Shortlist 2026
Banking & Finance
Banking & Finance Firm of the Year
Bennani & Associes [Algeria]
Baker McKenzie [Regional]
Zaki Hashem, Attorneys at Law [Egypt]
Al Tamimi [Regional]
Said Al-Shary & Partners [Oman]
Addleshaw Goddard [Regional]
Khoshaim & Associates [Saudi Arabia]
Latham & Watkins [Regional]
Linklaters [Regional]
White & Case [Regional]
Banking & Finance Lawyer of the Year
Salman Ahmed, Trowers & Hamlins [Bahrain]
Hossam Gramon, ADSERO Ragy Soliman & Partners [Egypt]
Rob Little, ASAR [Kuwait]
Hicham Naciri, Naciri & Associés A&O Shearman [Morocco]
Matthew Heaton, Al Tamimi [Qatar]
Zaid H. Al-Farisi, King & Spalding [Saudi Arabia]
Yasser Alhussain, AS&H Clifford Chance [Saudi Arabia]
Omar El Sayed, Linklaters [Saudi Arabia]
Samer Eido, A&O Shearman [UAE]
Robin Hickman, Addleshaw Goddard [UAE]
Matthew Shanahan, Norton Rose Fulbright [UAE]
Banking & Finance Next Generation Partner of the Year
Natalia Kumar, Al Tamimi [Bahrain]
Dania El Samad, Zulficar & Partners [Egypt]
Sherif Hampton, Said Al-Shary & Partners [Oman]
Simon Chan, K&L Gates [Qatar]
Peter Norris, Latham & Watkins [Saudi Arabia]
Reem Al Sayegh, Linklaters [UAE]
Rahat Dar, Afridi & Angell [UAE]
Adam Wolstenholme, Simmons & Simmons [UAE]
Capital Markets
Capital Markets Firm of the Year
Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm [Lebanon]
Clifford Chance [Regional]
Baker McKenzie [Regional]
Latham & Watkins [Regional]
Linklaters [Regional]
Khoshaim & Associates [Saudi Arabia]
White & Case [Regional]
Gibson Dunn [UAE]
Ibrahim & Partners [UAE]
Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year
John Cunha, ASAR [Kuwait]
Elias Chedid, Chedid Law Offices in association with Dentons [Lebanon]
Ouns Lemseffer, Clifford Chance [Morocco]
Salman Al-Sudairi, Latham & Watkins [Saudi Arabia]
Debashis Dey, White & Case [UAE]
Zeyad Khoshaim, Khoshaim & Associates [Saudi Arabia]
Mansoor Alhagbani, AS&H Clifford Chance [Saudi Arabia]
Ahmed Ibrahim, Ibrahim & Partners [UAE]
Marwan Elaraby, Gibson Dunn [UAE]
Nomaan Raja, Latham & Watkins [UAE]
Capital Markets Next Generation Partner of the Year
Marwa Bamatraf, Sharq Law Firm [Qatar]
Najla Al-Gadi, Latham & Watkins [Saudi Arabia]
Amro Bakhaidar, Linklaters [Saudi Arabia]
Jade Chu, Gibson Dunn [UAE]
Dalia Nammari, Linklaters [UAE]
Basil Al-Jafari, Latham & Watkins [UAE]
Marcin Zawadzki, White & Case [UAE]
Corporate, Commercial and M&A
Corporate, Commercial and M&A Firm of the Year
Zulficar & Partners [Egypt]
Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants [Jordan]
Bennani & Associes [Tunisia]
Meysan Partners [Kuwait]
Baker McKenzie [Regional]
Gide Cuatrecasas Casablanca [Morocco]
Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co [Oman]
Sultan Al-Abdullah & Partners [Qatar]
Clifford Chance [Regional]
A&O Shearman [UAE]
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton [UAE]
Corporate, Commercial and M&A Lawyer of the Year
Foued Bourabiat, ADNA [Algeria]
Michael Boutros, Shahid Law Firm [Egypt]
Aref El-Aref, El-Aref International Law Office [Lebanon]
Chadia El Meouchi, Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm [Lebanon]
Kamal Nasrollah, Baker & McKenzie Maroc [Morocco]
Safia Fassi-Fihri, ADNA [Morocco]
Oliver Stevens, Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm in association with Addleshaw Goddard (Middle East) LLP [Oman]
