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IFLR Europe Awards 2024: shortlist revealed

Alexander Griffiths, 
Danielle Ngwana-Joseph, James Wilson, Karry Lai
February 08, 2024
IFLR Europe Awards 2024 Shortlist Announced

The finalists for the 25th annual Europe awards are revealed - winners will be presented in London on April 24

IFLR is delighted to reveal the finalists for the 25th annual IFLR Europe Awards.

All the winning deals, firms, lawyers and in-house teams will be presented at the awards ceremony, to be held at the Royal Lancaster, London, April 24 2024.

To find out more and to book your place at the awards, please contact Sanawa Mtalo.

The winners of the non-shortlisted categories, including Rising Star Lawyers and In-House Market Maker Awards, will also be announced on the night, as will the 2024 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.

IFLR's awards are unique in the market for focusing on legal innovation through dealmaking and celebrating work that improves the cross-border investment environment. This year will mark 25 years of recognising legal innovation.

The law firms listed on each of the shortlisted deals below are based on preliminary research. If your firm advised on one of the deals, but is not listed, please contact Alex Griffiths.

Congratulations to all of those shortlisted!

DEALS OF THE YEAR

  • Debt and equity-linked

    Energo-Pro DFC guaranteed notes
    Allen & Overy
    BGI Advisory Services Georgia
    BLC Law Office
    Boyanov & Co
    GKC Partners
    Gedik Eraksoy Avukatlık Ortaklığı
    Tsvetkova Bebov & Partners
    White & Case

    In-house: Goldman Sachs
    European Investment Bank digital climate awareness bond
    Clifford Chance
    Linklaters

    In house teams - European Investment Bank, Crédit Agricole CIB and SEB Crédit
    European Investment Bank GBP digital bond
    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance

    In-house: HSBC, BNP Paribas, RBC, European Investment Bank
    Metro Bank
    Clifford Chance
    Herbert Smith Freehills
    Linklaters
    White & Case
    Seagate exchangeable notes
    A&L Goodbody
    Arthur Cox
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Ropes & Gray
    Swiss Prime Site
    Advestra
    Linklaters
    Niederer Kraft Frey
    Simmons & Simmons
    World Bank emission reduction linked bond
    Clifford Chance

  • Equity

    EDP and EDPR equity raise
    Clifford Chance
    CS Associados
    Herbert Smith Freehills
    King & Wood Mallesons Spain
    Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
    Uría Menéndez

    In-house: Energias de Portugal
    EDPR script dividend
    King & Wood Mallesons Spain
    Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados

    In-house: Energias de Portugal
    Hidroelectrica IPO
    Clifford Chance
    Dentons
    Filip SCA
    Linklaters

    In-house: Franklin Templeton, Fondul Proprietatea
    Thyssenkrupp Nucera IPO
    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters

    In-house: Thyssenkrupp, Thyssenkrupp Nucera
    TUI capital raise
    Allen & Overy
    Latham & Watkins

    In-house: TUI

  • High yield

    Ardian – Biofarma Group
    Latham & Watkins
    Pedersoli Gattai
    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case
    Banijay
    Dentons Europe Studio Legale Tributario
    Gilbert +Tobin
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    NautaDutilh
    Plesner
    Uría Menéndez
    White & Case
    Cinven – Amara NZero
    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    K&L Gates
    Lefosse Advogados
    Mattos Filho
    Eroski
    Clifford Chance
    E&W Law
    Latham & Watkins
    Uría Menéndez
    White & Case

    In-house: Eroski, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Banco Sabadell, BBVA, CaixaBank, Norbolsa, Santander
    Ideal Standard
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case

    In-house: Anchorage Capital Europe, CVC Credit Europe, Ideal Standard Group
    Telecom Italia
    Chiomenti
    K&L Gates
    Latham & Watkins
    Ropes & Gray

    In-house: Telecom Italia
    Ukrainian Railway
    Asters
    Dechert
    Latham & Watkins
    Sayenko Kharenko
    Worldwide Flight Services
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters
    Weil Gotshal & Manges

  • Loan

    3i/Action Group financing
    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    AtlasEdge’s sustainability-linked loan facilities
    Allen & Overy
    CMS
    Homburger
    Ropes & Gray
    Benteler refinancing
    Milbank
    White & Case

    In-house: Benteler
    Cinven / Synlab financing
    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Kirkland & Ellis

