02 Mar 2010
Analysis includes A&O's blitzkrieg in Australia, K&L Gates and Salans' raids in Europe and Mayer Brown's US capital markets push.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Investment funds, Project finance, Restructuring and insolvency, Western Europe, CEE, Middle East, North America, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen and Overy, Morrison and Foerster, Asia-Pacific, Mayer Brown, Australia, Japan, Chadbourne and Parke, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, US, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, UK, Poland, Qatar, UAE, Latham and Watkins, Private Equity, Bird and Bird, CMS Cameron McKenna, DLA Piper, Ashurst, Norton Rose, Simmons and Simmons, Salans, Features, Paul Hastings Janofsky and Walker, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Herbert Smith, Shearman and Sterling, Willkie Farr and Gallagher, Denton Wilde Sapte, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Freehills, Blake Cassels and Graydon, McCarthy Tétrault, O'Melveny and Myers, Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, Hogan and Hartson, Chiomenti, P+P Pöllath + Partners, Proskauer Rose, Fried Frank, Walkers, Stephenson Harwood, Austria, Atsumi & Partners, Clayton Utz, Field Fisher Waterhouse, K&L Gates, Ogier, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, Pedersoli e Associati, Ropes & Gray, SJ Berwin, Stikeman Elliott, Studio Grande Stevens, Tanner De Witt, Construction & real estate, Securitization & structured finance, Mergers & acquisitions
01 Feb 2010
Analysis includes White & Case's heavy EMEA losses, a corporate hiring spree in the US and Shearman's local HK hires.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Investment funds, Project finance, Restructuring and insolvency, Western Europe, CEE, Middle East, North America, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Allen and Overy, Morrison and Foerster, Baker and McKenzie, Asia-Pacific, Mayer Brown, Japan, Kirkland and Ellis, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, US, France, Germany, Italy, UK, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Squire Sanders and Dempsey, Latham and Watkins, Jones Day, McDermott Will and Emery, Private Equity, Cravath Swaine and Moore, CMS Cameron McKenna, Weil Gotshal and Manges, Sullivan and Cromwell, DLA Piper, Ashurst, Orrick, Features, Hengeler Mueller, Lovells, Bingham McCutchen, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Herbert Smith, Shearman and Sterling, Willkie Farr and Gallagher, Morgan Lewis and Bockius, Vinson and Elkins, O'Melveny and Myers, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, Mayer Brown JSM, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Cayman Islands, Appleby, Reed Smith, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, Stephenson Harwood, Greenberg Traurig, Grimaldi and Associates, K&L Gates, NCTM, Ozannes, Patton Boggs, Ughi e Nunziante, WilmerHale, Securitization & structured finance, Mergers & acquisitions
01 Dec 2009
The IFLR1000 looks at the hectic Iberian market, Zili Shao's in-house move and Torys' Toronto hires.
Tags: Western Europe, Middle East, Africa, North America, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Allen and Overy, Baker and McKenzie, Asia-Pacific, India, Australia, Kirkland and Ellis, Chadbourne and Parke, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, US, Finland, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, South Africa, McDermott Will and Emery, Bird and Bird, DLA Piper, Ashurst, Norton Rose, Simmons and Simmons, JeantetAssociés, Salans, Orrick, Features, Lovells, Paul Hastings Janofsky and Walker, Herbert Smith, Uría Menéndez, Magisters, Willkie Farr and Gallagher, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Roschier, O'Melveny and Myers, Eversheds, Sidley Austin, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Duane Morris, Stibbe, Proskauer Rose, Fried Frank, Winston and Strawn, Cliffe Dekker, Greenberg Traurig, Torys, Al Tamimi & Company, Barrocas Sarmento Neves, Beiten Burkhardt, Bennett Jones, Brandford-Griffith Baverez Pasturel, DLA Phillips Fox, Fulbright & Jaworski, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, PLMJ, SJ Berwin, Talwar Thakore & Associates
05 Nov 2009
The IFLR1000's analysis includes Ropes & Gray's London hires, Latham's new US regulatory counsel and Weil's raid on Simmons in HK.
Tags: Western Europe, CEE, Middle East, Africa, North America, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen and Overy, Asia-Pacific, Mayer Brown, Australia, Japan, Kirkland and Ellis, Chadbourne and Parke, China and Hong Kong, US, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, UK, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, UAE, South Africa, Latham and Watkins, McDermott Will and Emery, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom, Weil Gotshal and Manges, DLA Piper, Ashurst, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy, Simmons and Simmons, Orrick, Features, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Uría Menéndez, Loyens en Loeff, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, Denton Wilde Sapte, Covington and Burling, O'Melveny and Myers, Cadwalader Wickersham and Taft, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Winston and Strawn, Stephenson Harwood, Greenberg Traurig, Baker Botts, Bonn Schmitt Steichen, DLA Phillips Fox, SJ Berwin
28 Jul 2009
Exclusive research by the IFLR1000 reveals the most improved restructuring and insolvency practices in ten countries.
Tags: Restructuring and insolvency, Western Europe, CEE, Middle East, Africa, North America, Latin America and Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, Australia, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, US, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, UK, Features
25 Feb 2009
Exclusive research by the IFLR1000 reveals the six most improved M&A practices in Turkey over the past five years.
Tags: Corporate, Middle East, Turkey, Features, Paksoy, Hergüner Bilgen Özeke, Bircanoglu, Çaga & Çaga, Düren Akol Avukatlik Bürosu, EsinIsmen, Güner Law Offices, Pekin & Pekin, Somay Hukuk Bürosu
13 Nov 2008
Communication and balance are the key to a successful union in Saudi Arabia.