Ahmed Jaafir, Al Tamimi [Qatar]
Ahmed el-Gaili, Latham & Watkins [Saudi Arabia]
Mohammed Al-Shukairy, Clifford Chance [UAE]
Wael Jabsheh, Akin [UAE]
David Foster, A&O Shearman [UAE]
Corporate, Commercial and M&A Next Generation Partner of the Year
Omar Farid, Alliance [Egypt]
Sanaz Hosseini-Kolahi, Nami Associates [Iran]
Nadyn Saleh, Al-Yaqout & Al-Fouzan Legal Group [Kuwait]
Carine Farran, Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm [Lebanon]
Benjamin O’Brien-McQueenie, Trowers & Hamlins [Oman]
Chloé Joachim de Larivière, Gide Cuatrecasas Casablanca [Morocco]
Omar Al Humaid, Al Tamimi [Saudi Arabia]
Waleed Rasrommani, Linklaters [Saudi Arabia]
Abeer Jarrar, Baker McKenzie [UAE]
Lori Llwyd, Addleshaw Goddard [UAE]
Construction
Construction Firm of the Year
Dentons [Regional]
Jamal Al Amri Advocates and Legal Consultants [Oman]
Clyde & Co [Regional]
White & Case [Regional]
Al Tamimi [Regional]
DWF [Regional]
Baker McKenzie [Regional]
AS&H Clifford Chance [Saudi Arabia]
Pinsent Masons [UAE]
Beale & Co [UAE]
Construction Lawyer of the Year
Yasser Taqi, Dentons [Oman]
Matthew Walker, K&L Gates [Qatar]
Michael Turini, White & Case [Qatar]
Claudia El Hage, Al Marri & El Hage Law Offices [Qatar]
Kirk Durrant, DWF [Qatar]
Euan Lloyd, Al Tamimi [Saudi Arabia]
Gavin Witcombe, Baker McKenzie [Saudi Arabia]
Dean Ryburn, Dentons [UAE]
Mark Blanksby, Clyde & Co [UAE]
Clair Miller, Beale & Co [UAE]
Construction Next Generation Partner of the Year
Unkar Chanian, Trowers & Hamlins [Bahrain]
Jonathan Parker, Clyde & Co [Qatar]
Pamela McDonald, Pinsent Masons [Qatar]
Aarti Thadani, Norton Rose Fulbright [UAE]
Alexa Hall, Clyde & Co [UAE]
David Hume, A&O Shearman [UAE]
Inaamul Laher, Clifford Chance [UAE]
Nesreen Osman, Pinsent Masons [UAE]
Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
Gide Loyrette Nouel [Algeria]
Charles Russell Speechlys [Bahrain]
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy [Egypt]
ASAR [Kuwait]
Hage-Chahine Law Firm [Lebanon]
Bennani & Associes [Morocco]
Dentons [Regional]
Al Tamimi [Qatar]
Alrubayyi & Attorneys in assocation with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP [Saudi Arabia]
Stephenson Harwood [UAE]
DLA Piper [UAE]
A&O Shearman [UAE]
Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year
Karim A. Youssef, Youssef Partners [Egypt]
Samer Al Zuriekat, Al Tamimi [Jordan]
Thaer Najdawi, A&T Najdawi Law [Jordan]
Waleed AlTattan, Meysan Partners [Kuwait]
Yassir Ghorbal, Naciri & Associés A&O Shearman [Morocco]
Bassamat Fassi-Fihri, Bassamat & Laraqui [Morocco]
Mansoor Jamal Malik, Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co [Oman]
Alexander Whyatt, Eversheds Sutherland [Qatar]
Sarah Gonem, Zamakhchary & Co [Saudi Arabia]
Andrew MacKenzie, DLA Piper [UAE]
Yacine Francis, A&O Shearman [UAE]
Dispute Resolution Next Generation Partner of the Year
Noor Alrayes, Al Tamimi [Bahrain]
Ahmed Abdelhakeem, Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy [Egypt]
Ja’far Alsabbagh, Al Khair Legal Attorney [Jordan]
Mahdi Yamnahaddou, Bennani & Associes [Morocco]
Abdullah Alajlan, Khoshaim & Associates [Saudi Arabia]
Amr Kadi, Derayah LLPC – Saudilegal [Saudi Arabia]
Nick Braganza, HFW [UAE]
Parnika Chaturvedi, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan [UAE]
Philip Devenish, Jones Day [UAE]
Employment
Employment Firm of the Year
