{"id":10449,"date":"2019-09-05T08:40:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T08:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging.legal500.com\/events\/?page_id=10449"},"modified":"2019-09-05T08:40:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T08:40:09","slug":"2018-law-firm-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/awards\/the-legal-500-uk-awards-2018__trashed\/2018-law-firm-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Law Firm Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cc100intro\">\n<h3>LAW FIRM WINNERS<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photostream ccprofiles uslist\"><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clifford Chance LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Herbert Smith Freehills LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clifford Chance LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Linklaters LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Osborne Clarke (South East)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Howes Percival LLP (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Austin Moore &amp; Partners LLP (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Swinburne Maddison (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hill Dickinson LLP (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Osborne Clarke (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clarke Willmott LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Browne Jacobson LLP (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Lupton Fawcett LLP (Yorkshire and the Humber)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Orrick, Herrington &amp; Sutcliffe (Europe) LLP (Venture capital)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Addleshaw Goddard (Commercial contracts)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Allen &amp; Overy LLP (Corporate tax)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">RPC (Customs and excise)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Latham &amp; Watkins (Equity capital markets)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Macfarlanes LLP (EU and competition)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Travers Smith LLP (Financial services)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Addleshaw Goddard (Flotations: small and mid-cap)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (Mergers and acquisitions)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">CM Murray LLP (Partnership)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clifford Chance (Private equity: transactions)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ashurst (VAT and indirect tax)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Orrick, Herrington &amp; Sutcliffe (Europe) LLP (Venture capital)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>CRIME, FRAUD AND LICENSING<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Pinsent Masons LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Duncan Lewis Solicitors<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Peters &amp; Peters Solicitors LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hodge Jones &amp; Allen LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bark&amp;co<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Pinsent Masons LLP<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>CRIME, FRAUD AND LICENSING<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Cohen Cramer (Yorkshire and the Humber)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Poppleston Allen (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">David Gray Solicitors LLP (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Garstangs Cartwright King LLP (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Blackfords LLP (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bobbetts Mackan (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Kangs Solicitors (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Cohen Cramer (Yorkshire and the Humber)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>CRIME, FRAUD AND LICENSING<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Brown Rudnick LLP (Fraud: civil)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Duncan Lewis Solicitors (Crime: general)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Brown Rudnick LLP (Fraud: civil)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Rahman Ravelli Solicitors (Fraud: white-collar crime)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Kemp Little LLP (Gaming and betting)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Keystone Law (Licensing)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>DISPUTE RESOLUTION<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">CMS<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">CMS<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Debevoise &amp; Plimpton LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hogan Lovells International LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp; Flom (UK) LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &amp; Sullivan, LLP<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>DISPUTE RESOLUTION<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Else Solicitors LLP (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Else Solicitors LLP (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Gibson &amp; Co Solicitors Ltd (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DWF (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Pitmans LLP (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clarke Willmott LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Gateley Plc (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>DISPUTE RESOLUTION<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Slaughter and May (Banking litigation: investment and retail)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Slaughter and May (Banking litigation: investment and retail)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Signature Litigation LLP (Commercial litigation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Travers Smith LLP (Competition litigation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Simmons &amp; Simmons (International arbitration)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Arnold &amp; Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (Public international law)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &amp; Sullivan, LLP (Tax litigation and investigations)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>FINANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Linklaters LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Linklaters LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">CMS<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Latham &amp; Watkins<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Allen &amp; Overy LLP<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>FINANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mills &amp; Reeve LLP (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Birketts LLP (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Gateley Plc (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Muckle LLP (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Addleshaw Goddard (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Stevens &amp; Bolton LLP (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Michelmores LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mills &amp; Reeve LLP (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Squire Patton Boggs (Yorkshire and the Humber)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>FINANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Cadwalader, Wickersham &amp; Taft LLP (Securitisation)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Latham &amp; Watkins (Acquisition finance)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mayer Brown International LLP (Asset based lending)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bird &amp; Bird LLP (Asset finance)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Linklaters LLP (Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Reed Smith LLP (Commodities)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Sidley Austin LLP (Corporate restructuring and insolvency)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Simmons &amp; Simmons (Debt Capital Markets)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Fieldfisher (Derivatives and structured products)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Baker Botts (UK) LLP (Emerging markets)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Kirkland &amp; Ellis International LLP (High-yield)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ashurst (Islamic finance)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Cadwalader, Wickersham &amp; Taft LLP (Securitisation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Sullivan &amp; Worcester UK LLP (Trade finance)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>HUMAN RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mishcon de Reya LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clifford Chance LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mishcon de Reya LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Orrick, Herrington &amp; Sutcliffe (Europe) LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Herbert Smith Freehills LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">CMS<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hogan