IJGlobal Awards 2022 – MENA Company Shortlist


With the awards season bearing down on us, we are delighted today to publish the shortlist for the Company section of the IJGlobal Awards 2022 for the Middle East and North Africa, identifying the organisations that the independent panel of judges shortlisted… with the big reveal on the night.

The MENA awards night will be staged on Thursday 30 March at Shangri-La in Dubai. To access the awards site, click here...

To read all about the independent panel of judges, click here…

This story identifies the organisations that are on shortlists – with the winner revealed on the night – but there are a number of other company awards where the judges chose the winner outright.

MLA of the Year:

  • Natixis 
  • SMBC 
  • Société Générale 
  • Standard Chartered 

Financial Adviser of the Year:

  • Cranmore Partners 
  • SMBC 
  • Synergy Consulting 

Legal Adviser of the Year:

  • Allen & Overy 
  • Ashurst 
  • Norton Rose Fulbright 
  • White & Case 

Ratings Agency of the Year:

  • Moody’s Investor Service 
  • S&P Global Ratings 

The Europe & Africa section of the awards will also see announcements in the following categories:

  • Bond Arranger of the Year
  • DFI of the Year
  • Model Auditor of the Year
  • Technical Adviser of the Year
  • Sponsor of the Year
  • Public Sector Institution of the Year

A new category has been launched this year – Judge’s Choice Award – which was debated by the independent panel of judges on MENA Judgment Day, hosted earlier this month… with interesting results.

There is also a slew of awards to be presented for deals that made it to financial close in the 2022 calendar year across a range of categories and decided by the IJGlobal editorial team based on a host of submissions.