IFLR is delighted to reveal the full list of nominees for the 2025 Middle East Awards in association with ITR.
The winners for all the categories shortlisted below will be announced on October 22, along with this year’s rising stars, market makers, the recipients of the Net-zero Transition Award and Tech Innovation Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award winner.
This year's IFLR Middle East Awards are partnering with ITR World Tax to introduce 19 categories covering the tax industry.
This expansion will make the awards ceremony a more extensive event, celebrating the achievements of professionals in the region's burgeoning tax market.
By bringing together legal and tax professionals, this partnership will also enhance networking opportunities, fostering new connections and potential collaborations. The winners of the categories will be announced during the ceremony at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Dubai on October 22, 2025, a key event for the region's top legal talent.
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 James Wilson.
We will be announcing the winners of this year’s awards at a live ceremony, at the Mandarin Oriental in Dubai on Tuesday, October 22 2025.
To book your place at the awards ceremony, or to find out more about commercial opportunities, please contact Hayley Charlick.
Congratulations to all those shortlisted!
Deals of the Year
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ADNOC Murban sukukA&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
In-house: ADNOC, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, BofA Securities, Citi, First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, JP Morgan, Mizuho Bank, Morgan Stanley, SMBC NikkoAldar Properties hybrid notesA&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
In-house: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Aldar Properties, Citi, Emirates NBD, First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, JP Morgan, Mashreqbank, Standard Chartered BankArab African International Bank sustainability bondPinsent Masons
Sharkaway & Sarhan
Zulficar & PartnersDP World blue bondClifford Chance
White & Case
In-house: CitiEmirates REIT sukukLatham & Watkins
Maples Group
In-house: HSBCGreenSaif Pipelines BidCo notesKhoshaim & Associates
Milbank
In-house: JP Morgan, Standard Chartered BankInfracorp sukukA&O Shearman
Hassan Radhi & Associates
Walkers
In-house: GFH Financial GroupSaudi Electricity Company USD denominated senior notesAS&H Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
In-house: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Alistithmar Capital, Bank of China, BNP Paribas, BofA Securities, Dubai Islamic Bank, Emirates NBD Capital, First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, ICBC, Intesa Saopaolo, Mizuho Bank, MUFG Bank, Natixis, SMBC, SNB Capital, Standard Chartered Bank -
Dallah Healthcare Company / Ayyan Medical Services CompanyKhoshaim & Associates
White & Case
In-house: Dallah Healthcare CompanyFlynas IPOGibson Dunn & Crutcher
Latham & Watkins
In-house: PwCOman Flour Mills Islamic commercial paperMAQ LegalQatar Schools PPP Package IIAddleshaw Goddard
Eversheds Sunderland
K&L GatesRawasi Al Bina sukuk issuanceNorton Rose Fulbright
STAT LawSaudi Telecom Company Accelerated Bookbuild OfferingLatham & Watkins
In-house: Public Investment FundUmm Al Qura for Development and Construction Co IPOLatham & Watkins
In-house: KPMG, Public Investment FundWarba Bank / Alghanim TradingAl Tamimi & Company – in association with Omar Khaled Al Qahtan -
ADNOC Gas private placementA&O Shearman
Al Tamimi & Company
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
In-house: BofA Securities, Citi, EFG Hermes, First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBCAlAbraaj Restaurants IPOHassan Radhi & Associates
Trowers & Hamlins
In-house: Alabraaj Restaurants, Khaleeji, KPMG, SICOAsyad Shipping CoA&O Shearman
Linklaters
MAQ Legal
In-house: Asyad Group, EFG Hermes, Jefferies International, JP Morgan, Oman Investment Bank, Sohar International BankDerayah Financial Company IPOAS&H Clifford Chance