Riad & Riad [Egypt]
Shahid Law Firm [Egypt]
Baker & McKenzie Maroc [Morocco]
UGGC Africa [Morocco]
Clyde & Co [UAE]
Afridi & Angell [UAE]
DLA Piper [UAE]
Hadef & Partners [UAE]
Pinsent Masons [UAE]
Employment Lawyer of the Year
Ayman Nour, Al Tamimi [Egypt]
Rasha Maurice, Shahid Law Firm [Egypt]
Kamal Nasrollah, Baker & McKenzie Maroc [Morocco]
Luke Tapp, Pinsent Masons [UAE]
Sara Khoja, Clyde & Co [UAE]
Samir Kantaria, Al Tamimi [UAE]
Sarah Lawrence, Squire Patton Boggs [UAE]
Shiraz Sethi, Dentons [UAE]
Employment Next Generation Partner of the Year
Alia Monieb, ADSERO Ragy Soliman & Partners [Egypt]
Emily Aryeetey, Stephenson Harwood [UAE]
Ben Brown, Clyde & Co [UAE]
Joanna Matthews-Taylor, [UAE]
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
Eldib & Co [Egypt]
Al Oula Law Firm (Adel Abdulhadi & Partners) [Kuwait]
Al Tamimi [UAE]
Clyde & Co [UAE]
Bird & Bird [UAE]
Hadef & Partners [UAE]
Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year Hassane El Sheref, Shield Advocates – Al Hawy & Hassane [Egypt]
Omar Obediat, Al Tamimi [UAE]
Melissa Murray, Bird & Bird [UAE]
Joycia Young, Clyde & Co [UAE]
Mark Devaney, Abion [UAE]
Intellectual Property Next Generation Partner of the Year
Menna El Sherif, Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy [Egypt]
Kimia Hajpiri, Elite Pars Law Firm [Iran]
Saba Al Suitani, DLA Piper [UAE]
Nicole Giblin, Abion [UAE]
Passant Abaza, Eldib & Co [Egypt]
Investment Funds
Investment Funds Firm of the Year
A&O Shearman [UAE]
King & Spalding [UAE]
Morgan Lewis [UAE]
Norton Rose Fulbright [UAE]
Addleshaw Goddard [UAE]
Simmons & Simmons [UAE]
White & Case [UAE]
Investment Funds Lawyer of the Year
James Stull, King & Spalding [UAE]
Zubair Mir, Norton Rose Fulbright [UAE]
Phillip Sacks, White & Case [UAE]
Ayman Khaleq, Morgan Lewis [UAE]
Muneer Khan, Simmons & Simmons [UAE]
Kamar Jaffer, A&O Shearman [UAE]
James Burdett, Baker McKenzie [UAE]
Investment Funds Next Generation Partner of the Year
Carolyn Abram, Gibson Dunn [UAE]
Dounia Mansour, King & Spalding [UAE]
Geoffroy Hermanns, Norton Rose Fulbright [UAE]
Yannick Whorms, White & Case [UAE]
Projects and Infrastructure
Projects and Infrastructure Firm of the Year
Loucif & Co [Algeria]
Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Member firm of Baker McKenzie) [Egypt]
Zaki Hashem, Attorneys at Law [Egypt]
Clifford Chance [Regional]
Gide Loyrette Nouel [Morocco]
Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co [Oman]
King & Spalding [Regional]
Ashurst [UAE]
A&O Shearman [UAE]
Linklaters [UAE]
Projects and Infrastructure Lawyer of the Year
Mohamed Nabil Hazzaa, Sharkawy Sarhan [Egypt]
Mahmoud S. Bassiouny, Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy [Egypt]
Navid Rahbar Sato, Elite Pars Law Firm [Iran]
Tom Nolda, Confluent [Iraq]
Julie Claude, FIDAL [Morocco]
David Charlier, Ashurst [UAE]
Dan Feldman, King & Spalding [UAE]
Andrej Kormuth, Bracewell [UAE]
Richard Devine, Devine & Severova [UAE]
John Geddes, CMS [UAE]
Richard Parris, Clifford Chance [UAE]
Projects and Infrastructure Next Generation Partner of the Year
Mohamed Elharmy, Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Member firm of Baker McKenzie) [Egypt]
Dahlia Zamel, MENA Associates in association with Amereller Rechtsanwalte [Iraq]
