IFLR is delighted to reveal the full list of nominees for the 2024 Middle East Awards.
The winners for all the categories shortlisted below will be announced on October 22, along with this year’s rising stars, market makers, the recipients of the Net-zero Transition Award and Tech Innovation Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award winner.
The law firms listed on each deal are based on preliminary research. If your firm advised on one of the deals but is not listed, please contact Danielle Ngwana-Joseph and James Wilson.
We will be announcing the winners of this year’s awards at a live ceremony, at the Mandarin Oriental in Dubai on Tuesday, October 22 2024.
To book your place at the awards ceremony, or to find out more about commercial opportunities, please contact Emily Kyriacou.
Congratulations to all those shortlisted!
Deals of the Year
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Egyptian Government Panda bondAdsero - Ragy Soliman & Partners
Ashurst
Dechert
Fangda Partners
Linklaters
White & CaseEnergy Development Oman trust certificateAl Maamary Al Aabri & Co (MAQ)
Dechert
Dentons
Linklaters
Maples GroupIttihad International Investment sukukA&O Shearman
Al Tamimi & Company
AshurstMasdar EMTN issuanceA&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
In-house: First Abu Dhabi BankMDGH sukukA&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
In-house: Mubadala, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank, Emirates NBD, HSBC, Standard CharteredOmantel sukukA&O Shearman
Addleshaw Goddard
Dentons
Linklaters
In-house: CitiPublic Investment Fund sukukA&O Shearman
Khoshaim & Associates
Linklaters
Maples Group
Zamakhchary & Co
In-house: HSBC, PIFTabby securitisationA&O Shearman
Arthur Cox
Khoshaim & Associates
Latham & Watkins
In-house: Tabby, JP Morgan -
Aldar Properties – Dubai Holdings JVCMS
Charles Russell Speechleys
In-house: AldarB Investments Holding / Orascom Financial HoldingWhite & Case
Zaki Hashem & Partners, Attorneys at LawEmkan perpetual sukukAmer Alamr & Partners Law Firm
Simmons & SimmonsFajr Capital / Aster DM HealthcareA&O Shearman
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
AZB & Partners
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Hourani & Partners
Khalifeh & Partners
Linklaters
Sarkis & AssociatesHSBC Oman – Sohar International Bank mergerAl Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Said Al Shahry & Partners (SASLO)
In-house: HSBCIoT Squared / MachinesTalkEversheds Sutherland
Squire Patton BoggsSNB Capital Company short term certificateWhite & Case -
Agility Global listingMeysan
White & Case
In-house: First Abu Dhabi BankDubai Taxi IPOA&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
Ibrahim & PartnersGlobalFoundries secondary public offeringCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Latham & Watkins
Maples and Calder
In-house: GlobalFoundries, MTIC, Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala)Investcorp Capital IPOClifford Chance
Ibrahim & Partners
Latham & Watkins
In-house: Investcorp, HSBC, Emirates NBD, First Abu Dhabi BankFirst Abu Dhabi BankFirst Abu Dhabi BankMBC IPOAS&H Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
In-house: HSBC, MBC GroupOQ Gas Network IPOAl Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Linklaters
MAQ Legal (Al Maamary, Al Abri & Co.)