    In-house: Cinven
    Civica portable unitranche refinancing
    Paul Hastings
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Generator Hostels refinancing – Queensgate
    Allen & Overy
    Brown Rudnick
    Clifford Chance
    Dentons

    In-house: Queensgate
    Italo NTV green term and revolving financing
    Shearman & Sterling
    White & Case
    MusicBird music catalogue financing
    Greenberg Traurig
    Herbert Smith Freehills
    Homburger
    Lenz & Staehelin

  • M&A

    Asda Group / EG Group UK and Ireland
    Addleshaw Goddard
    Allen & Overy
    Freeths
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham and Watkins
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

    In-house: Adsa, EG Group
    AviLease and PK Airfinance / Standard Chartered aviation business
    Allen & Overy
    Appleby
    Arthur Cox
    Clifford Chance
    McCann FitzGerald

    In-house: Standard Chartered
    Avolta (Dufry) / Autogrill
    BonelliErede
    Chiomenti
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Gianni & Origoni
    Homburger
    Lenz & Staehelin
    Slaughter and May

    In-house: Avolta
    Cadeler / Eneti
    Bech-Bruun
    CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
    Campbell Johnston Clark
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Gorrissen Federspiel
    Seward & Kissel
    Thommessen
    Chart Industries / Howden
    CMS
    Dentons
    Maples Group
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Ritch Mueller
    Stibbe
    Winston & Strawn

    In-house: General Atlantic
    Firmenich International / DSM
    Allen & Overy
    Bär & Karrer
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Stibbe
    Walder Wyss
    Ironwood / VectivBio
    Advestra
    Cooley
    Homburger
    Latham & Watkins

    In-house: Ironwood, VectivBio
    OTP / Nova KBM Group and Aleja Finance
    Allen & Overy
    Bird & Bird
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Šelih & Partners
    Wolf Theiss

  • Private equity

    AP7 – HarbourVest HGPS fund
    AMAB Law
    Dechert
    Latham & Watkins
    Ropes & Gray

    In-house: AP7
    BlackRock LTPC – Creed exit
    Clifford Chance
    Eversheds Sutherland
    Jones Day
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    Energy Capital Partners / Biffa
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters

    In-house: Energy Capital Partners, Biffa
    GTCR / Once for All
    Kirkland & Ellis

    Latham & Watkins

    Macfarlanes
    Kangaroo BidCo / Kahoot
    BAHR
    Linklaters
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    Thommessen
    Morgan Lewis & Bockius
    Macfarlanes
    White & Case
    Wiersholm
    John Laing Group / Irish Infrastructure Fund
    Arthur Cox
    Dentons
    McCann Fitzgerlad
    Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett
    Pharmathen and Partners Group / CBL Patras
    Allen & Overy
    Bernitsas Law
    Clifford Chance
    Karatzas & Partners
    Latham & Watkins
    NautaDutilh
    Ropes & Gray
    SAP Legal
    Zepos & Yannopoulos

    In-house: Parmathen, Partners Group
    Castik Capital and Abry Partners / Reward Gateway exit
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Paul Hastings
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

    In-house: Castik Capital

  • Project finance

    AMPYR Solar Europe
    Clifford Chance
    Osborne Clark

    In-house: Rabobank, Ampyr
    Baltic Power offshore wind project
    Hogan Lovells
    Linklaters
    SSW Spaczyński, Szczepaniak i Wspólnicy

    In-house: Northland Power, Orlen, Baltic Power
    Douai Battery Gigafactory
    Allen & Overy
    Linklaters
    Milbank
    H2 Green Steel
    Clifford Chance
    DLA Piper
    Hannes Snellman
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters
    Mannheimer Swartling
    Milbank
    Vinge
    White & Case
    IPTO Northern Cyclades Interconnection extension
    Bernitsas Law
    Zepos & Yannopoulos

    In-house: European Investment Bank, IPTO
    PPC Renewables
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Karatzas & Partners
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Skouries mine financing
    Bracewell
    Fasken
    Hogan Lovells
    Karatzas & Partners
    Lambadarios Law Firm
    McCarthy Tétrault
    Milbank
    Stibbe

  • Restructuring

    Celsa Group
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Cortés Abogados
    Cuatrecasas
    Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Loyens & Loeff
    Uría Menéndez
    Cimolai Group
    DLA Piper
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Molinari Agostinelli e Associati
    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

