EUROPEAN TEAM OF THE YEAR

Please complete this front page and then fill the deals appendix for up to three key deals that justify their nomination. The exception is financial regulation team of the year which has its own appendix.

CATEGORY (indicate as appropriate):

Debt and equity-linked team of the year*

Equity team of the year

Financial regulatory team of the year

High yield team of the year*

Loan team of the year*

M&A team of the year

Private equity team of the year

Project finance team of the year

Restructuring team of the year

Securitisation and structured finance team of the year

* Separate awards for high yield, debt and equity-linked, and loan team of the year is subject to quantity and quality of submissions received.

Firm name:

WE ARE PROPOSING OUR FIRM FOR THIS AWARD BECAUSE: [PLEASE SUMMARISE ANY INNOVATIVE WORK THAT THE FIRM HAS DONE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE DEALS DETAILED IN THE APPENDIX.]

TEAM OF THE YEAR (DEALS APPENDIX)

For deals where the firm has already prepared a submission under the Deals of the Year category, simply indicate this on the form.

Deal name:

Date completed:

Value ($):

Client(s) advised:

Client contact and email (Note: clients will be contacted anonymously):

Partner(s) at your firm working on the deal:

Your firm’s role on the deal (including which jurisdiction’s law it advised on):

ALL other law firms involved and their roles (local and international):

Brief description of the deal:

Brief description of why the deal is innovative:

TEAM OF THE YEAR (FINANCIAL REGULATORY APPENDIX)

The IFLR financial regulation team of the year award recognises the following three points. Please provide details for each.

Law firm’s role in regulatory advice and services to clients (domestic or international). Submissions should detail instances where the firm has helped implement client compliance systems for new regulations.

Policy input for governmental institutions. Instances where law firms have actively contributed to rule writing, industry feedback or consultation.

Personnel within the firm with experience working at a regulator

Please provide the name and email of up to three client referees you would be happy for us to contact