Dubai—Dentons' Middle East Banking and Finance team has continued to receive recognition for its outstanding work in the region, having recently received five deal of the year awards, and being awarded Best Law Firm for our practices' in Oman and Jordan.
Dentons advised on the following four winning deals at the IFN Awards Deals of the Year 2016 held on 28th February:
At the EMEA Finance Middle East Banking Awards 2016 held on 1st March, partner and head of Dentons Jordan office, Safwan Moubaydeen, and head of the banking and finance practice in Oman, Sadaf Buchanan, collected the awards for Law Firm of the Year for Jordan and Law Firm of the Year for Oman.
The EMEA Finance Achievement Awards 2016 also awarded the Best structured finance deal in the Middle East Alia - The Royal Jordanian Airlines for the US$275 million syndicated conventional Shari’ah-compliant senior secured term loan facility. Dentons advised the joint lead managers, Mashreqbank. The team was led by partners Neil Cuthbert (Dubai) and Safwan Moubaydeen (Amman). The awards are expected to be held later this year.
Co-Head of Banking and Finance in the Middle East, Sadaf Buchanan, commented, " These awards represent well-deserved recognition of the innovative, diverse and exciting deals we have advised on across the region, many of which represent "first of their kind" transactions in those particular jurisdictions – this is further testimony to the dedication and expertise of our lawyers across the region. Congratulations are in order to all involved, particularly the clients we have been privileged to represent."
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