{"id":199754,"date":"2025-01-28T10:32:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T10:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/?page_id=199754"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:50:50","slug":"shortlist-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/northern-powerhouse-awards\/shortlist-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortlist 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Corporate<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Corporate Firm of the Year<\/strong>
\nAddleshaw Goddard
\nDLA Piper
\nEversheds Sutherland
\nPannone Corporate
\nSquire Patton Boggs
\nWalker Morris
\nWomble Bond Dickinson<\/p>\n

Corporate Lawyer of the Year<\/strong>
\nPaul Medlicott, Addleshaw Goddard
\nJames Kerrigan, DLA PIper
\nKieran Toal, Pinsent Masons
\nHannah Kendrick, Squire Patton Boggs
\nJohn Hamer, Walker Morris
\nElia Montorio, Shoosmiths
\nVictoria Robertson, Trowers & Hamlins<\/p>\n

Corporate Leading Associate of the Year<\/strong>
\nThomas Howell, Eversheds Sutherland
\nAdam Jones, Fieldfisher
\nRowan Uren, Gorvins
\nAndrew Walsh, Pannone Corporate
\nRob Cunningham, Pinsent Masons
\nNatalie Redfern, Shoosmiths
\nLouise Parker, Squire Patton Boggs
\nKirsty Adamson, Weightmans<\/p>\n

Crime<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Crime Firm of the Year<\/strong>
\nABR Solicitors
\nDavid Gray Solicitors
\nFarleys Solicitors
\nForbes Solicitors
\nHoward & Byrne
\nJMW
\nOlliers
\nRahman Ravelli<\/p>\n

Crime Lawyer of the Year<\/strong>
\nBridgette Hibbert, Farleys Solicitors
\nSam Healey, JMW
\nBen Jones, Opus Law
\nAzizur Rahman, Rahman Ravelli
\nAnthony Barnfather, Richardson Lissack
\nCorrena Platt, Stephensons Solicitors
\nLeigh Wright, Tuckers Solicitors<\/p>\n

Crime Leading Associate of the Year<\/strong>
\nCharlotte McRae, Brabners
\nAmy Lamb, David Gray Solicitors
\nKaren Minhas, Hay & Kilner
\nMeghan Waldron, Lupton Fawcett
\nBeth Mantel, Reeds Solicitors<\/p>\n

Dispute Resolution<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year<\/strong>
\nAddleshaw Goddard
\nDLA Piper
\nDTM Legal
\nEversheds Sutherland
\nHill Dickinson
\nTyr
\nWard Hadaway
\nWeightmans<\/p>\n

Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year<\/strong>
\nLouise Dobson, Addleshaw Goddard
\nJeff Lewis, Brabners
\nAdam Ibrahim, DLA Piper
\nMatt Taylor, Eversheds Sutherland
\nFiona Parry, Hill Dickinson
\nSusan Howe, Muckle
\nPaul Jonson, Pannone Corporate
\nJames Chadwick, TLT<\/p>\n

Dispute Resolution Leading Associate of the Year<\/strong>
\nSam Pringle, DWF
\nMichelle Maher, DWF
\nMatthew Clark, Eversheds Sutherland
\nDaniel Sheehan, Fieldfisher
\nCatherine Woodward, Gordons
\nLorena Hoxhaj, Womble Bond Dickinson<\/p>\n

Employment<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Employment Firm of the Year<\/strong>
\nBrabners
\nDAC Beachcroft
\nDLA Piper
\ne3 employment law LLP
\nEversheds Sutherland
\nSquire Patton Boggs
\nWard Hadaway<\/p>\n

Employment Lawyer of the Year<\/strong>
\nPaul McGowan, Collingwood Legal
\nJeff Middleton, DAC Beachcroft
\nPaul Verrico, Eversheds Sutherland
\nAlex Watson, Fieldfisher
\nChris Maddock, Muckle
\nAndrew Stones, Squire Patton Boggs
\nGillian Chinhengo, Ward Hadaway<\/p>\n

Employment Leading Associate of the Year<\/strong>
\nKate McGough, Addleshaw Goddard
\nEmma Sweetman, CMS
\nJenny Walker, DAC Beachcroft
\nAmy Anderson, Shoosmiths
\nCharlotte Smith, Walker Morris<\/p>\n

Finance<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Finance Firm of the Year<\/strong>
\nAddleshaw Goddard
\nClarion
\nDLA Piper
\nGateley
\nPinsent Masons
\nShoosmiths
\nWalker Morris
\nWard Hadaway<\/p>\n

