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Simmons & Simmons wins award for Qatar project

DUBAI, October 25, 2016

Simmons & Simmons, a leading international law firm with offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, has won the Project Finance Deal of the Year at the IFLR Middle East Awards 2016 held in Burj Al Arab, Dubai.

The firm was recognised for its work in advising Mitsubishi Corporation and Tepco on the 2,400MW/130 million-gallons-per-day Facility D independent water and power project in Qatar.

The IFLR awards are constituted by International Financial Law Review, a leading law publication headquartered in London.

The Simmons & Simmons team was led by Adrian Nizzola, a projects partner in the firm’s London office.

He was assisted by partners Richard Kramer, Andrew Wingfield and Peter Wright; Of counsel Bree Miechel and managing associates Simon Kenolty and Rose-Anna Daukes besides senior associates Jonathan Simons and Elias Matni and Associate Maha Lawson.

On the win, Nizzola said: "The whole team enjoyed working on this very exciting project to help achieve the commercial objectives of client Mitsubishi Corporation and Tepco. It was the sustained team effort and high level of expertise shown by sponsors, lenders and their respective advisors that pushed this over the line."

"Winning this award is testament to the positive relationship we have with the client, the skill of our client, the strength of our project finance practice and the dedication shown throughout by everyone involved," he added.

Richard Kramer, client partner for Mitsubishi Corporation based in the firm’s Tokyo office, said: "These awards recognise innovation in legal practice and Facility D was a very good example of this innovation. The team worked tirelessly to get this project to financial close and we are honoured to have won such a prestigious award."-TradeArabia News Service




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