Middle East Legal Awards 2023 | ALM Media, LLC | 26 January 2023 | Le Meridien, Airport Rd - Garhoud - Dubai - UAE

The Middle East Legal Awards, now in their 11th year, are the region’s premier legal awards and they continue to attract the best of the best.

The Awards are open to all law firms and in-house legal departments with a presence in the region to celebrate outstanding achievement within the profession. By recognising exceptional achievement and best practice they underline the crucial role lawyers are playing in promoting the rule of law.

Categories

In-House Awards
• Legal Department of the Year - Large Team
• Legal Department of the Year - Small Team
• General Counsel of the Year – Large Team
• General Counsel of the Year – Small Team
• Rising Star Award
• Best Use of Technology by an In-House Team
• Compliance Innovator of the Year
• CSR Initiative of the Year - In-House
• Diversity Initiative of the Year
• Diversity Champion

Private Practice Awards
• International Law Firm of the Year
• Regional Law Firm of the Year
• Rising Star Award
• Most Promising Newcomer Award
• Best Use of Technology
• Banking, Finance and Restructuring Team of the Year
• Infrastructure and Energy Projects Team of the Year
• Construction Team of the Year
• Real Estate Team of the Year
• Corporate Team of the Year
• Arbitration Team of the Year
• Litigation Team of the Year
• Regulatory and Investigations Team of the Year
• TMT Team of the Year
• Diversity Initiative of the Year
• Diversity Champion
• Employment Team of the Year

2022 Winners

Real Estate Team of the Year
• King & Spalding

Regulatory and Investigations Team of the Year
• Eversheds Sutherland

Construction Team of the Year
• Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

TMT Team of the Year
• DLA Piper

Banking & Finance Team of the Year
• Baker McKenzie

Restructuring Team of the Year
• Addleshaw Goddard

Arbitration Team of the Year
• Hage-Chahine Law Firm

Crisis Management Team of the Year
• Norton Rose Fulbright

Rising Star Award - In-House
• Aparajita Mishra, Mott MacDonald

Rising Star Award - Private Practice
• Alexandre Brazeau, Gowling WLG

Compliance Innovator of the Year
• Siemens Energy

Innovation through Technology - Private Practice
• Akin Gump

Innovation through Technology by an In-House Team
• TAQA

Corporate Team of the Year (General)
• Pinsent Masons

Corporate Team of the Year (M&A)
• Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Diversity Initiative of the Year - In-House
• Pepsi-Cola

Diversity Initiative of the Year - Private Practice
• Gateley

Championing Diversity - In-House
• Yosr Hamza, Gartner

Championing Diversity - Private Practice
• Nasser Ali Khasawneh, Eversheds Sutherland

CSR/ESG Initiative of the Year - Private Practice
• Essa Al Sulaiti Law Firm

Infrastructure and Energy Projects Team of the Year
• Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

General Counsel of the Year – Small Team (General)
• Liam Collens, Reckitt

General Counsel of the Year – Small Team (Finance, Insurance and Shipping)
• Tarek Mogharbel, JPMorgan

General Counsel of the Year – Small Team (Oil & Gas, Energy and Chemicals)
• Zhanara Bateson, Dragon Oil

General Counsel of the Year - Large Team
• Kamil Gerard Ahmed, NEOM Company

Litigation Team of the Year
• HFW

Legal Department of the Year - Large Team
• The Red Sea Development Company

Legal Department of the Year - Small Team (Outside UAE)
• Al Ahram Beverages

Legal Department of the Year - Small Team (UAE Based)
• Dubai Future Foundation

Regional Law Firm of the Year
• Al Tamimi and Company

Most Promising Newcomer Award - Private Practice
• Omar Kayal, Galadari Advocates & Legal Consultants

International Law Firm of the Year
• Clifford Chance