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IFLR Europe Awards 2023: shortlist revealed

Sophie Astles, 
James Wilson
March 09, 2023
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Winners will be revealed at an awards ceremony on May 3 at the Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, London

IFLR is delighted to reveal the shortlist for the Europe Awards 2023, celebrating the region's most innovative cross-border work and those behind it.

Judged independently by IFLR's editorial team, the awards focus exclusively on legal innovation in cross-border transactions that reached financial close during the 2022 calendar year.

The full methodology and criteria can be read here.

The winning deals, law firms and in-house legal teams will be announced at the awards ceremony, which will take place at the Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, London, on May 3. IFLR will also reveal the recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award, Contribution to Regulatory Reform Award and Women Dealmakers Hall of Fame Award, as well as this year's Rising Star dealmakers.

Along with the event, IFLR will announce the winners online, with podcasts and content to explore the work covered in the awards.

To find out more about attending the awards ceremony, and commercial/marketing opportunities, please contact Sanawa Mtalo.

The shortlist below is based on preliminary research. If your team advised on one of these transactions but is not listed, please contact Sophie Astles.

Our nominees for 2023 are...

DEALS OF THE YEAR

  • Debt and equity-linked

    EIB digital bond
    Allen & Overy
    Ashurst
    Clifford Chance
    Glanbia exchangeable bond
    Clifford Chance
    Herbert Smith Freehills
    Matheson
    MAPFRE Tier 3 notes
    Clifford Chance
    Linklaters
    Sanofi sustainability-linked bond
    Clifford Chance
    White & Case
    Siemens Energy convertible bond
    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Ukraine sovereign / sovereign-guaranteed debt liability management
    Avellum
    Hogan Lovells
    Latham & Watkins
    Sayenko Kharenko
    White & Case

  • Equity

    Haleon listing
    Allen & Overy
    Ashurst
    AZB & Partners
    Baker McKenzie
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance
    DLA Piper
    Franceschini e Miranda Advogados
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Khaitan & Co
    Kim & Chang
    Marval O'Farrell & Mairal
    McCann FitzGerald
    NautaDutilh
    Nishimura & Asahi
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Sidley Austin
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Slaughter and May
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    Tadmor Levy & Co
    Veritas Legal
    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
    Ithaca IPO
    Allen & Overy
    Pinsent Masons
    White & Case
    New Energy One Acquisition SPAC
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Herbert Smith Freehills
    White & Case
    Porsche IPO
    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Gleiss Lutz
    Hengeler Mueller
    Linklaters
    Niederer Kraft Frey
    Schoenherr
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    White & Case
    Saipem rights issue
    Chiomenti
    Latham & Watkins
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    Swiss GDRs - GEM, Gotion High Tech, Keda Industrial, Ningbo Shanshan
    Advestra
    Baker McKenzie
    Clifford Chance
    Grandway Law Offices
    Haiwen & Partners
    Jingtian & Gongcheng
    Kangda Law Firm
    King & Wood Mallesons
    Kingson Law Firm
    Linklaters
    Llinks Law Offices
    Niederer Kraft Frey
    Tian Yuan Law Firm
    Vischer

  • High yield

    Best Secret Group 
    Allen & Overy
    Latham & Watkins
    Cerved  
    Chiomenti
    Latham & Watkins
    Milbank
    Fedrigoni 
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Milbank
    Hunkemöller  
    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Cravath Swaine & Moore
    LSF XI Magpie Bidco BV/SRL 
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Loyens & Loeff
    Milbank
    Stibbe
    Morrisons Supermarkets
    Debevoise & Plimpton
    Latham & Watkins
    NewDay exchange offer and issue 
    Baker McKenzie
    Carey Olsen
    Clifford Chance
    Latham & Watkins
    Mourant
    NautaDutilh
    Slaughter and May

  • Loan

    3G Capital – Hunter Douglas
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
    DLA Piper
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Loyens & Loeff
    NautaDutilh
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Spigt Dutch Caribbean
    Stibbe
    White & Case
    Blackstone – Atlantia
    Elvinger Hoss Prussen
    Gattai Minoli Partners
    Legance Avvocati Associati
    Maples Group
    NautaDutilh Luxembourg
    Shearman & Sterling
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Walkers Global
    CVC Capital Partners – Ligue de Football Professionnel
    Allen & Overy
    Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
    Mayer Brown
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    Delivery Hero
    Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
    Dentons Jimenez de Arechaga
    Guyer & Regules
    Hadef & Partners
    Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg
    Milbank
    White & Case
    Novo Holdings – BBI Group
    Kromann Reumert
    Latham & Watkins
    White & Case
    Temasek - Element
    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Covington
    Latham & Watkins
    The Access Group
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Shearman & Sterling
    Theramex
    Allen & Overy
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters
    Milbank

