{"id":17477,"date":"2026-05-04T18:08:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/?p=17477"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:38:42","slug":"white-case-secures-14-prestigious-gbm-awards-for-middle-east-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/?p=17477&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"White &amp; Case Secures 14 Prestigious GBM Awards for Middle East Deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>White &amp; Case Secures 14 Prestigious GBM Awards for Middle East Deals<\/h1>\n<p>Global law firm <strong>White &amp; Case LLP<\/strong> has been honored with an impressive <strong>14 Deal of the Year awards<\/strong> at the esteemed Global Banking &amp; Markets (GBM) Awards: Middle East 2026. These accolades recognize outstanding transactions that have significantly shaped the business and financial landscapes, celebrating innovation, complexity, and the dedicated teams behind them.<\/p>\n<p>White &amp; Case provided expert counsel on a diverse range of transactions, demonstrating its unparalleled capabilities across various sectors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Corporate Bond Deal of the Year:<\/strong> Advised on Aramco&#8217;s US$4 billion four-tranche bond offering.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sovereign Bond Deal of the Year:<\/strong> Supported Qatar&#8217;s US$4 billion 144A\/RegS dual-tranche bond and sukuk offering.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Debut Sovereign, Supranational &amp; Agency Bond Deal of the Year:<\/strong> Guided Arab Energy Fund&#8217;s US$500 million sukuk RegS only 10-year sukuk offering.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Blended Finance Deal of the Year:<\/strong> Contributed to Al Dhafrah PV2 Energy Company&#8217;s US$871 million green project bond.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Equity Capital Markets Deal of the Year:<\/strong> Advised on Mubadala&#8217;s AED 3.147 billion fully marketed offering of a 7.55% stake in du.<\/li>\n<li><strong>International Equity Capital Markets Deal of the Year:<\/strong> Supported ACWA Power&#8217;s SAR 7.125 billion rights issue.<\/li>\n<li><strong>M&amp;A Deal of the Year:<\/strong> Counseled Alba and AIP on their US$2.116 billion acquisition of Aluminium Dunkerque.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leveraged Finance Deal of the Year:<\/strong> Facilitated a US$1 billion prepayment facility to Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Acquisition Finance Deal of the Year:<\/strong> Advised Arctic Bidco on its AED 2.55 billion multi-tranche senior secured financing for CVC and Tabreed&#8217;s acquisition of PAL Cooling.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Infrastructure\/Project Finance Deal of the Year:<\/strong> Contributed to Masdar Hybrid Project 2 Solar 24 Seven&#8217;s AED 10.6 billion commercial term facility.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Renewable Energy Deal of the Year:<\/strong> Supported PIF Round 6 Solar PV&#8217;s US$6 billion non-recourse financing facilities via senior debt\/equity bridge loans.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Power Finance Deal of the Year:<\/strong> Advised on Fujairah Power Company F3&#8217;s US$846 million term facility.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Real Estate Finance Deal of the Year:<\/strong> Guided Binghatti Holding&#8217;s US$500 million 5-year sukuk.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Securitisation Deal of the Year:<\/strong> Counseled SRC on its inaugural SAR 356 million residential mortgage-backed securities issuance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Commenting on this significant achievement, <strong>Adam Pierson, partner and co-head of the Middle East at White &amp; Case<\/strong>, stated, &#8220;These awards powerfully underscore the strength and extensive depth of our capabilities across the Middle East. They also highlight our consistent ability to deliver exceptional results for our clients on the region&#8217;s most intricate and impactful transactions. We extend our sincere gratitude to our clients for their unwavering trust and to our dedicated teams across numerous jurisdictions for their truly exceptional work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>#WhiteAndCase #GBMAwards #MiddleEastFinance #DealOfTheYear #LegalExcellence #CorporateLaw #ProjectFinance #CapitalMarkets #Sukuk #FinancialAdvisory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White &amp; Case Secures 14 Prestigious GBM Awards for Middle East Deals Global law firm White &amp; Case LLP has been honored with an impressive 14 Deal of the Year awards at the esteemed Global Banking &amp; Markets (GBM) Awards: Middle East 2026. These accolades recognize outstanding transactions that have significantly shaped the business and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}