LAW FIRM WINNERS
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CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Hogan Lovells International LLP
SHORTLISTED
Baker & McKenzie
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Linklaters LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright
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CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Muckle LLP (North)
SHORTLISTED
Mills & Reeve LLP (East Anglia)
Gateley Plc (East Midlands)
TLT (North West)
Mundays LLP (Sout East)
Ashfords LLP (South West)
Freeths (West Midlands)
Irwin Mitchell (Yorkshire and the Humber)
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CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
DLA Piper (Commercial contracts)
SHORTLISTED
White & Case LLP (Equity capital markets)
Allen & Overy LLP (EU and competition)
Clifford Chance LLP (Financial services regulatory)
Nabarro LLP (Flotations: small and mid-cap)
Stephenson Harwood (Investment funds)
Slaughter and May (Mergers and acquisitions)
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (Partnership)
Latham & Watkins (Private equity: transactions)
Eversheds LLP (VAT and indirect tax)
Taylor Wessing LLP (Venture capital)
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CRIME, FRAUD AND LICENSING
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Kingsley Napley LLP
SHORTLISTED
Brown Rudnick LLP
Corker Binning
King & Wood Mallesons
Pinsent Masons LLP
Taylor Wessing LLP
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CRIME, FRAUD AND LICENSING
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
David Gray Solicitors LLP (North)
SHORTLISTED
Belmores (East Anglia)
Cartwright King (East Midlands)
Stephensons Solicitors LLP (North West)
Blaser Mills (South East)
Bobbetts Mackan (South West)
Jones Roy Bloom (West Midlands)
Cartwright King (Yorkshire and the Humber)
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CRIME, FRAUD AND LICENSING
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Wiggin LLP (Gaming and betting)
SHORTLISTED
Jones Day (Corporate crime (including fraud, bribery and corruption))
BCL Solicitors LLP (Crime: general)
Enyo Law LLP (Fraud: civil)
Simons Muirhead & Burton (Fraud: white-collar crime)
Gordon Dadds (Licensing)
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Linklaters LLP
SHORTLISTED
Allen & Overy LLP
Clifford Chance
Enyo Law LLP
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Dentons (South East)
SHORTLISTED
Birketts (East Anglia)
Freeths (East Midlands)
Hay & Kilner (North)
Hill Dickinson LLP (North West)
Clarke Willmott LLP (South West)
Thursfields Solicitors (West Midlands)
Clarion (Yorkshire and the Humber)
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (Commercial litigation)
SHORTLISTED
Ashurst (Banking litigation)
Three Crowns LLP (International arbitration)
Fietta (Public international law)
Collyer Bristow LLP (Reputation management)
Mishcon de Reya LLP (Tax litigation and investigations)
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FINANCE
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
White & Case LLP
SHORTLISTED
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Latham & Watkins
Norton Rose Fulbright
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FINANCE
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Walker Morris LLP (Yorkshire and the Humber)
SHORTLISTED
Mills & Reeve LLP (East Anglia)
Actons (East Midlands)
Muckle LLP (North)
Squire Patton Boggs (North West)
Verisona Law (South East)
Burges Salmon LLP (South West)
Irwin Mitchell (West Midlands)
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FINANCE
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Latham & Watkins (High-yield)
SHORTLISTED
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Acquisition finance)
Mayer Brown International LLP (Asset-based lending)
Allen & Overy LLP (Asset finance)
Slaughter & May (Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans)
Reed Smith LLP (Commodities)
Akin Gump, Strauss Hauer & Feld (Corporate restructuring and insolvency)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) (Debt capital markets)
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP (Derivatives and structured products)
Milibank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP (Emerging markets)
Foot Anstey (Islamic finance)
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (Securitisation)
Holman Fenwick Willan (Trade finance)
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HUMAN RESOURCES
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Legal LLP
SHORTLISTED
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Hogan Lovells International LLP
Travers Smith
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HUMAN RESOURCES
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Lupton Fawcett Denison Till (Yorkshire and the Humber)
SHORTLISTED
Taylor Vinters (East Anglia)
Browne Jacobson LLP (East Midlands)
Short, Richardson & Forth LLP (North)
Addleshaw Goddard LLP (North West)
DC Employment Solicitors (South East)
Burges Salmon LLP (South West)
Pinsent Masons LLP (West Midlands)
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HUMAN RESOURCES
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP (Employers and senior executives)
SHORTLISTED
Tapestry Compliance LLP (Employee share schemes)
Pattinson & Brewer (Employees/unions)
Kennedys (Health and safety)
Penningtons Manches LLP (Immigration)
ARC Pensions Law (Pensions)
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INSURANCE
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Slaughter & May
SHORTLISTED
Clyde & Co LLP
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Holman Fenwick Willan
Michelmores LLP
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INSURANCE
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Kennedys (South East)
SHORTLISTED
Ashton Legal (East Anglia)
Barratt Goff & Tomlinson (East Midlands)
Winn Solicitors (North)
BLM (North West)
DAC Beachcroft LLP (South West)
Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP (West Midlands)
Emsleys Solicitors Limited (Yorkshire and the Humber)
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INSURANCE
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Bindmans LLP (Personal injury (Claimant))
SHORTLISTED
Fieldfisher (Clinical negligence (Claimant))
Capsticks LLP (Clinical negligence (Defendant))
Kennedys (Personal injury (Defendant))
Bond Dickinson LLP (Professional negligence)
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NORTHERN IRELAND
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Carson McDowell LLP
SHORTLISTED
Arthur Cox
Cleaver Fulton Rankin
