{"id":17399,"date":"2020-02-12T13:12:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T13:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/?page_id=17399"},"modified":"2020-02-20T15:46:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T15:46:10","slug":"2020-law-firm-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/the-legal-500-uk-awards-2020\/2020-law-firm-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Law Firm Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Kirkland &amp; Ellis<\/p>\n<h4>CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mills &amp; Reeve (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<h4>CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Simpson Thacher &amp; Bartlett (Private equity: high-value transactions)<\/p>\n<h4>CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Lisa O\u2019Neill (Milbank)<\/p>\n<h4>CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Jon Cox-Brown\u00a0 (Eversheds Sutherland)<\/p>\n<h4>CRIME, FRAUD AND LICENSING<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Byrne and Partners<\/p>\n<h4>CRIME, FRAUD AND LICENSING<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Burges Salmon (South West)<\/p>\n<h4>CRIME, FRAUD AND LICENSING<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Mishcon de Reya LLP (Fraud: white-collar crime)<\/p>\n<h4>CRIME, FRAUD AND LICENSING<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Jasvinder Nakhwal (Peters &amp; Peters)<\/p>\n<h4>CRIME, FRAUD AND LICENSING<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hamraj Kang (Kangs Solicitors)<\/p>\n<h4>DISPUTE RESOLUTION<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">White &amp; Case<\/p>\n<h4>DISPUTE RESOLUTION<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Stevens &amp; Bolton (South East)<\/p>\n<h4>DISPUTE RESOLUTION<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Slaughter and May (Competition litigation)<\/p>\n<h4>DISPUTE RESOLUTION<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Lianne Craig (Hausfeld)<\/p>\n<h4>DISPUTE RESOLUTION<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ed Weeks (Cripps Pemberton Greenish)<\/p>\n<h4>FINANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Milbank<\/p>\n<h4>FINANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Gateley (East Midlands)<\/p>\n<h4>FINANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Kirkland &amp; Ellis (Acquisition finance)<\/p>\n<h4>FINANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Luke McDougall (Paul Hastings)<\/p>\n<h4>FINANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Andrew Eaton (Burges Salmon)<\/p>\n<h4>HUMAN RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Lewis Silkin<\/p>\n<h4>HUMAN RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Birketts (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<h4>HUMAN RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Sacker &amp; Partners (Pensions: non-contentious)<\/p>\n<h4>HUMAN RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Jennifer Millins (Mishcon de Reya)<\/p>\n<h4>HUMAN RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Glyn Ryland (Gowling WLG)<\/p>\n<h4>INSURANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Clyde &amp; Co<\/p>\n<h4>INSURANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Collins Solicitors (South East)<\/p>\n<h4>INSURANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hogan Lovells (Corporate and regulatory)<\/p>\n<h4>INSURANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Alison Eddy (Irwin Mitchell)<\/p>\n<h4>INSURANCE<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Francis Lacy Scott (asb law)<\/p>\n<h4>INVESTMENT FUND FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Goodwin<\/p>\n<h4>INVESTMENT FUND FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Schulte Roth &amp; Zabel (Hedge funds)<\/p>\n<h4>INVESTMENT FUND FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Christopher Good (Macfarlanes)<\/p>\n<h4>NORTHERN IRELAND<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Tughans<\/p>\n<h4>OFFSHORE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ogier<\/p>\n<h4>PRIVATE CLIENT<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Payne Hicks Beach<\/p>\n<h4>PRIVATE CLIENT<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Penningtons Manches Cooper (South East)<\/p>\n<h4>PRIVATE CLIENT<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bates Wells (Charities and not-for-profit)<\/p>\n<h4>PRIVATE CLIENT<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Anne-Marie Hutchinson (Dawson Cornwell)<\/p>\n<h4>PRIVATE CLIENT<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Marc Saunderson (Mills &amp; Reeve)<\/p>\n<h4>PROJECTS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DLA Piper<\/p>\n<h4>PROJECTS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Michelmores (South West)<\/p>\n<h4>PROJECTS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">White &amp; Case (Mining and minerals)<\/p>\n<h4>PROJECTS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Silke Goldberg (Herbert Smith Freehills)<\/p>\n<h4>PROJECTS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Melanie Grimmitt (Pinsent Masons)<\/p>\n<h4>PUBLIC SECTOR<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Leigh Day<\/p>\n<h4>PUBLIC SECTOR<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bevan Brittan (South West)<\/p>\n<h4>PUBLIC SECTOR<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Farrer &amp; Co (Education)<\/p>\n<h4>PUBLIC SECTOR<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Harriet Wistrich (Birnberg Peirce and Partners)<\/p>\n<h4>PUBLIC SECTOR<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Smita Jamdar (Shakespeare Martineau)<\/p>\n<h4>REAL ESTATE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Norton Rose Fulbright<\/p>\n<h4>REAL ESTATE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Womble Bond Dickinson (North)<\/p>\n<h4>REAL ESTATE<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Leigh Day (Environment)<\/p>\n<h4>REAL ESTATE<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Ruth Harris (Ashurst)<\/p>\n<h4>REAL ESTATE<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Nancy Brown (Eversheds Sutherland)<\/p>\n<h4>RISK ADVISORY<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Macfarlanes (Regulatory investigations and corporate crime)<\/p>\n<h4>RISK ADVISORY<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Philip Souta (Clifford Chance)<\/p>\n<h4>SCOTLAND<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Brodies<\/p>\n<h4>TMT (TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMS)<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bristows<\/p>\n<h4>TMT (TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMS)<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Stobbs IP (East Anglia)<\/p>\n<h4>TMT (TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMS)<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Bird &amp; Bird (Sport)<\/p>\n<h4>TMT (TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMS)<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Anna Carboni (Wiggin)<\/p>\n<h4>TMT (TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMS)<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Matthew Talbot (Howes Percival)<\/p>\n<h4>TRANSPORT<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Stephenson Harwood<\/p>\n<h4>TRANSPORT<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">DLA Piper (Yorkshire and the Humber)<\/p>\n<h4>TRANSPORT<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Norton Rose Fulbright (Aviation)<\/p>\n<h4>TRANSPORT<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Rob Lawson QC (Clyde and Co)<\/p>\n<h4>TRANSPORT<\/h4>\n<h5>INDIVIDUAL (OUTSIDE LONDON)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Paul Hirst (Addleshaw Goddard)<\/p>\n<h4>WALES<\/h4>\n<h5>FIRM OF THE YEAR<\/h5>\n<p class=\"firmname\">Hugh James<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL FIRM OF THE YEAR Kirkland &amp; Ellis CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL FIRM OF THE YEAR (OUTSIDE LONDON) Mills &amp; Reeve (East Anglia) CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR Simpson Thacher &amp; Bartlett (Private equity: high-value transactions) CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL INDIVIDUAL (LONDON) Lisa O\u2019Neill (Milbank) CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL INDIVIDUAL (OUTSIDE LONDON) Jon &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/the-legal-500-uk-awards-2020\/2020-law-firm-winners\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2020 Law Firm Winners&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"parent":17389,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17399","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18079,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17399\/revisions\/18079"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}