IFLR Middle East Awards 2018 | Euromoney PLC | 5 March 2018 | The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai, Al Mamsha Street, Jumeirah Beach Residence - Dubai - UAE

Be recognised for leading the pack, for innovating in your sector and for working on precedent-setting, game-changing projects and initiatives.

We are now taking submissions for the annual Middle East Legal Awards, which are jointly hosted by Legal Week and the Association of Corporate Counsel Middle East chapter.

2017 Winners

Deals of the Year

Debt and Equity-Linked

Acwa Power's Collateralised Bond
• Al Tamimi & Company
• Chadbourne & Parke
• Conyers Dill Pearman
• Dr Sultan Almasoud & Partners
• Hatern Abbas Ghazzawi & Co
• Law Firm of AlSalloum and AlToaimi
• White & Case

Arab Republic of Egypt Sovereign Bond
• Dechert
• Linklaters
• Matouk Bassiouny
• Zaki Hashern & Parners

Equate's GMTN and Sukuk Programme
• Asar - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
• Clifford Chance
• Loyen & Loeff
• White & Case

First Gulf Bank's 28 Series Consent Solicitation
• Clifford Chance
• Linklaters

Government of the Sultanate of Oman Sukuk
• Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
• Clifford Chance
• Dentons
• Linklaters

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's GMTN Programme and Issuance
• Latham & Watkins
• Law Firm of AlSalloum and AlToaimi
• Law Office of Salman Al-Sudairi
• White & Case

Qatar Insurance Company Tier 2 Notes
• Al Tamimi & Company
• Allen & Overy
• Asar - Al ruwayeh & Partners
• Clifford Chance
• International Counsel Bureau

Equity

Ades International Holding Ipo
• Baker McKenzie
• Helmy Hamza & Partners
• White & Case

Arabtec Holding Rights Issue
• Allen & Overy

Emirates Islamic Bank Rights Issue
• Clifford Chance

Enirates National Bank of Dubai Reit Ipo
• K&L Gates
• Voisin
• White & Case

GTH Share buy back
• Ibrachy Legal Consultancy
• Latam & Watkins
• Shalakany Law Office

Riyadh Capital Reit
• King & Spalding
• Law Office of Mohammad Al-Ammar

M&A

Adetio Ad Investments/Americana
• Al Tamimi & Company
• Allen & Overy
• Asar - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
• Bader Saud Al-Bader & Partners
• Clifford Chance
• Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
• Laham & Watkins
• Linklaters
• Sharkawy & Sarhan

Amazon/Souq
• Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
• Allen & Overy
• Clifford Chance
• Fenwick & west
• Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian

Bank Al Etihad And Etihad Islamic Investment Cmpany/MESC Investments
• Allen & Overy
• Herbert Smith Frehills
• Obeidat & Freihat
• Rabah & Sharaiha Law

Bp/Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
• Linklaters
• Shearman & Sterling
• Sullivan & Cromwell

Delivery Hero Group/ Carriage Logistics General Trading Company
• Asar - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• International Counsel Bureau
• Hourani & Associates
• King and Spalding

Investcorp/Al Borg Medical Laboratories
• Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm
• Clifford Chance
• Al Hossam Legal
• Hourani & Associates
• King & Spalding
• Latham & Watkins

Majid Al Futtaim/Bma International
• Asar - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
• Elham Ali Hassan & Associates
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• International Counsel Bureau
• Linklaters
• Trowers & Hamlins
• Zu'bi & Partners

United Arab Shipping Company/ Hapag-Lloyd Merger
• Al Hossam Legal
• Allen & Overy
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• Ince & Co
• Watson Fraley & William
• White Case

Project Finance

Bahrain Lng
• Hassan Radhi & Associates
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Shearman & Sterling
• White & Case
• Zu'bi & Partners

Barakak Nuclear Power Plant
• Baker McKenzie
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• Milban Tweed Hadley & McCloy
• Peace Crowell
• Trowers & Hamlins
• White & Case

Fadhili Power and Steam Ipp
• Baker McKenzie
• Chadbourne & Parke
• Dla Piper
• Hatem Abbas Ghazzawi & Co
• Shearman & Sterling
• White & Case

Fujeij Wind Ipp
• Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
• Ashurst
• Clifford Chance
• Dentons

