Global law firm White & Case LLP has been recognized with 14 Deal of the Year awards at the Global Banking & Markets (GBM) Awards: Middle East 2026. The Deal of the Year awards recognize "outstanding transactions that significantly impacted the business and financial sectors, celebrating innovation, complexity and the teams behind them."
White & Case advised on the following transactions:
- Corporate Bond Deal of the Year: Aramco US$4 billion four-tranche bond offering
- Sovereign Bond Deal of the Year: Qatar US$4 billion 144A/RegS dual-tranche bond and sukuk offering
- Debut Sovereign, Supranational & Agency Bond Deal of the Year: Arab Energy Fund US$500 million sukuk RegS only 10-year sukuk offering
- Blended Finance Deal of the Year: Al Dhafrah PV2 Energy Company US$871 million green project bond
- Equity Capital Markets Deal of the Year: Mubadala AED 3.147 billion fully marketed offering of 7.55% stake in du
- International Equity Capital Markets Deal of the Year: ACWA Power SAR 7.125 billion rights issue
- M&A Deal of the Year: Alba and AIP's US$2.116 billion acquisition of Aluminium Dunkerque
- Leveraged Finance Deal of the Year: US$1 billion prepayment facility to Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation
- Acquisition Finance Deal of the Year: Arctic Bidco AED 2.55 billion multi-tranche senior secured financing to facilitate CVC and Tabreed's acquisition of PAL Cooling
- Infrastructure/Project Finance Deal of the Year: Masdar Hybrid Project 2 Solar 24 Seven AED 10.6 billion commercial term facility
- Renewable Energy Deal of the Year: PIF Round 6 Solar PV US$6 billion non-recourse financing facilities funded via senior debt/equity bridge loans
- Power Finance Deal of the Year: Fujairah Power Company F3 US$846 million term facility
- Real Estate Finance Deal of the Year: Binghatti Holding US$500 million 5-year sukuk
- Securitisation Deal of the Year: SRC's inaugural SAR 356 million residential mortgage-backed securities issuance
"These awards reflect the strength and depth of our capabilities in the Middle East as well as our ability to deliver outstanding results for our clients on the region's most complex and impactful transactions," said Adam Pierson, partner and co-head of the Middle East at White & Case. "We are grateful to our clients for their continued trust and to our teams across multiple jurisdictions for their exceptional work."