White & CaseParkin IPOAl Tamimi & Company
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
White & CaseSaudi Aramco Secondary OfferingLatham & Watkins
White & CaseSpinneys IPOIbrahim & Partners
Linklaters
White & Case
In-house: HSBC -
ADNOC – JBIC green untied loanAshurst
Freshfields Bruckhaus DeringerAl Dahra syndicated facilitiesLinklaters
Stephenson Harwood
In-house: Al Dahra, Intesa Sanpaolo, Raiffeisen Bank International, Commercial Bank of Dubai, ING BankArab Republic of Egypt – Dhaman-backed Deutsche Bank financingAdsero Ragy Soliman & Partners
Baker McKenzie
Dentons
GLA & CompanyAster GroupA&O Shearman
Baker McKenzie
LinklatersDubai Aerospace Enterprise syndicated financingA&O Shearman
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
In-house: HSBCGEMS groupAl Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Maples Group
Walkers
In-house: Brookfield, GEMS, Dubai Islamic Bank, Mashreq, Abu Dhabi Commercial BankLulu InternationalAl Tamimi & Company
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Dentons
Norton Rose Fullbright
In-house: Abu Dhabi Commercial BankPropertyfinderLatham & Watkins
Maples Group
White & Case -
ADNIC / Allianz Saudi FransiBaker McKenzie
White & Case
In-house: HSBCe& - SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Singtel and SoftBank JVHerbert Smith Freehills
King & SpaldingEtihad Rail and Mubadala Investment Company JVA&O Shearman
Clifford ChanceMicrosoft / G42Latham & Watkins
Paul Hastings
Simpson Thatcher & BartlettPhilip Morris International / Eastern Tobacco CompanyAlliance Law Firm
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clyde & Co
Khoshaim & AssociatesSaudi Tadawul Group (STG) / Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME)AS&H Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance
CMS
Conyers
Norton Rose Fulbright
Walkers -
Al Ansar Hospital PPPA&O Shearman
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
AS&H Clifford Chance
Bracewell
In-house: Tamasuk, Alghanim, Natixis, Alimna, Riyad BankAl Mirfa Seawater Nanofiltration Plant PPPAl Tamimi & Company
Ashurst
Covington & Burling
Hadef & Partners
Norton Rose Fulbright
In-house: ADNOC, Metito, OrascomAl Shuaibah PV 1 and Al Shuaibah PV 2 SolarA&O Shearman
Al Tamimi & Company
AS&H Clifford Chance
Covington & Burling
DLA Piper
Mohammed Ayedh AlShahrani Law Firm
In-house: ACWA Power, Standard Chartered BankAl Wakra and Al Wukair sewage treatment plant (STP) PPPAddleshaw Goddard
Al Tamimi & Company
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Eversheds Sutherland
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pinsent MasonsAmaala DevelopmentA&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
King & Spalding
Paul HastingsHassyan independent water projectAl Tamimi & Company
Covington & Burling
Norton Rose Fulbright
In-house: ACWA PowerJuranah Independent Strategic Water Reservoir ProjectASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Bracewell
DLA Piper
Norton Rose Fulbright
STAT Law
In-house: Vision International Investment Company, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company -
Al Jaber GroupA&O Shearman
Al Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
In house: Al Jaber Group, Abu Dhabi Commercial BankDrake & ScullA&O Shearman
Hadef & Partners
Ibrahim & Partners
Linklaters
Maples Group
In house: Drake & ScullKBBO GroupA&O Shearman
Addleshaw Goddard
Deloitte
DLA Piper
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hadef & Partners
PrimecaseShuaa CapitalA&O Shearman
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Baker Botts
Teams of the Year
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A&O Shearman
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Dechert
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Simmons & Simmons
White & Case -
A&O Shearman
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Ibrahim & Partners
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
White & Case -
A&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Norton Rose Fulbright
Stephenson Harwood
White & Case -
A&O Shearman
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
King & Spalding
Latham & Watkins
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case -
A&O Shearman
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Bracewell
Covington & Burling
King & Spalding
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pinsent Masons -
A&O Shearman
Addleshaw Goddard
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters -
A&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pinsent Masons
Simmons & Simmons
White & Case -
A&O Shearman
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Clifford Chance
Dentons
King & Spalding
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case -
A&O Shearman
Baker McKenzie
CMS
Dentons
Matouk Bassiouny
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Stephenson Harwood
Wisefields
In-house teams of the Year
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Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
