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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