Lovells International LLP<\/p>\n<p>&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>HUMAN RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Menzies Law (South West)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clapham &amp; Collinge Solicitors (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Cummins Solicitors (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Pinney Talfourd LLP Solicitors (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Menzies Law (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Addleshaw Goddard LLP (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Eversheds Sutherland (International) UK LLP (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Carter Thomas Solicitors (Yorkshire and the Humber)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>HUMAN RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Squire Patton Boggs (Pensions)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bindmans LLP (Employment: employees\/unions)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Fox Williams LLP (Employment: employers and senior executives)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Pinsent Masons LLP (Health and safety)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP (Immigration)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Squire Patton Boggs (Pensions)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>INSURANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Kennedys<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clyde &amp; Co LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">CMS<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Herbert Smith Freehills LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Kennedys<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DAC Beachcroft LLP<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>INSURANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Irwin Mitchell (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Barr Ellison LLP (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Nelsons Solicitors Limited (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Nockolds Solicitors (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Royds Withy King (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hay &amp; Kilner (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Potter Rees Dolan (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Irwin Mitchell (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Harrowells Solicitors (Yorkshire and the Humber)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>INSURANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DAC Beachcroft LLP (Product liability: Defendant)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Fieldfisher (Clinical Negligence (Claimant))<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Capsticks LLP (Clinical Negligence (Defendant))<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Dentons (Corporate and regulatory)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Kennedys (Insurance and reinsurance litigation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Fenchurch Law (Insurance litigation: for policyholders)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bindmans LLP (Personal Injury (Claimant))<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Kennedys (Personal Injury (Defendant))<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Leigh Day (Product liability: Claimant)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DAC Beachcroft LLP (Product liability: Defendant)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bond Dickinson LLP (Professional negligence)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>INVESTMENT FUND FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Goodwin<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &amp; Feld<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Goodwin<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Linklaters LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Macfarlanes LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Norton Rose Fulbright<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Simmons &amp; Simmons<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Simpson Thacher &amp; Bartlett LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Weil, Gotshal &amp; Manges (London) LLP<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>NORTHERN IRELAND<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Cleaver Fulton Rankin<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">A&amp;L Goodbody<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Carson McDowell<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Cleaver Fulton Rankin<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mills Selig<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Tughans<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>OFFSHORE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Keystone Law<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ward Yates<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Baker &amp; Partners<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Keystone Law<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Carey Olsen<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bedell Cristin<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">AFR Advocates<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>PRIVATE CLIENT<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Forsters LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Family Law in Partnership Ltd<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Charles Russell Speechlys LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Forsters LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Boodle Hatfield LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Farrer &amp; Co<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>PRIVATE CLIENT<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Stevens &amp; Bolton LLP (South East)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Geldards LLP (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Stevens &amp; Bolton LLP (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Stephens Scown LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">EMG Solicitors (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Irwin Mitchell (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Shakespeare Martineau LLP (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ridley &amp; Hall (Yorkshire and the Humber)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>PRIVATE CLIENT<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Family Law in Partnership Ltd (Family: mediation)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Farrer &amp; Co (Agriculture and estates)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Boodle Hatfield LLP (Art and cultural property)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bates Wells Braithwaite (Charities and not-for-profit)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Forsters LLP (Contentious trusts and probate)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Irwin Mitchell (Court of protection)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Charles Russell Speechlys LLP (Family)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Family Law in Partnership Ltd (Family: mediation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Forsters LLP (Personal tax, trusts and probate)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>PROJECTS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Herbert Smith Freehills LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Allen &amp; Overy LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Norton Rose Fulbright<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hogan Lovells International LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Herbert Smith Freehills LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">CMS<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>PROJECTS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Burges Salmon LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mills &amp; Reeve LLP (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Browne Jacobson LLP (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ward Hadaway (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Burges Salmon LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Blake Morgan LLP (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Freeths (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DLA Piper UK LLP (Yorkshire and the Humber)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>PROJECTS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Linklaters LLP (Mining and minerals)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">CMS (Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP))<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Linklaters LLP (Mining and minerals)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Baker Botts (UK) LLP (Oil and gas)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ashurst (Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables))<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Baker McKenzie LLP (Water)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>PUBLIC SECTOR<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Leigh Day<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bhatt Murphy<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Leigh