Clifford Chance won international law firm of the year for the second consecutive year at IFLR’s 20th annual Europe Awards. The firm had roles on 26 shortlisted and four winning deals, while its equity, structured finance and financial services regulatory practices all picked up team of the year wins.
The ceremony, held at Grosvenor House on April 4, brought together some of the continent’s best legal talent to celebrate 2018’s most innovative cross-border European transactions and the teams that worked on them.
White & Case again picked up the coveted most innovative US law firm in Europe award, while Linklaters, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett all came away with team awards.
The European Investment Bank’s Eila Kreivi received the outstanding contribution to regulatory reform award for her work in sustainable finance, while former Skadden partner Michael Hatchard was presented with the lifetime achievement award, recognising his influence on M&A and corporate practice.
Full results from the ceremony are below, full details on all the nominated deals and teams can be found in the Book of the Night, and all the photos are here.
Individual awards
Outstanding contribution to regulatory reform
Eila Kreivi, European Investment Bank
Lifetime achievement
Michael Hatchard
Rising star
Lois Deasey – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Kathryn James – Simmons & Simmons
Craig Kelly – Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Taras Dmukhovskyy – Avellum
Luisa Federica Scialpi – Chiomenti
Jiayan Zhu – Wolf Theiss
Deals of the year
Debt and equity-linked
Swiss Re senior exchangeable notes
Bär & Karrer
Homburger
Niederer Kraft Frey
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Simmons & Simmons
Equity
Adyen IPO
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Stibbe
High yield
Nexi - Project Jaguar
Annunziata & Conso
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Lombardi Segni e Associati
Ludovici Piccone & Partners
Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati
Reed Smith
Studio Carbonetti
Loan
Advent International / Laird
Linklaters
Loyens & Loeff
Paul Hastings
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
M&A
Novartis / Advanced Accelerator Applications
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Orrick Rambaud Martel
Shearman & Sterling
Private equity
Blackstone / Hispania
Garrigues
Kirkland & Ellis
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Uría Menéndez
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Project finance
Hornsea 1 offshore wind farm
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Slaughter and May
Restructuring
CGG
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
Defilis Avocats
Hogan Lovells
Jeantet Associés
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Orrick Rambaud Martel
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Structured finance and securitisation
Prunelli - Standard Chartered Bank trade finance CLO
Clifford Chance
King & Wood Mallesons
Law firms of the year
Debt & equity-linked
Linklaters
Equity
Clifford Chance
Financial services regulatory
Clifford Chance
High yield
Latham & Watkins
Loan
White & Case
M&A
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Private equity
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Project finance
Allen & Overy
Restructuring
Kirkland & Ellis
Structured finance and securitisation
Clifford Chance
National winners
Austria
Wolf Theiss
Baltics
Cobalt
Belgium
Loyens & Loeff
Czech Republic
Allen & Overy
Denmark
Plesner
Finland
Borenius
France
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
Germany
Hengeler Mueller
Greece
Bernitsas Law
Hungary
Dentons
Ireland
A&L Goodbody
Israel
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Italy
Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners
Luxembourg
Elvinger Hoss Prussen
Netherlands
Clifford Chance
Norway
BAHR
Poland
Greenberg Traurig
Portugal
Vieira de Almeida
Romania
Ţuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii
Russia
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Spain
Uría Menéndez
Sweden
Mannheimer Swartling
Switzerland
Bär & Karrer
Turkey
Paksoy
Ukraine
Sayenko Kharenko
Bank and firm awards
In-house debt team of the year
Credit Suisse
In-house equity team of the year
JP Morgan
Most innovative US law firm in Europe
White & Case
International law firm of the year
Clifford Chance
