IFLR is delighted to reveal the full list of finalists for the 2020 IFLR Middle East awards.
The winners for all the categories below, along with this year's rising stars, national law firms of the year and the lifetime achievement award, will be announced on October 14.
The law firms listed on each deal are based on preliminary research and written deal submissions. If your firm advised on one of these deals but is not listed, please contact james.wilson@legalmediagroup.com.
In these exceptional circumstances we are unable to host a physical awards ceremony this year but winners will be announced in a virtual presentation, with opportunities to further explore award-winning work in an awards publication and through our podcast series.
Please contact James Murray for further details about our virtual awards at: james.murray@euromoneyasia.com.
Congratulations to all those shortlisted.
DEALS OF THE YEAR
Debt and equity-linked
Arabian Centres HY sukuk
Clifford Chance
White & Case
GEMS Education HY
Al Tamimi & Company
Linklaters
Maples Group
Milbank
Walkers
White & Case
GFH Financial Group HY
Allen & Overy
Hassan Radhi & Associates
Simmons & Simmons
Walkers
Zu’bi & Partners
IsDB sustainable sukuk
Clifford Chance
Dentons
QIB Formosa
Al Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
Lee and Li
Linklaters
QIIB Tier 1 capital sukuk
Allen & Overy
Dentons
Maples Group
QNB SOFR issuance
Linklaters
Maples Group
Riyad Bank Tier 2
Allen & Overy
Khoshaim & Associates
Linklaters
Walkers
Zamakhchary & Co
Equity
Aman REIF REIT IPO
Trowers & Hamlins
Dr Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Services Group IPO
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Law Firm of Salah Al-Hejailan
Emirates NBD rights issue
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Matouk Bassiouny & Ibrahim
Fawry IPO
Zaki Hashem & Partners
Zulficar & Partners
Rameda Pharma IPO
Al Tamimi & Company Egypt
Clifford Chance
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Norton Rose Fulbright
Saudi Aramco IPO
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
Clifford Chance
Khoshaim & Associates
Latham & Watkins
Law Office of Megren M Al-Shaalan
Law Office of Salman M Al-Sudairi
White & Case
M&A
ADNOC - OCI JV
Matouk Bassiouny
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Brookfield Asset Management / Meraas retail assets
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Eni and OMV / ADNOC Refining
Ashurst
Cerha Hempel
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Linklaters
Schroeder
Shearman & Sterling
Gateway Fund / Tim Hortons
Al Tamimi & Company
King & Spalding
CVC Capital Partners-led consortium / GEMS MENASA
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Maples Group
Milbank
Mourant Ozannes
Walkers
Mediterrania Capital Partners-led consortium / MetaMed
Al Tamimi & Company
Carey Olsen
Covington & Burling
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
King & Spalding
Matouk Bassiouny
Walkers
Zaki Hashem & Partners
Zu'bi & Partners
OLX Group - Emerging Markets Property Group merger
Allen & Overy
CMS
Cornelius Lane & Mufti
Doulah & Doulah
Haidermota & Co
Maples Group
Slaughter and May
Walkers
Uber / Careem
Abousleiman & Partners
AF & R Shehadeh Law Firm
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
Al-Ansari & Associates
Al Tamimi & Company
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Bennani & Associés
Clifford Chance
Confluent Law
DLA Piper
Ferchiou & Associes
Haya Rashed Al Khalifa
Hajji & Associes
Herbert Smith Freehills
Khalifeh & Partners
Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli
Latham & Watkins
Maples Group
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Morrison & Foerster
Orr Dignam & Co
RIAA Barker Gillette
Sharq Law Firm
Slaughter and May
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Project finance
Dammam West Independent Sewage Treatment Plant
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Covington & Burling
Hatem Abbas Ghazzawi & Co
White & Case
Fujairah F3 power project
Afridi & Angell
Al Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
Herbert Smith Freehills
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case
Government of the Sultanate of Oman hospital PPP
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Baker McKenzie
White & Case
Ibri II photovoltaic (PV) solar independent power project (IPP)
Covington & Burling
Dentons
Maisan Power IPP
Confluent Law Group
JunHe
Milbank
Stephenson Harwood
Vinson & Elkins
Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) BOT
Dentons
Latham & Watkins
Reed Smith
White & Case
Taweelah Reverse Osmosis Independent Water Plant Project
Al Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
Hogan Lovells
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case
Restructuring
Amlak Finance
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Dubai Parks and Resorts
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gulf Marine Services
Afridi & Angell
Allen & Overy
Arias
Carey Olsen
Ramon Law
Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden)
Allen & Overy
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
White & Case
Domestic
AD Power - TAQA
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
White & Case
Abu Dhabi Financial Group / Shuaa Capital
Herbert Smith Freehills
Linklaters
DP World take private
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Dubai Islamic Bank / Noor Bank
Al Tamimi & Company
Government of Oman local sukuk
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Linklaters
Oman Arab Bank / Alizz Islamic Bank
Addleshaw Goddard
Dentons
Rakiza Master Fund
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Ashurst
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Saudi Aramco / Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
Clifford Chance
Khoshaim & Associates
Law Office of Megren M Al-Shaalan
White & Case
TEAMS OF THE YEAR
Debt and equity-linked
Al Tamimi & Company
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Linklaters
Milbank
Simmons & Simmons
White & Case
Equity
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Khoshaim & Associates
Latham & Watkins
Matouk Bassiouny
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case
M&A
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
Slaughter and May
White & Case
Project finance
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Covington & Burling
Dentons
Herbert Smith Freehills
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case
Restructuring
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
White & Case
INDIVIDUAL, FIRM AND IN-HOUSE AWARDS
Managing partner of the year
Faraj Ahnish - Hadef & Partners
Pervez Akhtar - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Mahmoud Bassiouny - Matouk Bassiouny
Scott Campbell - Linklaters
Andrew Johnston - Addleshaw Goddard
Ian Ingram-Johnson - Allen & Overy
Mohammed Al-Shukairy - Clifford Chance
IFLR Women in Business Law group award
Aamal Al-Abbasi - Newton Legal Group
Mhairi Main Garcia - Dentons
Foutoun Hajjar - Al Tamimi & Company
Justine Jones - HSBC
Judith Kim - Allen & Overy
Reem Al Sayegh - Linklaters
Pro bono firm of the year
Allen & Overy
Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Dentons
Squire Patton Boggs
White & Case
International law firm of the year
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
White & Case
In-house team of the year: investment banks
Citi
EFG Hermes
Emirates MBD
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
Standard Chartered Bank
In-house team of the year: corporate
ACWA Power
Emaar
GEMS Education
Investment and Development Office - Government of Ras Al Khaimah
Meraas
OQ
Saudi Aramco
Shuaa Capital
Islamic bank of the year
Al Rajhli Bank
Dubai Islamic Bank
Kuwait International Bank
Mashreqbank
Qatar International Investment Bank
Riyad Capital
Samba Financial Group
Warba Bank
NATIONAL LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR
Bahrain
Al Tamimi & Company
ASAR Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Hassan Radhi & Associates
Zu’bi & Partners
Egypt
Al Tamimi & Company
Helmy Hamza & Partners
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Sarie El Din & Partners
Shalakany Law Firm
Zaki Hashem & Partners
Zulficar & Partners
Iraq
Al Tamimi & Company
Confluent Law Group
Hannouche Associates
Jordan
Al Tamimi & Company
Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Khalifeh & Partners
Obeidat & Freihat
Safwan Moubaydeen in association with Dentons & Co
Kuwait
Al Tamimi & Company
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Dr Faisal Alfahad & Partners
International Counsel Bureau
Meysan Partners
Lebanon
Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
Abousleiman & Partners
Alem & Associates
Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Cortbaoui & Kanaan
Oman
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari in association with Addleshaw Goddard
Said Al Shahry & Partners
Trowers & Hamlins
Yaqdhan Al Busaidi Law Firm in association with Dentons
Qatar
Al-Ansari & Associates
Al Tamimi & Company in association with Advocate Mohammed Al Marri
Arab Law Bureau
Dentons
Eversheds Sutherland
Sharq Law Firm
Simmons & Simmons
Saudi Arabia
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
Hatem Abbas Ghazzawi & Co
Khoshaim & Associates
Law Firm of Salah Al-Hejailan
Law Office of Megren M Al-Shaalan
Law Office of Salman M Al-Sudairi
UAE
Afridi & Angell
Al Tamimi & Company
Hadef & Partners
Matouk Bassiouny & Ibrahim
Karm Legal Consultants
