR is pleased to announce the short-listed deals and law firms for the Americas Awards. Presentations will be made to the winners at the IFLR Awards Dinner to be held at the New York Palace Hotel, 50th Street and Madison Avenue, New York, on the evening of March 16.


  • 2005

    European awards nominations 2005

    March, 2005 IFLR is pleased to announce the short-listed deals and law firms for the magazine's sixth annual European awards


  • Asian awards nominations 2005

    March, 2005 IFLR is please to announce the short listed deals and law firms for the eighth Asian awards, as well as the winners of the National Law Firms of the Year


  • European awards nominations 2005

    February, 2005 IFLR is pleased to announce the short-listed deals and law firms for the magazine's sixth annual European awards


  • Asian awards nominations 2005

    February, 2005 IFLR is please to announce the short listed deals and law firms for the eighth Asian awards, as well as the winners of the National Law Firms of the Year


  • 2004

    March, 2004 IFLR is pleased to announce the nominated deals and law firms for its annual awards, reflecting legal innovation across all areas of corporate finance. European winners will be announced at our ceremony at The Dorchester Hotel, London, on March 25. Asian winners will be announced at our ceremony at The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong.


  • IFLR European Awards 2003

    March, 2004


  • IFLR Asian Awards 2003

    March, 2004


  • February, 2004 IFLR is pleased to announce the nominated deals and law firms for its annual awards, reflecting legal innovation across all areas of corporate finance. European winners will be announced at our ceremony at The Dorchester Hotel, London, on March 25. Asian winners will be announced at our ceremony at The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong.


  • IFLR European Awards 2003

    February, 2004


  • IFLR Asian Awards 2003

    February, 2004


  • 2003

    The IFLR European Awards 2003

    April, 2003 The Dorchester Hotel, London, March 25


  • Keynote address: SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins

    April, 2003 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: goals, content and status of implementation


  • The IFLR Asian Awards 2003

    April, 2003 The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong, February 27


  • Freshfields wins eight awards at IFLR dinner

    March, 2003 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer won eight awards, including IFLR European Law Firm of the Year, at International Financial Law Review's awards dinner last night. The UK firm clinched the overall award for its work in capital markets, M&A, project finance and restructuring during 2002.


  • IFLR Asian Legal Deals of the Year 2002

    February, 2003 IFLR is pleased to announce the nominated deals and law firms for the Asian Legal Deals of the Year 2002, reflecting legal innovation in the region across all areas of corporate finance. Winners will be announced at our ceremony in Hong Kong on February 27


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Simon Dodds, general counsel at Deutsche Bank, on forcing derivatives through central counterparties

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