Tags: Middle East, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Expansion and strategy, Saudi Arabia, Features, Al Jadaan and Partners, The Alliance
11 Nov 2008
UK firm acts for two closed-ended funds in their dual listing on the Dubai International Financial Exchange.
Tags: Investment funds, Middle East, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, UAE, Deals
10 Nov 2008
US firm's three-partner office becomes latest entrant to bustling Abu Dhabi market.
Tags: Capital Markets, Project finance, Middle East, UAE, Private Equity, Office moves, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld
29 Oct 2008
Jordanian firm acts as local counsel to the nuclear regulator in the first phase of Areva's exploration programme.
Tags: Project finance, Middle East, Linklaters, Jordan, Deals, Norton Rose, Aljazy and Co
10 Jul 2008
Yapi Kredi and ABN Amro provide €340 million financing for Istanbul's second international airport.
Tags: Project finance, Middle East, Turkey, Deals, Paksoy
08 Jul 2008
Three UK and one US firm advise in the Commercial Bank of Qatar's $900 million capital raising.
Tags: Capital Markets, Middle East, Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May, Qatar, Deals, Davis Polk and Wardwell, Simmons and Simmons
Norton continues Islamic finance rebuilding process with the hire of Farmida Bi.
Tags: Capital Markets, Middle East, People and moves, UAE, Norton Rose, Denton Wilde Sapte
04 Jul 2008
Clifford Chance, Milbank, Dewey and Emirates International Law Firm win roles in $400 million wastewater project.
Tags: Project finance, Middle East, Clifford Chance, UAE, Deals, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Emirates International Law Firm
26 Jun 2008
Latham, Simmons and Marccus Partners act in NYSE's purchase of a stake in Doha Securities Market.
Tags: Corporate, Middle East, Qatar, Latham and Watkins, Deals, Simmons and Simmons, Marccus Partners
Changes to the scope and application of insurance and pensions have led to a more socialized system -- Ercüment Erdem, Erdem & Erdem
Tags: Corporate, Middle East, Briefings, Turkey, Erdem and Erdem
23 Jun 2008
Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and Walkers snare roles in Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank's note programme.
Tags: Capital Markets, Middle East, Clifford Chance, Allen and Overy, UAE, Deals, Walkers
Herbert Smith, Clifford Chance and Dundas & Wilson advise on financing for Motherwell Bridge buyout.
Tags: Banking, Middle East, Clifford Chance, Scotland, UK, Kuwait, Deals, Herbert Smith, Dundas and Wilson
18 Jun 2008
Turkish duo work alongside White & Case and Clifford Chance in €1 billion financing of power portfolio.
Tags: Project finance, Middle East, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Turkey, Deals, Cakmak Avukatlık Bürosu, Hergüner Bilgen Özeke
17 Jun 2008
Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and Maples and Calder advise on Dubai utility provider's $871 million sukuk-al-ijara.
Tags: Capital Markets, Middle East, Clifford Chance, Allen and Overy, UAE, Deals, Maples and Calder
12 Jun 2008
Projects partner Jonathan Brufal set to transfer from London to Abu Dhabi.
Tags: Project finance, Middle East, People and moves, UAE, Norton Rose
11 Jun 2008
Denton Wilde Sapte's Kuwaiti debut has met with virtual indifference from local firms – and with good reason.
Tags: Middle East, Expansion and strategy, Kuwait, Features, Denton Wilde Sapte, Bryan Cave, Abdullah Kh Al-Ayoub and Associates, Stephenson Harwood, Dixon and Dixon, Al-Sarraf and Al-Ruwayeh
09 Jun 2008
Pair advise Hits Africa on its $215 million placement on the Kuwait Stock Exchange.
Tags: Capital Markets, Middle East, Kuwait, Squire Sanders and Dempsey, Deals, Walkers
05 Jun 2008
UK firm hires Andrew Abernethy from New Zealander firm Bell Gully.
Tags: Corporate, Middle East, People and moves, UAE, Norton Rose, Bell Gully
UK firm transfers Charles July and Ian Poynton from London to ramp up Middle East offering.
Tags: Banking, Project finance, Middle East, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, People and moves, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE
White & Case and Allen & Overy advise in $1.1 billion dual-tranche murabaha facility.
Tags: Capital Markets, Middle East, White and Case, Allen and Overy, Saudi Arabia, Deals
04 Jun 2008
Abdulaziz H Fahad, Al-Jadaan & Partners, Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance advise on $6 billion facility.
Tags: Banking, Middle East, Clifford Chance, Allen and Overy, Saudi Arabia, Deals, Al Jadaan and Partners, The Law Office of Abdulaziz H Fahad
Turkish firm advises buyers in the acquisitions of Tekin Acar Cosmetics and News Outdoor Turkey.
Tags: Middle East, Baker and McKenzie, Turkey, Private Equity, Deals, Paksoy, Winston and Strawn, Guzeldere Law Firm, Karaosmanoglu Law Firm
03 Jun 2008
Full-service office to eventually grow to two partners and four associates.
Tags: Middle East, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Expansion and strategy, UAE, Office moves
Kuwaiti firm signs association agreement with Denton Wilde Sapte and recruits a team from Bryan Cave.
Tags: Banking, Corporate, Middle East, Expansion and strategy, Kuwait, Office moves, Denton Wilde Sapte, The Law Offices of Dr Ahmad Al-Samdan