Cleary Gottlieb Shortlisted for 20 IFLR Americas Awards

February 1, 2016

Cleary Gottlieb received 20 nominations from the International Financial Law Review for its 2016 Americas Awards, including “Americas Law Firm of the Year.”

The firm was shortlisted for eight team and firm awards, and worked on 12 nominated deals of the year.

Cleary Gottlieb’s nominations include:

Firm/Teams of the Year:

  • Americas Law Firm
  • Debt and Equity-Linked
  • Equity
  • Financial Regulation
  • High-Yield
  • M&A
  • Private Equity
  • Restructuring

Deals of the Year:

  • Debt and Equity-Linked (AIG’s Formosa bonds; Petrobras Global Finance global notes)
  • Equity (Grupo GICSA IPO)
  • High-Yield (Cemex dollar and euro bonds)
  • M&A (Actavis/Allergan; Dow Chemical Company’s Reverse Morris Trust with Olin)
  • Private Equity (DTZ/Cushman & Wakefield; Pioneer joint venture; TPG Capital/Cirque du Soleil)
  • Restructuring (Corporacion GEO; Tonon Bioenergia)
  • Securitization and Structured Finance (Verizon contract receivables)

The IFLR Americas Awards will be presented in New York on March 31, 2016.