Charles Dolphin, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP (In association with Al Rashdi, Al Juma and Ewing Advocates and Legal Consultants as licensed by the Minstry of Justice and Legal Affairs) [Oman]
Derek McKinley, Latham & Watkins [Saudi Arabia]
James Clark, Kirkland & Ellis [Saudi Arabia]
Omar Alkaffas, A&O Shearman [UAE]
Kanishka Singh, Dentons [UAE]
Ashley Halewood, Eversheds Sutherland [UAE]
Samuel Ogunlaja, Gibson Dunn [UAE]
Adam Haque, DLA Piper [UAE]
Real Estate
Real Estate Firm of the Year
BLK Partners [Lebanon]
Naciri & Associés A&O Shearman [Morocco]
Baker McKenzie [Regional]
Al Tamimi [Regional]
Law Firm of Hassan Mahassni [Saudi Arabia]
Omar Al-Rasheed Law Firm [Saudi Arabia]
Dentons [Regional]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner [UAE]
Clyde & Co [UAE]
Pinsent Masons [UAE]
Real Estate Lawyer of the Year
Walid Honein, Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm [Lebanon]
Romain Berthon, LPA-CGR [Morocco]
Loris Marghieri, Gide Loyrette Nouel [Morocco]
Peter Greatrex, Clyde & Co [Saudi Arabia]
Hazel Shakur Quinn, Dentons [UAE]
Andrew Thomas, Al Tamimi [UAE]
Alexis Waller, Clyde & Co [UAE]
Jeremy Scott, Addleshaw Goddard [UAE]
Shahram Safai, Afridi & Angell [UAE]
Geoff Smith, CMS [UAE]
Ziad Galadari, Galadari Advocates & Legal Consultants [UAE]
Real Estate Next Generation Partner of the Year
Youssef Benamar, ADNA [Morocco]
Keri Watkins, Baker McKenzie [UAE]
Janeen Pickering, Clyde & Co [UAE]
Majed Almadani, Omar Al-Rasheed Law Firm [Saudi Arabia]
Linda Al Hmoud, Al-Yaqout & Al-Fouzan Legal Group [Kuwait]
Mohamed Fathy, ADSERO Ragy Soliman & Partners [Egypt]
Shipping & Transport
Shipping & Transport Firm of the Year
Al Tamimi [Egypt]
Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co [Oman]
Said Al-Shary & Partners [Oman]
HFW [UAE]
Stephenson Harwood [UAE]
Fichte & Co [UAE]
Galadari Advocates & Legal Consultants [UAE]
Watson Farley Williams [UAE]
Shipping & Transport Lawyer of the Year
Amr Eldib, Eldib & Co [Egypt]
Khalid El Wazir, SASLO [Oman]
Omar Omar, Al Tamimi [UAE]
Robert Lawrence, HFW [UAE]
Mark Lakin [UAE]
Ravi Jawani, Fichte & Co [UAE]
Shipping & Transport Next Generation Partner of the Year
Saif Almobideen, Stephenson Harwood [UAE]
Natalie Jensen, Watson Farley Williams [UAE]
Leonard Soudagar, Clyde & Co [UAE]
Nathaniel Armstrong, Dentons [UAE]
English Bar in the Middle East: Commercial
English Bar in the Middle East: Commercial Set of the Year
4 Stone Buildings [UAE]
3 Verulam Buildings [UAE]
Serle Court [UAE]
Quadrant Chambers [UAE]
Outer Temple Chambers [UAE]
English Bar in the Middle East: Commercial Silk of the Year
Tom Montague-Smith KC, 3 Verulam Buildings [UAE]
Richard Hill KC, 4 Stone Buildings [UAE]
Rupert Reed KC, Serle Court [UAE]
Mohinderpal Sethi KC, Littleton Chambers [UAE]
Zoe O’Sullivan KC, Serle Court [UAE]
English Bar in the Middle East: Commercial Junior of the Year
Yash Bheeroon, 3 Verulam Buildings [UAE]
Ian Edge, 3 Paper Buildings [UAE]
Timothy Killen, 2 Temple Garden [UAE]
Justina Stewart, Outer Temple Chambers [UAE]
Karishma Vora, 39 Essex Chambers [UAE]
English Bar in the Middle East: Construction
English Bar in the Middle East: Construction Set of the Year
Keating Chambers [UAE]
Atkin Chambers [UAE]
4 Pump Court [UAE]
39 Essex Chambers [UAE]
4 New Square [UAE]
English Bar in the Middle East: Construction Silk of the Year
Andrew White KC, Atkin Chambers [UAE]
