We are proud of the external recognition we have gained through the awards we have won around the world. Below is a selection of our accolades from 2011 and 2010.
| | We were awarded | |
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| Acquisition International Legal Awards | Environmental Law Firm of the Year - UK | 2011 |
| Asia Legal Business | Employer of Choice- international law firm category for Singapore | 2011 |
| Asian-Counsel | Firm of the Year in Aviation in the UAE | 2010 |
| | Firm of the Year in Islamic Finance in the UAE | 2010 |
| Asset Triple A Awards | Best Islamic finance law firm | 2010 |
| Business Superbrands Survey | Top 500 UK B2B brand | 2009/10 |
| CitySwitch | Energy Efficiency - NSW Signatory of the Year Award (Sydney Office) | 2011 |
| Client Satisfaction Report, Legal Week | Top five international firm for client satisfaction | 2011 |
| Corporate Intl | Construction Law Firm of the Year Bahrain | 2010 |
| | Energy Law Firm of the Year Bahrain | 2010 |
| | International Arbitration Adviser of the Year Bahrain | 2010 |
| | Mergers and Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year Bahrain | 2010 |
| | Transport Law Firm of the Year Bahrain | 2010 |
| Employee Satisfaction Report, Legal Week | No.1 Law firm where most lawyers would like to work | 2011 |
| Environmental Finance | Best law firm – renewable finance Europe | 2010 |
| EOWA (Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency) | Diversity Leader for the Advancement of Women | 2011 |
| | Employer of Choice for Women, Australia | 2011 |
| Euromoney Islamic Finance Awards | Best legal advisory firm | 2011 |
| European Women in Business Law Awards | Best firm for Talent Management | 2011 |
| Expatriate Management and Mobility Awards | Global Mobility Team of the Year (Under 250 assignees) | 2011 |
| Financial Times Innovative Lawyer Awards | Innovation in international expansion | 2011 |
| Global Competition Review | Highly commended Canadian law firm | 2011 |
| | Leading Canadian firm | 2011 |
| International Takaful Summit Awards | Best International Law Firm | 2011 |
| | Takaful Law Firm of the Year | 2010 |
| International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration Lawyers | Leading Canadian firm | 2011 |
| International Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers | Leading Canadian firm | 2011 |
| Islamic Finance News | Best Law Firm in Islamic Finance | 2011 |
| Jane's Transport Finance | Legal House of the Year | 2010 & 2011 |
| Law 360 | Global 20 ranked 3rd | 2011 |
| LawTech | Innovation Award | 2010 |
| Legal Business | Energy & Natural Resources Team of the Year | 2011 |
| | Insurance Team of the Year | 2011 |
| | Most enterprising law firm of the year (Norton Rose LLP) | 2010 |
| Magnet Communications | Number 1 Ideal Employer in the South African Student Survey | 2010 |
| Outstanding Services to Compliance and Regulation (OStCaR) | Best Legal Services (Regulatory & Commercial) | 2010 |
| PLC Life Sciences Handbook | Canadian firm recognised in Life Sciences | 2011 |
| sharplegal | Top 20 global elite brand leader | 2011 |
| Sukuk Summit Awards | Outstanding contribution by a Law Firm to Islamic Finance Services | 2011 |
| The Lawyer Awards | Law Firm of the Year | 2011 |
| | 2nd Competition/Regulatory Team of the Year | 2011 |
| Trade Finance | Best commodity/trade finance law firm | 2011 |
| | Best trade finance law firm in Asia | 2011 |
| Transatlantic Elite Survey, The Lawyer | Global 50 international law firm | 2011 |
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| Airfinance Journal | Most innovative deal of the year | The arrangers, Doric Asset Finance, on the financing of an Airbus A380 aircraft for Emirates | 2010 |
| Australasian Legal Business | Project finance deal of the year | Advising Anshan Iron and Steel Company Limited (Ansteel) (as joint venture partner with Gindalbie Metals Ltd) in its US$600 million financing | 2011 |
| Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships | Gold award – Project financing | The senior lenders and bond underwriters in connection with the $1.2 billion financing of a new hospital for the McGill University Health Centre | 2010 |
| IFLR | Equity deal of the year | The secondary listing of the Hong Kong depositary receipts of Vale S.A. on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange by way of introduction | 2010 |
| Islamic Finance News | European deal of the year | International Innovative Technologies on GBP6.1m Sukuk Musharakaj | 2010 |
| | Deal of the year | Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank US$100 million Sukuk | 2010 |
| | Sukuk deal of the year | Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank UK$100 million Sukuk | 2010 |
| Jane's Transport Finance | South American shipping debt deal of the year | DVB Group Merchant Bank (Asia) Ltd. in connection with a US$420 million export credit supported loan facility to OSX 1 Leasing B.V., a subsidiary of OSX Brasil S.A. | 2010 |
| Project Finance International | PPP deal of the year | Singapore SportsHub Consortium on the financial close of the largest sports facilities infrastructure PPP project in the world | 2010 |
| | Africa transport deal of the year | Advising Standard Chartered Bank and African Development Bank on Dakar Port financing | 2010 |
| | Americas deal of the year | The senior lenders and bond underwriters in connection with the $1.2 billion financing of a new hospital for the McGill University Health Centre | 2010 |