Dubai-UAE: 21 November, 2016 

Thirty-six deals from have been whittled down from over 200 nominations to make this year’s Shortlist for the Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East Awards. Over 2000 votes were cast to choose the top 3 deals from each category which will be vying for a prestigious Deal of the Year Award.

HSBC arranged or bookran 20 of the bond, sukuk and loan transactions that successfully made it through to the Final selection process. Citi were on 12 deals, and JPMorgan 11.

Amongst the law firms, Allen & Overy advised on 17 deals; Dentons advised on 12, Linklaters advised on 11 deals, and Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co, the Omani law firm advised on 8 deals.

Companies and Borrowers who have made the final cut are: Bahrain Steel - Banque Misr - Equate Petrochemicals - Electricity Holding Co - Emirates Global Aluminium – Taghleef – BBK - Boubyan Bank - Emirates Islamic Bank - Ezdan Holding – OSN Islamic Corporate for the Development of the Private Sector – State of Qatar – Sultanate of Oman – DP World – TAQA – Kingdom of Bahrain – Noor Bank – National Bank of Oman – National Bank of Kuwait – Network International – Orpic – Dubai Parks – Royal Jordanian Airlines – Petroleum Development Oman – Landmark Group – Egyptian Electricity Holding Co

View the full shortlist here: www.bondsloans.com/news/article/797/bonds-loans-sukuk-middle-east-awards-the-fina  

Winners will be announced on the 7th December at a ceremony taking place at the Park Hyatt, Dubai.

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