Shortlist
Congratulations to all shortlisted firms, lawyers, and teams.
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Managing Partner of the year
Samer Qudah, Al Tamimi & Company
Salman Al-Sudairi, Latham & Watkins LLC
Hicham Naciri, Naciri & Associés Allen & Overy
Carlos Abou Jaoude, Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
Ahmed Barakat, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Hatim Qays Zu’bi, Zu’bi & Partners Attorneys & Legal Consultants
In-house Lawyer of the year
Mohammad Amro, Agthia Group
Jane Livingston, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Yara A. AlZouman, PepsiCo
Fida Husain, Qatar Navigation (Milaha)
Shaun Johnson, BEEAH Group
In-house Team of the year
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
Ooredoo Group
National Bank of Egypt
Emirates Group
Saudi Aramco
Regional Firm of the year
Al Tamimi & Company
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Clyde & Co
In-house Diversity Champion
Filippo Cossalter, Johnson & Johnson
Dr. Nawaf Al Shuraiaan, Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait
Pablo Seijas Ameijide, FCC Construction
Dr Nimer Basbous, First Abu Dhabi Bank
Majdoleen Aboudi, Air Liquide
Pier Terblanche, Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden)
Set of the year
3 Verulam Buildings
Quadrant Chambers
4 Pump Court
Keating Chambers
Atkin Chambers
Rising Star of the year
Victoria Ferres, Allen & Overy LLP
Bola Coker, Clifford Chance
Nicola Minervini , Akin
Georgette Salamé, Chedid Law Offices in association with Dentons
Raya Al Harthy, Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Reem Al Mahroos, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Rising Star in-house counsel
Mahmoud Abd Elaliem, Dubai Holding
Reem Basri, Pfizer
Rodha Alhashmi, Dragon Oil
Diane Doumit, Nokia
Noor Buhusayen, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (“Mumtalakat”)
Roaa Zare, Siemens Energy
Most transformative in-house team of the year
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA)
Alghanim Industries
Almarai
Burjeel Holdings
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Next Generation Partner of the year
Leen Zaza, Khoshaim & Associates
Stefan Mrozinski, White & Case LLP
Basil Al-Jafari, Latham & Watkins LLC
Shane Jury, Addleshaw Goddard
Seema Bono, Pinsent Masons LLP
Nadyn Saleh, Al-Yaqout & Al-Fouzan Legal Group (YFLG)
Yasser Taqi, Dentons
Heba El Naggar , Zaki Hashem & Partners, Attorneys at Law
Camilia Benani, DLA Piper
Fatima Alhasan, Baker & McKenzie Limited
Boutique Firm of the year
The Bench
Rouse
KARM Legal Consultants
Devine & Severova
OGH Legal
Mantle Law
Beale & Company Solicitors LLP
Deal of the year
Clifford Chance
White & Case LLP
Allen & Overy
King & Spalding in Affiliation With the Law Office of Mohammad Al-Ammar
Law Office of Mohanned bin Saud Al-Rasheed in association with Baker Botts L.L.P.
Country Awards
Algeria
Algeria Law Firm of the year
Bennani & Associés LLP
Gide Loyrette Nouel
CMS
ADNA
LPA-CGR
Algeria Lawyer of the year
Samy Laghouati, Gide Loyrette Nouel
Samir Sayah, LPA-CGR
Valérie Veaux-Muller , ADNA
Rym Loucif, Loucif & Co.
