Shortlist
Banking and Finance
Banking and Finance Firm of the Year
Trowers & Hamlins
Helmy, Hamza & Partners (member Firm of Baker & McKenzie International)
Al Tamimi & Company
Alem & Associates
Norton Rose Fulbright
Addleshaw Goddard
Al Tamimi & Company In Association with Adv. Mohammed Al Marri
Latham & Watkins LLC
Ferchiou & associés
Clifford Chance
Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year
Qays H. Zu’bi, Zu’bi & Partners, Attorneys & Legal Consultants
Mona Zulficar, Zulficar & Partners Law Firm
Sam Habbas, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Mustapha Mourahib, Clifford Chance
Ouns Lemseffer, Clifford Chance
Zeyad Khoshaim, Khoshaim & Associates
Mohammed Paracha, Norton Rose Fulbright
Adam Pierson, White & Case
Claire Matheson, Kirton White & Case
Qudeer Latif, Clifford Chance
Banking and Finance Leading Associate of the Year
Nadia Abdallah, Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Yomna Hamza El-Shibawi, Al Tamimi & Co.
James Shaw, Addleshaw Goddard
Zarrar Mir, Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
Muhammad Mitha, Al Tamimi & Company In Association with Adv. Mohammed Al Marri
Paul Matrosov, Khoshaim & Associates
Victoria Ferres, A&O Shearman
Bola Coker, Clifford Chance
Umbreen Meenai, Reed Smith
Capital Markets
Capital Markets Firm of the Year
Alem & Associates
Norton Rose Fulbright
Khoshaim & Associates
King & Spalding
Clifford Chance
A&O Shearman
White & Case LLP
Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year
Souraya Machnouk, Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
Hicham Naciri, A&O Shearman
Sami Al-Louzi, White & Case
Asad Abedi, Derayah LLPC – Saudilegal
Mike Taylor, Clifford Chance
Stuart Ure, Clifford Chance
Lee Irvine, Simmons & Simmons Middle East LLP
Debashis Dey, White & Case LLP
Capital Markets Leading Associate of the Year
Georgette Salamé, Chedid Law Offices in association with Dentons
Najla Al-Gadi, Latham & Watkins LLC
Nicola Minervini, Akin
Nazuma Hassan, A&O Shearman
Commercial, Corporate and M&A
Commercial, Corporate and M&A Firm of the Year
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.
Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Zulficar & Partners Law Firm
Sanad Law Group in association with Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Al Markaz Law Firm
Alem & Associates
A&O Shearman
Addleshaw Goddard
Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners
King & Spalding
A&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
Commercial, Corporate and M&A Lawyer of the Year
Rym Loucif, Loucif & Co.
Rad Treki, Al Tamimi & Company
Arig Ali, Zaki Hashem, Attorneys at Law
Khaled Saqqaf, Al Tamimi & Company
Alex Saleh, GLA & Company
Souraya Machnouk, Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
Hicham Naciri, A&O Shearman
Oliver Stevens, Addleshaw Goddard
Zaher Nammour, Dentons
Karim Nassar, Baker McKenzie
Lamia Harguem, Bennani & Associés
Scott Campbell, Linklaters
Commercial, Corporate and M&A Leading Associate of the Year
Moataz El Sherbini, Barakat, Maher & Partners in association with Clyde & Co
Haya Moubaydeen, Safwan Moubaydeen Law Firm in association with Dentons
Zafar Iqbal, Al Markaz Law Firm
Georgette Salamé, Chedid Law Offices in association with Dentons
Dina Benjelloun, ADNA
Shahd Makhafah, Clyde & Co LLP
Sarra Elloumi, Dentons Zaanouni
Alexandra Aikman, Pinsent Masons
Construction
Construction Firm of the Year
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Dentons
Sharq Law Firm
Legal Advisors, Abdulaziz I. Al-Ajlan & Partners in association with Baker & McKenzie Limited
DLA Piper
Clyde & Co LLP
Construction Lawyer of the Year
Paula Boast MBE, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Laura Warren, Clyde & Co LLP
Ben Cowling, Clyde & Co LLP
Andrew Mackenzie, DLA Piper
Michelle Nelson, Reed Smith
Mark Blanksby, Clyde & Co LLP