    In-house: Cimolai Group, UniCredit
    Cineworld
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Andersen Global
    Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
    CMS
    Conyers Dill & Pearman
    Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Lipa Meir & Co
    Maples Group
    Slaughter and May
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    Leoni Group
    Allen & Overy
    Chiomenti
    Clifford Chance
    Cuatrecasas
    Dentons
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Gleiss Lutz
    Görg
    Hengeler Mueller
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters
    McFarlanes
    Niederer Kraft Frey
    Oberhammer
    Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
    Schönherr

    In-house: Leoni
    Orpea
    Clifford Chance
    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
    White & Case
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher
    Takko Fashion Group
    Arendt & Medernach
    Binder Grösswang
    Clifford Chance
    E+H
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Gleiss Lutz
    K&L Gates
    Linklaters
    Loyens & Loeff
    PRK Partners
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    SKS Legal
    Vroon
    Allen & Overy
    Adnan Sundra & Low
    Brodies
    CF - Maritime Legal Services
    Clifford Chance
    Houthoff
    Loyens & Loeff
    Jones Day
    Morton Fraser
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Shepherd and Wedderburn
    Triay
    Watson Farley & Williams

    In-house: Vroon

  • Structured finance and securitisation

    CIART 2023
    A&L Goodbody
    Ashurst
    Matheson
    EMX-Munich Re repack
    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Matheson
    Linklaters
    Enpal solar loan securitisation
    Clifford Chance
    Hogan Lovells
    Espai Barça construction financing
    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    DLA Piper
    Pérez-Llorca
    Shearman & Sterling
    Lowell Danmark NPL securitisation
    Gorrissen Federspiel
    Kromann Reumert
    Latham & Watkins
    Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg
    White & Case
    Prodigy Finance student loans platform
    Clifford Chance
    Herbert Smith Freehills
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters
    Project Solar – Waterwheel Capital SME and NPL securitisation
    Allen & Overy
    Karatzas & Partners

TEAMS OF THE YEAR

  • Debt and equity-linked

    Allen & Overy
    Arthur Cox
    Clifford Chance
    Linklaters
    White & Case

  • Equity

    Allen & Overy
    Baker McKenzie
    Clifford Chance
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters

  • Financial Services Regulatory

    Allen & Overy
    Ashurst
    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Herbert Smith Freehills
    Linklaters
    Simmons & Simmons

  • High yield

    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Ropes & Gray
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case

  • Loans

    Allen & Overy
    Arthur Cox
    Brown Rudnick
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Milbank
    Paul Hastings
    Shearman & Sterling
    White & Case

  • M&A

    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Homburger
    Latham & Watkins
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Stibbe

  • Private equity

    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Paul Hastings
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Ropes & Gray
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    White & Case

  • Project finance

    Allen & Overy
    Bracewell
    Clifford Chance
    DLA Piper
    Hogan Lovells
    Linklaters
    Milbank
    White & Case

  • Restructuring

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Slaughter and May
    White & Case

  • Structured finance and securitisation

    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters
    Matheson

IN-HOUSE TEAMS OF THE YEAR

  • In-house team of the year

    Asda Group
    Avolta
    Cinven
    CVC Credit Partners
    EG Group
    Mondelez International
    Standard Chartered
    Thyssenkrupp
    TUI

  • In-house debt team: investment banking

    BNP Paribas
    Citi
    Crédit Agricole CIB
    Deutsche Bank
    Goldman Sachs
    HSBC
    JP Morgan
    SEB Crédit

  • In-house equity team: investment banking

    Bank of America
    Barclays
    Citi
    Commerzbank
    Deutsche Bank
    HSBC
    Morgan Stanley Europe
    Natixis

SPECIALIST AWARDS

  • IFLR Women Dealmakers Hall of Fame

    Catherine Deane - McCann FitzGerald
    Eleni Zodiates – Brown Rudnick
    Laura Turano – Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Rebecca Emory – White & Case
    Vanessa Schürmann – White & Case

  • Digital Finance Team - Regional

    Chiomenti
    Dorda
    Loyens & Loeff

  • Financial Services Regulatory Team - Regional

    A&L Goodbody
    Arthur Cox
    Bär & Karrer
    Homburger
    Loyens & Loeff
    McCann FitzGerald
    Niederer Kraft Frey
    Pérez-Llorca