Marc Rowlands KC, Keating Chambers [UAE]
Rachel Ansell KC, 4 Pump Court [UAE]
Karim Ghaly KC, 39 Essex Chambers [UAE]
Andrew Rigny KC, Crown Office Chambers [UAE]
English Bar in the Middle East: Construction Junior of the Year
Thomas Crangle, 4 Pump Court [UAE]
Zulfiker Khayum, Atkin Chambers [UAE]
Jennie Wild, Keating Chambers [UAE]
Tim Chelmick, 4 New Square [UAE]
Alexander Burrell, 39 Essex Chambers [UAE]
Algeria
Algeria Firm of the Year
Bennani & Associes
ADNA
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Loucif & Co
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Algeria Lawyer of the Year
Foued Bourabiat, ADNA
Samy Laghouati, Gide Loyrette Nouel
Mourad Seghir, Bennani & Associes
Rym Loucif, Loucif & Co
Mounir Ait Belkacem, DLA Piper, Algeria (L&P Partners)
Bahrain
Bahrain Firm of the Year
Trowers & Hamlins
Charles Russell Speechlys
Al Tamimi
Baker McKenzie
ASAR
Bahrain Lawyer of the Year
Salman Ahmed, Trowers & Hamlins
Rad El Treki, Al Tamimi
Hisham Al Quraan, ASAR
Amal Al Abbasi, Newton Legal
Paula Boast, Charles Russell Speechlys
Egypt
Egypt Firm of the Year
Zaki Hashem, Attorneys at Law
ADSERO Ragy Soliman & Partners
Zulficar & Partners
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Shahid Law Firm
Egypt Lawyer of the Year
Michael Boutros, Shahid Law Firm
Karim A Youssef, Youssef Partners
Ayman Nour, Al Tamimi
Rasha Maurice, Shahid Law Firm
Mohamed Nabil Hazzaa, Sharkawy Sarhan
Iran
Iran Firm of the Year
Elite Pars Law Firm
Hatami & Associates International Law Firm
DadFlamingo
Zacon Associates
Nami Associates
Iran Lawyer of the Year
Bahnam Khatami, Nami Associates
Navid Rahbar Sato, Elite Pars Law Firm
Reza Ranjbar, Zacon Associates
Ali Hatami, Hatami & Associates International Law Firm
Ali Akbar, Atai & Associates
Iraq
Iraq Firm of the Year
Confluence
Hannouche Associates
Al Tamimi
MENA Associates in association with Amereller Rechtsanwalte
Sanad Law Group in association with Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Iraq Lawyer of the Year
Alain Hannouche, Hannouche Associates
Ahmed Al-Janabi, MENA Associates in association with Amereller Rechtsanwalte
Tawfiq Tabbaa, Sanad Law Group in association with Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Jawad Khalaf, Al Tamimi
Halim Gebeili, Newton Legal
Jordan
Jordan Firm of the Year
Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
A&T Najdawi Law
Al Tamimi
Bakr & Odeh Advocates & Legal Consultants
Safwan Moubaydeen Law Firm in association with Dentons
Jordan Lawyer of the Year
Mohammad Khair AlSabbagh, Al Khair Legal Attorney
Thaer Najdawi, A&T Najdawi Law
Samer Al Zuriekat, Al Tamimi
Lana Habash, Sanad Law Group in association with Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Aiman Odeh, Bakr & Odeh Advocates & Legal Consultants
Kuwait
Kuwait Firm of the Year
ASAR
Meysan
Al Oula Law Firm (Adel Abdulhadi & Partners)
Al Markaz Law Firm
Al-Yaqout & Al-Fouzan Legal Group
Kuwait Lawyer of the Year
Waleed Al Tattan, Meysan
Rob Little, ASAR
Nadyn Saleh, Al-Yaqout & Al-Fouzan Legal Group
Al Markaz Law Firm
Bader El-Jeaan, Meysan
Lebanon
Lebanon Firm of the Year
Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Hage-Chahine Law Firm
BLK Partners
El-Aref International Law Office
Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
Lebanon Lawyer of the Year
Aref El-Aref, El-Aref International Law Office
