In-House Awards

General Counsel of the Year

  • Andrew Yorston, VodafoneThree
  • Brenda Albert, KONE
  • James Ryan, BioNTech — WINNER
  • Janet McCarthy, Belron
  • Nicki Schroeder, Reach
  • Paul Peake, Prosus Group
  • Polly Russell Stower, Ultimate Finance
  • Rachel Macfarlane, Coventry Building Society
  • Steve Dempsey, AMC Group
  • Vicky Harris, Norstella

In-House Legal Team of the Year - Large Team

  • Centrica
  • Close Brothers Group
  • Comcast Corporation
  • Ericsson
  • Government Legal Department, Commercial Law Group and Ministry of Justice
  • Legal & General Group — WINNER
  • Marex
  • Monzo Bank
  • The Starbucks Coffee Company
  • VodafoneThree

In-House Legal Team of the Year - Small Team

  • Accord Healthcare
  • Auto Trader Limited
  • Centessa Pharmaceuticals
  • Elixirr
  • Evercore
  • Renault
  • The Medical Protection Society — WINNER
  • Uber
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • YouLend

Rising Stars - In-House

  • Alec Choi, YouLend
  • Catherine Casazza, Fidelity International
  • Chelsie Thompson, Uber
  • Fernanda Revilla Osante, Guavapay
  • Harry Borovick, Luminance
  • Hulya Erzurumlu, Fremantle Media
  • Isaac Eloi, The Orchard
  • Martin Radanov, FNATIC
  • Shabazz Shillingford, VCCP
  • Varnika Chawla, Climate Asset Management — WINNER

Lifetime Achievement Award - In House

  • Paul Gilbert, LBC Wise Counsel — WINNER

Private Practice Awards

Alternative Legal Service Provider of the Year

  • Ashurst Advance
  • Astraea Group
  • Easy Online Divorce — WINNER
  • Excello Law
  • Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer | Digital Legal Delivery
  • In-House Legal Solutions
  • Konexo
  • Pinsent Masons | Vario
  • The Legal Director

Banking and Finance Team of the Year

  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton — WINNER
  • Cravath, Swaine & Moore
  • Debevoise & Plimpton
  • Freshfields
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Macfarlanes
  • Mayer Brown
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  • White & Case

Best Business Support Team

  • Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
  • Charles Russell Speechlys
  • Dentons
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Fox Williams
  • Hogan Lovells
  • Kingsley Napley
  • Penningtons Manches Cooper
  • Taylor Wessing — WINNER
  • Travers Smith

Best Government and Public Sector Team

  • Ashurst and DESNZ Legal — WINNER
  • Bird & Bird
  • Browne Jacobson
  • Dentons, Government Legal Department and Ofgem Legal
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Hogan Lovells
  • Pinsent Masons
  • TLT and Government Legal Department

Boutique Law Firm of the Year

  • Allectus Law
  • Anthony Gold Solicitors
  • IMD Solicitors
  • Kings Court Law
  • Law 365 Limited — WINNER
  • Level
  • Samartin and Friends
  • Tapestry Compliance

Boutique Litigation Firm of the Year

  • AFP Bloom
  • Asserson
  • Hägen Wolf
  • Hawkswell Kilvington — WINNER
  • Venus Legal

Capital Markets Team of the Year

  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
  • Cravath, Swaine & Moore
  • Freshfields — WINNER
  • Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
  • Macfarlanes
  • Milbank
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Morrison Foerster
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • White & Case

Chambers of the Year

  • 3 Verulam Buildings
  • Atkin Chambers
  • Monckton Chambers
  • Old Square Chambers
  • Quadrant Chambers
  • Red Lion Chambers
  • St Philips Chambers — WINNER

Competition/Regulatory Team of the Year

  • Ashurst
  • Baker Botts
  • Baker McKenzie
  • Browne Jacobson
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Hogan Lovells
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Sullivan & Cromwell
  • Taylor Wessing
  • Willkie Farr & Gallagher — WINNER

Disputes Team of the Year

  • Asserson
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Fox Williams
  • Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Macfarlanes
  • Mayer Brown — WINNER
  • Mishcon de Reya
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Energy Team of the Year

  • Akin
  • Ashurst and DESNZ Legal
  • Bracewell
  • Burges Salmon
  • Gowling WLG
  • Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
  • Olaniwun Ajayi
  • Pinsent Masons — WINNER
  • Travers Smith
  • Vinson & Elkins

International Growth Leader

  • Asserson
  • Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer — WINNER
  • TLT

International Law Firm of the Year

  • Akin
  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
  • Davis Polk & Wardwell London
  • Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
  • Greenberg Traurig
  • Latham & Watkins — WINNER
  • McDermott Will & Schulte
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • White & Case

IP Team of the Year

  • Bird & Bird — WINNER
  • Brandsmiths
  • EIP
  • Walker Morris

Natural Resources & Environment Team of the Year

  • A&O Shearman
  • Browne Jacobson
  • Burges Salmon
  • Gowling WLG — WINNER
  • Pinsent Masons
  • Sullivan & Cromwell
  • Watson Farley & Williams

Partner of the Year

  • Anna Worwood, Penningtons Manches Cooper
  • Chuks Ibechukwu, Olaniwun Ajayi
  • Ed Barnett, Latham & Watkins
  • Jay Sadanandan, Sidley Austin
  • Laura Hughes, Browne Jacobson — WINNER
  • Matthew J. Allen, Eversheds Sutherland
  • Rosalyn Bever, Irwin Mitchell