  • M&A

    Central Group and SIGNA / Selfridges & Co
    Allen & Overy
    Pinsent Masons
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    CPI Property Group / Immofinanz
    bpv Huegel
    Hengeler Mueller
    Schoenherr
    Wolf Theiss
    CSL / Vifor Pharma
    Allens
    Bär & Karrer
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Homburger
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    DoorDash / Wolt
    Allen & Overy
    Avance Attorneys
    BDK Advokati
    DLA Piper
    Roschier
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
    Flutter Entertainment / Sisal
    Arthur Cox
    Chiomenti
    Gide Loyrette Nouel
    Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
    Hambach & Hambach
    Latham & Watkins
    Pekin and Pekin
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Wiggin
    Wolf Theiss
    Maersk Drilling – Noble merger
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Gorrissen Federspiel
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Plesner
    Travers Smith
    Mondelēz International / Chipita
    Baker McKenzie
    Boyanov & Co
    Clifford Chance
    Harneys
    Karatzas & Partners
    Shearman & Sterling
    Zepos & Yannopoulos
    Odyssey – BenevolentAI de-SPAC
    Elvinger Hoss Prussen
    Latham & Watkins
    NautaDutilh
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Stibbe

  • Private equity

    Atairos / Ocean Outdoor
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Maples Group
    Ogier
    Proskauer Rose
    Ropes & Gray
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    White & Case
    BC Partners-Bain Capital / Fedrigoni
    Arendt & Medernach
    Elvinger Hoss Prussen
    Facchini Rossi Michelutti
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati
    White & Case
    Cinven / Bayer Environmental Science Professional
    Clifford Chance
    Hengeler Mueller
    Karatzas & Partners
    Kirkland & Ellis
    PwC legal
    Clearlake-Boehly / Chelsea FC
    Latham & Watkins
    Northridge Law
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
    Sidley Austin
    Simmons & Simmons
    SRS Legal
    Evergreen Coast Capital and Brookfield consortium / Nielsen
    Clifford Chance
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
    Herbert Smith Freehills
    Latham & Watkins
    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
    GIC / Sani-Ikos Group
    Bernitsas Law Firm
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Linklaters
    PotamitisVekris
    TS&P
    Uría Menéndez
    Van Bael & Bellis
    Silver Lake and Oakley / Cegid – Grupo Primavera
    Allen & Overy
    Bredin Prat
    K&L Gates
    Paul Hastings
    Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett
    Uría Menéndez
    Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe, Hg and Warburg Pincus / Norstella
    Allen & Overy Luxembourg
    Allens
    Arendt & Medernach
    Cooley
    ELIG
    Foley & Lardner
    Holland & Knight
    Kirkland & Ellis
    McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter
    Milbank
    Proskauer Rose
    Ropes & Gray
    Sidley Austin
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Walkers
    Weil Gotshal & Manges

  • Project finance

    A3 toll road
    Allen & Overy
    Ashurst
    Aquila Clean Energy
    White & Case
    Dogger Bank – Vårgrønn
    Bracewell
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    Erciyes wind power
    GKC Partners
    Morgan Lewis & Bockius
    Paksoy
    SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz
    White & Case
    Provence Grand Large floating wind farm
    BCTG Avocats
    Bignon Lebray
    Clifford Chance
    Linklaters
    Zarafshan Wind Project
    Centil Law Firm
    Clifford Chance
    Grata international
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    White & Case