Chadia El Meouchi, Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Elias Chedid, Chedid Law Offices in association with Dentons
Najib Hage-Chahine, Hage-Chahine Law Firm
Mohamed Alem, Alem & Associates
Morocco
Morocco Firm of the Year
Naciri & Associés A&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
Bennani & Associes
Gide Cuatrecasas Casablanca
ASAFO & Co
Hicham Naciri, Naciri & Associés A&O Shearman
Ouns Lemseffer, Clifford Chance
Kamal Nasrollah, Baker & McKenzie Maroc
Safia Fassi-Fihri, ADNA
Bassamat Fassi-Fihri, Bassamat & Laraqui
Oman
Oman Firm of the Year
Said Al-Shary & Partners
Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
Jamal Al Amri Advocates and Legal Consultants
BSA Law
Dentons
Oman Lawyer of the Year
Sherif Hampton, Said Al-Shary & Partners
Oliver Stevens, Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm in association with Addleshaw Goddard (Middle East) LLP
Yasser Taqi, Dentons
Mansoor Jamal Malik, Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
Sahil Taneja, BSA Law
Qatar
Qatar Firm of the Year
Sultan Al-Abdullah & Partners
Dentons
Al Tamimi
K&L Gates
Clyde & Co
Qatar Lawyer of the Year
Matthew Heaton, Al Tamimi
Matthew Walker, K&L Gates
Michael Turini, White & Case
Alexander Whyatt, Eversheds Sutherland
Claudia El Hage, Al Marri & El Hage Law Offices
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Firm of the Year
King & Spalding
AS&H Clifford Chance
Khoshaim & Associates
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Saudi Arabia Lawyer of the Year
Salman Al-Sudairi, Latham & Watkins
Omar El Sayed, Linklaters
Mansoor Alhagbani, AS&H Clifford Chance
Euan Lloyd, Al Tamimi
Sarah Gonem, Zamakhchary & Co
Tunisia
Tunisia Firm of the Year
Bennani & Associes
Eversheds El Heni
Boussayene Knani & Associés
Gallala Law Firm `
Tunisia Lawyer of the Year Fares El Heni, Eversheds El Heni
Anis Jabnoun, Global Lawyers North Africa in partnership with Gide Loyrette Nouel
Zied Gallala, Gallala Law Firm
Lamia Harguem, Bennani & Associes
Mehrez Boussayene, Boussayene Knani & Associés
UAE
UAE Firm of the Year
Clifford Chance
Al Tamimi
A&O Shearman
Clyde & Co
Latham & Watkins
UAE Lawyer of the Year
Dan Feldman, King & Spalding
Samer Eido, A&O Shearman
Mohammed Al-Shukairy, Clifford Chance
Andrew MacKenzie, DLA Piper
Nomaan Raja, Latham & Watkins
Regional Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Al Tamimi
Dentons
Clyde & Co
Bennani & Associes
Boutique Firm of the Year
KBH Limited
Mantle Law
Devine & Severova
Youssef Partners
OGH Legal
Set of the Year
Atkin Chambers
Keating Chambers
4 Stone Buildings
3 Verulam Buildings
Serle Court
Practice Management of the Year
3 Verulam Buildings
Atkin Chambers
Twenty Essex
Quandrant Chambers
Keating Chambers
Deal of the Year
ADNOC on the $60bn+ combination of Borouge and Borealis to create Borouge Group International, which will acquire Nova Chemicals from Mubadala for $13.4bn, establishing the world’s fourth-largest polyolefins player, further expanding ADNOC’s footprint in North America
Gibson Dunn
ICD Brookfield Place Dubai Limited (ICDB), a joint venture between the Investment Corporationof Dubai (ICD) and Brookfield on the sale of a 49% interest in ICD Brookfield Place Limited, the DIFC-incorporated operating company of ICD Brookfield Place, a world-class commercial and retail property located in the DIFC.
