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IFLR Europe Awards 2025: shortlist revealed

Danielle Ngwana-Joseph, 
James Wilson, Karry Lai
February 06 2025
IFLR Europe Awards 2025 Shortlist Announced

The finalists for the 26th annual Europe awards are revealed - winners will be presented in London on April 3

IFLR is delighted to reveal the finalists for the 26th annual IFLR Europe Awards.

All the winning deals, firms, lawyers and in-house teams will be presented at the awards ceremony, to be held at the Royal Lancaster, London on April 3 2025.

To find out more and to book your place at the awards, please contact Sanawa Mtalo.

The winners of the non-shortlisted categories, including Rising Star Lawyers and In-House Market Maker Awards, will also be announced on the night, as will the 2025 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.

IFLR's awards are unique in the market for focusing on legal innovation through dealmaking and celebrating work that improves the cross-border investment environment. This year will mark 26 years of recognising legal innovation.

The law firms listed on each of the shortlisted deals below are based on preliminary research. If your firm advised on one of the deals, but is not listed, please contact Danielle Ngwana-Joseph.


Congratulations to all those shortlisted!


DEALS OF THE YEAR

  • Debt and equity-linked

    Akbank AT1
    A&O Shearman
    Baker McKenzie
    Gedik & Eraksoy
    Esin Attorney Partnership
    Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank digital native note
    A&O Shearman
    Clifford Chance

    In-house: Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Bank of Montreal London Branch
    DSV senior unsecured bond
    Clifford Chance
    Dentons
    Moalem Weitemeyer

    In-house: BNP Paribas, Danske Bank, HSBC Continental Europe, Nordea Bank 


    Eesti Energi green hybrid bond
    A&O Shearman
    Ellex
    Linklaters
    Sorainen

    In-house: Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE and LHV Bank
    Fidelidade Green restricted AT1
    A&O Shearman
    Linklaters
    Vieira de Almeida (VdA)

    In-house: Morgan Stanley Europe, Caixa-Banco de Investimento, Citigroup Global Markets Europe
    Republic of Estonia EMTN
    Ellex
    Sorainen


    Ukravtodor-Ukraine bond restructuring
    Avellum
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case


    Verbund green bond
    Binder Grösswang
    Linklaters
    Schönherr
    White & Case

    In-house: Verbund


  • Equity

    Athens International Airport IPO
    Dracopoulos & Vassalakis (DVLaw)
    Koutalidis Law Firm
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters
    Milbank
    PotamitisVekris
    White & Case
    Your Legal Partners
    Zepos & Yannopoulos
    CVC Capital Partners IPO
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Linklaters
    Mourant
    Exosens IPO
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance
    Duroc Partners
    Solférino Associés
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case
    Galderma IPO
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Homburger
    Niederer Kraft Frey

    In-house: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, UBS


    Pfizer secondary global offering
    Clifford Chance
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz


    Puig IPO
    Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Linklaters
    Raspberry Pi IPO
    A&O Shearman
    Linklaters


    Theon IPO
    Clifford Chance
    Ioannides Demetriou
    L Papaphilippou & Co
    Linklaters
    PotamitisVerkis

    In-house: Theon

  • High yield

    Alexandrite Monnet
    A&O Shearman
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Stibbe


    Belron
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance
    Cravath Swaine & Moore
    Elvinger Hoss Prussen
    Latham & Watkins
    Fedrigoni senior secured notes
    Latham & Watkins
    Milbank
    Paul Weiss
    PGLex

    In-house: Goldman Sachs
    Multiversity (CVC)
    A&O Shearman
    Linklaters

    In-house: CVC, Multiversity
    SAS convertible
    A&L Goodbody
    BAHR
    Bruun & Hjejle
    Gorrissen Federspiel
    Latham & Watkins
    Mannheimer Swartling
    McCann FitzGerald
    Milbank
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Schjødt
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Snellman Advokatbyrå
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case

    In-house: SAS
    Stonegate
    A&O Shearman
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher
    Telekom Srbija
    Clifford Chance
    Gecić Law
    King & Spalding
    Petrikić & Partneri AOD in cooperation with CMS Reich Rohrwig Hainz
    White & Case

    In-house: Telekom Srbija
    Telecom Italia notes exchange
    Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici
    GSK Stockmann
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett


  • Loan

    Blackstone / Seves Group financing
    Latham & Watkins
    Loyens & Loeff
    NautaDutilh
    PedersoliGattai
    Weil Gotshal & Manges

