International Financial Law Review is pleased to announce the full shortlist for the 2019 IFLR Middle East Awards.
The winners of these categories, plus national law firms of the year, rising stars and lifetime achievement award will be announced at the annual dinner at the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, Wednesday October 16.
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.
Photos from the sold out event in 2018 can be seen here and the official book of the night, with in-depth analysis of all the shortlisted teams and deals from 2018 can be downloaded here.
Booking details can be seen here. To reserve your table at the October ceremony, please contact Liam Sharkey on lsharkey@iflr.com or call +44 207 779 8384.
Deals of the year
Debt and equity-linked
ADIB AT1 Capital sukuk issuance
Allen & Overy
Linklaters
Maples Group
ASMA Capital Partners / Brooge Petroleum and Gas convertible notes
Al Tamimi & Company
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
Emirate of Sharjah sukuk and tender-and-switch
Clifford Chance
Dechert
Maples Group
Emirates Development Bank debt programme and issuance
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
NMC Healthcare sukuk
Allen & Overy
Linklaters
Maples Group
Saudi Aramco bond
Allen & Overy
Latham & Watkins
Law Firm of AlSalloum and AlToaimi|
The Law Office of Salman M Al-Sudairi
White & Case
Saudi Telecom Company trust certificate programme and issuance
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Khoshaim & Associates
Maples Group
Tabreed sukuk
Allen & Overy
White & Case
Equity
Arabian Centres Company IPO
Abuhimed I Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Legal Advisors Abdulaziz Al-Ajlan & Partners
BLME share repurchase
Al Tamimi & Company
Travers Smith
Cairo for Investment and Real Estate Development IPO
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Nour & Partners
White & Case
Zulficar & Partners
Finablr IPO
Linklaters
Matouk Bassiouny & Ibrahim
White & Case
Leejam Fitness IPO
White & Case
Network International IPO
Allen & Overy
Al Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
M&A
ADNOC - KKR and BlackRock
Milbank
Trowers & Hamlins
White & Case
KDB Infrastructure Investments Asset Management Company / Mubadala's social infrastructure platform
Bae Kim & Lee
Clifford Chance
Herbert Smith Freehills
NESR / Gulf Energy and NPS
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Clyde & Co
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Looper Goodwine
Ogier
Shearman & Sterling
Vinson & Elkins
Saudi Aramco - Total / Sahel
Allen & Overy
Dentons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Khoshaim & Associates
The Law Firm of Wael A Alissa
The Law Firm of Salah Al-Hejailan
Tenaris / Saudi Steel Pipe Company
Abuhimed Alsheikh & Alhagbani Law Firm
Clifford Chance
The Rise Fund Management and TPG / Abraaj Healthcare Funds
Aelex
Al Tamimi & Company
Anjarwalla & Khanna
BLC Robert & Associates
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dechert
Kabraji & Talibuddin
Maples Group
Mohamed Abdulla Lawyers and Legal Consultants
Stephenson Harwood Middle East
United Energy Group/ Kuwait Energy
Allen & Overy
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Confluent Law Group
Maples Group
Mourant
Shalakany Law Office
Slaughter and May
The Law Office of Bader Saud Al Bader and Partners
Project finance
Al Hamriya IPP
Allen & Overy
Al Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
Bahrain Petroleum Company refinery expansion
Allen & Overy
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
Dumat Al Jandal Wind IPP
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
King & Spalding
Duqm Refinery
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Dentons
International Counsel Bureau
Latham & Watkins
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Phase IV
Allen & Overy
Al Tamimi & Company
Ashurst
Covington & Burling
Pinsent Masons
Sharjah waste-to-energy project
Clifford Chance
Herbert Smith Freehills
Pinsent Masons
Shearman & Sterling
Sharqiyah IWP
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Clifford Chance
Hogan Lovells
Shuqaiq 3 IWP
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Law Firm Hassan Mahassni
Restructuring
Dana Gas restructuring
Allen & Overy
Al Tamimi & Company
Latham & Watkins
Maples Group
Norton Rose Fulbright
Squire Patton Boggs
Dubai International Capital
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Jones Day
Linklaters
Interserve Bahrain – RMD Kwikform
Akin Gump
Allen & Overy
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Ashurst
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gateley