Finance Lawyer of the Year<\/strong>
\nMartin O’Shea, Addleshaw Goddard
\nMarie Pugh, Clarion
\nJoseph Frew, DLA Piper
\nPaul Castle, Eversheds Sutherland
\nCharlotte Round, Fieldfisher
\nAnna Robson, Shoosmiths<\/p>\n

Finance Leading Associate of the Year<\/strong>
\nLaura Gordon, DLA Piper
\nHannah McAdam, Eversheds Sutherland
\nSamuel Jackson, Kuit Steinart Levy
\nCatherine Donnelly, Pinsent Masons
\nKat Raanan, Shoosmiths
\nOlivia Prescott, Walker Morris<\/p>\n

Insurance<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Insurance Firm of the Year<\/strong>
\nArmstrong Foulkes
\nClyde & Co
\nDAC Beachcroft
\nDWF
\nJMW
\nKeoghs<\/span>
\nLeigh Day
\nThompsons Solicitors LLP
\nWeightmans<\/p>\n

Insurance Lawyer of the Year<\/strong>
\nAnthony Brown, Clyde & Co
\nGary Boyd, Gorvins
\nJonathan Betts, Irwin Mitchell
\nEddie Jones, JMW
\nClaire Bushen, Kennedys
\nBen Priestley, Serious Injury Law Limited
\nSuzanne Munroe, Switalskis<\/p>\n

Insurance Leading Associate of the Year<\/strong>
\nEmily Woodhead, CMS
\nHelena Wood, Hudgell Solicitors
\nKate Venn, Irwin Mitchell
\nJames Knox, Keoghs
\nCharlotte Foster, Stewarts
\nGabrielle Ross, Stewarts
\nSamuel Harland, Weightmans<\/p>\n

Private Client<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Private Client Firm of the Year<\/strong>
\nAaron & Partners
\nClarion
\nEMG Solicitors
\nHall Brown Family Law
\nIrwin Mitchell
\nJMW
\nMills & Reeve
\nSintons
\nVardags
\nWrigleys<\/p>\n

Private Client Lawyer of the Year<\/strong>
\nChris Longbottom, Clarke Willmott
\nAndrea Jones, Irwin Mitchell
\nClaire Glaister, Lake Legal
\nHelen Thompson, Myerson Solicitors
\nTasnim Khalid, Private Client Solicitors
\nAlison Walker, Raworths
\nMatthew Taylor, Stowe Family Law
\nEmma Gill, Vardags
\nHarriet Reid, Winston Solicitors<\/p>\n

Private Client Leading Associate of the Year<\/strong>
\nRichard Rigg, Brabners
\nMelanie Hadwin, Hall Brown Family Law
\nEllie Webster, Hill Dickinson
\nCatherine Eassom, Hugh Jones
\nHollie Marcham, Irwin Mitchell
\nAbigail Reynolds, Maguire Family Law
\nRachel MacIntosh, Mills & Reeve
\nEllie Hampson-Jones, Stewarts<\/p>\n

Projects<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Projects Firm of the Year<\/strong>
\nAddleshaw Goddard
\nCMS
\nDLA Piper
\nPinsent Masons
\nWalker Morris
\nWard Hadaway<\/p>\n

Projects Lawyer of the Year<\/strong>
\nSara Gilmore, Addleshaw Goddard
\nFraser Askham, CMS
\nNatasha Luther-Jones, DLA Piper
\nDarren Walsh, DWF
\nStacey Collins, Pinsent Masons<\/p>\n

Projects Leading Associate of the Year<\/strong>
\nSophie Hiley, Addleshaw Goddard
\nEmma Whitfield, DLA Piper
\nLauren Fisher, DLA Piper
\nCameron Reid, Pinsent Masons<\/p>\n

Public Sector<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Public Sector Firm of the Year<\/strong>
\nDAC Beachcroft
\nHill Dickinson
\nMills & Reeve
\nPinsent Masons
\nWeightmans<\/p>\n

Public Sector Lawyer of the Year<\/strong>
\nMichael Boyd, Bevan Brittan
\nMary Mundy, Capsticks
\nGill Weatherill, DAC Beachcroft
\nMartin Priestley, Mills & Reeve
\nJill Donabie, Muckle
\nAnne Bowden, Pinsent Masons
\nBen Sheppard, Walker Morris<\/p>\n

Public Sector Leading Associate of the Year<\/strong>
\nNtsakisi Baloyi Rigby, DLA Piper
\nRebecca McCall, Pinsent Masons
\nLouise Castle, Stone King
\nSi\u00e2n Jones-Davies, Mills & Reeve
\nMorris Hill, Weightmans
\nPeter Cantwell, Womble Bond Dickinson<\/p>\n

