{"id":154174,"date":"2024-02-08T18:39:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/?page_id=154174"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:52:28","slug":"shortlist-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/esg-awards\/shortlist-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortlist 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best Internal Support Network of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A&O Shearman
\nE.ON UK
\nFletchers Solicitors
\nFreeths
\nShoosmiths
\nWomble Bond Dickinson<\/p>\n

Best Law Firm Advisory Team: Business and Human Rights<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Debevoise & Plimpton
\nHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer
\nNorton Rose Fulbright
\nOlaniwun Ajayi UK
\nSlaughter and May
\nWhite & Case<\/p>\n

Best Law Firm Advisory Team: Clean Energy<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A&O Shearman
\nClifford Chance
\nCMS
\nHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer
\nLinklaters
\nNorton Rose Fulbright
\nOrrick
\nPinsent Masons
\nTLT
\nWatson Farley & Williams<\/p>\n

Best Law Firm Advisory Team: Environmental Protection<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A&O Shearman
\nLeigh Day
\nNorton Rose Fulbright
\nPogust Goodhead<\/p>\n

Best Law Firm Advisory Team: ESG Regulatory and Compliance<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A&O Shearman
\nHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer
\nHogan Lovells
\nLinklaters
\nNorton Rose Fulbright
\nRPC
\nTravers Smith
\nWeil Gotshal & Manges
\nWhite & Case<\/p>\n

Best Law Firm Advisory Team: Sustainable Finance<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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A&O Shearman
\nDLA Piper
\nOlaniwun Ajayi UK
\nPaul Hastings
\nProskauer Rose
\nWomble Bond Dickinson<\/p>\n

DE&I: Law Firm Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Dentons
\nFreeths
\nHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer
\nLeigh Day
\nMeritas
\nPinsent Masons
\nWomble Bond Dickinson<\/p>\n

DE&I: Private Practice Champion of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Richard Fisk, Addleshaw Goddard
\nRobert Andrews, Mewburn Ellis
\nBeth Marshall, Murgitroyd
\nJane Freeman, Womble Bond Dickinson<\/p>\n

DE&I: Rising Star of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Matthew York, A&O Shearman
\nShaheen Mamun, Black Antelope Law
\nAlexandra Isenegger, Linkilaw Solicitors
\nNazmin Akthar, Womble Bond Dickinson<\/p>\n

Disability\/Neurodiversity: Best Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Bar Council
\nBCLP
\nThe Family Justice Council
\nFamily Law in Partnership
\nMartin Searle Solicitors
\nStephenson Harwood<\/p>\n

Disability\/Neurodiversity: Champion of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Lindsay Devey, E.ON UK
\nEmma Hamnett, Fletchers Solicitors
\nReena Parmar, Freshfields
\nEmma Dennis, Gowling WLG<\/p>\n

Environmental\/Sustainability: Best Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

DLA Piper
\nE.ON UK
\nGowling WLG
\nHFW
\nKPMG Law
\nLegal Charter 1.5
\nRPC
\nTaylor Wessing
\nTravers Smith<\/p>\n

Environmental\/Sustainability: Champion of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Amanda Carpenter, Achill Legal
\nDan Cooper, BCLP
\nJohn Court, HFW
\nEleanor Maciver, Mewburn Ellis
\nMax Finney, Shoosmiths
\nClaire Rainsford, Taylor Wessing
\nPaul Mullis, Travers Smith
\nDiana Lupa, Trowers & Hamlins
\nMaria O’Loan, Tughans<\/p>\n

ESG: Bar Champion of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Barbara Mills KC, 4PB
\nCreanna Dodson, Church Court Chambers
\nRachel Crasnow KC, Cloisters
\nPhilip Ahlquist, Fountain Court<\/p>\n

ESG: Bar Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

36 Family
\nFountain Court
\nGarden Court Chambers<\/p>\n

ESG: Client Partner of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Laura Hou\u00ebt, CMS
\nHelen Bowdren, Dentons
\nSam Eastwood, Mayer Brown
\nStuart Neely, Norton Rose Fulbright
\nCiara Cullen, RPC
\nSarah Ellington, Watson Farley & Williams<\/p>\n

ESG: Client Service Firm of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Clifford Chance
\nDLA Piper
\nEversheds Sutherland
\nHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer
\nLatham & Watkins
\nMayer Brown
\nNorton Rose Fulbright
\nReed Smith<\/p>\n

