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Awards Deal awards Awards Awarding body Award Year International Law Office Client Choice (international and US) 2013 Acritas' sharplegal Ranked no.1 in Canadian Law Firm brand index 2013 Corporate Board Member and FTI Consulting, Inc Top 25 Corporate Law Firm in the US 2013 BTI Consulting Group BTI Client Service 30 2013 BTI Consulting Group, 2013 BTI Brand Elite 18 2013 U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers “Law Firm of the Year” in the category of trademark law 2013 Corporate INTL Legal Awards TMT Law Firm of the Year in the UAE 2013 Finance Monthly - Law Awards Dispute resolution Law Firm of the Year - Bahrain 2013 MPF Awards for Management Excellence Exceptional Achievement Award 2013 Islamic Finance News (IFN) Awards Law Poll Energy and Natural Resources Law Firm of the Year 2013 EuroMoney Islamic Finance Awards Best Legal Adviser 2013 Trade Finance Awards Best Commodity Trade Finance Law Firm 2012 Acritas' sharplegal Top 10 global elite brand index 2012 Super Lawyers Listed 13 of our lawyers as “Super Lawyers” (US) 2012 Chambers Global Law Firm of the Year: Africa 2012 Global Trade Review Best Trade Finance Law Firm in Africa 2012 Global Transport Finance Awards Legal House of the Year 2012 British Legal Awards Peter Martyr, Law Firm Leader of the Year 2012 City A.M. Law Firm of the Year 2012 Trade Finance Awards Best Trade Law Firm in Asia 2012 Chambers Women in Law Awards, Latin America Best Gender Diversity Initiative in Venezuela 2012 The Lawyer Awards Competition/Regulatory Team of the Year 2012 Legal Week Employee Satisfaction Report Employer most lawyers would like to work for 2012 Who’s Who Legal Awards Mining Law Firm of the Year 2012 Islamic Finance News (IFN) Awards Law Poll Energy and Natural Resources Law Firm of the Year 2012 International Law Office Client Choice Award (international category) 2012 International Law Office Employer of Choice for Women, Australia 2012 Acquisition International Legal Awards Environmental Law Firm of the Year - UK 2011 Asia Legal Business Employer of Choice- international law firm category for Singapore 2011 Client Satisfaction Report, Legal Week Top five international firm for client satisfaction 2011 Employee Satisfaction Report, Legal Week No.1 Law firm where most lawyers would like to work 2011 EOWA (Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency) Diversity Leader for the Advancement of Women 2011 Euromoney LMG's Women in Business Law Awards Best international firm for Talent Management (Talent in the pipeline- TIP) 2011 EOWA (Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency) Employer of Choice for Women, Australia 2011 Euromoney Islamic Finance Awards Best legal advisory firm 2011 Expatriate Management and Mobility Awards Global Mobility Team of the Year (Under 250 assignees) 2011 Financial Times Innovative Lawyer Awards Innovation in international expansion 2011 Global Competition Review Highly commended Canadian law firm 2011 Global Competition Review Leading Canadian firm 2011 International Takaful Summit Awards Best International Law Firm 2011 International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration Lawyers Leading Canadian firm 2011 International Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers Leading Canadian firm 2011 Islamic Finance News Best Law Firm in Islamic Finance 2011 Law 360 Global 20 ranked 3rd 2011 Legal Business Energy & Natural Resources Team of the Year 2011 Legal Business Insurance Team of the Year 2011 PLC Life Sciences Handbook Canadian firm recognised in Life Sciences 2011 Sukuk Summit Awards Outstanding contribution by a Law Firm to Islamic Finance Services 2011 The Lawyer Awards Law Firm of the Year 2011 The Lawyer Awards 2nd Competition/Regulatory Team of the Year 2011 Trade Finance Best commodity/trade finance law firm 2011 Trade Finance Best trade finance law firm in Asia 2011 Transatlantic Elite Survey, The Lawyer Global 50 international law firm 2011 Jane's Transport Finance Legal House of the Year 2011, 2010 Deal awards Awarding body Award Deal Year EuroMoney Islamic Finance Awards Best Islamic project finance deal The US$1.2bn expansion of Madinah Airport (PPP). The deal has been widely recognised as a landmark project in terms of size, importance and innovation in the region. 2013 Property Awards Deal of the Year The £400m sale of Battersea Power Station to SP Setia Berhad, Sime Darby Berhad and Employees Provident Fund of Malaysia. 2013 EuroMoney Islamic Finance Awards Best Islamic Finance Real Estate Deal Kings Reach Tower - A syndicate of Middle Eastern banks led by ABC International Bank plc, on a senior Shariah compliant facility to Kings Reach Estates Limited, for a £400 million development financing for redevelopment and refurbishment of the Kings Reach Tower in Southwark, London. 2013 Islamic Finance News Structured Finance Deal of the Year The US$170m Islamic project finance facility for the construction of a newbuild LNG carrier by a wholly owned subsidiary of Brunei Gas Carriers. 