    In-house: Blackstone
    Froneri financing
    A&O Shearman
    Clifford Chance

    In-house: Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC

    KKR / FiberCop financing
    A&O Shearman
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Legance


    Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners / Salcef Group financing
    BonelliErede
    White & Case

    In-house: Morgan Stanley
    Rivage Investment, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Kommunal Landspensjonskasse – Sunly financing
    Ashurst
    Ellex
    Sorainen
    White & Case

    In-house: Rivage Investment, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Kommunal Landspensjonskass
    TDR Capital and I Squared Capital – Applus+ financing
    Cravath Swaine & Moore
    Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
    Linklaters
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Zegona Communications / Vodafone Spain financing
    A&O Shearman
    Milbank
    Travers Smith

    In-house: Deutsche Bank, ING, UniCredit

  • M&A

    Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company / Terna Energy
    Bernitsas Law
    Clifford Chance
    Karatzas & Partners
    Latham & Watkins
    PotamitisVekris
    Reed Smith
    Simmons & Simmons

    In-house: MASDAR
    Abu Dhabi National Oil Company / Covestro
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Gleiss Lutz
    Linklaters
    SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz
    Arçelik – Whirlpool JV
    Baker McKenzie
    CE Partners
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance
    Latham & Watkins
    MLL Legal
    Redcliffe Partners

    In-house: Arçelik-Beko
    e& / PPF Telecom
    Deloitte Middle East
    DGKV
    Karanovic & Partners
    Schönherr
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    White & Case

    In-house: e&
    Eni and Vår Energi / Neptune Energy
    ADNA
    BAHR
    Covington & Burling
    DFDL
    Eversheds Sutherland
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Loucif & Co
    NautaDutilh
    Schjødt
    Sharkawy & Sarhan
    White & Case
    Wiersholm

    In-house: Eni
    Harbour Energy / Wintershall
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Vinci Airports / Edinburgh Airport
    Brodies
    Mourant
    Paul Hastings
    Weil Gotshal & Manges

  • Private equity

    Apollo Global Management / Intel
    Arthur Cox
    Eversheds Sutherland
    Latham & Watkins
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Skadden

    In-house: Apollo Global Management
    Apollo Hybrid Value funds / AUTODOC
    A&O Shearman
    Sidley Austin

    In-house: AUTODOC
    Blackstone / Burstone
    Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

    In-house: Blackstone Real Estate
    Blackstone and Permira / Adevinta
    BAHR
    Clifford Chance
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Thommessen
    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    Wiersholm
    Wikborg Rein

    In-house: Adevinta
    General Atlantic / Actis
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    KKR / TIM
    BonelliErede
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovic
    Gianni & Origoni
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Linklaters
    Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
    Studio Legale Carbonetti
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    White & Case

    In-house: KKR


    KPS Capital Partners / Innomotics
    Gleiss Lutz
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

  • Project finance

    Alexandropoulis FSRU
    Baker McKenzie
    Karatzas & Partners
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    BNZ solar projects
    Clifford Chance
    Linklaters
    Morais Leitão
    EIG / Aukero HoldCo
    A&O Shearman
    Advant Nctm
    Clifford Chance
    Loyens & Loeff
    Milbank
    Schönherr
    Hanseatic Energy Hub
    A&O Shearman
    Clifford Chance
    CMS
    Highview Power (LAES) plant
    Addleshaw Goddard
    Burges Salmon
    Hogan Lovells
    Jones Day
    Linklaters
    Orrick
    Perkins Coie
    Slaughter and May
    Squire Patton Boggs
    White & Case
    Wilson Sonsini Goodrick & Rosati
    R4WO project
    Linklaters
    Sariyer–Kilyos PPP
    Ergün Avukatlik Bürosu
    Lexist
    Watson Farley & Williams
    White & Case


    Stegra green steel
    A&O Shearman
    Agnes Advokater
    Cederquist
    Clifford Chance
    Linklaters
    Mannheimer Swartling
    Milbank
    Wistrand

  • Restructuring

    Adler
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Gleiss Lutz
    Hengeler Mueller
    Milbank
    NautaDutilh
    White & Case
    BioCity
    Clifford Chance
    Kramer Levin
    Linklaters
    Slaughter and May
    Cineworld UK restructuring plan 
    Faegre Drinker
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Slaughter and May
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Codere
    A&O Shearman
    Allende & Brea
    Arendt & Medernach
    Arias Fabrega & Fabrega
    Galicia
    Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
    Machado Meyer
    Milbank
    Posadas Posadas & Vecino
    Posse Herrera Ruiz
    EMAG Group
    Baur Hürlimann
    Brinkmann & Partner
    Clifford Chance
    CMS
    Dentons
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Hogan Lovells
    Homburger
    Niederer Kraft Frey
    Willkie Far & Gallagher
    Endo Group
    A&L Goodbody
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Arthur Cox
    Cooley
    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
    Kramer Levin
    Maples Group
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    William Fry

