Allen & Overy, Freshfields and Slaughters among finalists for 2017 Global Legal Awards
The American Lawyer announces line-up for fifth annual Global Legal Awards
July 20, 2017 at 05:21 PM
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The American Lawyer has announced the finalists for the 2017 Global Legal Awards, which honours matters that demonstrate the industry's ability to navigate complex international legal issues.
With well in excess of 200 entries from firms across the globe, the competition was fierce and the high-stakes nature of the work was on full display. Finalists have been honoured across four main categories: citizenship, disputes, M&A and finance.
Grand prize winners from each of the four categories will be announced at a dinner celebration on 25 September at the Edison Ballroom in New York.
This year's honourees handled matters from Argentina to Indonesia and many places in between. They worked on refugee matters, alcoholic beverage company acquisitions, Chinese chemical company deals and much more. We saw one of the first post-Brexit deals, inversion structures and firms overcome major regulatory hurdles to get their clients' deals done.
Multibillion-dollar arbitration disputes abounded, as did comprehensive corruption investigation work. Awards were given out for work in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, eastern and western Europe, Latin America, Africa, Canada, the US and more.
- Citizenship
Global CSR Project of the Year
Winner: Legal Ethics Training Programme in Ghana
Honourees: White & Case; Fordham University School of Law; Faculty of Law, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration
Global Pro Bono Deal of the Year
Winner: Shining a Light On Rural India: Advising Mera Gao Power
Honouree: Latham & Watkins
Global Pro Bono Dispute of the Year
Winner: International Death Penalty Project
Honourees: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Cornell Law School's Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide
Global Pro Bono Advocacy Project of the Year
Winner: European Refugee Crisis
Honourees: Morrison & Foerster; Latham & Watkins; TrustLaw; British Institute of International and Comparative Law; Debarliev, Dameski & Kelesoska Attorneys at Law; Glinska & Miskovic Law Firm; joint law office Maric & Mujezinovic in cooperation with Kinstellar; CARE USA legal department; The American National Red Cross legal department; Norwegian Refugee Council legal department; Mercy Corps legal department
- Finance
Global Finance Deal of the Year: Capital Markets (Equity)
Winner: Postal Savings Bank of China IPO
Honourees: Clifford Chance, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Haiwen & Partners, King & Wood Mallesons
Global Finance Deal of the Year: Capital Markets (Debt)
Winner: Argentina sovereign debt offering
Honourees: Bruchou Fernandez Madero & Lombardi; Cleary; Errecondo Gonzalez Funes; Shearman & Sterling
Global Finance Deal of the Year: Insolvency and Restructuring (US)
Winner: Roust Corp restructuring
Honourees: Allen & Overy; Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft; CEDC International; Greenberg Traurig; Kirkland & Ellis; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom; Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr
Global Finance Deal of the Year: Insolvency and Restructuring (UK)
Winner: EnQuest restructuring
Honourees: Ashurst; EnQuest; Herbert Smith Freehills; Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison; Weil Gotshal & Manges
Global Finance Deal of the Year: Insolvency and Restructuring (Africa)
Winner: Edcon restructuring
Honourees: Allen & Overy; Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr; Clifford Chance; ENSafrica; Glyn Marais; Kirkland & Ellis; Latham & Watkins; Norton Rose Fulbright; Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe; Ropes & Gray; Shearman & Sterling; Weil; Werksmans
Global Finance Deal of the Year: Insolvency and Restructuring (Latin America)
Winner: Enel Americas corporate reorganization
Honourees: Carey; Cariola Diez Perez-Cotapos & Cia; Chilectra; Claro & Cia; Cleary; Enel Americas; Norton Rose Fulbright; Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler; Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uria; Skadden
Global Finance Deal of the Year: Projects (Middle East)
Winner: Barakah nuclear power project financing
Honourees: Bae Kim & Lee; Baker McKenzie
Global Finance Deal of the Year: Projects (Japan)
Winner: Kansai Airports concession project
Honourees: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Nishimura & Asahi
Global Finance Deal of the Year: Projects (Southeast Asia)
Winner: Bhimasena Power Indonesia project
Honourees: Ali Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro; Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy; Mochtar Karuwin Komar; Shearman & Sterling
Global Finance Deal of the Year: Acquisition Finance
Winner: HNA/Hilton financing
Honourees: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Latham & Watkins; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Weil; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Global Finance Deal of the Year: Structured Finance
Winner: Credit Agricole "Green Capital Note"
Honourees: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; White & Case
- M&A
Global M&A Deal of the Year: Canada
Winner: Fortis/ITC Holdings
Honourees: White & Case, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg; Simpson Thacher; Torys; Jones Day
Global M&A Deal of the Year: China
Winner: ChemChina/Syngenta
Honourees: Simpson Thacher; Homburger; Linklaters; Davis Polk; Baer & Karrer
Global M&A Deal of the Year: Central and Eastern Europe
Winner: Asahi Group Holdings/SABMiller, Anheuser-Busch InBev
Honourees: Allen & Overy; Freshfields; Hogan Lovells
Global M&A Deal of the Year: Europe
Winner: Visa Inc/Visa Europe
Honourees: Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz; Macfarlanes; Skadden; Linklaters
Global M&A Deal of the Year: Ireland
Winner: Tyco International/Johnson Controls
Honourees: Simpson Thacher; Arthur Cox; Wachtell; A&L Goodbody; Cleary
Global M&A Deal of the Year: Japan
Winner: Tencent/Supercell Oy, SoftBank Group Corp.
Honourees: Slaughter and May; Covington & Burling; Morrison & Foerster; Fenwick & West; White & Case
Global M&A Deal of the Year: Latin America
Winner: Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, CIC Capital Corp, GIC/Nova Transportadora do Sudeste, Petroleo Brasileiro
Honourees: Sullivan & Cromwell; Torys; Pinheiro Neto; Veirano Advogados; Lobo & de Rizzo; Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr & Quiroga Advogados; Hogan Lovells
Global M&A Deal of the Year: UK
Winner: SoftBank/ARM Holdings
Honourees: Morrison & Foerster; Freshfields; Cleary; Slaughter and May, Davis Polk
Global M&A Deal of the Year: US
Winner: British American Tobacco/Reynolds American
Honourees: Cravath Swaine & Moore; Herbert Smith Freehills; Jones Day; Weil Gotshal; Moore & Van Allen
- Disputes
Global Dispute of the Year: Investment Arbitration
Winner: Yukos v Russia
Honourees: Cleary; Hanotiau & van den Berg; Houthoff Buruma
Global Dispute of the Year: Transnational Litigation
Winner: Nortel Networks bankruptcy
Honourees: Herbert Smith Freehills; Debevoise & Plimpton; Hughes Hubbard & Reed; Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb; Davies Ward; Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney; Goodmans; Allen & Overy; Torys; Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell; Cleary; Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor; Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein
Global Dispute of the Year: Commercial Arbitration (Europe)
Winner: Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania v Atomstroyexport
Honouree: Sidley Austin
Global Dispute of the Year: Commercial Arbitration (Asia)
Winner: NTT Docomo v Tata Sons
Honourees: Skadden; Khaitan & Co; Ciccu Mukhopadhaya
Global Dispute of the Year: Investigations (Latin America)
Winner: Odebrecht investigation
Honourees: Paul Hastings; Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan; Siqueira Castro
Global Dispute of the Year: Investigations (Asia)
Winner: Takata airbag litigation
Honourees: Dechert; Covington; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Global Dispute of the Year: Investigations (Europe)
Winner: Rolls-Royce investigation
Honourees: Debevoise; Slaughter and May
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