Hassyan Clean Coal Power Plant Project
• Al Tamimi & Company
• Allen & Overy
• Chadbourne & Parke
• Hadef Partners
• Latham & Watkins
• Shearman & Sterling
• White & Case

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Park Phase III
• Allen & Overy
• Baker Mackenzie
• Clifford Chance
• Norton Rose Fulbright

Sonker Sokhna Port Blt
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• Ibrachy Leagl Consultancy
• Matouk Bassiouny
• Simmons & Simmons

Sweihan Pv Solar Power Generation Project
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
• Al Tamimi & Company
• Hadef & Partners
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Shearman & Sterling

Restructuring

AcrRetakaful Corporate Reorganisation
• Allen & Overy
• Asar - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
• Clyde & Co
• Freshfields BRuckhaus Deringer
• Zu'bi & Partners
• Carey Olsen
• Latham & Watkins
• Ogier

Ithmaar Bank Corporate Restructuring
• Asar - Al Ruwayeh & Partners
• Clyde & co
• Maples and Calder

Seven Tides Debt Restructuring
• Baker McKenzie
• Clifford Chance

Suez Steel Group Restructuring
• Matouk Bassiouny
• Zulficar & Partners

Sultan Center Restructuring
• Al Hossam LEgal Nabil Adbel-Malek Law Offices

United Arab Shipping Company Pre-Merger Restructuring
• Al Tamimi & Company
• White & Case

Domestic

Al Ramz Capital Reverse Ipo
• Al Tamimi & Company

Eskan Bank Reit Ipo
• Asar - Al Ruwayeh & Partners

Falcon Insurance/Aeabia Insurance Merger
• Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
• Dentons

International Pertroleum Company/Mubadala Development Company Merger
• Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal & Co
• Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Leagl Consultants
• Allen & Overy
• Clifford Chance
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• Hadef & Partners
• Shalakany Law Office

Nmc Healthcare/Al Zahra Private Hospital
• Al Tamimi & Company
• llen & Overy
• Tribonian Law Advisors

National Bank of Abu Dhabi/First Gulf Bank Merger
• Allen & Overy
• Clifford Chance
• Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer

Saudi Aramco Debut Sukuk Issuance
• Allen & Overy
• Khoshaim & Associates
• Law Firm of AlSolloum and AlToaimi
• White & Case

Takaful International Company Mandatory Tender Offer
• Asar

Team of the Year

Debt and Equity-Linked
• Allen & Overy
• Cliffor Chance
• Dechert
• Lacham & Watkins
• Linklaters
• White & Case

Equity
• Allen & Overy
• Baker McKenzie
• Clifford Chance
• King & Spalding
• Latham & Watkins
• White & Case

M&A
• Allen & Overy
• Clifford Chance
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• Linklaters
• Shearman & Sterling

Project Finance
• Allen & Overy
• Ashurst
• Clifford Chance
• Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Shearman & Sterling
• White & Case

Individual, Firm and Bank Awards

Managing Partner of the Year
• Robin Abraham (Clifford Chance)
• Abdul Aziz Al Yaqout (Meysan Partners
• Scott Campbell (Linklaters)
• Marwan Elaraby (Shearman & Sterling)
• Husam Hourani (Al Tamimi & Company)
• Doug Peel (White & Case)
• Simon Roderick (Allen & Overy)

IFLR Women in Business Law Award
• Sadaf Buchanan (Dentons)
• Caroline Kehoe (Herbert Smith Freehills)
• Nadine Al Kamar Nassa (Ncb Capital)
• Lubna Qassim (Emirates Ndb)
• Kiran Scarr (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre

Pro bono Firm of the Year
• Al Tamimi & Company
• Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
• Clifford Chance
• Dentons
• Morgan Lewis & Bockius
• Shalakany Law Office

International Firm of the Year
• Allen & Overy
• Clifford Chance
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• Latha, & Watkins
• Linklaters
• Shearman & Sterling
• White & Case

In-House Team of the Year
• Citigroup Global Markets
• First Abu Dhabi Bank
• Hsbc
• Jp Morgan Securities
• Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group
• Standard Chartered Bank

Islamic Bank of the Year
• Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
• Alizz Islamic Bank
• Ajman Bank
• Dubai Islamic Bank
• Ithmaar Bank
• National Commercial Bank
• Qatar International Islamic Bank