Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards: Winners 2015 

Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards have firmly established themselves as a highlight of the region’s legal calendar.

The awards, which are now in their fourth year, celebrate legal excellence in the Middle East and are open to in-house legal teams and law firms operating throughout the region.

Winners 2015

General Counsel of the Year
Phil Reynolds, Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa

Legal Department of the Year – Large Team
Winner: Emirates Group
Highly commended: General Electric

Legal Department of the Year – Small Team
Winner: Travelport
Highly commended: Flash Entertainment

In-house Innovation Award
Winner: China State Construction Engineering Corporation
Highly commended: The DIFC Courts

Legal Counsel of the Year
Winner: Jason Taylor, Muntajat
Highly commended: Tom Hudson, DP World

International Law Firm of the Year
Winner: Eversheds
Highly commended: Pinsent Masons

Middle East Law Firm of the Year
Winner: Al Tamimi & Company
Highly commended: Hadef & Partners

Corporate Team of the Year
Winner: Shearman & Sterling
Highly commended: Al Tamimi & Company

Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year
Winner: Hadef & Partners
Highly commended: Stephenson Harwood

Banking, Finance and Restructuring Team of the Year
Winner: Clifford Chance
Highly commended: Allen & Overy

Transportation, Energy and Infrastructure Team of the Year
Winner: Galadari
Highly commended: Ashurst

Commercial Team of the Year
Winner: Hogan Lovells
Highly commended: Eversheds

Property and Construction Team of the Year
Winner: Eversheds
Highly commended: DLA Piper

Competition and Regulatory Team of the Year
Winner: Simmons & Simmon
Highly commended: Eversheds s

CSR Award
Winner: Dentons

Source: Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards 

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