Bahrain
Bahrain Law Firm of the year
Al Tamimi & Company
Baker & McKenzie Limited
Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Newton Legal
Bahrain Lawyer of the year
Rad El Treki, Al Tamimi & Company
Ian Siddell, Baker & McKenzie Limited
Qays H. Zu’bi, Zu’bi & Partners, Attorneys & Legal Consultants
Paula Boast, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Abdul-Haq Mohammed, Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Egypt
Egypt Law Firm of the year
Al Kamel Law Firm
Zaki Hashem & Partners, Attorneys at Law
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Helmy, Hamza & Partners (member firm of Baker & McKenzie International)
Shalakany Law Office
Egypt Lawyer of the year
Donia El-Mazghouny, Mazghouny & Co
Mahmoud Bassiouny, Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Sameh Khodeir, Zaki Hashem & Partners, Attorneys at Law
Mohamed Ghannam, Helmy, Hamza & Partners (member firm of Baker & McKenzie International)
Khaled El Shalakany, Shalakany Law Office
Iran
Iran Law Firm of the year
APP Legal Institute in association with Dentons Europe LLP
Sabeti & Khatami
Hatami & Associates International Law Firm
Dadflamingo
Reza Ranjbar (Zacon Associates)
Iran Lawyer of the year
Ali Hatami, Hatami & Associates International Law Firm
Ali Akbar Atai, ATAI & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law
Ahmad Ehtesham, T&S Associates
Iraq
Iraq Law Firm of the year
Al Tamimi & Company
Confluent Law Group
Hannouche Associates
Newton Law Group
Iraq Lawyer of the year
Alain Hannouche, Hannouche Associates
Jawad Khalaf , Al Tamimi & Company
Tawfiq Tabbaa, Sanad Law Group in association with Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Jordan
Jordan Law Firm of the year
Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Sanad Law Group in association with Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Safwan Moubaydeen Law Firm in association with Dentons
Khalifeh & Partners Lawyers
Obeidat Lawyers
Jordan Lawyer of the year
Sharif Ali Zu’bi, Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Khaled Asfour, Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Lana Habash, Sanad Law Group in association with Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Yousef Khalilieh, Rajai K.W. Dajani & Associates
Nadim Kayyali, Sanad Law Group in association with Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Kuwait
Kuwait Law Firm of the year
Al Markaz Law Firm
ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Al Oula Law Firm (Adel Abdulhadi & Partners)
Al Tamimi & Company
Meysan Partners
Kuwait Lawyer of the year
Sam Habbas, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Ayman Nada, Al Markaz Law Firm
Alex Saleh, GLA & Company
Ahmed Barakat, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Fawwaz Al Saeed, Al Markaz Law Firm
Lebanon
Lebanon Law Firm of the year
Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
Alem & Associates
Badri and Salim El Meouchi LLP
Obeid & Partners
Lebanon Lawyer of the year
Salim El Meouchi, Badri and Salim El Meouchi LLP
Nayla Comair-Obeid, Obeid & Partners
Souraya Machnouk, Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
Ziad Obeid, Obeid & Partners
Morocco
Morocco Law Firm of the year
Naciri & Associés Allen & Overy
Norton Rose Fulbright
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Nasrollah & Associés Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Morocco Lawyer of the year
Mehdi Bennani, Bennani & Associés
Patrick Larrivé, ASAFO & CO. MOROCCO Sarl
Kamal Nasrollah, Nasrollah & Associés Baker McKenzie
Mustapha Mourahib, Clifford Chance
Oman
Oman Law Firm of the year
Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
Dentons
Addleshaw Goddard
Said Al-Shahry & Partners (SASLO)
Al Tamimi & Company
Oman Lawyer of the year
Mansoor Jamal Malik, Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
Jamie Gibson, Dentons
Mary Allan, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP (in association with Al Rashdi, Al Juma and Ewing Advocates and Legal Consultants)
Said Al-Shahry, Said Al-Shahry & Partners (SASLO)
Saif Al Mamari, Addleshaw Goddard
Qatar
Qatar Law Firm of the year
Al Tamimi & Company In Association with Adv. Mohammed Al Marri
Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners
Sharq Law Firm
White & Case LLP
Qatar Lawyer of the year
Rashid Al Saad Al Kuwari , Sharq Law Firm
Laura Warren, Clyde & Co LLP
Michael Turrini, White & Case LLP
Ahmed Jaafir, Al Tamimi & Company In Association with Adv. Mohammed Al Marri
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Law Firm of the year
Legal Advisors, Abdulaziz I. Al-Ajlan & Partners in association with Baker & McKenzie Limited
