{"id":10457,"date":"2019-09-05T08:43:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T08:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging.legal500.com\/events\/?page_id=10457"},"modified":"2019-09-05T08:43:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T08:43:52","slug":"2017-law-firm-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/awards\/the-legal-500-uk-awards-2017__trashed\/2017-law-firm-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 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\">Hogan Lovells International LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Baker &amp; McKenzie<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Linklaters LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Norton Rose Fulbright<\/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\">Muckle LLP (North)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mills &amp; Reeve LLP (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Gateley Plc (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">TLT (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mundays LLP (Sout East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ashfords LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Freeths (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Irwin Mitchell (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\">DLA Piper (Commercial contracts)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">White &amp; Case LLP (Equity capital markets)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Allen &amp; Overy LLP (EU and competition)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clifford Chance LLP (Financial services regulatory)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Nabarro LLP (Flotations: small and mid-cap)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Stephenson Harwood (Investment funds)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Slaughter and May (Mergers and acquisitions)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (Partnership)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Latham &amp; Watkins (Private equity: transactions)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Eversheds LLP (VAT and indirect tax)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Taylor Wessing 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\">Kingsley Napley LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Brown Rudnick LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Corker Binning<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">King &amp; Wood Mallesons<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Pinsent Masons LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Taylor Wessing 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\">David Gray Solicitors LLP (North)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Belmores (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Cartwright King (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Stephensons Solicitors LLP (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Blaser Mills (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bobbetts Mackan (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Jones Roy Bloom (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Cartwright King (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\">Wiggin LLP (Gaming and betting)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Jones Day (Corporate crime (including fraud, bribery and corruption))<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">BCL Solicitors LLP (Crime: general)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Enyo Law LLP (Fraud: civil)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Simons Muirhead &amp; Burton (Fraud: white-collar crime)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Gordon Dadds (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\">Linklaters LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Allen &amp; Overy LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clifford Chance<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Enyo Law 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\">Dentons (South East)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Birketts (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Freeths (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hay &amp; Kilner (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hill Dickinson LLP (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clarke Willmott LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Thursfields Solicitors (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clarion (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>DISPUTE RESOLUTION<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (Commercial litigation)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ashurst (Banking litigation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Three Crowns LLP (International arbitration)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Fietta (Public international law)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Collyer Bristow LLP (Reputation management)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mishcon de Reya 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\">White &amp; Case LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clifford Chance<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Dentons<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Latham &amp; Watkins<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Norton Rose Fulbright<\/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\">Walker Morris LLP (Yorkshire and the Humber)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mills &amp; Reeve LLP (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Actons (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Muckle LLP (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Squire Patton Boggs (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Verisona Law (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Burges Salmon LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Irwin Mitchell (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>FINANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Latham &amp; Watkins (High-yield)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Weil, Gotshal &amp; Manges (Acquisition finance)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mayer Brown International LLP (Asset-based lending)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Allen &amp; Overy LLP (Asset finance)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Slaughter &amp; May (Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Reed Smith LLP (Commodities)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Akin Gump, Strauss Hauer &amp; Feld (Corporate restructuring and insolvency)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp; Flom (UK) (Debt capital markets)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Cadwalader, Wickersham &amp; Taft LLP (Derivatives and structured products)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Milibank, Tweed, Hadley &amp; McCloy LLP (Emerging markets)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Foot Anstey (Islamic finance)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (Securitisation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Holman Fenwick Willan (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\">PriceWaterhouseCoopers Legal LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Baker &amp; McKenzie LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Herbert Smith Freehills LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hogan Lovells International LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Travers Smith<\/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 (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Lupton Fawcett Denison Till (Yorkshire and the Humber)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Taylor Vinters (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Browne Jacobson LLP (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Short, Richardson &amp; Forth LLP (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Addleshaw Goddard LLP (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DC Employment Solicitors (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Burges Salmon LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Pinsent Masons LLP (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>HUMAN RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Charles Russell Speechlys LLP (Employers and senior executives)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Tapestry Compliance LLP (Employee share schemes)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Pattinson &amp; Brewer (Employees\/unions)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Kennedys (Health and safety)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Penningtons Manches LLP (Immigration)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">ARC Pensions Law (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\">Slaughter &amp; May<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clyde &amp; Co LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Herbert Smith Freehills LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Holman Fenwick Willan<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Michelmores 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\">Kennedys (South East)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ashton Legal (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Barratt Goff &amp; Tomlinson (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Winn Solicitors (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">BLM (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DAC Beachcroft LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Emsleys Solicitors Limited (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\">Bindmans LLP (Personal injury (Claimant))<\/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\">Kennedys (Personal injury (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>NORTHERN IRELAND<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Carson McDowell LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Arthur Cox<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Cleaver Fulton Rankin<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Elliott Duffy Garrett<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Millar