International Financial Law Review is pleased to announce the full shortlist for the 2017 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 18.
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
ACWA Power's collateralised bond
Al Tamimi & Company
Chadbourne & Parke
Conyers Dill Pearman
Dr Sultan Almasoud & Partners
Hatem Abbas Ghazzawi & Co
Law Firm of AlSalloum and AlToaimi
White & Case
Arab Republic of Egypt sovereign bond
Dechert
Linklaters
Matouk Bassiouny
Zaki Hashem & Partners
Equate's GMTN and sukuk programme
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Clifford Chance
Loyen & Loeff
White & Case
First Gulf Bank's 28 series consent solicitation
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Government of the Sultanate of Oman sukuk
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Linklaters
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's GMTN programme and issuance
Latham & Watkins
Law Firm of AlSalloum and AlToaimi
Law Office of Salman Al-Sudairi
White & Case
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's sukuk
Latham & Watkins
Law Firm of AlSalloum and AlToaimi
Law Office of Salman Al-Sudairi
White & Case
Qatar Insurance Company tier 2 notes
Al Tamimi & Company
Allen & Overy
Appleby
Linklaters
State of Kuwait GMTN programme and issuances
Allen & Overy
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Clifford Chance
International Counsel Bureau
Equity
ADES International Holding IPO
Baker McKenzie
Helmy Hamza & Partners
White & Case
Arabtec Holding rights issue
Allen & Overy
Emirates Islamic Bank rights issue
Clifford Chance
Emirates National Bank of Dubai (ENBD) REIT IPO
K&L Gates
Voisin
White & Case
GTH share buy back
Ibrachy Legal Consultancy
Latham & Watkins
Shalakany Law Office
Riyad Capital REIT
King & Spalding
Law Office of Mohammad Al-Ammar
M&A
Adeptio AD Investments / Americana
Al Tamimi & Company
Allen & Overy
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Bader Saud Al-Bader & Partners
Clifford Chance
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Sharkawy & Sarhan
Amazon / Souq
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Fenwick & West
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian
Bank Al Etihad and Etihad Islamic Investment Company / MESC Investments
Allen & Overy
Herbert Smith Freehills
Obeidat & Freihat
Rabah & Sharaiha Law
BP / Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
Sullivan & Cromwell
Delivery Hero Group / Carriage Logistics General Trading Company
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
International Counsel Bureau
Hourani & Associates
King and Spalding
Investcorp / Al Borg Medical Laboratories
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
Clifford Chance
Al Hossam Legal
Hourani & Associates
King & Spalding
Latham & Watkins
Majid Al Futtaim / BMA International
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Elham Ali Hassan & Associates
Herbert Smith Freehills
International Counsel Bureau
Linklaters
Trowers & Hamlins
Zu'bi & Partners
United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) / Hapag-Lloyd merger
Al Hossam Legal
Allen & Overy
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Ince & Co
Watson Farley & Williams
White & Case
Project finance
Bahrain LNG
Hassan Radhi & Associates
Norton Rose Fulbright
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Zu'bi & Partners
Barakah nuclear power plant
Baker McKenzie
Herbert Smith Freehills
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Peace Crowell
Trowers & Hamlins
White & Case
Fadhili Power and Steam IPP
Baker McKenzie
Chadbourne & Parke
DLA Piper
Hatem Abbas Ghazzawi & Co
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Fujeij Wind IPP
Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Hassyan Clean Coal Power Plant project
Al Tamimi & Company
Allen & Overy
Chadbourne & Parke
Hadef & Partners
Latham & Watkins
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park phase III
Allen & Overy
Baker Mackenzie
Clifford Chance
Norton Rose Fulbright
Sonker Sokhna Port BLT
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Ibrachy Legal Consultancy
Matouk Bassiouny
Simmons & Simmons
Sweihan PV solar power generation project
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Al Tamimi & Company
Hadef & Partners
Norton Rose Fulbright
Shearman & Sterling
Restructuring
ACR Retakaful corporate reorganisation
Allen & Overy
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Clyde & Co
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Zu'bi & Partners
Adeem Investment and Wealth Management restructuring
Al Markaz Law Firm
Al Tamimi & Company
Allen & Overy
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Carey Olsen
Latham & Watkins
Ogier
Ithmaar Bank corporate restructuring
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Clyde & Co
Maples and Calder
Seven Tides debt restructuring
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Suez Steel Group restructuring
Matouk Bassiouny
Zulficar & Partners
Sultan Center restructuring
Al Hossam Legal
Nabil Abdel-Malek Law Offices
United Arab Shipping Company pre-merger restructuring
Al Tamimi & Company
White & Case
Domestic
Al Ramz Capital reverse IPO
Al Tamimi & Company
Eskan Bank REIT (EBRIT) IPO
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Falcon Insurance / Arabia Insurance merger
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Dentons
International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) / Mubadala Development Company (MDC) merger
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hadef & Partners
Shalakany Law Office
NMC Healthcare / Al Zahra Private Hospital
Al Tamimi & Company
Allen & Overy
Tribonian Law Advisors
National Bank of Abu Dhabi / First Gulf Bank merger
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Saudi Aramco debut sukuk issuance
Allen & Overy
Khoshaim & Associates
Law Firm of AlSalloum and AlToaimi
White & Case
Takaful International Company mandatory tender offer
ASAR
Teams of the year
Debt and equity-linked
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Dechert
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
White & Case
Equity
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
King & Spalding
Latham & Watkins
White & Case
M&A
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Herbert Smith Freehills
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
Project finance
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Norton Rose Fulbright
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Restructuring
Al Tamimi & Company
Allen & Overy
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Latham & Watkins
Clifford Chance
White & Case
Individual, firm and bank awards
Managing partner of the year
Robin Abraham, Clifford Chance
Abdul Aziz Al Yaqout, Meysan Partners
Scott Campbell, Linklaters
Marwan Elaraby, Shearman & Sterling
Husam Hourani, Al Tamimi & Company
Doug Peel, White & Case
Simon Roderick, Allen & Overy
IFLR Women in business law award
Sadaf Buchanan, Dentons
Caroline Kehoe, Herbert Smith Freehills
Nadine Al Kamar Nassar, NCB Capital
Lubna Qassim, Emirates NDB
Kiran Scarr, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre
Pro bono firm of the year
Al Tamimi & Company
Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Shalakany Law Office
International firm of the year
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
In-house team of the year
Citigroup Global Markets
First Abu Dhabi Bank
HSBC
JP Morgan Securities
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Standard Chartered Bank
Islamic bank of the year
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
Alizz Islamic Bank
Ajman Bank
Dubai Islamic Bank
Ithmaar Bank
National Commercial Bank
Qatar International Islamic Bank