Khoshaim & Associates
King & Spalding in Affiliation With the Law Office of Mohammad Al-Ammar
Latham & Watkins LLC
The Law Firm of Waad Nasser Alkurini in cooperation with White & Case
Saudi Arabia Lawyer of the year
Salman Al-Sudairi, Latham & Watkins LLC
Asad Abedi, Derayah LLPC – Saudilegal
Zeyad Khoshaim, Khoshaim & Associates
Faisal Adnan Baassiri, Faisal Adnan Baassiri Law Firm in association with Ashurst LLP
Nabil Issa, King & Spalding in Affiliation With the Law Office of Mohammad Al-Ammar
Tunisia
Tunisia Law Firm of the year
Eversheds El Heni (a member of Eversheds Sutherland)
Ferchiou & Associés
El Ajeri Lawyers
Global Lawyers North Africa in partnership with Gide Loyrette Nouel
Cabinet Donia Hedda Ellouze
Tunisia Lawyer of the year
Farès Koussay El Heni, Eversheds El Heni (a member of Eversheds Sutherland)
Lamia Harguem, Bennani & Associés
Noureddine Ferchiou, Ferchiou & Associés
Mohamed Lotfi El Ajeri, El Ajeri Lawyers
Donia Hedda Ellouze, Cabinet Donia Hedda Ellouze
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates Law Firm of the year
Al Tamimi & Company
Clyde & Co LLP
DLA Piper
Allen & Overy LLP
United Arab Emirates Lawyer of the year
Rizwan Kanji, Akin
Qudeer Latif, Clifford Chance
Zubair Mir, Norton Rose Fulbright
Claire Matheson Kirton, White & Case LLP
Rahail Ali, Hogan Lovells (United Arab Emirates) LLP
Michelle Nelson, Reed Smith
Practice Area Awards
Banking and Finance
Banking and Finance Law Firm of the year
Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Zaki Hashem & Partners, Attorneys at Law
ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Alem & Associates
Naciri & Associés Allen & Overy
Addleshaw Goddard
Al Tamimi & Company In Association with Adv. Mohammed Al Marri
Latham & Watkins LLC
Clifford Chance
White & Case
Banking and Finance Lawyer of the year
Claire Matheson Kirton, White & Case
Qudeer Latif, Clifford Chance
Rahail Ali, Hogan Lovells (United Arab Emirates) LLP
Ian Siddell, Legal Advisors, Abdulaziz I. Al-Ajlan & Partners in association with Baker & McKenzie Limited
Latham & Watkins LLP
Qays H. Zu’bi, Zu’bi & Partners, Attorneys & Legal Consultants
Mohamed Ghannam, Helmy, Hamza & Partners (member firm of Baker & McKenzie International)
Mona Zulficar, Zulficar & Partners Law Firm
Ayman Nada, Al Markaz Law Firm
Ouns Lemseffer, Clifford Chance
Banking and Finance Rising Star of the year
Victoria Ferres, Allen & Overy LLP
Andre Abou Aad, Norton Rose Fulbright
Ahmet Kalafat, Hogan Lovells (United Arab Emirates) LLP
Bola Coker, Clifford Chance
Ahmed Kamal, Dentons Egypt LLC
Zarrar Mir, Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
Muhammad Mitha, Al Tamimi & Company In Association with Adv. Mohammed Al Marri
Capital Markets
Capital Markets Law Firm of the year
Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
Naciri & Associés Allen & Overy
Khoshaim & Associates
King & Spalding in Affiliation With the Law Office of Mohammad Al-Ammar
Latham & Watkins LLC
Allen & Overy LLP
Clifford Chance
Capital Markets Lawyer of the year
Chadia El Meouchi, Badri and Salim El Meouchi LLP
Ouns Lemseffer, Clifford Chance
Sami Al-Louzi, The Law Firm of Waad Nasser Alkurini in cooperation with White & Case
Zeyad Khoshaim, Khoshaim & Associates
Rizwan Kanji, Akin
Mike Taylor, Clifford Chance
Capital Markets Rising Star of the year
James Osun-Sanmi, Dentons
Nicola Minervini, Akin
Georgette Salamé, Chedid Law Offices in association with Dentons
Construction
Construction Law Firm of the year
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Said Al-Shahry & Partners (SASLO)
Al Tamimi & Company In Association With Adv. Mohammed Al Marri
King & Spalding in Affiliation With the Law Office of Mohammad Al-Ammar
Clyde & Co LLP
Pinsent Masons LLP
Construction Lawyer of the year
Rashid Al Saad, Sharq Law Firm
Laura Warren, Clyde & Co LLP
Paula Boast, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Ben Cowling, Clyde & Co LLP
Michelle Nelson, Reed Smith
Michael Grose, Clyde & Co LLP
Construction Rising Star of the year
Habeeb Rahman, White & Case LLP
Richard Dupay, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Maria Deus, HFW
Commercial, Corporate and M&A
Commercial, Corporate and M&A Law Firm of the year
Al Tamimi & Company
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Meysan Partners
Naciri & Associés Allen & Overy
Addleshaw Goddard
Al Tamimi & Company In Association with Adv. Mohammed Al Marri
King & Spalding in Affiliation With the Law Office of Mohammad Al-Ammar
Allen & Overy LLP
Commercial, Corporate and M&A Lawyer of the year
Rym Loucif, Loucif & Co.