McCall Wylie 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>OFFSHORE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Dickinson Gleeson<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Adovcate John Rimmer<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Benest Corbett Renouf<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Carey Olsen<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Collas Crill<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ward Yates<\/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\">Harbottle &amp; Lewis LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Boodle Hatfield LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Farrer &amp; Co<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Forsters 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>PRIVATE CLIENT<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Birketts LLP (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Roythornes Solicitors (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Burnetts (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Brabners LLP (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Cripps LLP (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Michelmores LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">FBC Manby Bowdler LLP (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Raworths (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\">Taylor Wessing LLP (Contentious trusts and probate)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Forsters LLP (Agriculture and estates)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hunters incorporating May, May &amp; Merrimans (Art and cultural property)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Stone King LLP (Charities)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Charles Russell Speechlys 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\">Linklaters LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ashurst LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clifford Chance LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Pinsent Masons LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">White &amp; Case 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>PROJECTS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Osborne Clarke (South West)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Eversheds LLP (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ward Hadaway (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Zyda Law (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Addleshaw Goddard 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\">Bracewell (UK) LLP (Oil and gas)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Addleshaw Goddard LLP (Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP))<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Fieldfisher (Mining and minerals)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DLA Piper (Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Herbert Smith Freehills 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\">Trowers &amp; Hamlins LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bates Wells Braithwaite<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bevan Brittan LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bircham Dyson Bell<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DAC Beachcroft LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Leigh Day<\/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>PUBLIC SECTOR<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Weightmans LLP (North 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\">Blake Morgan LLP (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bevan Brittan LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Browne Jacobson LLP (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Irwin Mitchell (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\">Bircham Dyson Bell (Local government)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hogan Lovells International LLP (Administrative and public law)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bhatt Murphy (Civil liberties and human rights)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Match Solicitors (Education: individuals)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bates Wells Braithwaite (Education: institutions)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Barlow Robbins LLP (Education: schools)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Sharpe Pritchard (Electoral)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hempsons (Healthcare)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Pinsent Mason LLP (Infrastructure (parliamentary))<\/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\">Herbert Smith Freehills LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">CMS<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Dentons<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Pinsent Masons LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Trowers &amp; Hamlins 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\">Ward Hadaway (North)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Howes Percival LLP (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Wilkin Chapman LLP (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Shoosmiths LLP (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Cripps LLP (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bond Dickinson LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Shoosmiths LLP (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Eversheds 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>REAL ESTATE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Anthony Gold (Social housing)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Jones Day (Commercial property)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Nabarro LLP (Construction)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">CMS (Environment)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Pinsent Masons LLP (Planning)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP (Property finance)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ashurst (Property litigation)<\/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 (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<h6>WINNER<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Burness Paull<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Brodies LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Digby Brown LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Harper Macleod LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Shepherd and Wedderburn<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Turcan Connell<\/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\">Bristows LLP<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Baker &amp; McKenzie LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bird &amp; Bird LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Browne Jacobson LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DLA Piper<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Fieldfisher<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Olswang LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Simmons &amp; Simmons 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\">Spearing Waite LLP (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mills &amp; Reeves (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mincoffs Solicitors LLP (North)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Brabners LLP (North West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">EMW Law LLP (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Steer &amp; Co (South West)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Gowling WLG (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clarion (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\">Mishcon de Reya LLP (Brand management)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Arnold &amp; Porter (UK) LLP (Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Paul Hastings LLP (Data protection)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Allen &amp; Overy LLP (Intellectual property)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ashurst (IT and telecoms)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Lee &amp; Thomspon LLP (Media and entertainment)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Couchmans LLP (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\">Norton Rose Fulbright<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clyde &amp; Co LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DLA Piper<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Herbert Smith Freehills LLP<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Holman Fenwick Willan<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Stephenson Harwood<\/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\">Burges Salmon LLP (South West)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Gotelee Solicitors (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Rothera Dowson (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\">Blake Morgan LLP (South East)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Irwin Mitchell (West Midlands)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Andrew Jackson (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\">Kennedys (Travel)<\/p>\n<h6>SHORTLISTED<\/h6>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ince &amp; Co (Aviation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Dentons (Rail)<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Winter Scott LLP (Shipping)<\/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\">Acuity Legal Limited<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Blake Morgan<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Capital Law<\/p>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Geldards LLP<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAW FIRM WINNERS CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL FIRM OF THE YEAR WINNER Hogan Lovells International LLP SHORTLISTED Baker &amp; McKenzie Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Linklaters LLP Norton Rose Fulbright CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR WINNER Muckle LLP (North) SHORTLISTED Mills &amp; Reeve LLP (East Anglia) Gateley Plc (East Midlands) TLT (North West) Mundays &hellip; 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