Hogan Lovells
Simmons & Simmons
Zu'bi & Partners
NewBridge Pharmaceuticals
Al Tamimi & Company
Jones Day
Walkers
Domestic
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Union National Bank and Al Hilal Bank merger
Allen & Overy
AZB & Partners
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Kinstellar
Zulficar & Partners
Abu Dhabi National Hotels Company / five hotels from Emaar Properties
Al Tamimi & Company
Linklaters
Alawwal Bank / The Saudi British Bank (SABB)
Abuhimed Alsheikh & Alhagbani Law Firm
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Khoshaim & Associates
Legal Advisors Abdulaziz Al-Ajlan & Partners
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
Slaughter and May
Farabi Yanbu Petrochemicals Company petrochemicals and derivatives complex
Law Firm of AlSalloum and AlToaimi
Linklaters
White & Case
Zamakhchary & Co
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) - Nibras Software spin off
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Qatar Aluminium Manufacturing Company IPO
Sharq Law Firm
Saudi International Petrochemical Company / Sahara Petrochemical Company merger
Abuhimed Alsheikh & Alhagbani Law Firm
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Khoshaim & Associates
Latham & Watkins
Saudi Real Estate refinance sukuk
Allen & Overy
Khoshaim & Associates
Law Firm of AlSalloum and AlToaimi
White & Case
Teams of the year
Debt and equity-linked
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Dechert
Dentons
Herbert Smith Freehills
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
White & Case
Equity
Allen & Overy
Al Tamimi & Company
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
White & Case
M&A
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Project finance
Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Restructuring
Allen & Overy
Al Tamimi & Company
Clifford Chance
Linklaters
National law firm of the year
Bahrain
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Hassan Radhi & Associates
Haya Rashed Al Khalifa
Zu’bi & Partners Attorneys & Legal Consultants
Egypt
Helmy Hamza & Partners
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Shalakany Law Office
Sharkawy & Sarhan
Zaki Hashem & Partners
Zulficar & Partners
Iraq
Al Tamimi & Company
Confluent Law Group
Hannouche Associates
Jordan
Al Tamimi & Company
Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Khalifeh & Partners
Obeidat & Freihat
Kuwait
Al Hossam Legal
ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Bader Saud Al-Bader & Partners
International Counsel Bureau
Meysan Partners
Yaqoub Yousef Al-Munayae - Al Tamimi & Company
Lebanon
Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
Abousleiman & Partners
Alem & Associates
Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Oman
Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
Al Tamimi & Company
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari in association with Addleshaw Goddard
S&A Law Firm in association with Dentons
Trowers & Hamlins
Qatar
Al Tamimi & Company in association with Advocate Mohammed Al-Marri
Sharq Law Firm
Simmons & Simmons
Saudi Arabia
Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
Khoshaim & Associates
Law Firm of AlSalloum and AlToaimi
Legal Advisors Abdulaziz I Al-Ajlan & Partners
UAE
Al Tamimi & Company
Hadef & Partners
Matouk Bassiouny & Ibrahim
Individual, firm and bank awards
Managing partner of the year
Fahad Abuhimed – Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
Mahmoud Bassiouny – Matouk Bassiouny
Scott Campbell - Linklaters
Husam Hourani – Al Tamimi & Company
Ian Ingram-Johnson – Allen & Overy
Doug Peel – White & Case
IFLR Women in business law
Shihana Alazzaz – Public Investment Fund
Rindala Beydoun – BonelliErede Middle East
Judith Kim – Allen & Overy
Anneliese Reinhold – Du
Andrea Tithecott – Al Tamimi & Company
WIBL Hall of fame past winners: Lubna Qassim (2018), Caroline Kehoe (2017), Louise Flanagan (2016), Debbie Walker (2015, 2014), Roberta Calarese (2013)
Pro bono firm of the year
Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Shalakany Law Office
White & Case
Winston & Strawn
International law firm of the year
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
In-house team of the year
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Emirates NBD Bank
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
Natixis
JP Morgan
Standard Chartered Bank
Islamic bank of the year
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
Boubyan Bank
Dubai Islamic Bank
Kuwait International Bank
Samba Financial Group
Sharjah Islamic Bank
