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MIDDLE EAST AWARDS 2007
Award shortlistsDebt and equity-linked deal ofthe yearAldar
Bedell Cristin, Clifford Chance, Denton
Wilde Sapte, Simmons & Simmons
Dubai Holding MTN programme
Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Maples & Calder
DIFC
Allen & Overy, Linklaters,
International Investment Group
Abdullah Kh. Al-Ayoub & Associates, Allen &
Overy, Al-Sarraf & Al-Ruwayeh, Bedell
Cristin, Clifford Chance
Nakheel
Clifford Chance, Denton Wilde Sapte
SABIC
Baker & McKenzie, Clifford Chance, The Law
Firm of Yousef and Mohammed Al-Jadaan,
Torki A Al-Shubaiki
TAQA
Al Tamimi & Company, Linklaters, Simmons &
Simmons
Debt and equity-linked team ofthe yearAllen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Denton Wilde Sapte
Linklaters
Simmons & Simmons
Equity deal of the yearAir Arabia IPO
Al Tamimi & Company
Boulder Steel secondary listing
Norton Rose, Allen & Overy
Saudi Vitrified Pipe Company IPO
Clifford Chance and The Law Firm of Yousef
& Mohammed Al-Jadaan
Equity team of the yearThe Law Firm of Yousef & Mohammed Al-
Jadaan
Al Tamimi & Company
Baker & McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Norton Rose
Project finance deal of the yearAl Waha
Clifford Chance, Norton Rose, The Alliance
of Abbas F Ghazzawi & Co and Hammad & Al-
Mehdar, The Law Firm of Yousef and
Mohammed Al-Jadaan
Atlantis
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Clifford
Chance, Denton Wilde Sapte, Latham &
Watkins
Fujairah 1 IWPP
Baker & McKenzie, Hadef Al Dhahiri &
Associates, Shearman & Sterling, Trowers &
Hamlins, White & Case
Shuqaiq IWPP
Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, The Law
Office of Hassan Mahassni, The Alliance of
Abbas F Ghazzawi & Co and Hammad & Al-
Mehdar, The Law Firm of Yousef &
Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Trowers & Hamlins
UAE University Campus
Allen & Overy, Simmons & Simmons
Project finance team of the yearAllen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Norton Rose
The Law Firm of Yousef & Mohammed Al-
Jadaan
Trowers & Hamlins
M&A deal of the yearSanPaolo/Bank of Alexandria
Helmy Hamza & Partners, Trowers & Hamlins
Egyptian Fertilizers Company
Allen & Overy, Shalakany Law Office, Clifford
Chance, Ibrachy & Dermarkar, Maples and
Calder, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Merlin Entertainments/Tussauds Group
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen &
Overy, Travers Smith, Ashurst
Q-Tel/National Mobile Telecom Company
Trowers & Hamlins, Bader Saud Al-Bader &
Partners, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Al-Sarraf &
Al-Ruwayeh
Saudi Telecom Company/Maxis
Communications
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clifford
Chance
M&A team of the yearAllen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Trowers & Hamlins
The list of law firms advising on each deal
is a preliminary one. If you wish to inform
IFLR of your involvement in one of the
nominated deals, please contact the editor