Rasheed Kamel, Al Kamel Law Firm
Lana Habash, Sanad Law Group in association with Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Alex Saleh, GLA & Company
Souraya Machnouk, Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
Mehdi Bennani, Bennani & Associés
Mansoor Jamal Malik, Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
Zaher Nammour, Dentons
Zeyad Khoshaim, Khoshaim & Associates
Abdulwahid Alulama, White & Case LLP
Commercial, Corporate and M&A Rising Star of the year
Steven Aldrich, L&P Partners
Ahmed Kamal, Dentons Egypt LLC
Haya Moubaydeen, Safwan Moubaydeen Law Firm in association with Dentons
Mohammad Ramadan, Al Markaz Law Firm
Georgette Salamé, Chedid Law Offices in association with Dentons
Ma’athir Al Busaidi, Addleshaw Goddard
Sarra Elloumi, Dentons Zaanouni
Alexandra Aikman, Pinsent Masons LLP
Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the year
Zu’bi & Partners, Attorneys & Legal Consultants
Zaki Hashem & Partners, Attorneys at Law
Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Obeid & Partners
Bennani & Associés
Said Al-Shahry & Partners (SASLO)
Al Tamimi & Company In Association with Adv. Mohammed Al Marri
Derayah LLPC – Saudilegal
DLA Piper
Al Tamimi & Company
Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the year
Patrick Gearon, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Khaled El Shalakany, Shalakany Law Office
Ahmed Barakat, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
Ziad Obeid, Obeid & Partners
Hicham Naciri, Naciri & Associés Allen & Overy
Said Al-Shahry, Said Al-Shahry & Partners (SASLO)
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)
Adam Vause, DLA Piper
Susie Abdel-Nabi, Clyde & Co LLP
Dispute Resolution Rising Star of the year
Lamia Naamoune, L&P Partners
Fatema Sarhan, Al Tamimi & Company
Rashed Khalifah , Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Raya Al Harthy, Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Ahmed Durrani, Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners
Laura Shingler, DLA Piper
Shibani Kapur, Eversheds Sutherland LLP
Employment
Employment Law Firm of the year
Bennani & Associés LLP
Riad & Riad
DLA Piper
Al Tamimi & Company
Clyde & Co LLP
Employment Lawyer of the year
Valérie Veaux-Muller, ADNA
Eman Riad, Riad & Riad
Mehdi Kettani, DLA Piper
Sara Khoja, Clyde & Co LLP
Kiersten Lucas, Stephenson Harwood
Employment Rising Star of the year
Nadine Khaled, Al Tamimi & Company
Emily Aryeetey, Stephenson Harwood
Surabhi Singhi, Bird & Bird
Hanane Ait-Addi, Bassamat & Laraqui
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Law Firm of the year
Zaki Hashem & Partners, Attorneys at Law
Al-Yaqout & Al-Fouzan Legal Group (YFLG)
Bakouchi & Habachi – HB Law Firm LLP
Rouse
Al Tamimi & Company
Intellectual Property Lawyer of the year
Sayed Ammar, Al Kamel Law Firm
Salima Bakouchi, Bakouchi & Habachi – HB Law Firm LLP
Joycia Young, Clyde & Co LLP
Sara Holder, Rouse
Intellectual Property Rising Star of the year
Nicole Giblin, Abion Intellectual Property Registration LLC
Mohamed Kassem, Zaki Hashem & Partners, Attorneys at Law
Investment Funds
Investment Funds Law Firm of the year
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
King & Spalding LLP
Dechert LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright
Investment Funds Lawyer of the year
Zubair Mir, Norton Rose Fulbright
