A host of firms including Addleshaw Goddard, Cooley, Macfarlanes and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have made the shortlist for this year’s The Lawyer Awards, which also celebrates the best of the Bar and in-house legal community.
Winners will be announced on Tuesday 21 June at JW Marriott Grosvenor House London. Click here to view details of the event, including information on how to book a table.
Last year TLT won the top prize of Law Firm of the Year after a phenomenal 12 months of growth. This year’s nominees for the prestigious Law Firm trophy will be announced at a later date.
Eight top in-house lawyers have been nominated for General Counsel of the Year, including ASDA’s Helen Selby and Worldpay’s Tom Brown. There are further prizes up for grabs within the Bar, as sets such as Essex Court and Quadrant look to win Chambers of the Year, while eight barristers seek individual glory in Barrister of the Year.
The Lawyer Awards shortlist in full
Barrister of the Year
Kate Grange QC, 39 Essex Chambers
Jenni Richards QC, 39 Essex Chambers
Jason Galbraith-Marten QC, Cloisters
Caspar Glyn QC, Cloisters
Mohinderpal Sethi QC, Littleton Chambers
Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh, Matrix Chambers
Felicity Toube QC, South Square
Philippa Webb, Twenty Essex
Chambers of the Year
3 Hare Court Chambers
3 Verulam Buildings
Essex Court Chambers
Littleton Chambers
Quadrant Chambers
Red Lion Chambers
St Philips Chambers
Wilberforce Chambers
Competition & regulatory team of the year Sponsored by Bench Walk Advisers
CMS
Covington & Burling
Dechert
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Norton Rose Fulbright
Shearman & Sterling
Corporate team of the year Sponsored by Datasite
Addleshaw Goddard
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Burges Salmon
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hill Dickinson
Macfarlanes
Slaughter and May
Energy & infrastructure team of the year
Ashurst
Bird & Bird
CMS
Covington & Burling
Dentons
Pinsent Masons
Slaughter and May
Travers Smith
Finance team of the year
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Debevoise & Plimpton
Herbert Smith Freehills
Latham & Watkins
Milbank
Shearman & Sterling
Watson Farley & Williams
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Funds team of the year
Addleshaw Goddard
Ashurst
Eversheds Sutherland
Macfarlanes
Paul Hastings
Proskauer Rose (UK)
Stephenson Harwood
Travers Smith
Litigation team of the year Sponsored by Gallagher
Arnold & Porter
Cooley
DAC Beachcroft
Fieldfisher
Paul Hastings
Pinsent Masons
Schillings
Travers Smith
Wiggin
Real estate team of the year
Addleshaw Goddard
Birketts
Burges Salmon
CMS
Macfarlanes
Pinsent Masons
Simmons & Simmons
Restructuring team of the year
Akin Gump
Allen & Overy
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Kirkland & Ellis
Macfarlanes
Sidley Austin
Slaughter and May
Womble Bond Dickinson
Best client service innovation
Ashurst
Burges Salmon
Mayer Brown
Mills & Reeve
Osborne Clarke
Shoosmiths
Squire Patton Boggs
Withers
Best talent and inclusion initiative Sponsored by LTN & Partners
Clifford Chance
Flex Legal
InterLaw Diversity Forum
Norton Rose Fulbright
O Shaped Lawyer
Pinsent Masons
Shearman & Sterling
TLT
Most innovative use of technology
Addleshaw Goddard
Clyde & Co
Osborne Clarke Solutions and Superdry
Paul Hastings
PGMBM Law
Pinsent Masons
Reed Smith
TLT
Watson Farley & Williams
Legal operations team of the year
Accenture
BT
Clifford Chance
CMS
Dentons
Ignition Law
PwC Operate
Skyscanner
Unilever
Best technology product
Avvoka
Cappfinity
Clarilis
Horwich Farrelly
Luminance
Solomonic
The Privacy Compliance Hub
TrialView
General Counsel of the Year Sponsored by Axiom
Helen Selby, Asda
Jessica Hyde, Booking.com
Will Bloomer, Howden Group Holdings
Thomas Loest, Kraft Heinz
Alexis Alexander, Liberis
Nicola Lucas, New Look
Ruth Daniels, Superdry
Tom Brown, Worldpay
In-house banking & financial services team of the year
Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Jefferies International
Liberis
SB Investment Advisers
Simply Business
Wise
Worldpay
WorldRemit
In-house commerce & industry team of the year
Asda
AustralianSuper
John Menzies
KFC and Pizza Hut (Yum! Brands)
Kraft Heinz
Mondelez International
Skyscanner
Which?
In-house commerce & industry team of the year FTSE
Anglo American
Centrica
Croda International
Hyve Group
Made.com
Petrofac Limited
Superdry
SSE
Trainline
In-house technology, media and sport team of the year
Babylon
Cazoo
City Football Group
Dentsu International
Entain
Fremantle
SUSE Software Solutions Limited
Wise
Law company of the year
Avonhurst
Bexley Beaumont
CANDEY
Deloitte Legal
gunnercooke
Konexo
Level
LOD
Obelisk Legal Support
Law firm of the year: The Independents
Boodle Hatfield
CANDEY
Clarion
Fenwick Elliott
Kingsley Napley
MacRoberts
Wallace
Pro bono initiative of the Year
Ashurst and Ropes & Gray
BVL
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper
Eversheds Sutherland, Mishcon de Reya, Wilsons Solicitors, Garden Court Chambers
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hogan Lovells
Orrick, White & Case, Ashurst, Allen & Overy, Reed Smith, Simmons & Simmons, Norton Rose Fulbright and Kirkland & Ellis
City firm of the year Sponsored by Saunderson House
Addleshaw Goddard
Cooley
Latham & Watkins
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Paul Hastings
Reed Smith
White and Case
Boutique firm of the year
Bellevue Law
Fox & Partners Solicitors
Fragomen
GQ|Littler
Hughes Fowler Carruthers
PGMBM Law
Signature Litigation
Zaiwalla & Co
Sustainability Initiative Sponsored by Willis Towers Watson
Ashurst
CMS
Hogan Lovells
Lawyers for Net Zero
Mishcon de Reya
Net Zero Lawyers Alliance
Pinsent Masons
Shoosmiths
Law Firm of the Year
To be announced in due course.