Disputes Partner of the Year

  • James Morris, Mayer Brown
  • Paul Mesquitta, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Richard East, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan — WINNER
  • Tom Sprange, K.C., King & Spalding

Private Capital Team of the Year

  • Covington & Burling
  • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Mayer Brown
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Ropes & Gray — WINNER
  • Sidley Austin
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • Taylor Wessing

Private Client Team of the Year

  • Anthony Gold Solicitors
  • Broadfield
  • Druces
  • Fragomen — WINNER
  • Laytons ETL
  • Russell-Cooke
  • Squire Patton Boggs
  • Stephenson Harwood
  • Stevens & Bolton
  • Taylor Wessing

Property Team of the Year

  • Ashurst and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (Joint Submission)  — WINNER
  • CMS
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Forsters
  • Gowling WLG
  • Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
  • Jones Day
  • Pinsent Masons
  • Taylor Wessing
  • Travers Smith

Public M&A Team of the Year

  • Addleshaw Goddard
  • Clifford Chance
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius — WINNER
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Pinsent Masons
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • Travers Smith
  • White & Case

Restructuring Team of the Year

  • DLA Piper
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Freshfields — WINNER
  • Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
  • Greenberg Traurig
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Mayer Brown
  • Pinsent Masons
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  • Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Rising Stars - Private Practice

  • Aleksandra Kochaj, Taylor Wessing
  • Alex Wright, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
  • Anna Delaud, Sullivan & Cromwell
  • Camilla Jessel, Simmons & Simmons — WINNER
  • Ed Saunders, Goodwin
  • Jack Gray, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
  • Manpreet Khehra, Milbank
  • Mark Jones, Cooley
  • Milly Thomas, DLA Piper
  • Pritika Advani, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
  • Rohan Dey, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

Tech & Telecoms Team of the Year

  • Ashurst
  • Bird & Bird
  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
  • Dentons
  • Goodwin
  • Gowling WLG
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Law 365
  • Simmons & Simmons — WINNER
  • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

UK Growth Leader

  • Browne Jacobson
  • Faegre Drinker
  • Milbank — WINNER
  • Olaniwun Ajayi
  • Taylor Rose
  • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

UK Law Firm of the Year - Large Firm

  • Addleshaw Goddard — WINNER
  • Browne Jacobson
  • Hill Dickinson
  • Kennedys
  • Penningtons Manches Cooper
  • Taylor Wessing
  • Weightmans

UK Law Firm of the Year - Mid-Sized Firm

  • Brabners
  • Brandsmiths
  • gunnercooke
  • Keystone Law
  • Laytons ETL
  • Russell-Cooke
  • RWK Goodman
  • Taylor Rose — WINNER

Lifetime Achivement Award - Private Practice

  • Michael Bray, Grimaldi Alliance — WINNER

Awards Open to All

Best Use of Tech

  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Macfarlanes
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Osborne Clarke
  • RPC
  • Simmons & Simmons — WINNER
  • Simplify
  • Taylor Wessing

Outstanding Collaboration

  • DLA Piper and University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
  • Eversheds Sutherland, Government Legal Department and DfT Operator Limited
  • Greenberg Traurig, Immunefi and the London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation
  • LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions and Clyde & Co
  • Legal CORE | A&O Shearman, Ashurst, Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Herbert Smith Freehills, Linklaters, Macfarlanes, Norton Rose Fulbright and Slaughter and May — WINNER
  • Merlin Entertainments
  • Scientist.com
  • The Medical Protection Society
  • VodafoneThree and Sirion

Outstanding Corporate Culture

  • Bexley Beaumont
  • Charles Russell Speechlys
  • Freshfields
  • Macfarlanes
  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • Russell-Cooke — WINNER
  • Shoosmiths
  • Squire Patton Boggs
  • The Medical Protection Society
  • VodafoneThree

Outstanding Social Impact

  • Ashurst
  • Brabners
  • Centrica
  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
  • Freshfields — WINNER
  • Mayer Brown
  • Osborne Clarke
  • Simmons & Simmons
  • Travers Smith

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Strategic Legal Operations Team of the Year

  • Charles Russell Speechlys
  • Davitt Jones Bould
  • Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
  • Merlin Entertainments
  • Sage Group
  • TLT — WINNER
  • Vodafone

Sustainable Impact Award

  • CMS
  • DLA Piper
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Freshfields
  • Irwin Mitchell — WINNER
  • KPMG Law
  • Legal Charter 1.5
  • RPC
  • Shoosmiths
  • Taylor Wessing

Unsung Hero

  • Anu Khela, Akin — WINNER
  • Bianca Wilson, Brandsmiths
  • Emma-Jayne Spruce, Arm
  • Isabelle Mitchell, Eversheds Sutherland
  • Marcus Chaplin-Roberts, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
  • Melanie Farquharson, 3Kites Consulting
  • Xenophos Prodromos Andreou, Proctor Moore Solicitors

Editors Choice Award Winners

Editors' Choice Award - Individual
  • Neel Sachdev, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison — WINNER
Editor's Choice Award - Law Firm
  • Freshfields  — WINNER