    In-house: Endo International
    McDermott International
    Akin Gump
    Bracewell
    De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
    DLA Piper
    Kirkland & Ellis
    King & Spalding
    Linklaters
    Loyens & Loeff
    NautaDutilh
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    Scandinavian Airlines
    Bech-Bruun
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    DLA Piper
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Gernandt & Danielsson
    Hannes Snellman
    Latham & Watkins
    Mannheimer Swartling
    McCann FitzGerald
    Plesner
    Roschier
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Wilkie Farr & Gallagher
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case

  • Structured finance and securitisation

    Artex MTF – Art Share 002
    Charles Russell Speechly
    Linklaters
    MLL Legal
    Attica Bank synthetic securitization
    A&O Shearman
    Clifford Chance
    Koutalidis Law Firm
    Moratis Passas Law Firm
    Sardelas Petsa Law Firm
    Citigroup and Apollo – SRG Capital club transfer receivables
    Latham & Watkins
    Mayer Brown
    Vieira de Almedia (VdA)

    In-house: Citibank Europe
    Enpal public solar ABS
    A&O Shearman
    Clifford Chance
    Hogan Lovells
    Linklaters

    In-house: EIF, EIB
    NewDay Card securitisation
    Carey Olsen
    Clifford Chance
    CMS
    Slaughter and May
    Tughans
    UBS Aries 5 synthetic securitisation
    Carey Olsen
    Clifford Chance
    Simmons & Simmons

    In-house: UBS
    Vantage Data Centre ABS
    Clifford Chance
    K&L Gates
    Latham & Watkins

TEAMS OF THE YEAR

  • Debt and equity-linked

    A&O Shearman
    Clifford Chance
    Linklaters
    Slaughter and May
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case

  • Equity

    A&O Shearman
    Clifford Chance
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters
    Milbank
    White & Case


  • Financial Services Regulatory

    A&O Shearman
    Clifford Chance
    Herbert Smith Freehills
    Hogan Lovells
    Weil Gotshal & Manges

  • High yield

    A&O Shearman
    Clifford Chance
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Milbank
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher
    White & Case

  • Loan

    A&O Shearman
    Clifford Chance
    Cravath Swaine & Moore
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Linklaters
    Milbank
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case

  • M&A

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Latham & Watkins
    Paul Hastings
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    White & Case

  • Private equity

    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Linklaters
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Sidley Austin
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

  • Project finance

    A&O Shearman
    Clifford Chance
    Hogan Lovells
    Linklaters
    Milbank
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    White & Case

  • Restructuring

    A&O Shearman
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Clifford Chance
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Milbank
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher

  • Structured finance and securitisation

    A&O Shearman
    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
    Clifford Chance
    Hogan Lovells
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters
    Simmons & Simmons

IN-HOUSE TEAMS OF THE YEAR

  • In-house team of the year

    AviAlliance
    Beko
    CVC Credit Partners
    KKR
    Mondelez International
    TIM (Telecom Italia)
    Vinci

  • In-house debt team: banks

    Barclays
    BNP Paribas
    Citi
    Goldman Sachs
    JP Morgan
    HSBC
    Morgan Stanley

  • In-house equity team: banks

    Bank of America
    Barclays
    Citi
    Deutsche Bank
    HSBC
    Morgan Stanley

SPECIALIST AWARDS

  • IFLR Women Dealmakers Hall of Fame

    Agnieszka Janicka - Clifford Chance
    Christina Faitakis - Karatzas & Partners
    Denise Gibson - A&O Shearman
    Laura Sizemore - White & Case
    Myra Garrett SC - William Fry
    Pam Shores - Linklaters
    Paula Gomes Freire - Vieira de Almedia (VdA)
    Toinon Hoss - Elvinger Hoss Prussen

  • Digital Finance Team

    A&O Shearman
    Chiomenti
    Clifford Chance
    Hogan Lovells
    MLL Legal

  • Financial Services Regulatory Team - Regional

    Arthur Cox
    Bernitsas Law
    Ellex
    McCann FitzGerald
    MLL Legal
    Pérez-Llorca

