The American Lawyer Global Legal Awards 2017 | ALM Media, LLC | Edison Ballroom, 240 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036 (212) 201-7650

The American Lawyer will recognize and honor the best cross-border legal work of the year.

Finance
Honoring the most significant global deals of 2016 in finance, restructuring, and capital markets.

Disputes
Honoring 2016's most significant results in international arbitration, litigation, and investigations.

Mergers and Acquisitions
Honoring the most significant cross-border corporate combinations of 2016.

Citizenship
Honoring 2016's most significant matters in global pro bono and corporate social responsibility.

Global CSR Project of the Year
Winner: Legal Ethics Training Program in Ghana
Honorees: White & Case; Fordham University School of Law; Faculty of Law, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

Global Pro Bono Deal of the Year
Winner: Shining a Light On Rural India: Advising Mera Gao Power
Honoree: Latham & Watkins

Global Pro Bono Dispute of the Year
Winner: International Death Penalty Project
Honorees: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Cornell Law School's Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide

Global Pro Bono Advocacy Project of the Year
Winner: European Refugee Crisis
Honorees: Morrison & Foerster; Latham & Watkins; TrustLaw; British Institute of International and Comparative Law; Debarliev, Dameski & Kelesoska Attorneys at Law; Glinska & Mišković Law Firm; joint law office Marić & Mujezinović in cooperation with Kinstellar; CARE USA legal department; The American National Red Cross legal department; Norwegian Refugee Council legal department; Mercy Corps legal department

FINANCE
Global Finance Deal of the Year: Capital Markets (Equity)
Winner: Postal Savings Bank of China IPO
Honoree: Clifford Chance, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Haiwen & Partners, King & Wood Mallesons

Global Finance Deal of the Year: Capital Markets (Debt)
Winner: Argentina sovereign debt offering
Honorees: Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi; Cleary; Errecondo González Funes; Shearman & Sterling; Argentina's Ministry of Finance

Global Finance Deal of the Year: Insolvency and Restructuring (U.S.)
Winner: Roust Corp. Restructuring
Honorees: Allen & Overy; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft; CEDC International Sp. z o.o.; Greenberg Traurig; Kirkland & Ellis; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr

Global Finance Deal of the Year: Insolvency and Restructuring (U.K.)
Winner: EnQuest restructuring
Honorees: Ashurst; EnQuest plc; Herbert Smith Freehills; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Global Finance Deal of the Year: Insolvency and Restructuring (Africa)
Winner: Edcon restructuring
Honorees: Allen & Overy; Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr; Clifford Chance; ENSafrica; Glyn Marais Inc.; Kirkland & Ellis; Latham & Watkins; Norton Rose Fulbright; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; Ropes & Gray; Shearman & Sterling; Weil; Werksmans Attorneys

Global Finance Deal of the Year: Insolvency and Restructuring (Latin America)
Winner: Enel Américas corporate reorganization
Honorees: Carey; Cariola, Diez, Pérez-Cotapos & Cía Ltda.; Chilectra; Claro & Cía; Cleary; Enel Américas S.A.; Norton Rose Fulbright; Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler; Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría; Skadden

Global Finance Deal of the Year: Projects (Middle East)
Winner: Barakah nuclear power project financing
Honorees: Bae Kim & Lee; Baker McKenzie, Peace Crowell; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

Global Finance Deal of the Year: Projects (Japan)
Winner: Kansai Airports concession project
Honorees: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Nishimura & Asahi

Global Finance Deal of the Year: Projects (Southeast Asia)
Winner: Bhimasena Power Indonesia project
Honorees: Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Mochtar Karuwin Komar; Shearman & Sterling

Global Finance Deal of the Year: Acquisition Finance
Winner: HNA/Hilton financing
Honorees: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Latham & Watkins; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Weil; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr

Global Finance Deal of the Year: Structured Finance
Winner: Crédit Agricole "Green Capital Note"
Honorees: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; White & Case

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Global M&A Deal of the Year: Canada
Winner: Fortis Inc./ITC Holdings Corp.
Honorees: White & Case, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg; Simpson Thacher; Torys; Jones Day

Global M&A Deal of the Year: China
Winner: China National Chemical Corp./Syngenta AG
Honorees: Simpson Thacher; Homburger; Linklaters; Davis Polk; Bär & Karrer Ltd.

Global M&A Deal of the Year: Central and Eastern Europe
Winner: Asahi Group Holdings Ltd./SABMiller plc, Anheuser-Busch InBev NV
Honorees: Allen & Overy; Freshfields; Hogan Lovells

Global M&A Deal of the Year: Europe
Winner: Visa Inc./Visa Europe Ltd.
Honorees: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; Macfarlanes; Skadden; Linklaters

Global M&A Deal of the Year: Ireland
Winner: Tyco International Ltd./Johnson Controls Inc.
Honorees: Simpson Thacher; Arthur Cox; Wachtell; A&L Goodbody; Cleary

Global M&A Deal of the Year: Japan
Winner: Tencent/Supercell Oy, SoftBank Group Corp.
Honorees: Slaughter and May; Covington & Burling; Morrison & Foerster; Fenwick & West; White & Case

Global M&A Deal of the Year: Latin America
Winner: Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, CIC Capital Corp., GIC/Nova Transportadora do Sudeste SA, Petroleo Brasileiro SA
Honorees: Sullivan & Cromwell; Torys; Pinheiro Neto; Veirano Advogados; Lobo & de Rizzo; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados; Hogan Lovells

Global M&A Deal of the Year: United Kingdom
Winner: SoftBank/ARM Holdings plc
Honorees: Morrison & Foerster; Freshfields; Cleary; Slaughter and May, Davis Polk, Softbank; ARM Holdings plc; Baker McKenzie

Global M&A Deal of the Year: United States
Winner: British American Tobacco plc/Reynolds American Inc.
Honorees: Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Herbert Smith; Jones Day; Weil Gotshal; Moore & Van Allen

DISPUTES

Global Dispute of the Year: Investment Arbitration
Winner: Yukos v. Russia
Honorees: Cleary; Hanotiau & van den Berg; Houthoff Buruma; White & Case
Global Dispute of the Year: Transnational Litigation
Winner: Nortel Networks bankruptcy
Honorees: Herbert Smith; Debevoise & Plimpton; Hughes Hubbard & Reed; Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb; Davies Ward; Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney; Goodmans; Allen & Overy; Torys; Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell; Cleary; Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor; Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Global Dispute of the Year: Commercial Arbitration (Europe)
Winner: Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania EAD v. Atomstroyexport JSC
Honoree: Sidley Austin
Global Dispute of the Year: Commercial Arbitration (Asia)
Winner: NTT Docomo v. Tata Sons
Honorees: Skadden, Khaitan & Co., Ciccu Mukhopadhaya
Global Dispute of the Year: Investigations (Latin America)
Winner: Odebrecht investigation
Honorees: Paul Hastings, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Siqueira Castro
Global Dispute of the Year: Investigations (Asia)
Winner: Takata Corp. airbag litigation
Honorees: Dechert, Covington, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Global Dispute of the Year: Investigations (Europe)
Winner: Rolls Royce investigation
Honorees: Debevoise; Slaughter and May