IFLR is delighted to announce the winning deals, teams, law firms and individuals for the third edition of its IFLR Africa Awards.
This announcement follows months of research by the team and careful deliberation by the editors and IFLR journalists that make up the internal judging panel.
The core objective of the awards is to recognise legal innovation in cross-border transactions. To be considered, all deals must have reached financial close between June 1 2021 and May 31 2022, as well as meet pre-defined criteria to be considered cross-border and jurisdictionally African.
There was a raft of pioneering work analysed by our research team that reached across all areas of Africa, and the list of winners below reflects the innovative, cross-border legal advice that allowed the most transformative business transactions to reach completion.
The winners' award presentation, in which we reveal the winners and talk about some of the highlights from the research, can be viewed below.
To find out more about business development and marketing related to the awards, please contact Emily Kyriacou: emily.kyriacou@euromoneyplc.com
On behalf of the research team, thank you to everyone who took the time to contribute through submissions and interviews, and congratulations to all the winners.
DEALS OF THE YEAR
Capital markets
Access Bank Tier-1 eurobonds
Aluko & Oyebode
Banwo & Ighodalo
Clifford Chance
Templars
White & Case
Wigwe & Partners
Domestic
Titan Trust Bank / Union Bank of Nigeria
Banwo & Ighodalo
Drey Law Practice
G Elias & Co
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case
Loans
Lagos State Government bus corridors
Udo-Udoma & Belo Osagie
White & Case
M&A
Ardagh Group / Consol Holdings
Aman & Partners
Bowmans
Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
Webber Wentzel
Private Equity
International Finance Corporation / Equity Group stake
Anjarwalla & Khanna
Covington & Burling
DLA Piper Africa, Kenya (IKM Advocates)
DLA Piper Africa, Tanzania (IMMMA Advocates)
DLA Piper Africa, Uganda (Sebalu & Lule)
DLA Piper Africa, Rwanda (Equity Juris Chambers)
Matadi & Associes
Piyanile & Co Advocates
Walker Kontos
Project finance
Temane power project
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper Africa, Mozambique (SAL & Caldeira)
Pimenta e Associados, Miranda Law Alliance
Shearman & Sterling
Restructuring
Ambatovy Nickel – Cobalt Mining Project
Milbank
Sullivan & Cromwell
TEAMS OF THE YEAR
Capital markets
White & Case
Loans
White & Case
M&A
Bowmans
Private equity
Clifford Chance
Project finance
Clifford Chance
Restructuring
Sullivan & Cromwell
In-house team of the year
Africa Finance Corporation
JURISDICTIONAL LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR
Angola
ASP Advogados
Ethiopia
Aman & Partners
Ghana
Bentsi-Enchill Letsa & Ankomah
Kenya
Anjarwalla & Khanna
Madagascar
Lexel Juridique & Fiscal
Mauritius
BLC Robert & Associates
Morocco
Clifford Chance
Mozambique
Couto Graça e Associados
Namibia
ENSafrica Namibia
Nigeria
Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
Capital markets - Nigeria
Banwo & Ighodalo
Loans – Nigeria
Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
M&A – Nigeria
Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
Project finance - Nigeria
Aluko & Oyebode
OHADA
John W Ffooks & Co
Rwanda
DLA Piper Africa, Rwanda (Equity Juris Chambers)
South Africa
Bowmans
Capital markets - South Africa
Webber Wentzel
Loans - South Africa
Bowmans
M&A - South Africa
Bowmans
Project finance - South Africa
Bowmans
Tanzania
Anjarwalla & Khanna Tanzania
Tunisia
Ferchiou & Associés
Uganda
DLA Piper Africa, Uganda (Sebalu & Lule)
Zambia
Corpus Legal Practitioners
Zimbabwe
DLA Piper Africa, Zimbabwe (Manokore Attorneys)
Legal network of the year
ALN
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Lifetime Achievement
Gbenga Oyebode, Aluko & Oyebode
Previous Lifetime Achievement winners: Iqbal Rajahbalee (2021), Kojo Bentsi-Enchill (2020)
Rising Stars
Mayowa Kalesanwo, Clifford Chance
Mintewab Afework Abebe, Aman & Partners
In-House Market Maker
Hansina Valaydon, Ambatovy
IFLR Women Dealmakers Hall of Fame
Olubunmi Fayokun, Aluko & Oyebode
Previous Hall of Fame winners: Brigette Baillie (2021), Kofo Dosekun (2020)
REGIONAL AWARD
International law firm of the year
White & Case