  • Tech Innovation Award

    Dentons – Purple Sea
    Ellex – Avocaado
    EY Intelligence for Deals
    Gleiss Lutz – Client Collaboration Platform
    Uría Menéndez – Momentum

  • Net-zero Transition Firm

    BAHR
    Clifford Chance
    Cobalt
    Karatzas & Partners

LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR

  • EU Law Firm

    Cuatrecasas
    Loyens & Loeff
    NautaDutilh
    Roschier
    Stibbe
    Uría Menéndez
    Wolf Theiss

  • US Law Firm

    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Milbank
    Ropes & Gray
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case

  • International Law Firm

    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Hogan Lovells
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters
    White & Case

NATIONAL LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR

NATIONAL LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR

  • Austria

    Binder Grösswang
    CERHA HEMPEL
    DORDA
    E+H Rechtsanwälte
    Schoenherr
    Wolf Theiss

  • Belgium

    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Stibbe

  • Czech Republic

    Allen & Overy
    PRK Partners
    White & Case

  • Finland

    Avance
    Borenius
    Dittmar & Indrenius
    Hannes Snellman
    Krogerus
    Roschier

  • Germany

    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Gleiss Lutz
    Hengeler Mueller
    Hogan Lovells
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters

  • Hungary

    Bird & Bird
    CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
    Deloitte Legal Göndöcz and Partners Law Firm
    Wolf Theiss

  • Israel

    Agmon with Tulchinsky
    Arnon Tadmor-Levy
    Erdinast Ben Nathan Toledano & Co With Hamburger Evron
    Herzog Fox & Neeman
    Lipa Meir & Co
    Meitar

  • Luxembourg

    Allen & Overy
    Arendt & Medernach
    Clifford Chance
    Elvinger Hoss Prussen
    Loyens & Loeff

  • Norway

    BAHR
    Thomessen
    Schjødt
    Wiersholm

  • Portugal

    Abreu Advogados
    CS Associados
    Cuatrecasas
    Linklaters
    Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
    PLMJ
    Uria Menendez
    VdA

  • Spain

    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Cuatrecasas
    Garrigues
    Linklaters
    Pérez-Llorca
    Uria Menendez

  • Switzerland

    Advestra
    Baker McKenzie
    Bär & Karrer
    Homburger
    Lenz & Staehelin
    Niederer Kraft Frey
    Walder Wyss

  • Ukraine

    Asters
    AVELLUM
    Baker McKenzie
    Redcliffe Partners
    Sayenko Kharenko

  • Baltics

    Cobalt
    Ellex
    Sorainen
    Walless

  • Bulgaria

    Boyanov & Co
    Kambourov & Partners Attorneys at Law
    Kinstellar
    Tsvetkova Bebov & Partners
    Wolf Theiss

  • Denmark

    Accura
    Gorrissen Federspiel
    Kromann Reumert
    Plesner

  • France

    Ashurst
    Bredin Prat
    Clifford Chance
    De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
    Linklaters

  • Greece

    Bernitsas Law
    Calavros Law Firm Filios-Kloukinas
    Karatzas & Partners
    Lambadarios Law Firm
    Machas & Partners
    Papapolitis & Papapolitis
    PotamitisVekris
    Zepos & Yannopoulos

  • Ireland

    A&L Goodbody
    Arthur Cox
    Dentons
    Matheson
    McCann Fitzgerald

  • Italy

    Allen & Overy
    BonelliErede
    Chiomenti
    Clifford Chance
    Gianni & Origoni
    Linklaters
    Molinari Agostinelli e Associati

  • Netherlands

    Allen & Overy
    AKD
    Clifford Chance
    De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
    Houthoff
    Linklaters
    NautaDutilh
    Stibbe

  • Poland

    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Greenberg Traurig
    Linklaters
    SKS Legal
    SSW Spaczyński, Szczepaniak i Wspólnicy

  • Romania

    Clifford Chance Badea
    Dentons
    Filip & Company
    Wolf Theiss

  • Sweden

    Hannes Snellman
    Mannheimer Swartling
    Roschier
    Setterwalls
    Vinge

  • Türkiye

    Ciftci Attorney Partnership/Clifford Chance Istanbul
    Esin Attorney Partnership
    Gedik Eraksoy Avukatlık Ortaklığı
    GKC Partners
    Paksoy

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