A&O, Al Tamimi, Emirates among winners at Middle East legal awards
Al Tamimi & Company and The Emirates Group were among the big winners at the Corporate Counsel Middle East (CCME) Awards last night (16 May). The awards saw Emirates secure the Large Team Legal Department of the Year...
May 17, 2013 at 06:10 AM
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Allen and Overy (A&O), Al Tamimi & Company and The Emirates Group were among the big winners at the Corporate Counsel Middle East (CCME) Awards last night (16 May).
The awards, which were jointly held by Legal Week and the Corporate Counsel Middle East Group at the Westin Mina Seyahi hotel in Dubai, saw Al Tamimi pick up the coveted Middle East Law Firm of the Year award for the second year running, seeing off competition from rivals including Habib Al Mulla and Hadef & Partners.
A&O, meanwhile, fended off six firms including Clifford Chance, Clyde & Co, Eversheds and Dentons to take home the gong for International Law Firm of the Year at the event.
The magic circle firm also won Corporate Team of the Year for its role on a multibillion transaction which saw it relocate Egypt's Orascom Construction Industries primary listing to Amsterdam.
In-house awards saw Emirates secure the Large Team Legal Department of the Year, while China State Construction Engineering Corporation picked up both Small Team Legal Department of the Year and the Innovation Award.
The other top in-house award went to Aluminium Bahrain's Afshan Akhtar, who was named General Counsel of the Year.
Other firms winning recognition at the event include CC, which took home Banking, Finance and Restructuring Team of the Year and the Corporate Social Responsibility award after regional staff raised AED100,000 (just under £18,000) to pay for a school bus for Dubai's Special Needs Family Centre.
Ashurst, Hadef & Partners, Dentons and Shearman & Sterling were also among winners at the event.
A special achievement award was given to general counsel and corporate secretary at Al Dhabi Investment Angel Wesley, who founded Abu Dhabi charity Labor of Love UAE.
CCME group president Elias Hayek (pictured), who is also Starwood Hotels & Resorts vice president of legal for EMEA, said: "The number of entries in 2013 exceeded all expectations, up over 30% on last year, and the competition to make it just to the shortlists was intense.
"This year's winners have demonstrated exceptional achievement and that in-house legal teams and their external advisers continue to drive growth and innovation, develop new partnerships and complete complex deals in very challenging market conditions."
More than 300 delegates attended the event, with awards judged by a panel of local leading lawyers chaired by Hayek and including local telecoms company du's GC and senior vice president of legal and regulatory, Anneliese Reinhold, Gulf Investment Corporation GC Khalid Khan and Dubai International Financial Centre Courts registrar Mark Beer.
Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards winners in full:
- CCME Group Achievement Award – Angel Wesley
- GC of the Year – Afshan Akhtar, Aluminium Bahrain
- Legal Department of the Year(Large)- The Emirates Group
- Legal Department of the Year (Small)- China State Construction Engineering
- Legal Counsel of the Year – Wafa Derouiche, Pentair
- Innovation Award – China State Construction Engineering
- CSR Award – Clifford Chance
- International Law Firm of the Year – Allen & Overy
- Middle East Law Firm of the Year – Al Tamimi & Company
- Litigation & Dispute Resolution Team of the Year – Shearman & Sterling
- Banking, Finance and Restructuring Team of the Year – Clifford Chance
- Transportation, Energy and Infrastructure Team – Ashurst
- Corporate Team of the Year – Allen & Overy
- Property and Construction Team of the Year – Hadef & Partners
- Commercial Team of the Year – Dentons
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