Construction Leading Associate of the Year
Josias De Salles, Sharq Law Firm
Khushboo Shahdadpuri, Al Tamimi & Company In Association with Adv. Mohammed Al Marri
Chris Edwards, Reed Smith
Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
Bennani & Associés LLP
Zu’bi & Partners, Attorneys & Legal Consultants
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Bakr & Odeh Advocates & Legal Consultants
ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Alem & Associates
A&O Shearman
Addleshaw Goddard
Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners
Derayah LLPC – Saudilegal
Eversheds El Heni (a member of Eversheds Sutherland)
Clyde & Co LLP
Al Tamimi & Company
Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year
Patrick Gearon, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Khaled El Shalakany, Shalakany Law Office
Adel Abdulhadi, Al Oula Law Firm (Adel Abdulhadi & Partners)
Hicham Naciri, A&O Shearman
Simon Ward, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
Hani Al Naddaf, Al Tamimi & Company In Association with Adv. Mohammed Al Marri
Zeyad Khoshaim, Khoshaim & Associates
Raouf El Heni, Eversheds El Heni (a member of Eversheds Sutherland)
Susie Abdel-Nabi, Clyde & Co LLP
Rita Jaballah, Al Tamimi & Company
Dispute Resolution Leading Associate of the Year
Fatema Sarhan, Al Tamimi & Company
Adnan Jaafar, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Dalia Hussein, Zaki Hashem & Partners
Naoufal Achergui, A&O Shearman
Wafa Al Shuaibi, Dentons
Ahmed Durrani, Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners
Hamam Kadi, Derayah LLPC – Saudilegal
Amelia Cave, Pinsent Masons
Prachi Trivedi, Clifford Chance
Employment
Employment Firm of the Year
Bennani & Associés LLP
Sharkawy & Sarhan Law Firm
Baker & McKenzie Maroc
Pinsent Masons LLP
Al Tamimi & Company
Employment Lawyer of the Year
Eman Riad, Riad & Riad
Keltoum Boudribila, Baker & McKenzie Maroc
Sara Khoja, Clyde & Co LLP
Luke Tapp, Pinsent Masons LLP
Employment Leading Associate of the Year
Nadine Khaled, Al Tamimi & Company
Hanane Ait-Addi, Bassamat & Laraqui
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
Zaki Hashem, Attorneys at Law
Al Oula Law Firm (Adel Abdulhadi & Partners)
Rouse
Al Tamimi & Company
Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year
Sharif Shihata, Shalakany Law Office
Mark Devaney, Abion Intellectual Property Registration LLC
Sara Holder, Rouse
Investment Funds
Investment Funds Firm of the Year
King & Spalding LLP
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright
A&O Shearman
Investment Funds Lawyer of the Year
Zubair Mir, Norton Rose Fulbright
James Stull, King & Spalding LLP
Alishia Sullivan, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Philip Dowsett, Addleshaw Goddard
Investment Funds Leading Associate of the Year
Dounia Mansour, King & Spalding LLP
Sayf Shuqair, King & Spalding LLP
Shakir Mogalia, Norton Rose Fulbright
Projects and Infrastructure
Projects and Infrastructure Firm of the Year
Newton Legal
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Clifford Chance
Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
White & Case
Linklaters
A&O Shearman
Projects and Infrastructure Lawyer of the Year
Lamyaa Gadelhak, Helmy, Hamza & Partners (member Firm of Baker & McKenzie International)
Khaled Asfour, Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Wacef Bentaibi, Gide Loyrette Nouel
Thomas Wigley, Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Rashid Al Saad, Sharq Law Firm
Ali Abedi, Derayah LLPC – Saudilegal
Mhairi Main Garcia, Watson Farley & Williams
Projects and Infrastructure Leading Associate of the Year
Nadia Abdallah, Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Frédéric Pia, Gide Loyrette Nouel
Ali Moiz Ansari, Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm (AS&H) in co-operation with Clifford Chance