Baker McKenzie
In-house: HSBC, KPMG, PwCDubai Residential REIT IPOClifford Chance
Ibrahim N Partners
Linklaters
In-house: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Citi, Emirates NBD Capital, First Abu Dhabi Bank, Morgan StanleyOQ Exploration and Production IPOA&O Shearman
Linklaters
MAQ Legal
In-house: HSBC, JP Morgan, OQ SAOC, Sohar International BankSaudi Arabian Mining Company – SABIC block tradeAS&H Clifford Chance
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Linklaters
In-house: Bank of AmericaTalabat IPOGibson Dunn & Crutcher
Ibrahim N Partners
Linklaters
In-house: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Barclays, Delivery Hero, EFG Hermes, Emirates NBD Capital, First Abu Dhabi Bank, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Talabat -
Al Ezz Dekheila Steel acquisition financingA&O Shearman
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Norton Rose Fulbright
Sarie Eldin & Partners
In-house: First Abu Dhabi Bank, MashreqbankAvolon Aerospace dual tranche facilityAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Milbank
In-house: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, Emirates Islamic Bank, Emirates NBD, First Abu Dhabi Bank, Gulf Bank, Warba BankEmirates Global Aluminium green loanA&O Shearman
In-house: Citi, Emirates Global Aluminium, First Abu Dhabi Bank, INGMGX Funds Management financingA&O Shearman
Al Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Walkers
In-house: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, HSBC, Mizuho Bank, MUFG BankPublic Investment Fund syndicated murabaha facilityA&O Shearman
Latham & Watkins
In-house: Dubai Islamic Bank, Public Investment FundStanford Marine and Allianz Middle East Ship Management financingAl Sharif Law
Al Tamimi & Company
Arias B & Associates
Clark Atcheson & Reisert
Clyde & Co
Grahame Bollers
Haridass Ho & Partners
Holman Fenwick Willan
Stephenson Harwood
Stephenson Harwood Virtus Law
Stowe & Co
Walkers
William L RidpathVision International Investment Company murabaha facilityAS&H Clifford Chance
King & Spalding
In-house: The Saudi National Bank, Vision International Investment Company -
Bayanat-Yahsat mergerMorgan Lewis & Bockius
In-house: FTI Capital Advisors, Houlihan LokeyBrookfield / GEMSA&O Shearman
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
White & CaseGE Vernova/ General Electric Saudi for Advanced Turbines (GESAT)Clifford Chance
Kirkland & EllisKKR / Gulf Data HubBaker McKenzie
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
In-house: KKRMacquarie Group / ALAFCO assetsAlfahad & Partners
Clifford ChanceNew Mountain Capital/ Grant Thornton UAECarey Olsen
Hadef & Partners
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Taylor Wessing
Walkers -
Abu Dhabi Waste-to-Energy IPPAl Tamimi & Company
Ashurst
Baker Botts
Herbert Smith Freehills KramerAmaala Multi Utilities PPPA&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
Covington & Burlington
King & Spalding
In-house: EDF, MasdarAmiral Cogeneration IWSPPA&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
White & Case
In-house: SATORP, Saudi Aramco, SMBCAmiral PetrochemicalA&O Shearman
Linklaters
White & CaseGulf of Suez Wind IPPClifford Chance
Covington & Burlington
Helmy Hamza and Partners - Member Firm of Baker & McKenzie
Nour & Partners in association with Al Tamimi & Company
In-house: ACWA Power CompanyHafeet RailAl Tamimi & Company
Dentons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
In-house: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Commercial Bank of Dubai, Standard Chartered Bank, Etihad Rail, First Abu Dhabi Bank, MubadalaKhalifa City School PPPA&O Shearman
Ashurst
Pinsent MasonsWave 4 Solar projectAl Tamimi & Company
Covington & Burlington
DLA Piper
Eversheds Sunderland
Latham & Watkins
White & Case
In-house: ACWA Power Company -
Emirates Hospital GroupA&O Shearman
DLA Piper
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hadef & Partners
OGH Legal
Primecase
In-house: Arab Banking Corporation, Burgan Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, Fidera, MashreqbankJBF RAKA&O Shearman
