Download the 2025 Leadership, Influence & Inclusivity in Law Awards Programme


Ally of the Year

  • Adam Baldwin, Modulr
  • Denise Tayler, Baker McKenzie
  • Emma Bower, Heriot Brown In-House Legal Recruitment
  • Francisca Montgomery, Scotiabank — WINNER
  • Lucy Williams, Mills & Reeve
  • Rob Fowler, Taylor Wessing
  • Russell Anderson, Cooley
  • Sara Hall, Walkers

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Community Impact Award

  • Gecić Law
  • RPC and CLL — WINNER

In-House Legal Operations Excellence

  • Bright Horizons Family Solutions
  • Insights Learning & Development — WINNER
  • Tickmill
  • Utility Warehouse
  • VodafoneThree

Innovative Leaders

  • Bogdan Gecić, Gecić Law
  • Carla Bedrosian, Xsolla
  • Casiana Dusa, Dutescu & Partners
  • Gian Marco Iulietto, Iulietto Legal & Tech — WINNER
  • Phillipa Edmunds, Rosemary Meyer and Suzanne Curl, SJP Solicitors (Joint Submission)
  • Stefan Diaconescu, Musat & Asociatii

Justice Beyond the Courtroom

  • NLS Legal — WINNER
  • Russell-Cooke

Legal Leader of the Year - In-House

  • Clodagh Curran, DAZN
  • Emese Sallai-Simon, Turbine
  • Francesco Prisco, Eni SpA
  • Francisca Montgomery, Scotiabank
  • Jacqueline Bashford, Elekta
  • Jessica Winter, Wise
  • Jody Tsigarides, Carlsberg Britvic — WINNER
  • Kate Tandy, The Office for Environmental Protection
  • Lara Oyesanya, PensionBee Group
  • Rüya Karausta, BCB Group
  • Vicky Harris, Norstella

Legal Leader of the Year - Law Firm

  • Clare Francis, Pinsent Masons
  • Dana Anagnostou, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Dawn Tew, Simplify
  • Dr. Andreas Vath, Luther Law Firm
  • Elisa Gomez Lascano, Sky Law Bufete De Abogados
  • Gemma Roberts, Goodwin
  • Holly Hodgson-Simmons, Bishopsgate Law
  • James Carroll, Russell-Cooke
  • Kelly Thomson, RPC
  • Mohammed Khamisa KC, Greenberg Traurig
  • Piotr Putyra, Dudkowiak & Putyra Business Lawyers
  • Serhiy Chorny, Baker McKenzie — WINNER

Mentor of the Year

  • Brandon Thompson, Covington
  • Kate Tyers, Ricardo — WINNER
  • Lara Quie, FTI Consulting
  • Maxine Finding, Norstella
  • Michał Dudkowiak, Dudkowiak & Putyra Business Lawyers
  • Nageena Kauser, Overdales Solicitors

Outstanding Collaboration

  • Coca-Cola — WINNER
  • Focusrite
  • Mills & Reeve
  • Vodafone and Sirion

Outstanding Women in Law - In-House/Vendor

  • Eryn Bowles, Lawcadia
  • Francisca Montgomery, Scotiabank — WINNER
  • Jessica Winter, Wise 
  • Lara Oyesanya, PensionBee Group
  • Natasha Ballantine, Foundry
  • Samallie Kiyingi, Standard Chartered Bank

Outstanding Women in Law - Law Firm: Partners

  • Agata Kowalska, CK Legal Chabasiewicz Kowalska i Wspólnicy
  • Anna Szymielewicz, Dudkowiak Putyra Business Lawyers
  • Anne MacGregor, Gecić Law
  • Nicola Noël, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
  • Sarah Richardson, Russell-Cooke — WINNER
  • Shirah Mansaray, Themis Crown Advocates
  • Susanne Rummel, Noerr
  • Veronica Aroutiunian, Loyens & Loeff

Outstanding Women in Law - Law Firm

  • Anna Yarde, Harcourt Chambers
  • Chantelle Konnoris, Huggins Lewis Foskett
  • Helen Stewart, Thomson Snell & Passmore
  • Katharine Harle, Dentons
  • Kiran Johal, Stuart Miller Solicitors
  • Linda Okoli, Titan Solicitors — WINNER
  • Meghan Higgins, Pinsent Masons
  • Melanie Black, Paul J Watson Solicitors
  • Phillipa Edmunds, Rosemary Meyer and Suzanne Curl, SJP Solicitors (Joint Submission)

Rising Star - In-House

  • Adesola Adekanmbi, Norstella
  • Earlgi Dadzie, The Black Law Network — WINNER
  • Emese Sallai-Simon, Turbine
  • Sophie Burgess, Elekta

Rising Star - Global 200 Firm

  • Amia Tahir, Dentons — WINNER
  • Georgia Hughes, Fieldfisher
  • Gerrit Henze, Noerr
  • Hannah Besting, Noerr
  • Marina Goodman, Pinsent Masons
  • Paige Izquierdo, Faegre Drinker

Rising Star - Law Firm

  • Alice See, GT Stewart Solicitors & Advocates
  • Carone Huang, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld — WINNER
  • Chantelle Konnoris, Huggins Lewis Foskett
  • Keiu Kikas, GT Stewart Solicitors & Advocates
  • Lucy Williams, Mills & Reeve
  • Marcin Waszak, Dudkowiak & Putyra Business Lawyers
  • Mohammed Abukar, Ronald Fletcher Baker
  • Rosemary Meyer, SJP Solicitors
  • Sabrina Neves, GT Stewart Solicitors & Advocates
  • Sophie Tuson, RPC
  • Stefan Diaconescu, Musat & Asociatii

Social Mobility Award

  • Accutrainee — WINNER
  • Faegre Drinker
  • In-House Legal Solutions
  • Russell-Cooke
  • Taylor Wessing

Wellbeing & Inclusivity in Practice

  • Baker McKenzie — WINNER   
  • Dudkowiak & Putyra Business Lawyers    
  • EY    
  • In-House Legal Solutions    
  • Staffbase

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Women Leaders in Marketing

  • Heather Vadgama, Walkers
  • Julia Pawlak, Dudkowiak & Putyra Business Lawyers
  • Tilly Niven, Founders Law — WINNER

Women Leaders in Tech Law

  • Aleksandra Walas, Dudkowiak & Putyra Business Lawyers
  • Andriani Ferti, PNOE
  • Annabel Gillham, Morrison Foerster
  • Caroline Tuck, RPC
  • Claire Keast-Butler, Cooley
  • Emese Sallai-Simon, Turbine
  • Jacqueline Watts, Allin1 Advisory 
  • Jenny Arlington, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld — WINNER
  • Jessica Winter, Wise

Legacy Leader: A Lifetime of Influence & Inclusion

  • Susan Cooper, Accutrainee  — WINNER