Linklaters
Baker McKenzie
CMS
US$7bn Shariah-compliant murabaha facility for the Public Investment Fund (PIF). This facility is supported by a syndicate of 20 international and regional financial institution.
A&O Shearman
IPO of Talabat
Gibson Dunn
Linklaters
Ibrahim & Partners
OCI Global in a strategic sale of its entire equity stake (50% plus one share) in Fertiglobe PLC (Fertiglobe) to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) for a total consideration of approximately AED13 billion (equivalent to $3.6bn).
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Freshfields
A&O Shearman
Next Generation Partner of the Year
Simon Chan, K&L Gates [Qatar]
Peter Norris, Latham & Watkins [Saudi Arabia]
Benjamin O’Brien-McQueenie, Trowers & Hamlins [Oman]
Noor Alrayes, Al Tamimi [Bahrain]
Nick Braganza, HFW [UAE]
Charles Dolphi,n CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP (in association with Al Rashdi, Al Juma and Ewing Advcoates and Legal Consultants as licensed by the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs [Oman]
Mohamed Fathy, ADSERO – Ragy Soliman & Partners [Egypt]
Keri Watkins, Baker McKenzie [UAE]
Dania El Samad, Zulficar & Partners [Egypt]
Chloé Joachim de Larivière, Gide Cuatrecasas Casablanca [Morocco]
Leading Associate of the Year
Omar Morsy, Gibson Dunn [UAE]
Zahra Rose Khawaja, Dentons [UAE]
Ghaida Meaigel, Khoshaim [Saudi Arabia]
Mohamed Debbouche, ADNA [Algeria]
Mehiar Joulji, Shahid Law Firm [Egypt]
Nazih Hammed, Al Markaz Law [Morocco]
Zarrar Mir, Al Busaidy Mansoor Jamal [Oman]
Lawyer of the Year
Samer Eido, A&O Shearman [UAE]
Masoor Alhagbani AS&H, Clifford Chance [Saudi Arabia]
Karim A Youssef, Youssef Partners [Egypt]
Yasser Taqi, Dentons [Oman]
Ahmed Ibrahim, Ibrahim & Partners [UAE]
In-house Team of the Year
Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF) [Saudi Arabia]
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited [UAE]
Aramex [Iran]
Alghanim Industries Group [Kuwait]
CIB Egypt [Egypt]
Unilever [Egypt]
ROSHN Group Company (ROSHN) [Saudi Arabia]
e& [UAE]
In-house ESG Champions
Deloitte & Touche (M.E.) [UAE]
Agthia Group PJSC [UAE]
Nestlé [UAE & Iran]
OCP Group [Morocco]
Sohar International Bank SAOG [Oman]
Air Products [UAE]
Rising Star In-house Counsel
Maimoona Nalkhande, DP World [UAE]
Mirza Hashim Baig, International Holding Company PJSC (IHC) [UAE]
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Client Service Excellence 2025
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