2013 Project Finance International awards European Petrochemicals Deal of the Year Surgil, the US$4bn gas-to petrochemicals project in the Republic of Uzbekistan. This was Uzbekistan's first oil and gas project financing and the largest downstream project financing in the CIS region. 2012 Trade Finance ETG - structured trade facilities Deal of the Year A $100 million borrowing base facility and a $150 million collateral management agreement facility provided to Export Trading Group Pre Limited Singapore (ETG), coordinated by Standard Bank of South Africa. 2012 Project Finance International awards 2012 Middle East and Africa Infra Deal of the Year The US$1.2 bn expansion of Madinah Airport in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 2012 Global Trade Review One of the "Best Deals" of 2012 The pre-export financing of Fiji Sugar by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ). 2012 Trade and Forfaiting Review Deals of the Year The pre-export financing of Fiji Sugar by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ). 2012 Trade and Forfaiting Review Deal of the Year The structured steel pre-export finance (PXF) loan to China-based Tangshan Iron & Steel Group Co (Tangsteel, one of the largest steel manufacturing state-owned enterprises in China). 2012 Project Finance International awards Middle East and Africa Africa Renewables Deal of the Year Lesedi & Letsatsi solar parks - These are just two of the 28 projects that were awarded preferred bidder status in the first bid phase of the South African Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer (IPP) Procurement Programme. 2012 The Banker African deals of the year: Equities The US$150 million listing on London's AIM market of Zambeef Products. Zambeef is one of the largest agri-businesses in Zambia and also has operations in Nigeria and Ghana. It is the first Zambian incorporated, Lusaka listed company to dual-list in London. 2012 Project Finance Magazine European Shadow Toll Road of the Year A8 II - the first major German road infrastructure project to reach financial close since the global financial crisis. 2011 Project Finance Magazine African Renewables Deal of the Year Addax Bioenergy - the first bio-energy project to be brought to financial close in Africa and the largest post-conflict agricultural project to be developed in Sierra Leone. 2011 Project Finance Magazine European Government Accomodation Deal of the Year BMBF - the first civil Public Private Partnership (PPP) at the federal level to close in Germany. 2011 Project Finance Magazine African Mining deal of the Year The US$205m term loan and cost overrun and working capital facility to Discovery Copper Botswana (Proprietary) Limited for the development of the Boseto copper and silver project in the Ngamiland district of Botswana. 2011 Project Finance Magazine African Telecoms Deal of the Year The largest project financing in Nigeria for Etisalat Nigeria. The US$650 million transaction was funded by EMTS and a consortium of banks – First Bank, Zenith Bank, Access Bank, Fidelity Bank, UBA, Oceanic Bank (now Ecobank), GTB and Bank PHB (now Keystone). 2011 Project Finance Magazine European Biomass Deal of the Year Helius CoRDe, the first ever biomass project to use whisky by-products to fuel a 7.2 MW biomass combined heat and power plant in Scotland. 2011 Project Finance Magazine European Onshore Deal of the Year Jadraas Vindkraft, the largest project financing of a wind farm in Sweden supported by EKF, the Danish export credit agency, and Danish pension fund PensionDanmark. 2011 Project Finance Magazine African Power Deal of the Year KivuWatt, the methane to power project that is Rwanda’s first independent power project, first project financing and largest single private investment. 2011 Project Finance Magazine European Ports Deal of the Year London Gateway, the £2bn, 1500 acre container port and adjacent logistics park development at London Gateway. 2011 Airfinance Journal awards Editor's Deal of the Year Award The deal involving Doric Asset Finance on the financing of three Airbus A380 aircraft for Emirates using a publicly listed vehicle in the UK and Guernsey. 2011 Airfinance Journal awards African Deal of the Year Award The deal involving the sale and leaseback of seven Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft for South African Express. 2011 Airfinance Journal awards Latin American Deal of the Year Award The deal involving Natixis Transport Finance in the Japanese Operating Lease with Call Option (JOLCO) financing of an Airbus A321 aircraft for the Brazilian airline TAM. 2011 Australasian Legal Business Project finance deal of the year The US$600m financing of Anshan Iron and Steel Company Limited (Ansteel) (as joint venture partner with Gindalbie Metals Ltd. 2011 [+Open all] News Explore our site About us Search our people Our services Knowledge Search news Global careers Corporate responsibility Online services Key industries Financial institutions Energy Infrastructure, mining and commodities Transport Technology and innovation Life sciences and healthcare Offices Contact us Sitemap Legal notices Privacy notice Cookies policy Anti-bribery and corruption standard Remote access Alumni