ACWA Power
Aldar Properties
Alghanim Industries
DHL
Mubadala
PIF
Saudi Aramco
Tamasuk -
ADQ
Mubadala
PIF -
Citi
HSBC
JP Morgan
Natixis
Standard Chartered -
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Commercial Bank of Dubai
Emirates NBD
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Mashreqbank
National Bank of Egypt
SNB -
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
Dubai Islamic Bank
First Abu Dhabi Bank
HSBC
Mubadala
Public Investment Fund
Standard Chartered -
Aldar Properties
ACWA Power
ADNOC
First Abu Dhabi Bank
HSBC
Masdar
National Bank of Egypt -
Al Rajhi Bank
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
Alinma Bank
Banque Saudi Fransi
Dubai Islamic Bank
Emirates Islamic Bank
Riyadh Bank
Specialist Awards
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A&O Shearman
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Norton Rose Fulbright
White & Case -
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Covington & Burling
Dentons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Stephenson Harwood
Watson Farley & Williams
White & Case -
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Clyde & Co
Dentons
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Sarie-Eldin & Partners Legal Advisors -
AX Law
GLA & Company
Khodeir & Partners -
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Addleshaw Goddard
Clifford Chance
Etihad Etisalat (Mobily)
First Abu Dhabi Bank
National Bank of Egypt
Individual Awards
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Andrew Johnston – Addleshaw Goddard
Catherine Workman – Pinsent Masons
David Charlier – Ashurst
David Foster – A&O Shearman
Mohammed Al-Shukairy – Clifford Chance
Mohammed Paracha – Norton Rose Fulbright
Nabil A Issa – King & Spalding
Salman Al-Sudairi – Latham & Watkins
Scott Campbell – Linklaters -
Ahmed Ibrahim – Ibrahim & Partners
Aisha Alnesef – International Counsel Bureau
Alex Saleh – GLA & Company
Chadia El Meouchi – Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Mahmoud Bassiouny – Matouk Bassiouny
Mansoor Malik – Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Mohamed Ghannam – Helmy Hamza & Partners (member firm of Baker & McKenzie International)
Motaz El Dreny – Dreny & Partners -
Adjou Ait Ben Idir – Norton Rose Fulbright
Alishia Sullivan – Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Amira Sherif – Sarie Eldin & Partners Legal Advisors Catherine Workman – Pinsent Masons
Marie Maalouly Torbey – Eptalex – Aziz Torbey Law Firm
Sara Khoja – Clyde & Co
Shahira Khaled – Al Kamel Law -
Harsha Kumar – A&O Shearman
Jordan Knowles – Clifford Chance
Murtaza Hussain - Stephenson Harwood
Nazuma Hassan – A&O Shearman
Nicola Minervini - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Raquel Tarancon Plata - Ashurst
Tom Lloyd – Clifford Chance
Tumise Jegede – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer -
Ali Moiz Ansari – AS&H Clifford Chance
Khalid Alyafi – Khoshaim & Associates
Mohamed Ahmed Fathy – Al-Hossam Legal - Al-Turqi & Partners
Nader Abdelaziz – ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Natalia Kumar – Al Tamimi & Company
Nour Al Jafari – Ibrahim & Partners
Perla El Mardini – Sharq Law Firm
National Law Firms of the Year
National Law Firms of the Year
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Al Tamimi & Company
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Newton Legal Group
Hassan Radhi & Associates
Zu'bi & Partners Attorneys and Legal Consultants -
Adsero - Ragy Soliman & Partners
Dreny & Partners
Helmy Hamza & Partners (member firm of Baker McKenzie)
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Sarie-Eldin and Partners Legal Advisors
Sharkawy & Sarhan
Zaki Hashem & Partners
Zulficar & Partners -
Al Tamimi & Company
Confluent Law Group
Hannouche Associates
Sanad Law Group in association with Eversheds Sutherland -
Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Al Tamimi & Company
Khalifeh & Partners
Obeidat Law -
Al-Hossam Legal – Al-Turqi & Partners
Al Tamimi & Company in association with Omar Khaled Al-Qahtani
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
GLA & Company
International Counsel Bureau
Meysan Partners -
Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
Alem & Associates
Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Chedid Law Offices in association with Dentons
Eptalex - Aziz Torbey Law Firm -
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
MAQ Legal (Al Maamary, Al Abri & Co.)
Nasser Al Habsi Addleshaw Goddard
Said Al Shahry & Partners (SASLO)
Trowers & Hamlin
Yaqdhan Al Busaidi Law Firm in association with Dentons -
Al Tamimi & Company in association with Advocate Mohammed Al-Marri
Al-Ansari & Associates
Eversheds Sutherland
K&L Gates
Sharq Law Firm
White & Case -
AS&H Clifford Chance
Baker McKenzie
King & Spalding
Khoshaim & Associates
Latham & Watkins
Zamakhchary & Co -
Afridi & Angel
Al Tamimi & Company
Hadef & Partners
IN'P - Ibrahim & Partners
KARM Law Firm
