The nominations for the 2019 IFLR Europe Awards have been announced. For all the deal and team of the year shortlists, please see below.
The IFLR Europe Awards celebrate legally innovative teams and deals in the region and will be held on Thursday, April 4 2019 at The Ballroom, Grosvenor House, London.
The national law firms of the year will be announced on the night.
The law firms listed on each deal are based on preliminary research and submissions. If your firm advised on one of these deals but we do not have you listed, please email james.wilson@legalmediagroup.com
To reserve your table, please email Jamil Ahad at jamil.ahad@euromoneyplc.com or call +44 207 779 8767
DEALS OF THE YEAR
Debt & equity-linked
Bayer Monsanto refinancing
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Sullivan & Cromwell
Eurobank Ergasias share redemption
Allen & Overy
Bernitsas Law
Linklaters
Liberty One Methanol Czech law bond
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Maxima Grupė bond
Clifford Chance
Ellex
Linklaters
TGS Baltic
Net4gas exchange, tender offer and offering
Allen & Overy
White & Case
Santander Poland EMTN
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Swiss Prime Site senior convertible bonds
Bär & Karrer
Linklaters
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
Avast IPO
Latham & Watkins
White & Case
Kazatomprom IPO and dual LSE/AIX Listing
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
White & Case
Zan-Hub
NLB IPO
Clifford Chance
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dentons
Jadek & Pensa
Odvetniki Vidmar Zemljarič
Shearman & Sterling
Port of Tallinn IPO
Baker McKenzie
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Cobalt
Sorainen
Qingdao Haier's IPO on Ceinex
Clifford Chance
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Quilter IPO
Allen & Overy
Bowmans
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Webber Wentzel Attorneys
SIG Combibloc Group IPO
Bär & Karrer
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Niederer Kraft Frey
High yield
International Design Group
Bech-Bruun
Garrigues
Gattai Minoli Agostinelli & Partners
Gorrissen Federspiel
Latham & Watkins
Milbank
Studio Associato Consulenza legale e tributaria (KPMG)
White & Case
KKR / Flora Food Group
Allen & Overy
Dentons Boekel
Dentons Europe
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Nexi - Project Jaguar
Annunziata & Conso
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Lombardi Segni e Associati
Ludovici Piccone & Partners
Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati
Reed Smith
Studio Legale Carbonetti
Novalpina Capital / Olympic Entertainment
Cobalt
Eversheds Sutherland
Loyens & Loeff
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
OCI refinancing
Clifford Chance
NautaDutilh
White & Case
Refresco Group
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Loyens & Loeff
McCarthy Tétrault
McMillan
Rossini / Recordati
Clifford Chance
Cravath Swaine & Moore
Gattai Minoli Agostinelli & Partners
Pedersoli & Associati
White & Case
TDC takeover financing
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Horten
Plesner
Loan
Advent International / Laird acquisition financing
Linklaters
Paul Hastings
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Carlyle Group and GIC / Nouryon
Baker McKenzie
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Horten
Kromann Reumert
Loyens & Loeff
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr E Quiroga Advogados
Milbank
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters Advokatbyrå
Orange Clover Law
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Stikeman Elliot
Irish Continental Group
A&L Goodbody
Cains Advocates
McCann FitzGerald
Morrison & Foerster
William Fry
Neptune Energy Group RBL
Bracewell
Herbert Smith Freehills
Latham & Watkins
Macfarlanes
PAI Partners and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation / Refresco Group
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Loyens & Loeff
Playtech / Snaitech
Allen & Overy
Antis Triantafyllides & Sons
Appleby
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Cains Advocates
Chiomenti
Harneys Aristodemou Loizides Yiolitis
Linklaters
Simmons & Simmons
SGG Group / First Names Group acquisition financing
Cains
Carey Olsen
Eversheds
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Loyens & Loeff
NautaDutilh
Venture Law
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
We Soda and Ciner Enterprises financing
GKC Partners
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Regnum Solicitors
White & Case
M&A
ACS and Atlantia / Abertis Infraestructuras
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
DLA Piper
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners
Gleiss Lutz
Herbert Smith Freehills
Legance Avvocati
Uría Menéndez
CME Group / NEX Group
Clifford Chance
Norton Rose Fulbright
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Travers Smith
Comcast Corporation / Sky
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Matheson
Shearman & Sterling
Travers Smith
NJJ Telecom-led consortium / Eir
A&L Goodbody
Arthur Cox
Clifford Chance
Matheson
McCann FitzGerald
Paul Hastings
RPC
White & Case
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Novartis / Advanced Accelerator Applications
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Orrick Rambaud Martel
Shearman & Sterling
Praxair / Linde
Arthur Cox
Cravath Swaine & Moore
Gleiss Lutz
Hengeler Mueller
Linklaters
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Sullivan & Cromwell
William Fry
Renault / Avtovaz
Lecap
Loyens & Loeff
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Unibail-Rodamco / Westfield merger
Allens
Clifford Chance
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
Debevoise & Plimpton
King & Wood Mallesons
Lacourte Raquin Tatar
Loyens & Loeff
NautaDutilh
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Private equity
Apex Fund Services / Deutsche Bank's Alternative Fund Services Business
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Blackstone / Banco Popular’s real estate and real estate finance business