  • Restructuring

    China Fishery Group
    Allen & Gledhill
    BlackOak
    CMS Grau
    Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
    Hogan Lovells
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Locke Lord
    Maples Group
    Miró Quesada Abogados
    Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
    Schjødt
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    White & Case
    ED&F Man
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Allen & Overy
    Asters
    Barros & Errazuriz
    Carey Olsen
    Carey y Cía
    CMS Cameron McKenna
    Conyers Dill & Pearman
    Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Homburger
    Mourant
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Walkers Global
    Lion Air
    Baker McKenzie
    Boché-Dobelle
    Clifford Chance
    Herbert Smith Freehills
    HFW
    K&L Gates
    Moncey Avocats
    Reed Smith
    Stephenson Harwood
    Swift Litigation
    Watson Farley & Williams
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    Markel CATCo
    ASW Law
    Boies Schiller
    Conyers
    Harneys
    Hogan Lovells
    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Sullivan & Worcester
    Nordic Aviation Capital
    A&L Goodbody
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Allen & Overy
    Arthur Cox
    Brown Rudnick
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance
    Dillon Eustace
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Hunton Andrews Kurth
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Linklaters
    Matheson
    McCann FitzGerald
    Milbank
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
    Watson Farley & Williams
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    Whiteford Taylor Preston
    William Fry
    Officine Maccaferri
    Delfino Willkie Farr & Gallagher
    DLA Piper
    Milbank
    Paul Hastings
    Proskauer
    Studio Legale Zoppini
    Safari Holding (Löwen Play)
    Grub Brugger
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Loyens & Loeff
    Wellensiek
    White & Case
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher
    Schur Flexibles
    Allen & Overy
    Arendt
    Binder Grösswang
    Clifford Chance
    Dorda
    E+H Rechtsanwälte
    Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner
    Karatzas & Partners
    Latham & Watkins
    Loyens & Loeff
    Milbank
    Schoenherr
    Sidley Austin
    Zepos & Yannopoulos
    Smile Telecoms
    Boies Schiller Flexner
    CMS RM Partners
    Dentons
    Greenberg Traurig
    Hogan Lovells
    Kirkland & Ellis
    SPA Ajibade & Co
    Watson Farley & Williams

  • Securitisation and structured finance

    B2Holding NPL Securitization
    Clifford Chance
    CMS
    Karatzas & Partners
    Linklaters
    Bayerische Landesbank synthetic STS securitization
    Clifford Chance
    White & Case
    Cassia 2022-1 CMBS
    Kim & Chang
    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Reed Smith
    Shearman & Sterling
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Glennmont Partners on-balance sheet securitization
    Allen & Overy
    Vieira de Almeida
    Grosvenor Place CLO 2022-1
    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft 
    White & Case
    NewDay Funding Master Issuer Plc Series 2022-3
    Carey Olsen
    Clifford Chance
    CMS
    Morgan Lewis & Bockius
    Slaughter and May
    Tughans
    Syco Entertainment securitization
    GDB Law
    Memery Crystal
    Orrick
    Weil Gotshal & Manges

TEAMS OF THE YEAR

  • Debt and equity-linked

    Allen & Overy  
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance 
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters  
    White & Case 

  • Equity

    Allen & Overy  
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Linklaters 
    Slaughter and May  
    Sullivan & Cromwell  
    White & Case  

  • Financial Services Regulatory

    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Linklaters
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

  • High yield

    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance  
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Milbank  
    Shearman & Sterling

  • Loans

    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Milbank
    Paul Hastings
    Shearman & Sterling
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case

  • M&A

    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Shearman & Sterling
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    White & Case

  • Private equity

    Clifford Chance
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    White & Case

  • Project finance

    Allen & Overy
    Ashurst
    Bracewell
    Clifford Chance
    Linklaters
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    White & Case

  • Restructuring

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Milbank
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Weil Gotshal & Manges

  • Securitisation and structured finance

    Allen & Overy
    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
    Clifford Chance
    Linklaters
    Paul Hastings
    Slaughter and May
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case

IN-HOUSE TEAMS OF THE YEAR

  • In-house team of the year: debt

    Alantra
    Bank of America
    BNP Paribas
    Citi
    Credit Suisse
    Goldman Sachs
    JP Morgan
    Morgan Stanley

  • In-house team of the year: equity

    Bank of America
    BNP Paribas
    Citi
    Goldman Sachs
    JP Morgan
    Morgan Stanley

  • In-house team of the year: corporate

    Delivery Hero
    ED&F Man
    Fedrigoni
    GSK
    Mondelēz International
    NewDay
    Novo Holdings
    Sanofi

SPECIALISED AWARDS

  • Digital Finance Award - regional firm

    Abreu Advogados
    Chiomenti
    DORDA
    Ellex
    Karatzas & Partners
    Walless Law Firm

  • Financial Services Regulatory award - regional firm

    A&L Goodbody
    Arthur Cox
    Chiomenti
    McCann Fitzgerald
    Pérez-Llorca
    Vieira de Almeida

  • Net-zero Transition award

    Arthur Cox
    Clifford Chance
    Lenz & Staehelin
    Vieira de Almeida
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case
    Wiersholm

  • IFLR Women Dealmakers Hall of Fame

    Delphine Caramalli - Clifford Chance
    Sarah Clements - IAG
    Kate Colman - Milbank
    Emma Dwyer - Allen & Overy
    Olga Fedosova - White & Case
    Andrea Giger - Niederer Kraft Frey
    Reena Gogna - Weil Gotshal & Manges
    Mei Lian - Paul Hastings

LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR

  • US Law Firm

    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Milbank
    Shearman & Sterling
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case

  • International Law Firm

    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    White & Case

JURISDICTIONAL LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR

  • Austria

    Binder Grösswang
    Cerha Hempel
    DORDA
    DSC Doralt Seist Csoklich
    E+H Rechtsanwälte
    Schoenherr
    Wolf Theiss

  • Baltics

    BDO Law
    COBALT
    Ellex
    Glimstedt
    Sorainen
    Walless Law Firm

  • Belgium

    Clifford Chance
    Stibbe
    Van Bael & Bellis

  • Bulgaria

    BOYANOV & Co. 
    Djingov Gouginski Kytuchukov & Velichkov  
    Kambourov & Partners 
    Kinstellar
    Wolf Theiss

  • Czech Republic

    Allen & Overy
    White & Case

  • Denmark

    Bech-Bruun Law Firm
    Gorrissen Federspiel
    Kromann Reumert
    Lundgrens
    Plesner

  • Finland

    Avance Attorneys
    Borenius 
    Castrén & Snellman   
    Dittmar & Indrenius  
    Hannes Snellman
    Roschier 

  • France

    Allen & Overy
    Bredin Prat
    Clifford Chance
    Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
    De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
    Gide Loyrette Nouel
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case

  • Germany

    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Gleiss Lutz
    Hengeler Mueller
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters
    Sidley Austin
    White & Case

  • Greece

    Bernitsas Law Firm
    Karatzas & Partners
    Koutalidis Law Firm
    Kyriakides Georgopoulos
    PotamitisVekris
    Zepos & Yannopoulos

  • Hungary

    Deloitte Legal Göndöcz and Partners Law Firm
    Hegymegi-Barakonyi and Fehérváry Baker & McKenzie Attorneys-at-Law
    Wolf Theiss

  • Ireland

    A&L Goodbody
    Arthur Cox
    Dillon Eustace
    Matheson
    McCann Fitzgerald
    William Fry

  • Israel

    Agmon with Tulchinsky
    Arnon Tadmor-Levy
    Erdinast Ben Nathan Toledano & Co with Hamburger Evron
    Gornitzky & Co
    Herzog Fox & Neeman
    Meitar

  • Italy

    BonnelliErede
    Chiomenti
    Gattai Minoli Partners
    Gianni & Origoni
    Latham & Watkins
    Legance Avvocati Associati
    White & Case

  • Luxembourg

    Arendt & Medernach
    Clifford Chance
    Elvinger Hoss Prussen
    GSK Stockmann
    Loyens & Loeff
    NautaDutilh

  • Netherlands

    Clifford Chance
    De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
    Loyens & Loeff
    NautaDutilh
    Stibbe

  • Norway

    BAHR 
    Thommessen
    Wiersholm 

  • Poland

    Allen & Overy
    Baker McKenzie
    Clifford Chance
    Greenberg Traurig
    Rymarz Zdort Gasiński Her i Wspólnicy
    Wardyński & Partners

  • Portugal

    Abreu Advogados
    Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
    Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados 
    PLMJ 
    SRS Legal
    Vieira de Almeida

  • Romania

    Clifford Chance Badea
    Reff & Associates SCA Deloitte Legal Romania
    Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii

  • Spain

    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Cuatrecasas
    Garrigues
    Pérez-Llorca
    Uría Menéndez

  • Sweden

    Mannheimer Swartling
    Roschier
    Vinge

  • Switzerland

    Advestra
    Bär & Karrer
    Homburger
    Lenz & Staehelin
    Niederer Kraft Frey
    VISCHER
    Walder Wyss

  • Türkiye

    Bezen & Partners
    Esin Attorney Partnership, a Member Firm of Baker McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein
    GKC Partners
    Paksoy

  • Ukraine

    Aequo
    Asters
    Avellum
    Sayenko Kharenko

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Sophie Astles
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Sophie is an editor on the awards research team. She has led research on IFLR awards in both the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, and also works on awards across the Euromoney, GlobalCapital and Insurance Insider portfolios. Sophie is the main point of contact for GlobalCapital's awards and is based in the UK. She joined the Euromoney group in 2021 from another legal benchmarking business.
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James oversees IFLR research, including the global IFLR1000 and IFLR Awards programmes. IFLR has five prestigious annual awards, covering Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. He is based in the UK and has worked with IFLR since 2016.
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