Toufic Safie, Stephenson Harwood
Adite Aloke, Eversheds Sutherlands LLP
Real Estate
Real Estate Firm of the Year
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Badri and Salim El Meouchi LLP
Dentons
Legal Advisors, Abdulaziz I. Al-Ajlan & Partners in association with Baker & McKenzie Limited
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
DLA Piper
Real Estate Lawyer of the Year
AbdulHaq Mohammed, Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Walid Honein, Badri and Salim El Meouchi LLP
Loris Marghieri, Gide Loyrette Nouel
Mansoor Jamal Malik, Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
David Nunn, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Real Estate Leading Associate of the Year
Reem Al Mahroos, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Maria Ali Khan, MAR Law
Anna White, Al Tamimi & Company
Sean Cope, DLA Piper
Shipping and Transport
Shipping and Transport Firm of the Year
Al Tamimi & Company
Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP
HFW
Shipping and Transport Lawyer of the Year
Mohamed Kamel, Al Kamel Law Firm
Khalid El Wazir, Said Al-Shahry & Partners (SASLO)
Rania Tadros, Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP
Ian Chung, HFW
Yaman Al Hawamdeh, HFW
English Bar in the Middle East: Commercial
English Bar in the Middle East: Commercial Set of the Year
3 Verulam Buildings
Outer Temple Chambers
Quadrant Chambers
4 Stone Buildings
Serle Court Chambers
English Bar in the Middle East: Commercial Silk of the Year
Andrew Spink KC, Outer Temple Chambers
Chirag Karia KC, Quadrant Chambers
David Quest KC, 3 Verulam Buildings
Rupert Reed KC, Serle Court Chambers
Sharif Shivji KC, 4 Stone Buildings
English Bar in the Middle East: Commercial Junior of the Year
Georges Chalfoun, 3 Verulam Buildings
Justina Stewart, Outer Temple Chambers
Laurence Page, 4 Pump Court
Lucas Fear-Segal, 2 Temple Gardens
Tom Stewart Coats, XXIV Old Buildings
English Bar in the Middle East: Construction
English Bar in the Middle East: Construction Set of the Year
4 Pump Court
Atkin Chambers
Keating Chambers
Crown Office Chambers
39 Essex Chambers
English Bar in the Middle East: Construction Silk of the Year
Chantal-Aimée Doerries KC, Atkin Chambers
Alexander Hickey KC, 4 Pump Court
Crispin Winser KC, Crown Office Chambers
David Thomas KC, Keating Chambers
Marion Smith KC, 39 Essex Chambers
English Bar in the Middle East: Construction Junior of the Year
Anna Laney, Crown Office Chambers
Daniel Churcher, 4 Pump Court
James Thompson, Keating Chambers
Katie Powell, Atkin Chambers
Samar Abbas Kazmi, Atkin Chambers
Algeria
Algeria Firm of the Year
ADNA
Bennani & Associés LLP
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Loucif + Co
Matouk Bassiouny in association with SH-Avocats
Algeria Lawyer of the Year
Foued Bourabiat, ADNA
Mourad Seghir, Bennani & Associés LLP
Rym Loucif, Loucif & Co.
Samy Laghouati, Gide Loyrette Nouel
Mounir Ait Belkacem, L&P Partners
Bahrain
Bahrain Firm of the Year
Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Al Tamimi & Company
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Baker & McKenzie Limited
Zu’bi & Partners, Attorneys & Legal Consultants
Bahrain Lawyer of the Year
Rad El Treki, Al Tamimi & Company
Fatima Alhasan, Baker McKenzie LLP
Patrick Gearon, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Paula Boast MBE, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Egypt
Egypt Firm of the Year
Al Kamel Law Firm
Al Tamimi & Company
Helmy, Hamza & Partners (member Firm of Baker & McKenzie International)
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Zulficar & Partners Law Firm
Egypt Lawyer of the Year
Mohamed Ghannam Helmy, Hamza & Partners (member Firm of Baker & McKenzie International)
Yasser Hashem, Zaki Hashem, Attorneys at Law