Garrigues
Uría Menéndez
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Blackstone / Hispania
Garrigues
Kirkland & Ellis
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Uría Menéndez
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
CD&R / MRH
Clifford Chance
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dorsey Whitney
Pinsent Masons
KKR / Unilever's spreads business
Allen & Overy
Dentons
Linklaters
Paksoy
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Partners Group / Ammeraal Beltech and Megadyne Group
Clifford Chance
Kirkland & Ellis
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Schönherr
Private investor consortium / HSH Nordbank
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hengeler Mueller
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Noerr
Schulte Roth & Zabel
Sullivan & Cromwell
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Project finance
Çanakkale 1915 Bridge
Clifford Chance
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Shearman & Sterling
Shin & Kim
Yazıcı Legal Hukuk Bürosu
Yeğin Çiftçi
DBFM A24 Blankenburg connection
Norton Rose Fulbright
Stibbe
Hornsea 1 Offshore Wind Farm
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Slaughter and May
Karish Gas Field
Chrysostomides
Herzog Fox & Ne’eman
Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Moray East offshore wind farm
Ashurst
Linklaters
SeaMade offshore wind farm projects
Allen & Overy
Kromann Reumert
Linklaters
Loyens & Loeff
Trans Adriatic Pipeline project
Allen & Overy
Bernitsas Law
Clifford Chance
Karatzas & Partners
Niederer Kraft Frey
Windfloat Atlantic project
Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Vieira de Almeida
Restructuring
Areva restructuring
Bredin Prat
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Gleiss Lutz
White & Case
Asco Industries
BDGS Associés
Baker McKenzie
Bredin Prat
Bremond & Associés
Orrick Rambaud Martel
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
CGG
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
Defilis
Hogan Lovells
Jeantet Associés
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Orrick Rambaud Martel
Paul Weiss
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Danaos Corporation
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Holman Fenwick
Ince & Co
Kirkland & Ellis
Norton Rose Fulbright
Shearman & Sterling
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Slaughter and May
Sullivan & Cromwell
Watson Farley & Williams
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Mriya Agro
Avellum
Dentons
Dickson Minto
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
Redcliffe Partners
Sayenko Kharenko
Noble Group
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Allen & Overy
Appleby
Clifford Chance
Conyers
Hogan Lovells
Kirkland & Ellis
White & Case
Paracelsus clinic group
Bär & Karrer
Dentons
Gleiss Lutz
Wenger Plattner
Seadrill
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Appleby
BAHR
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Cox Hallett Willkinson
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
Hogan Lovells
Kirkland & Ellis
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Schjødt
Slaughter and May
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Thommessen
White & Case
Structured finance and securitisation
DoBank NPL servicing platform
Bernitsas Law
Koutalidis Law Firm
White & Case
Pietra Nera Uno – Blackstone CMBS
Clifford Chance
Reed Smith
Shearman & Sterling
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Walkers
Project Amoeba – Piraeus Bank
Allen & Overy
Andreas Angelidis & Associates
Karatzas & Partners
Kirkland & Ellis
Koutalidis Law Firm
Maples and Calder
Shearman & Sterling
Zepos & Yannopoulos
Project Glenbeigh – Permanent TSB
A&L Goodbody
Allen & Overy
Arthur Cox
ByrneWallace
Clifford Chance
Dillon Eustace
Mason Hayes & Curran
Simmons & Simmons
Prunelli - Standard Chartered Bank trade finance CLO
Clifford Chance
King & Wood Mallesons
Queenhithe DAC – ENABLE Funding Programme
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Clifford Chance
Herbert Smith Freehills
Maples Group
Mourant Ozannes
Volkswagen Doğuş Finansman ABS
Hogan Lovells International
Paksoy
LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR
Debt & equity-linked
Allen & Overy
Bär & Karrer
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Simmons & Simmons
Sullivan & Cromwell
White & Case
Equity
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
White & Case
High yield
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Milbank
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Loan
Herbert Smith Freehills
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
M&A
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
DLA Piper
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell
Private equity
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Project finance
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Restructuring
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Hogan Lovells
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Sullivan & Cromwell
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Structured finance and securitisation
Allen & Overy
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Clifford Chance
Hogan Lovells
Shearman & Sterling
Simmons & Simmons
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
White & Case
In-house debt team
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
JP Morgan
Standard Chartered Bank
UBS
In-house equity team
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Citigroup
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
JP Morgan
Morgan Stanley
UBS
Financial services regulatory
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Norton Rose Fulbright
Shearman & Sterling
Simmons & Simmons
Travers Smith
US law firm of the year
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Shearman & Sterling
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
International law firm of the year
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
White & Case