Day<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Pinsent Masons LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">VWV (Veale Wasbrough Vizards)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>PUBLIC SECTOR<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Capsticks LLP (Yorkshire and the Humber)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">JG Poole &amp; Co. LLP (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Freeths (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ward Hadaway (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hempsons (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Stone King LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">VWV (Veale Wasbrough Vizards) (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Capsticks LLP (Yorkshire and the Humber)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>PUBLIC SECTOR<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bindmans LLP (Civil liberties and human rights)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Kingsley Napley LLP (Administrative and public law)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bindmans LLP (Civil liberties and human rights)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Doyle Clayton (Education: individuals)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">VWV (Education: institutions)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Barlow Robbins LLP (Education: schools)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bevan Brittan LLP (Healthcare)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bircham Dyson Bell (Infrastructure (Parliamentary))<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Browne Jacobson LLP (Local government)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>REAL ESTATE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Norton Rose Fulbright<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">CMS<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clifford Chance<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Dentons<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Herbert Smith Freehills LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Norton Rose Fulbright<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Pinsent Masons LLP<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>REAL ESTATE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Shoosmiths LLP (North West)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hewitsons (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Spearing Waite LLP (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bond Dickinson LLP (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Shoosmiths LLP (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">BrookStreet des Roches (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DAC Beachcroft LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Emms Gilmore Liberson Solicitors (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Gateley Plc (Yorkshire and the Humber)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>REAL ESTATE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Boodle Hatfield LLP (Residential property)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Linklaters LLP (Commercial property)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Norton Rose Fulbright (Construction)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Reed Smith LLP (Environment)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clyde &amp; Co LLP (Planning)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Addleshaw Goddard (Property finance)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (Property litigation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Boodle Hatfield LLP (Residential property)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Devonshires Solicitors LLP (Social housing)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>RISK ADVISORY<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">White &amp; Case LLP (Regulatory investigations and corporate crime)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (Brexit)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Linklaters LLP (Corporate governance)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Pinsent Masons LLP (Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">White &amp; Case LLP (Regulatory investigations and corporate crime)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">CMS (Reputation management)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>SCOTLAND<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Brodies LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Brodies LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Burness Paull<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clyde &amp; Co LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Pinsent Masons LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Shepherd and Wedderburn<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>TMT (TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMS)<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hogan Lovells International LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Fieldfisher<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">CMS<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Cooley (UK) LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mishcon de Reya LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bird &amp; Bird LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hogan Lovells International LLP<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>TMT (TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMS)<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Taylor Wessing LLP (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Taylor Wessing LLP (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mincoffs Solicitors LLP (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Gateley Plc (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Boyes Turner (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ashfords LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Gowling WLG (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Shulmans (Yorkshire and the Humber)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>TMT (TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMS)<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DLA Piper (Fintech)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Allen &amp; Overy LLP (Brand management)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DLA Piper (Fintech)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Osborne Clarke (Intellectual property)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Kemp Little LLP (IT and telecoms)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Farrer &amp; Co (Media and entertainment (including media finance))<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hogan Lovells International LLP (Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Onside Law Limited (Sport)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>TRANSPORT<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Stephenson Harwood<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clyde &amp; Co LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Dentons<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ashurst<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Holman Fenwick Willan<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DLA Piper<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>TRANSPORT<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bartons (South West)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ashtons Legal (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Rothera Sharp Solicitors (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bond Dickinson LLP (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Weightmans LLP (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Verisona Law (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bartons (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DWF (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DLA Piper UK LLP (Yorkshire and the Humber)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>TRANSPORT<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Osborne Clarke (Rail)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ince &amp; Co (Aviation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Osborne Clarke (Rail)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Kennedys (Shipping)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hill Dickinson LLP (Travel)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"card_\tcommercial-indiv\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"li_\tcommercial-indiv\">\n<h4>WALES<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hugh James<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Capital Law LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Acuity Legal Limited<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Geldards LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hugh James<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAW FIRM WINNERS CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL FIRM OF THE YEAR WINNER Clifford Chance LLP SHORTLISTED Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Clifford Chance LLP Linklaters LLP Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR WINNER Osborne Clarke (South East) SHORTLISTED Howes Percival LLP (East Anglia) Austin Moore &amp; 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