Baker McKenzie
BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates
Clifford Chance
Davidson Kempner European Partners
Fieldfisher
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Global Advocates
Hadef & Partners
Middle Eastern Global Advocates & Legal Consultants
OGH Legal
Trowers & Hamlins
Watson Farley & Williams
White & Case
In-house: RAK GasSohar Power CompanyAl Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Al Tamimi & Company
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Walkers
In-house: Engie, HSBC, Standard Chartered BankTasneeA&O Shearman
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Khoshaim & Associates
Teams of the Year
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A&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
Dechert
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Milbank
Pinsent Masons
White & Case -
A&O Shearman
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Ibrahim N Partners
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
White & Case -
A&O Shearman
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
King & Spalding
Latham & Watkins
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case -
A&O Shearman
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Linklaters
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
White & Case -
A&O Shearman
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
CMS
Covington & Burlington
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
King & Spalding
Stephenson Harwood -
Clifford Chance
Dentons
DLA Piper
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Pinsent Masons
White & Case -
A&O Shearman
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper
Fieldfisher
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer -
A&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Norton Rose Fulbright
PwC Legal
White & Case -
A&O Shearman
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Clifford Chance
Dentons
MAQ Legal
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Norton Rose Fulbright
Simmons & Simmons -
Al Tamimi & Company
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper
GLA & Company
Khalifeh & Partners
King & Spalding -
A&O Shearman
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper
Fieldfisher
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
In-house teams of the Year
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ACWA Power Company
ADNOC
Aldar Properties
Alghanim Industries Group
DP World
e&
Masdar -
ADQ
Lunate
Mubadala
Public Investment Fund -
Citi
HSBC
JP Morgan
Morgan Stanley
Standard Chartered Bank -
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Emirates NBD
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Mashreqbank -
Alghanim Industries Group – Sama X
e&
G42
Etihad Etisalat (Mobily)
Network International
stc
Telecom Egypt -
ACWA Power Company
DP World
Emirates Global Aluminium
HSBC
Masdar
National Bank of Egypt
Saudi Electric Company
Yellow Door Energy -
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
Ahli United Bank
Al Rajhi Bank
Dubai Islamic Bank
Emirates Islamic Bank
GFH Financial Group
Qatar Islamic Bank -
DHL
Etihad Etisalat (Mobily)
National Bank of Egypt
Social Development Bank
Specialist Awards
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A&O Shearman
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
White & Case -
A&O Shearman
Al Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
Covington & Burlington
Stephenson Harwood -
ADSERO – Ragy Soliman and Partners
Al Tamimi & Company
Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Clyde & Co -
Al Tamimi & Company
Etihad Etisalat (Mobily)
Greenberg Traurig
National Bank of Egypt
PwC Legal
Individual Awards
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Amelito Mutuc - ACWA Power Company
Ashraf Shaaban Abdelhamid - National Bank of Egypt
Bassam Moussa - Mashreqbank
Brian Gillespie - Public Investment Fund
Brooke Lindsay - e&
Fawaz Alawadhi - Alghanim Industries Group
Justine Jones - HSBC
Mohammed Alzogaibi - Etihad Etisalat (Mobily)
Nabeel Al Mansour - Saudi Aramco -