Mahmoud Bassiouny Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Lamyaa Gadelhak Helmy, Hamza & Partners (member Firm of Baker & McKenzie International)
Khaled El Shalakany, Shalakany Law Office
Iran
Iran Firm of the Year
Hatami & Associates International Law Firm
Nami Associates
APP Legal Institute in association with Dentons Europe LLP
Dadflamingo
Elite Pars Law Firm
Iran Lawyer of the Year
Ali Hatami, Hatami & Associates, International Law Firm
Sanaz Hosseini, Kolahi Dadflamingo
Shahrzad Pourhamzeh, Hatami & Associates International Law Firm
Iraq
Iraq Firm of the Year
Hannouche Associates
Newton Law Group
Al Tamimi & Company
Confluent Law Group
Sanad Law Group in association with Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Iraq Lawyer of the Year
Halim Gebeili, Newton Law Group
Alain Hannouche, Hannouche Associates
Jawad Khalaf, Al Tamimi & Company
Jordan
Jordan Firm of the Year
Al Tamimi & Company
Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Bakr & Odeh Advocates & Legal Consultants
Safwan Moubaydeen Law Firm in association with Dentons
A & T Najdawi Law Office
Jordan Lawyer of the Year
Sharif Zu’bi Ali Sharif, Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Firas Bakr, Bakr & Odeh Advocates & Legal Consultants
Khaled Asfour, Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Samer Al Zuriekat, Al Tamimi & Company
Khaled Saqqaf, Al Tamimi & Company
Kuwait
Kuwait Firm of the Year
Al Oula Law Firm (Adel Abdulhadi & Partners)
Al Tamimi & Company
ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Al Markaz Law Firm
Meysan Partners
Kuwait Lawyer of the Year
Sam Habbas ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Alex Saleh GLA & Company
Ayman Nada Al Markaz Law Firm
Adel Abdulhadi Al Oula Law Firm (Adel Abdulhadi & Partners)
Waleed Al Tattan Meysan Partners
Lebanon
Lebanon Firm of the Year
Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
El-Aref International Law Office
Alem & Associates
Hage-Chahine Law Firm
Badri and Salim El Meouchi LLP
Lebanon Lawyer of the Year
Najib Hage-Chahine, Hage-Chahine Law Firm
Souraya Machnouk, Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
Carlos Abou Jaoude, Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
Chadia El Meouchi, Badri and Salim El Meouchi LLP
Aref El-Aref, El-Aref International Law Office
Morocco
Morocco Firm of the Year
Clifford Chance
A&O Shearman
Norton Rose Fulbright
Baker & McKenzie Maroc
ASAFO & CO. MOROCCO Sarl
Morocco Lawyer of the Year
Hicham Naciri, A&O Shearman
Kamal Nasrollah, Baker & McKenzie Maroc
Mehdi Bennani, Bennani & Associés
Patrick Larrivé, ASAFO & CO. MOROCCO Sarl
Mustapha Mourahib, Clifford Chance
Oman
Oman Firm of the Year
Addleshaw Goddard
Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Dentons
Al Tamimi & Company
Oman Lawyer of the Year
Simon Ward Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
Said Al-Shahry, Said Al-Shahry & Partners (SASLO)
Roger Byrne, Addleshaw Goddard
Sadaf Buchanan, Dentons
Mansoor Jamal Malik, Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
Qatar
Qatar Firm of the Year
Dentons
Al Tamimi & Company In Association with Adv. Mohammed Al Marri
Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners
Clyde & Co LLP
White & Case LLP
Qatar Lawyer of the Year
Michael Turrini, White & Case LLP
Laura Warren, Clyde & Co LLP
Kirk Durrant, DWF
Claudia El Hage, Rashed Al Marri Law Office in Association with Claudia el Hage Law Offices
Rashid Al Saad, Sharq Law Firm
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Firm of the Year
Khoshaim & Associates
Derayah LLPC – Saudilegal
Latham & Watkins LLC
White & Case
Legal Advisors, Abdulaziz I. Al-Ajlan & Partners in association with Baker & McKenzie Limited
Saudi Arabia Lawyer of the Year
Andreas Haberbeck, Derayah LLPC – Saudilegal
Salman Al-Sudairi, Latham & Watkins LLC
Zeyad Khoshaim, Khoshaim & Associates