ESG: In-house Champion of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Kirin Kalsi, E.ON UK
\nSujata Kukreja, Expereo
\nRebecca Danby, Haleon
\nMelanie Martin, Kita
\nAlexandra Hansmeyer, LiveMore Mortgages
\nAllison Sandle, Low Carbon Contracts
\nStephanie Pagni, Monzo
\nKendall Langford, Patron Capital<\/p>\n

ESG: In-house Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Centrica and Lawyers4Learners
\nE.ON UK
\nExpereo
\nHaleon
\nPepsiCo
\nThe Ocean Cleanup
\nVodafone<\/p>\n

ESG: Law Firm Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

CMS
\nFoot Anstey
\nHartley Law
\nHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer
\nLondon Law Collective
\nMaples Teesdale
\nRPC
\nShoosmiths
\nWomble Bond Dickinson<\/p>\n

ESG: Private Practice Champion of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Daniel Burnand, BCLP
\nSilke Goldberg, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
\nAdrian Walker, Hogan Lovells
\nRachel Barrett, Linklaters
\nKelly Thomson, RPC
\nChris Pritchett, Shoosmiths
\nMoira Thompson Oliver, Slaughter and May
\nSally Dallow, Womble Bond Dickinson<\/p>\n

ESG: Rising Star of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Danae Wheeler, A&O Shearman
\nMing Zee Tee, A&O Shearman
\nJannis Bille, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
\nKatie Dunn, Hogan Lovells
\nJames Bee, Latham & Watkins
\nIyesogie Igiehon, Linklaters
\nChristina Chambers, Mishcon de Reya
\nRachel Lowe, Proskauer Rose
\nSophie Tuson, RPC
\nJohn Harrington, Simons Muirhead Burton
\nValentina Keys, Watson Farley & Williams<\/p>\n

Ethnicity: Best Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Legal Core
\nOlaniwun Ajayi UK
\nShoosmiths
\nStuart Miller Solicitors<\/p>\n

Green Ambassador of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

David Hunter, Bates Wells
\nRoss Fairley, Burges Salmon
\nAndreas Gunst, DLA Piper
\nNatasha Luther-Jones, DLA Piper
\nBen Stansfield, Gowling WLG
\nSilke Goldberg, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
\nRita Hunter, Hogan Lovells
\nChris Staples, Linklaters
\nRachel Richardson, Macfarlanes
\nCaroline May, Norton Rose Fulbright
\nMaria Connolly, TLT
\nJohn Buttanshaw, Travers Smith<\/p>\n

LGBTQ+: Champion of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Alastair Livesey and Josh Little, A&O Shearman
\nJude Copeland, Cleaver Fulton Rankin
\nReece Hobson-Adams, Fletchers Solicitors
\nOscar Davies, Garden Court Chambers
\nJacqui Rhule-Dagher, Hogan Lovells
\nClare Fielding, Town Legal<\/p>\n

Mental Health & Wellbeing Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Fieldfisher
\nFletchers Solicitors
\nGeneral Counsel Wellbeing Network
\nKennedys<\/p>\n

Pro bono Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

3VB
\nCleary Gottlieb
\nClyde & Co, Dechert, Eversheds Sutherland and Squire Patton Boggs
\nFreshfields
\nMayer Brown and Matthew Parfitt, Erskine Chambers
\nGreen Tech Legal Collaborative<\/span><\/p>\n

Social Mobility: Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A&O Shearman
\nAddleshaw Goddard
\nBCLP
\nBirketts
\nIn-House Legal Solutions
\nKPMG Law
\nMichelmores
\nTrowers & Hamlins<\/p>\n

Women in Law: Best Initiative of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Fletchers Solicitors
\nMartin Searle Solicitors
\nMishcon de Reya
\nSteelRose Legal<\/p>\n

Women in Law: Champion of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Mary Prior KC, 36 Crime
\nWei Ling Wong-Morrow, Cantor Fitzgerald
\nKaty Thorne KC, Doughty Street Chambers
\nLorna Bailey, Fletchers Solicitors
\nLeigh-Ann Mulcahy KC, Fountain Court Chambers
\nFran Salisbury, Mewburn Ellis
\nLisa Ardley-Price, NatWest
\nSonia Tolaney KC, One Essex Court<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Best Internal Support Network of the Year A&O Shearman E.ON UK Fletchers Solicitors Freeths Shoosmiths Womble Bond Dickinson Best Law Firm Advisory Team: Business and Human Rights Debevoise & Plimpton Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Norton Rose Fulbright Olaniwun Ajayi UK Slaughter and May White & Case Best Law Firm Advisory Team: Clean Energy A&O Shearman … <\/p>\n

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