  • Tech Innovation Award

    Hedman Law Firm – GDPR Register software
    Koutalidis - Lawgic IKE – Generative AI
    Loyens & Loeff – CTC Land Registry Tool
    MLL Legal - PACTIS

  • Net-zero Transition Firm

    BAHR
    Ellex
    Hannes Snellman
    Hogan Lovells
    Karatzas & Partners
    Vieira de Almeida (VdA)
    White & Case

LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR

  • EU Law Firm of the Year

    Cuatrecasas
    Ellex
    Loyens & Loeff
    NautaDutilh
    Roschier
    Schönherr
    Uría Menéndez
    Wolf Theiss

  • US Law Firm of the Year

    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Milbank
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case

  • International Law Firm of the Year

    A&O Shearman
    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Hogan Lovells
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Linklaters
    White & Case

NATIONAL LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR

NATIONAL LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR

  • Austria

    Binder Grösswang
    CERHA HEMPEL
    Schönherr
    Wolf Theiss

  • Belgium

    A&O Shearman
    AKD
    Clifford Chance
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Lydian
    Stibbe

  • Czech Republic

    A&O Shearman
    Clifford Chance
    PRK Partners
    White & Case

  • Finland

    Avance
    Borenius
    Hannes Snellman
    Roschier

  • Germany

    A&O Shearman
    Clifford Chance
    CMS
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Gleiss Lutz
    Hengeler Mueller
    Hogan Lovells

  • Hungary

    Bird & Bird
    Kinstellar Andrékó Ferenczi & Társai Ügyvédi Iroda
    Wolf Theiss

  • Israel

    Agmon with Tulchinsky
    Arnon Tadmor-Levy
    Epstein Rosenblum Maoz
    Erdinast Ben Nathan Toledano & Co
    Herzog Fox & Neeman
    Lipa Meir & Co

  • Luxembourg

    A&O Shearman
    AKD
    Arendt & Medernach
    Clifford Chance
    Elvinger Hoss Prussen
    Loyens & Loeff

  • Norway

    BAHR
    Schjødt
    Thomessen
    Wiersholm
    Wikborg Rein

  • Portugal

    Abreu Advogados
    Cuatrecasas
    Linklaters
    Morais Leitão
    PLMJ
    Uría Menéndez
    Vieira de Almeida (VdA)

  • Spain

    A&O Shearman
    Cuatrecasas
    Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
    Linklaters
    Pérez-Llorca
    Uría Menéndez

  • Switzerland

    Advestra
    Bär & Karrer
    Homburger
    MLL Legal
    Niederer Kraft Frey
    Walder Wyss

  • Ukraine

    Aequo
    Avellum
    Integrites
    Redcliffe Partners
    Sayenko Kharenko

  • Baltics

    Cobalt
    Ellex
    Sorainen
    Walless

  • Bulgaria

    Boyanov & Co
    Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov
    Kambourov & Partners Attorneys at Law
    Kinstellar
    Schönherr
    Wolf Theiss

  • Denmark

    Accura
    Bech-Bruun
    Bruun & Hjejle
    Gorrissen Federspiel
    Kromann Reumert
    Plesner

  • France

    Ashurst
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
    Orrick
    White & Case

  • Greece

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

  • Ireland

    A&L Goodbody
    Arthur Cox
    Mathesons
    McCann FitzGerald

  • Italy

    A&O Shearman
    BonelliErede
    Chiomenti
    Clifford Chance
    Gianni & Origoni
    Linklaters
    Legance
    White & Case

  • Netherlands

    AKD
    Clifford Chance
    De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
    Houthoff
    NautaDutilh

  • Poland

    A&O Shearman
    Baker McKenzie
    Clifford Chance
    Greenberg Traurig
    SSW Spaczyński, Szczepaniak i Wspólnicy
    Wolf Theiss

  • Romania

    Clifford Chance Badea
    Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP)
    Schönherr
    Wolf Theiss

  • Sweden

    Cederquist
    DLA Piper
    Hannes Snellman
    Mannheimer Swartling
    Roschier
    Vinge

  • Türkiye

    CE Partners (Clifford Chance Istanbul)
    Esin Attorney Partnership
    Gedik & Eraksoy
    GKC Partners
    Paksoy

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Danielle Ngwana-Joseph
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Danielle heads the global research for IFLR. She joined IFLR1000 as EMEA Editor in 2021 and now serves as the main point of contact for IFLR1000 globally. She was previously the Editor of Benchmark Litigation Europe and has been working in the legal benchmarking business since 2017.
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