Phillip Sacks, White & Case LLP
James Stull, King & Spalding LLP
Alishia Sullivan, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Investment Funds Rising Star of the year
Sayf Shuqair, King & Spalding LLP
Dounia Mansour, King & Spalding LLP
Projects and Infrastructure
Projects and Infrastructure Law Firm of the year
Newton Legal
Al Kamel Law Firm
Khalifeh & Partners Lawyers
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
Al Tamimi & Company In Association with Adv. Mohammed Al Marri
Legal Advisors, Abdulaziz I. Al-Ajlan & Partners in association with Baker & McKenzie Limited
Linklaters
Ashurst
Projects and Infrastructure Lawyer of the year
Joseph Huse, Newton Legal
Rasheed Kamel, Al Kamel Law Firm
Khaled Asfour, Ali Sharif Zu’bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Saad El Mernissi, Mernissi – FIGES
Mary Allan, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP (in association with Al Rashdi, Al Juma and Ewing Advocates and Legal Consultants)
Rashid Al Saad Al Kuwari, Sharq Law Firm
Sarosh Mewawalla, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Projects and Infrastructure Rising Star of the year
Nadia Abdallah, Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
Frédéric Pia, Gide Loyrette Nouel
Mona Hammadi, DLA Piper
Real Estate
Real Estate Law Firm of the year
Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
LPA-CGR
Mohammed Al Ruqaishi Law Firm
Legal Advisors, Abdulaziz I. Al-Ajlan & Partners in association with Baker & McKenzie Limited
Hadef & Partners LLC
Al Tamimi & Company
Real Estate Lawyer of the year
Abdul-Haq Mohammed, Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Aref El-Aref, El-Aref International Law Office
Jean-François Levraud, Gide Loyrette Nouel
Alexis Waller, Clyde & Co LLP
Real Estate Rising Star of the year
Reem Al Mahroos, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Anna White, Al Tamimi & Company
Nicola De Sylva, DLA Piper
Jaafar Laidi, Garrigues Maroc Sarl
Shipping and Transport
Shipping and Transport Law Firm of the year
Al Kamel Law Firm
Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
Clyde & Co LLP
HFW
Shipping and Transport Lawyer of the year
Mohamed Kamel, Al Kamel Law Firm
Jasmin Fichte, Fichte & Co.
Ian Chung, HFW
Rania Tadros, Stephenson Harwood
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
Quadrant Chambers
XXIV Old Buildings
Outer Temple Chambers
4 Stone Buildings
English Bar in the Middle East: Commercial Silk of the year
Hodge Malek KC, 3 Verulam Buildings
Yash Kulkarni KC, Quadrant Chambers
Tom Montagu-Smith KC, 3 Verulam Buildings
Steven Thompson KC, XXIV Old Buildings
Sharif Shivji KC, 4 Stone Buildings
English Bar in the Middle East: Commercial Junior of the year
Timothy Killen, 2 Temple Gardens
Ali Almihdar, Outer Temple Chambers
Yash Bheeroo, 3 Verulam Buildings
Elizabeth Weaver, XXIV Old Buildings
Timothy Chelmick, 4 New Square Chambers
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
Riaz Hussain KC, Atkin Chambers
Rachel Ansell KC, 4 Pump Court
Roger Stewart KC, 4 New Square Chambers
Simon Hughes KC, Keating Chambers
Andrew Rigney KC, Crown Office Chambers
English Bar in the Middle East: Construction Junior of the year
Timothy Chelmick, 4 New Square Chambers
Andrew Fenn, Atkin Chambers
Arshad Ghaffar, XXIV Old Buildings
Rónán Hanna, Atkin Chambers
Sanjay Patel , 4 Pump Court
Jennie Wild, Keating Chambers