Allen & Overy, Ashurst and Hogan Lovells line up for top prize at Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards
DLA Piper, Eversheds, Pinsent Masons and Squire Patton Boggs also contending for International Law Firm of the Year
March 28, 2015 at 08:03 PM
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Allen & Overy (A&O), Ashurst and Hogan Lovells are among the firms competing in the International Law Firm of the Year category at this year's Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards.
Also in the running for the top private practice prize at May's awards ceremony in Dubai are DLA Piper, Eversheds, Pinsent Masons and Squire Patton Boggs.
Regional law firms are also heavily represented in the shortlist, with Al Tamimi shortlisted in six categories including Middle East Law Firm of the Year and Corporate Team of the Year.
The flagship category for M&A deals also features A&O, Clifford Chance (CC), Galadari, Hadef & Partners, Hogan Lovells, K&L Gates and Shearman & Sterling.
Meanwhile, a host of leading general counsel and in-house legal teams will fight it out for five in-house categories at the awards, which are jointly hosted by Legal Week and the ACC Middle East group.
A record 25 multinational and regional companies will be represented at the awards, including General Electric, Emirates Group, Nakheel, DP World, Gulf General Investment Co and Emirates NBD.
The awards will take place on 14 May.
Last year's winners included CC, which was named International Law Firm of the Year, and Qatar-based Al-Ansari & Associates, which won the Middle East Law Firm of the Year award. Du, the United Arab Emirates telecoms operator, was among the in-house award winners, securing Legal Department of the Year – Large Team.
The judging panel for the 2015 awards will be chaired by ACC Middle East group president Elias Hayek, vice president, legal, EAME division, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.
Click here to read the full shortlist.
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