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Commercial Team of the Year: Al Tamimi & Company

Al Tamimi & Company secured the Commercial Team of the Year Award for its work advising Coca-Cola on its acquisition of a 50% stake in Saudi Arabian company Aujan Industries' beverage brands and a 49% stake in its bottling and distribution assets.
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Transport, Energy and Infrastructure Team of the Year: Herbert Smith

Herbert Smith's highlight deal in the category of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure Team of the Year was its work advising on the financing of the $1.5bn (£900m) Shuweihat 3 independent power plant (IPP) project in Abu Dhabi.
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Property and Construction Team of the Year: Pinsent Masons

The judging panel was impressed with Pinsent Masons' work advising China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (CPECC) on the engineering, procurement and construction of the Habshan-Fujairah Pipeline, which runs from Habshan, in Abu Dhabi, to Fujairah.
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Banking, Finance and Restructuring Team of the Year: Allen & Overy

The Government of Dubai's request in November 2009 for a six-month standstill agreement on Dubai World's debt repayments heralded a new phase of the global credit crisis.
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Middle East on the map - the Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards 2012

The great and the good of the Middle East legal community were out in force last month when 300 senior lawyers gathered in Dubai to celebrate the achievements of the region's lawyers at the inaugural Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards. Click on the link below for all the details of who won what - and why...
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In-house Lawyer of the Year: Hassan Bouadar, FedEx

Hassan Bouadar was appointed head of legal at FedEx's Dubai-based Middle East and Africa operations in January 2010.
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Dewey Riyadh joins Patton Boggs as last international office finds new home

Dewey & LeBoeuf's last remaining international office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has joined Patton Boggs gifting the US firm its first presence in the Kingdom. The five-lawyer group is led by Khalid Al-Thebity, a long-serving legacy LeBoeuf partner who previously managed the defunct firm's Middle East practice.
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Former Dewey Dubai partners take action to recover unpaid dues

A group of former Dewey & LeBoeuf Dubai partners have filed for creditor protection in the emirate's courts in an attempt to recoup unpaid money they claim they are owed, amid the defunct firm's ongoing bankruptcy proceedings in the US and the UK. As a result, a Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) court will next week (18 June) issue a winding-up order for Dewey's operations in the United Arab Emirates.
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Ex-Dewey Dechert team finalises Glencore Africa acquisition in first deals at new firm

Dechert's recently hired emerging markets team from Dewey & LeBoeuf – led by capital markets veteran Camille Abousleiman – has completed its first deals since the move, including a $480m (£306m) Africa acquisition by Glencore.
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Bakers, A&O advise as Saudi sukuk lists on London Stock Exchange

Baker & McKenzie has advised Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF) on a $2bn (£1.3bn) deal which marks the first-ever London-listed sukuk programme by a Saudi bank.
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