We are delighted to announce the launch of IFLR Middle East Awards 2024, celebrating excellence in legal innovation across the GCC and Egypt.
As ever, IFLR will be celebrating the region's most legally innovative cross-border deals from the past year, as well as the most outstanding achievements by law firms, in-house legal teams and individual lawyers.
· Submission deadline: July 10 2024
· Shortlist publication: August 28 2024
· Awards ceremony: October 2024, Dubai
The full categories, criteria and research methodology are detailed in the Awards Summary. All entries must be uploaded to the PORTAL by July 10 2024.
This year's awards are bigger than ever, with new categories to recognize the region's dynamic in-house legal market and growth in Islamic finance and the real estate sector.
For any questions about the research, please contact Danielle Ngwana-Joseph or James Wilson.
For queries about business development and commercial opportunities related to the awards, please contact Emily Kyriacou.
About the Awards
IFLR's awards focus on legal innovation, with a particular eye on innovation in cross-border transactions. Achievements in this field underpin the deal, team and firm of the year awards.
In recognising innovation, IFLR strives to celebrate work that improves the cross-border investment environment.
Only deals that reached financial close between July 1 2023 and June 30 2024 are considered in evaluation. Any submissions and participation in IFLR1000 research is also automatically included within awards decision making.
IFLR will also be celebrating the market's rising stars, market-leading practitioners, and in-house lawyers and teams, as well as offering awards for innovation in legal technology, ESG, and financial regulation.
In all cases, IFLR considers the sophistication and complexity of the work and the impact of the legal innovation, as well as contextual challenges in execution. Size, volume, and media coverage play no role in decision making.