Abdulwahid Alulama - White & Case
Catherine Workman - Pinsent Masons
David Foster - A&O Shearman
Kamran Bajwa - Kirkland & Ellis
Mohammed Al-Shukairy - Clifford Chance
Nabil Issa - King & Spalding
Rania Tadros - Stephenson Harwood -
Ahmed Ibrahim- Ibrahim N Partners
Ala’ Khalifeh - Khalifeh & Partners
Asad Qayyum - MAQ Legal
Chadia El Meouchi - Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Jody Waugh - Al Tamimi & Company
Khaled O Asfour - Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Mansoor Malik - Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Zeyad Khoshaim - Khoshaim & Associates -
Adam Halewood - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Andrew Heller - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Ben Alexander - Clifford Chance
Mohammed Basama - King & Spalding
Nazuma Hassan - A&O Shearman
Raquel Tarancon Plata - Ashurst
Salvia Matonyte - White & Case
Yasser Muflahi - Norton Rose Fulbright -
Ali Moiz Ansari - AS&H Clifford Chance
Ghaida Meaigel - Khoshaim & Associates
Houssein Azmy - ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Ibrahim Attar - The Law Firm of Salah Al-Hejailan in association with Freshfields
Iman Nassar - Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Metwally Sweify - Dreny & Partners
Saifuddin Mahmood - Hassan Radhi & Associates
Yanal Abul Failat - Al Tamimi & Company -
Amira Sheriff - Sarie Eldin & Partners
Dana Abduljaleel - Al Tamimi & Company
Leen Zaza - Latham & Watkins
Noor Hassan Radhi - Ashurst
Renad Younes - Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Sadaf Buchanan - Dentons
National Law Firms of the Year
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Al Tamimi & Company
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Hassan Radhi & Associates
Trowers & Hamlins
Zeenat Al Mansoori & Associates
Zu'bi & Partners Attorneys & Legal Consultants -
ADSERO – Ragy Soliman and Partners
Dreny & Partners
Helmy Hamza and Partners - Member Firm of Baker & McKenzie
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Sarie Eldin & Partners
Shalakany Law Offices
Sharkaway & Sarhan
Zaki Hashem & Partners -
Al Tamimi & Company
Etihad Law Firm
Hammouri & Partners Attorneys at-Law
Salt & Associates -
Al Khair Legal Attorneys
Al Tamimi & Company
Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Hammouri & Partners Attorneys at-Law
Khalifeh & Partners -
Al Tamimi & Company – in association with Omar Khaled Al Qahtan
Al-Hossam Legal
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
GLA & Company
International Counsel Bureau
Meysan -
Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
Alem & Associates
Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Chedid Law Offices in association with Dentons -
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Dentons
MAQ Legal
Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari in association with Addleshaw Goddard
Said Al Shahry and Partners (SASLO)
Trowers & Hamlins -
Al Tamimi & Company in association with Advocate Mohammed Al-Marri
Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Dentons
K&L Gates
Pinsent Masons
Sharq Law Firm -
AS&H Clifford Chance
Baker McKenzie
Khoshaim & Associates
King & Spalding
Latham & Watkins
White & Case -
A&O Shearman
Al Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hadef & Partners
Ibrahim N Partners
King & Spalding
White & Case
Lawyer of the Year
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Fatima Al Ali Hassan - Radhi & Associates
Noor Hassan Radhi Hassan - Radhi & Associates
Rad El Treki - Al Tamimi & Company
Simone Del Nevo - ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Qays H Zu'bi - Zu'bi & Partners Attorneys & Legal Consultants -
Ahmed Haggag - Sharkaway & Sarhan
Amira Sherif - Sarie Eldin & Partners
Hossam Gramon - ADSERO – Ragy Soliman and Partners
Ingy Badawy - Zulficar & Partners Law Firm
Mohamed Abdel Fattah - Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Mohamed Nabil Hazza - Sharkaway & Sarhan
Motaz El Dreny - Dreny & Partners
Ragia Omran - Zaki Hashem & Partners -
Ahmed Hankawi - Etihad Law Firm
Khaled Saqqaf - Al Tamimi & Company