Elliott Duffy Garrett
Millar McCall Wylie LLP
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OFFSHORE
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Dickinson Gleeson
SHORTLISTED
Adovcate John Rimmer
Benest Corbett Renouf
Carey Olsen
Collas Crill
Ward Yates
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PRIVATE CLIENT
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Harbottle & Lewis LLP
SHORTLISTED
Boodle Hatfield LLP
Farrer & Co
Forsters LLP
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PRIVATE CLIENT
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Birketts LLP (East Anglia)
SHORTLISTED
Roythornes Solicitors (East Midlands)
Burnetts (North)
Brabners LLP (North West)
Cripps LLP (South East)
Michelmores LLP (South West)
FBC Manby Bowdler LLP (West Midlands)
Raworths (Yorkshire and the Humber)
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PRIVATE CLIENT
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Taylor Wessing LLP (Contentious trusts and probate)
SHORTLISTED
Forsters LLP (Agriculture and estates)
Hunters incorporating May, May & Merrimans (Art and cultural property)
Stone King LLP (Charities)
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP (Personal tax, trusts and probate)
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PROJECTS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Linklaters LLP
SHORTLISTED
Ashurst LLP
Clifford Chance LLP
Pinsent Masons LLP
White & Case LLP
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PROJECTS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Osborne Clarke (South West)
SHORTLISTED
Eversheds LLP (East Midlands)
Ward Hadaway (North)
Zyda Law (West Midlands)
Addleshaw Goddard LLP (Yorkshire and the Humber)
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PROJECTS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Bracewell (UK) LLP (Oil and gas)
SHORTLISTED
Addleshaw Goddard LLP (Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP))
Fieldfisher (Mining and minerals)
DLA Piper (Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (Water)
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PUBLIC SECTOR
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Trowers & Hamlins LLP
SHORTLISTED
Bates Wells Braithwaite
Bevan Brittan LLP
Bircham Dyson Bell
DAC Beachcroft LLP
Leigh Day
Pinsent Masons LLP
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PUBLIC SECTOR
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Weightmans LLP (North West)
SHORTLISTED
Mills & Reeve LLP (East Anglia)
Browne Jacobson LLP (East Midlands)
Ward Hadaway (North)
Blake Morgan LLP (South East)
Bevan Brittan LLP (South West)
Browne Jacobson LLP (West Midlands)
Irwin Mitchell (Yorkshire and the Humber)
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PUBLIC SECTOR
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Bircham Dyson Bell (Local government)
SHORTLISTED
Hogan Lovells International LLP (Administrative and public law)
Bhatt Murphy (Civil liberties and human rights)
Match Solicitors (Education: individuals)
Bates Wells Braithwaite (Education: institutions)
Barlow Robbins LLP (Education: schools)
Sharpe Pritchard (Electoral)
Hempsons (Healthcare)
Pinsent Mason LLP (Infrastructure (parliamentary))
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REAL ESTATE
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
SHORTLISTED
Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
CMS
Dentons
Pinsent Masons LLP
Trowers & Hamlins LLP
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REAL ESTATE
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Ward Hadaway (North)
SHORTLISTED
Howes Percival LLP (East Anglia)
Wilkin Chapman LLP (East Midlands)
Shoosmiths LLP (North West)
Cripps LLP (South East)
Bond Dickinson LLP (South West)
Shoosmiths LLP (West Midlands)
Eversheds LLP (Yorkshire and the Humber)
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REAL ESTATE
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Anthony Gold (Social housing)
SHORTLISTED
Jones Day (Commercial property)
Nabarro LLP (Construction)
CMS (Environment)
Pinsent Masons LLP (Planning)
Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP (Property finance)
Ashurst (Property litigation)
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SCOTLAND
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Burness Paull
SHORTLISTED
Brodies LLP
Digby Brown LLP
Harper Macleod LLP
Shepherd and Wedderburn
Turcan Connell
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TMT (TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMS)
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Bristows LLP
SHORTLISTED
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Bird & Bird LLP
Browne Jacobson LLP
DLA Piper
Fieldfisher
Olswang LLP
Simmons & Simmons LLP
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TMT (TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMS)
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Spearing Waite LLP (East Midlands)
SHORTLISTED
Mills & Reeves (East Anglia)
Mincoffs Solicitors LLP (North)
Brabners LLP (North West)
EMW Law LLP (South East)
Steer & Co (South West)
Gowling WLG (West Midlands)
Clarion (Yorkshire and the Humber)
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TMT (TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMS)
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Mishcon de Reya LLP (Brand management)
SHORTLISTED
Arnold & Porter (UK) LLP (Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology)
Paul Hastings LLP (Data protection)
Allen & Overy LLP (Intellectual property)
Ashurst (IT and telecoms)
Lee & Thomspon LLP (Media and entertainment)
Couchmans LLP (Sport)
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TRANSPORT
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Norton Rose Fulbright
SHORTLISTED
Clyde & Co LLP
DLA Piper
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Holman Fenwick Willan
Stephenson Harwood
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TRANSPORT
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Burges Salmon LLP (South West)
SHORTLISTED
Gotelee Solicitors (East Anglia)
Rothera Dowson (East Midlands)
Bond Dickinson LLP (North)
Weightmans LLP (North West)
Blake Morgan LLP (South East)
Irwin Mitchell (West Midlands)
Andrew Jackson (Yorkshire and the Humber)
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TRANSPORT
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Kennedys (Travel)
SHORTLISTED
Ince & Co (Aviation)
Dentons (Rail)
Winter Scott LLP (Shipping)
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WALES
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Hugh James
SHORTLISTED
Acuity Legal Limited
Blake Morgan
Capital Law
Geldards LLP