Norton Rose Fulbright receives multiple accolades at Middle East industry awards

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has won several accolades across two major Middle East industry awards which recognise exceptional achievement and work on precedent-setting, game-changing projects and initiatives. 

The firm was awarded ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ at Law.com Middle East Legal Awards 2022 for a second consecutive year for work led by its market-leading boardroom crisis management and cyber incident practice, which supports large corporates and data rich companies across all sectors. Led by Dubai-based partner and Head of Middle East corporate, M&A, securities and cyber risk, Adjou Ait Ben Idir, the Middle East team acting on the matter included counsel Shabnam Karim, senior associate Kenza Bensaid, associate Rebecca Neville, and paralegal Ivana Cicic.

The team advises regularly on the investigation, containment and remediation of a broad range of crisis management matters at board and shareholders levels including rapid response advice, contingency planning, shareholder activism, strategic negotiations, strategy development or data breaches. The team provides both Middle East-specific crisis management and cyber incidents response support and draws upon the firm’s global cyber and crisis management capabilities to provide multijurisdictional advice to Middle East-based clients.

Norton Rose Fulbright acted as legal adviser to the joint lead managers on the ‘Structured Finance Deal of the Year’, Telecom Egypt’s $500 million medium-term syndicated loan agreement. Dubai banking and finance partner Nicholas Robinson led the Norton Rose Fulbright team on this deal.

Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation’s SAR11.2 billion Senior Unsecured Syndicated Facility will be named ‘Islamic Structured Finance Deal of the Year’. Norton Rose Fulbright acted as legal adviser to the borrower, led by the firm’s head of Middle East Mohammed Paracha.

Mohammed Paracha commented: “The breadth of our offering to clients throughout the Middle East is demonstrated through these awards. For over 40 years, we have helped clients do domestic and outbound business in the Middle East, enabling them to achieve their strategic objectives. Congratulations to our talented colleagues across the region.