Mohammed Norri - Al Tamimi & Company
Thomas Calvert - Al Tamimi & Company
Tom Nolda - Confluent Law Group -
Ala’ Khalifeh - Khalifeh & Partners
Khaldoun Nazer - Khalifeh & Partners
Khaled Asfour - Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Khaled Saqqaf - Al Tamimi & Company
Jumana Toukan - Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants -
Alex Saleh - GLA & Company
Bader El-Jeaan - Meysan
Hossam Abdullah - Al-Hossam Legal
Ibrahim Stattout - ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Omar Handoush - Al Tamimi & Company -
Carlos Abou Jaoude - Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
Chadia El Meouchi - Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Elias Chedid - Chedid Law Offices in association with Dentons
Mohamed Y Alem - Alem & Associates
Randa Abousleiman - Abousleiman & Partners -
Asad Qayyum - MAQ Legal
Mansoor Jamal Malik - Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Sadaf Buchanan - Dentons
Salman Ahmed - Trowers & Hamlins
Thamer Al Shahry - SASLO -
Ahmed Jaafir - Al Tamimi & Company in association with Advocate Mohammed Al-Marri
Dani Kabbani - Eversheds Sutherland
Matthew Heaton - Al Tamimi & Company in association with Advocate Mohammed Al-Marri
Rashid Al Saad - Sharq Law Firm
Simon Chan - K&L Gates -
Karim Nassar - Baker McKenzie
Majid Al-Sheikh - AS&H Clifford Chance
Mansoor Alhagbani - AS&H Clifford Chance
Salman Al-Sudairi - Latham & Watkins
Zaid Al-Farisi - King & Spalding
Zeyad Khoshaim - Khoshaim & Associates -
Anna Nersesian - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Bilal Ahmad - A&O Shearman
Debashis Dey - White & Case
Joe Clinton - A&O Shearman
Malek Al-Rifai - King & Spalding
Omar Rashid - Clifford Chance
Rizwan Kanji - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Tax Awards in Association with ITR
ITR Individual Awards
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Ankur Jain - MMJS Consulting
Fernand Rutten - Deloitte
Gurleen Sethi - Andersen
Mohamed El Baghdady - Habib Al Mulla and Partners
Nimish Goel - WTS Dhruva Consultants -
Anuj Kapoor - Grant Thornton
Shiraz Khan - Al Tamimi & Co
Tina Hsieh - Baker McKenzie
Ton van Doremalen - DLA Piper
Zain Satardien - Hourani & Partners -
Anurag Chaturvedi - Andersen
Aunali Jaffer Merchant - MMJS Consulting
Basel Arafe - Deloitte
Chris Sioufi - EY Law
Shiraz Khan - Al Tamimi & Company -
Aashna Mulgaonkar - TransPrice Tax Advisors
Alessandro Valente - Crowe Strategic Consulting
Mithilesh Sai Sannareddy - SBC - Steadfast Business Consulting
Nithya Srinivasan - VSTN Consultancy Pvt
Sahil Sharma - Andersen in the United Arab Emirates -
Chris Sioufi - EY Law
ITR Jurisdiction Awards
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Al Etihad Law Firm
Deloitte
Hinka for Tax Solutions -
Al Tamimi & Company
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Eptalex -
Al Tamimi & Company
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper -
Al Tamimi & Company
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Eptalex -
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper -
Andersen
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper Middle East
Hourani & Partners
WTS Dhruva Consultants -
Al Tamimi & Company
Andersen
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Hourani & Partners -
Al Tamimi & Company
Alvarez & Marsal
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
DLA Piper Middle East
Hourani & Partners
WTS Dhruva Consultants -
Alvarez & Marsal
Andersen
Crowe Global
Deloitte
Eptalex - MEG Legal Services
Grant Thornton
ITR Regional Awards
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Al Tamimi & Company
Andersen
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Eptalex Law Firm
Hourani & Partners
WTS Dhruva Consultants
ITR Regional Tax Awards
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Amereller
DP Taxation Consultancy Co
SBC - Steadfast Business Consulting
VSTN Consultancy Pvt -
Deloitte
EY
MDDP
PwC -
Andersen
Deloitte
EY
PGP Tax Consultancy
WTS Dhruva Consultants -
Al Tamimi & Company
Alvarez & Marsal
Baker McKenzie
Deloitte
Hourani & Partners