Karim Nassar, Legal Advisors, Abdulaziz I. Al-Ajlan & Partners in association with Baker & McKenzie Limited
Sami Al-Louzi, White & Case
Tunisia
Tunisia Firm of the Year
Global Lawyers North Africa in Partnership with Gide Loyrette Nouel
El Ajeri Lawyers
Eversheds El Heni (a member of Eversheds Sutherland)
Ferchiou & associés
Bennani & Associés
Tunisia Lawyer of the Year
Noureddine Ferchiou, Ferchiou & Associés
Farès Koussay, El Heni Eversheds El Heni (a member of Eversheds Sutherland)
Adly Bellagha, Adly Bellagha & Associates
Mohamed Lotfi El Ajeri, El Ajeri Lawyers
Raouf El Heni, Eversheds El Heni (a member of Eversheds Sutherland)
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates Firm of the Year
A&O Shearman
Al Tamimi & Company
Clyde & Co LLP
White & Case LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright
United Arab Emirates Lawyer of the Year
Sheila Shadmand, Jones Day
Samer Qudah, Al Tamimi & Company
Scott Campbell, Linklaters
Khalid Garousha, A&O Shearman
Susie Abdel-Nabi, Clyde & Co LLP
Managing Partner of the Year
Scott Campbell, Linklaters
Hatim Qays Zu’bi, Zu’bi & Partners Attorneys & Legal Consultants
Zeyad Khoshaim ,Khoshaim & Associates
Mansoor Jamal Malik, Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
Ahmed Barakat, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Mahmoud S. Bassiouny, Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Regional Firm of the Year
Al Tamimi & Company
Clyde & Co
A&O Shearman
Linklaters
Clifford Chance
Set of the Year
4 Pump Court
Atkin Chambers
3 Verulam Buildings
Quadrant Chambers
Outer Temple Chambers
Practice Management Team of the Year
Atkin Chambers
Quadrant Chambers
4 Pump Court
3 Verulam Buildings
XXIV Old Buildings
Boutique Firm of the Year
Rouse
The Bench
Beale & Company Solicitors LLP
KARM Legal Consultants
Devine & Severova
Deal of the Year
M42 acquisition of the entire share capital of Diaverum AB (USD 2.15bn)
- Clifford Chance (UAE) acted for M42
- White & Case (UAE) acted for Bridgepoint Group (sell-side)
ADQ, ADG and Chimera on a merger to establish Lunate, the largest investment management house in the Middle East.
- Akin served as lead counsel to ADQ, ADG, and Chimera Investment LLC.
Representing Al Dabbagh Group Holding Company during its USD123 million acquisition of 50% of the share capital of Flexible Packaging Solutions from NYSE-listed Greif Inc.
- King & Spalding
Next Generation Partner of the Year
Slava Kiryushin, HFW
Seema Bono, Pinsent Masons LLP
Melissa Forbes-Miranda, Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP
Danielle Lobo, Afridi & Angell Legal Consultants
Dalia Nammari, Linklaters
Basil Al-Jafari, Latham & Watkins LLP
Leen Zaza, Latham & Watkins LLC
Sanabil Jafar, Al Oula Law Firm (Adel Abdulhadi & Partners)
Aamal Al Abbasi, Newton Legal Group
Nic Henrikson, DLA
Camilia Benani, DLA
Leading Associate of the Year
Bola Coker, Clifford Chance
Georgette Salamé, Chedid Law Offices in association with Dentons
Nazuma Hassan, A&O Shearman
Shahd Makhafah, Clyde & Co
Prachi Trivedi, Clifford Chance
Sean Cope, DLA
In-house Team of the Year
National Bank of Egypt
ALHAMRA
King Abdullah Financial District Management and Development Company
Careem Technologies
Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA)
Property Finder
In-house ESG Champions
Infinity Power
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
DHL
Schindler
FCC Construccion
Kyndryl
PepsiCo
Rising Star In-house Counsel
Jean Raffaoul, Alghanim Industries
Rema Zoabi, DP World
Coral Guadix, Saudi Aramco
Eslam Ashraf, Coca-Cola HBC
Nihal Sajwani, OoredoO Oman
In-house Lawyer of the Year
Ashraf Shaaban Abdelhamid, National Bank of Egypt
Mohammed Jamil, Petromin Corporation
Abdulaziz Albassam, SAMI
Afshan Akhtar, Bapco Refining
Dr. Abobakr Dafalla, Kearney
Dr. Nawaf Al Shuraiaan, Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait