IFLR is delighted to reveal the full list of nominees for the 2022 Middle East Awards.
The winners for all the categories shortlisted below will be announced on October 12 in Dubai at the Mandarin Oriental, along with this year’s rising star and market maker awards, and the recipients of the net-zero transition and tech innovation awards. At the ceremony we will also reveal the Lifetime Achievement award winner.
The law firms listed on each deal are based on preliminary research. If your firm advised on one of the deals but is not listed, please contact Sophie Astles.
We will be announcing the winners of this year’s awards at a live ceremony, sponsored by Maples Group, in Dubai on Wednesday, October 12 2022.
To book your place at the Awards Ceremony, or to find out more about commercial opportunities, please contact Emily Kyriacou.
Congratulations to all those shortlisted!
DEALS OF THE YEAR
Debt and equity-linked
Al Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation trust certificates
Allen & Overy
Khoshaim & Associates
Maples Group
White & Case
Capital Bank of Jordan AT1 issuance
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Obeidat Tarawneh & Kurd
Simmons & Simmons
Federal Government of the UAE debut bond
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Federal Government of the UAE T-bond programme
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Infracorp sukuk
Allen & Overy
Hassan Radhi & Associates
Walkers
MAF Global Securities hybrid green bond
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Maples Group
Pure Harvest Smart Farms Sukuk
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Walkers
Riyad Bank AT1 certificates
Allen & Overy
Khoshaim & Associates
Maples Group
Simmons & Simmons
The Law Office of Mohamed Al-Sharif in association with Johnson & Pump
Domestic
Abu Dhabi Ports direct listing
Allen & Overy
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hadef & Partners
Bedaya Mortgage Finance Co ABS
Dreny & Partners
Etihad sustainability-linked loan
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Government of Saudi Arabia / Saudi Power Procurement Company
King & Spalding
Linklaters
IHG / Elegancia Group
Al Tamimi & Company
Sharq Law Firm
White & Case
Masraf Al Rayan – Al Khaliji Commercial Bank merger
Clifford Chance
K&L Gates
Maples Group
Spitz Poulle Kannan
Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners
Saudi Investment Bank rights issue
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm in cooperation with Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance
SNBC Sukuk certificate issuance
White & Case
Equity
ACWA Power IPO
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm in cooperation with Clifford Chance
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Legal Advisers Abdulaziz I Al-Ajlan & Partners in association with Baker & McKenzie
ADC Acquisition Corporation SPAC
Allen & Overy
Borouge IPO
Allen & Overy
Al Tamimi & Company
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
DEWA IPO
Clifford Chance
Ibrahim & Partners
White & Case
Fertiglobe IPO
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Hadef & Partners
Ibrahim & Partners
Shearman & Sterling
Saudi Tadawul Group IPO
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm in cooperation with Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance
Legal Advisers Abdulaziz I Al-Ajlan & Partners in association with Baker & McKenzie
Baker McKenzie
Saudi Telecom Company secondary public offering
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm in cooperation with Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Law Office of Salman M Al-Sudairi in cooperation with Latham & Watkins
White & Case
Yahsat IPO
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Loan
Egypt Ministry of Finance sustainable financing
Baker McKenzie
Dentons
Majid Al Futtaim Holding RCF
Allen & Overy
Norton Rose Fulbright
National Bank of Fujairah and Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation LBO financing
Arias B & Associates
Clark Atcheson & Reisert
Clyde & Co
Haridass Ho & Partners
Ibrahim & Partners
Regal Chambers
Ridpath Law
Stephenson Harwood
Stowe & Co
Virtus Law
Nogaholding ESG-linked facility
Linklaters
Newton Legal Group
Norton Rose Fulbright
Saudi Aramco RCF
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm in cooperation with Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance
The Law Office of Megren M. Al-Shaalan in cooperation with White & Case
White & Case
Yahsat term loan
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
ZMI Group Financing
Linklaters
White & Case
M&A
Azentio Software / Path Solutions
Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co.
ASAR Al Ruwayeh & Partners
AZB Partners
Baker McKenzie
Bener Law Office
Boutros Ziadé & Associates
Ince & Co
Kirkland & Ellis
RIAA Barker Gilette
Tribonian Law Advisors in Association with Rindala Beydoun Legal Consultancy
Zaki Hashem & Partners
Alpek / Octal
Addleshaw Goddard
Al Tamimi & Company
AMJ - Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Carey Olsen
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
BlackRock Real Assets and Hassana / Saudi Aramco gas pipeline network
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm in cooperation with Clifford Chance
Allen & Overy
Al Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Slaughter and May
White & Case
Brookfield / Magnati
Al Tamimi & Company
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hadef & Partners
China Three Gorges consortium / Alcazar Energy
Allen & Overy
Bracewell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Khalifeh & Partners
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Sharkawy & Sarhan
DSV Panalpina / Agility’s Global Integrated Logistics Business
Al Tamimi & Company
Al-Hossam Legal
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Gorrissen Federspiel
Latham & Watkins
Meysan Partners
Moalem Weitemeyer
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
GeoPost / Aramex stake
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Mayer Brown
REEF Technology / iKcon Restaurant
King & Spalding
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Paul Hastings
The Law Boutique
Project Finance
Canal Sugar syndicated financing
Baker McKenzie
Latham & Watkins
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Norton Rose Fulbright
Zaki Hashem & Partners
Zulficar & Partners
J3 Investment PPP - Jaber Al Ahmad Residential City
Al-Hossam Legal
Ashurst
Norton Rose Fulbright
Jazan IGCC
Covington & Burling
Derayah
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Red Sea Development project
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm in cooperation with Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance
Covington & Burling
DLA Piper
Sweihan PV Power Company Green Project Bond Issuance
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case
Tanajib Cogeneration and Desalination Project
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm in cooperation with Clifford Chance
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Derayah
The Law Office of Megren M Al-Shaalan in cooperation with White & Case
White & Case
Total Solar
Allen & Overy
Norton Rose Fulbright
Umm Qasr Port in Iraq
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Confluent Law Group
Restructuring
Drake & Scull
Allen & Overy
Imperial Avenue
Al Tamimi & Company
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jabal Omar Development Company Makkah project
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm in cooperation with Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
NMC Healthcare
Allen & Overy
Al Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
Global Advocates
Kirkland & Ellis
Milbank
Pinsent Masons
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
TEAMS OF THE YEAR
Debt and Equity-linked
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Simmons & Simmons
White & Case
Equity
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Loan
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Linklaters
Norton Rose Fulbright
Stephenson Harwood
White & Case
M&A
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
King & Spalding
Latham & Watkins
Slaughter & May
White & Case
Project Finance
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Covington & Burling
Latham & Watkins
Norton Rose Fulbright
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Restructuring
Al Tamimi & Company
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
NATIONAL LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR
Bahrain
Al Tamimi & Company
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Newton Legal Group
Hassan Radhi and Associates
Zu'bi & Partners Attorneys and Legal Consultants
Egypt
Dreny & Partners
Helmy Hamza & Partners (member firm of Baker McKenzie)
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Nour & Partners in Association with Al Tamimi & Company
Sharkawy & Sarhan
Zaki Hashem & Partners
Zulficar & Partners
Iraq
Airut Law Offices
Confluent Law Group
Nuri Yaba Law Office
Jordan
Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Al Tamimi & Company
Khalifeh & Partners
Obeidat Law
Kuwait
Al-Hossam Legal
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
International Counsel Bureau
Meysan Partners
Omar Khaled AL-Qahtani - Al Tamimi & Company
Lebanon
Abousleiman & Partners
Abou Jaoude & Associates
Airut Law Offices
Alem & Associates
Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Eptalex - Aziz Torbey Law Firm
Oman
AMJ - Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm in association with Addleshaw Goddard
SASLO – Said Al-Shahry Law Office
Yaqdhan Al Busaidi Law Firm in association with Dentons
Qatar
Al Tamimi & Company in association with Advocate Mohammed Al-Marri
Baker McKenzie
K&L Gates
Sharq Law Firm
Simmons & Simmons
Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners
Saudi Arabia
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm in cooperation with Clifford Chance
Hammad & Al-Mehdar Law Firm
Derayah
Faisal Adnan Baassiri Law Firm in association with Ashurst
Khoshaim & Associates
Legal Advisers Abdulaziz I Al-Ajlan & Partners in association with Baker & McKenzie
The Law Office of Megren M Al-Shaalan in cooperation with White & Case
The Law Office of Salman Al-Sudairi in cooperation with Latham & Watkins
United Arab Emirates
Al Tamimi & Company
Global Advocacy and Legal Counsel
Hadef & Partners
Ibrahim & Partners
Ince & Co
Tribonian Law Advisors in association with Rindala Beydoun Legal Consultancy
REGIONAL AWARDS
International Law Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case
Pro bono Firm of the Year
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Essa Al Sulaiti Law Firm
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Sharq Law Firm
In-house Team of the Year: Corporate
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
ACWA Power
Agility
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Electricity Company
stc
Yahsat
In-house Team of the Year: Investment Bank
Bank of America
Citi
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
ING
JP Morgan
Morgan Stanley
Standard Chartered
In-house Team of the Year: Regional Bank
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait
Bank ABC
Emirates NBD Capital
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Mashreq Bank
National Bank of Bahrain
Riyad Bank
Islamic Bank of the year
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
Ajman Bank
Al-Rajhi Bank
Bahrain Islamic Bank
Dubai Islamic Bank
Masraf Al Rayan Bank
Sharjah Islamic Bank
Standard Chartered
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Managing partner of the year
Pervez Akhtar – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jawad Ali – King & Spalding
Mohammed Al-Shukairy – Clifford Chance
Samer Qudah – Al Tamimi & Company
Ahmed Ibrahim – Ibrahim & Partners
Muneer Khan – Simmons & Simmons
Doug Peel – White & Case
Marc Saroufim – Al Akeel & Partners
Women Dealmakers Hall of Fame
Sonia Abdul-Rahman – White & Case
Norma Akoury – Total
Chadia El Meouchi – Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Lamyaa Gadelhak – Helmy Hamza & Partners (member firm of Baker McKenzie)
Justine Jones – HSBC
Nicola Reader – Clifford Chance
Christy Wong – Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
Leen Zaza – Khoshaim & Associates
Women Dealmakers Hall of Fame past winners: Annaliese Reinhold (2021), Judith Kim (2020), Shihana Alazzaz (2019), Lubna Qassim (2018), Caroline Kehoe (2017), Louise Flanagan (2016), Debbie Walker (2015, 2014), Roberta Calarese (2013)
