International Financial Law Review is pleased to announce the full shortlist for the 2018 IFLR Middle East Awards.
The winners of these categories, plus national firms of the year, rising stars and the lifetime achievement award will be announced at the annual dinner at the Burj Al Arab in Dubai on Wednesday, October 17.
The law firms listed on each deal are based on preliminary research and submissions. If your firm advised on one of these deals but is not listed, please email james.wilson@legalmediagroup.com.
To reserve your table at the October ceremony, contact Liam Sharkey on lsharkey@iflr.com or call +44 207 779 8384.
Deals of the year
Debt and equity-linked
Abu Dhabi crude oil pipeline
Shearman & Sterling
Trowers & Hamlins
White & Case
Dalma Energy high yield acquisition bond
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Allen & Overy
King & Spalding
Koshaim & Associates
Latham & Watkins
Emirate of Sharjah sovereign sukuk
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Emirates Reit sukuk issuance
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Maples and Calder
Golden Pyramids Plaza offshore bonds
Appleby
Helmy Hamza & Partners – Baker McKenzie
Mazoon Electricity Company Rule 144A sukuk issuance
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Allen & Overy
Dentons
Omantel Telecommunications Company secured notes
Addleshaw Goddard
Al Tamimi & Co
Allen & Overy
Dentons
Linklaters
Yaqoub Yousef Al-Munayae – Al Tamimi & Co
Qatar Islamic Bank collateralised murabaha financing
Al Tamimi & Co
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Maples and Calder
Equity
ADNOC Distribution IPO
Al Tamimi & Co
Allen & Overy
Shearman & Sterling
CI Capital Holding IPO
Matouk Bassiouny
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case
Emaar Development IPO
Al Tamimi & Co
Allen & Overy
Linklaters
Orange Egypt rights issue
Nour & Partners in association with Al Tamimi & Co
Savola block trade
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Khoshaim & Associates
M&A
Alameda Financial International Business / Emirates Healthcare Group
Al Kamel Law
Latham & Watkins
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Zaki Hashem & Partners
Engie / National Central Cooling Company (Tabreed)
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Herbert Smith Freehills
Group ADP, Meridiam Infrastructure Partners and IDB Infrastructure Fund II / Airport International Group
Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Khalifeh & Partners
Norton Rose Fulbright
Obeidat Freihat Attorneys
White & Case
Investcorp / Reem Integrated Healthcare Holdings
Allen & Overy
Clyde & Co
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
King & Spalding
Linklaters
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
KCA Deutag / Dalma Energy combination
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Allen & Overy
King & Spalding
Koshaim & Associates
Latham & Watkins
Oman Telecommunications Company / Mobile Telecommunications Company (Zain)
Addleshaw Goddard
ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Meysan Partners
Project finance
ACWA Power Egypt FiT solar projects
Allen & Overy
Helmy Hamza & Partners - Baker McKenzie
Khoshaim & Associates
Sharkawy & Sarhan
Dubai Metro expansion
Clifford Chance
Squire Patton Boggs
Dubai Outlet Mall expansion
Clifford Chance
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Dubai International Airport and Al Maktoum International Airport financing
Allen & Overy
Linklaters
El Dabaa nuclear power plant
Arab Legal Consultants
Gowling WLG
Matouk Bassiouny
Shearman & Sterling
Gulf of Suez BOO wind project
Clifford Chance
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Shalakany Law Office
Zaki Hashem & Partners
KNPC Clean Fuels Project
Al Tamimi & Co
ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Bader Saud Al-Bader & Partners
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Scatec Solar Egypt Fit solar projects
Clifford Chance
Eversheds Sutherland
Sharkawy & Sarhan
Shahid Law Firm
Restructuring
Aster DM Healthcare restructuring
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Al Tamimi & Co
Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Latham & Watkins
S&R Associates
GGICO restructuring
Allen & Overy
Al Tamimi & Co
Drydocks World
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
OSN group
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Watson Farley & Williams
Sumitomo Corporation and Malakoff International / Muscat City Desalination Operation and Maintenance
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Allen & Overy
Charles Russell Speechlys
Dentons
Hogan Lovells
Maples and Calder
Shearn Delamore & Co
Trowers & Hamlins
Domestic
Bank AlJazira rights issue
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
Clifford Chance
Law Firm of AlSalloum and AlToaimi
White & Case
Cairo 3A / National Company for Maze Products (NCMP)
Al Tamimi & Company
Matouk Bassiouny
DP World / Dubai Maritime City and Drydocks World
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Ma’aden Phosphate Company domestic sukuk
Allen & Overy
Khoshaim & Associates
Maples and Calder
Latham & Watkins
Law Office of Salman M Al-Sudairi
MENA Real Estate Co / Rasmal Holding Company reverse merger
Al Hossam Legal
RSM Albazie & Co
Saudi Arabian Ministry of Finance sukuk programme
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
Koshaim & Associates
Star Satellite Telecommunications / Thuraya Telecommunications
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Al Tamimi & Co
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
VPS Healthcare / Amanat
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Squire Patton Boggs
Team of the year
Debt and equity-linked
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Dentons
King & Spalding
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Equity
Al Tamimi & Co
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
M&A
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Spalding
Linklaters
Project finance
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Eversheds Sutherland
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Norton Rose Fulbright
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Restructuring
Al Tamimi & Co
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Individual, firm and bank awards
Managing partner of the year
Fahad Abuhimed, Abuhimed AlSheikh AlHagbani Law Firm
Pervez Akhtar, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jawad Ali, King & Spalding
Bader El-Jeaan, Meysan Partners
Husam Hourani, Al Tamimi & Co
Scott Campbell, Linklaters
Mansoor Jamal Malik, Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
IFLR Women in business law award
Reem Al Sayegh, Linklaters
Sadaf Buchanan, Dentons
Lamyaa Gadelhak, Helmy Hamza & Partners - Baker McKenzie
Rebecca Kelly, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Judith Kim, Allen & Overy
Lubna Qassim
Pro bono firm of the year
Badri and Salim Meouchi Law Firm
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Shalakany Law Office
Winston & Strawn
International firm of the year
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
King & Spalding
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
In-house team of the year
Bank of America Merrill Lynch International
Citi
Credit Suisse
Emirates NBD
First Abu Dhabi Bank
HSBC
JP Morgan
Standard Chartered Bank
Islamic bank of the year
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
Bank AlJazira
Dubai Islamic Bank
Kuwait Finance House
Noor Bank
Qatar Islamic Bank
Warba Bank