Real Estate<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Real Estate Firm of the Year<\/strong>
\nAddleshaw Goddard
\nCMS
\nDLA Piper
\nEversheds Sutherland
\nMuckle
\nPinsent Masons
\nSwinburne Maddison
\nWalker Morris<\/p>\n

Real Estate Lawyer of the Year<\/strong>
\nLucy Butterworth, Addleshaw Goddard
\nLindsay Texel, Clarion
\nAbby Dry, CMS
\nMike Edge, Mills & Reeve
\nRichard Daffern, Pinsent Masons
\nManjit Virdee, Schofield Sweeney
\nKathryn Jump, Shoosmiths
\nGeorge Bacon, Walker Morris<\/p>\n

Real Estate Leading Associate of the Year<\/strong>
\nAlison Batty, Clarion
\nVelida Pudic, DWF
\nJoei Chung, Freeths
\nJames Lawson, Gowling WLG
\nJon Pearson-Basudev, Hill Dickinson
\nLaura Tetlow, Pinsent Masons
\nKate McGoverne, Shoosmiths
\nAlex Jones, Walker Morris
\nLauren Frisby, Ward Hadaway<\/p>\n

TMT<\/strong><\/h4>\n

TMT Firm of the Year<\/strong>
\nAddleshaw Goddard
\nBrabners
\nCentrefield
\nMincoffs Solicitors
\nMuckle
\nPinsent Masons
\nWard Hadaway<\/p>\n

TMT Lawyer of the Year<\/strong>
\nLydia Edgar, Brabners
\nJames Lonsdale, Hill Dickinson
\nPeter McCormick OBE, McCormick’s
\nAlex Craig, Muckle
\nMelanie McGuirk, Foot Anstey LLP<\/span>
\nCaroline Churchill, Womble Bond Dickinson<\/p>\n

TMT Leading Associate of the Year<\/strong>
\nHayley Anderson, Addleshaw Goddard
\nCatherine Forshaw, Brabners
\nJames Ruane, Eversheds Sutherland
\nSarah Bazaraa, Pannone Corporate
\nPippa Aitken, Sintons LLP<\/p>\n

Transport<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Transport Firm of the Year<\/strong>
\nAddleshaw Goddard
\nAndrew Jackson
\nBackhouse Jones
\nClyde & Co
\nDLA Piper
\nDyne Solicitors Limited
\nWrigleys<\/p>\n

Transport Lawyer of the Year<\/strong>
\nPaul Hirst, Addleshaw Goddard
\nRobert Smith, DLA Piper
\nJared Dunbar, Dyne Solicitors Limited
\nAdrian Marsh, Hill Dickinson
\nMike Burns, Weightmans<\/p>\n

Transport Leading Associate of the Year<\/strong>
\nLiz Watton, Clyde & Co
\nJoanne Witheford, DWF
\nCaroline Bridge, Hill Dickinson
\nLaura Tetlow, Pinsent Masons<\/p>\n

Boutique Firm of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Arc Pensions Law
\nBeyond Corporate Law
\nBrandsmiths
\nFletcher Sports Law
\nHall Brown Family Law
\nHawkswell Kilvington
\nLake Legal
\nNeon Legal
\nStewarts<\/p>\n

Deal of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Advised ASDA on its \u00a32.1bn acquisition of the majority of EG’s UK business<\/em><\/strong>
\nAddleshaw Goddard<\/p>\n

Advised Lloyds Development Capital on an investment in Uinsure Holdings<\/em><\/strong>
\nDLA Piper<\/p>\n

Advised Bruntwood SciTech Limited in relation to a \u00a3500m equity fund raising<\/strong><\/em>
\nEversheds Sutherland<\/p>\n

Advised the shareholders of Sheffield-based UniHomes on the disposal of 40% of their shareholding to LDC<\/strong><\/em>
\nFreeths<\/p>\n

Acted for Coverings Ltd in relation to its sale of 100% of the share capital of Tile Giant Limited to Stiled Limited<\/em><\/strong>
\nLupton Fawcett<\/p>\n

Advised Hippo Digital on its acquisition of The Data Shed Limited<\/em><\/strong>
\nSquire Patton Boggs<\/p>\n

Diversity, Inclusion and Equality Firm of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Addleshaw Goddard
\nDLA Piper
\nFieldfisher
\nLewis Silkin
\nSlater Heelis
\nTrowers & Hamlins
\nWalker Morris
\nWomble Bond Dickinson<\/p>\n

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

Brabners
\nCMS
\nHill Dickinson
\nTLT
\nWeightmans<\/p>\n

In-house Diversity Team of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Ian Day, Jet2 plc
\nDaniel Marks, Maximus
\nFreyja Handy, ASM Global
\nNeil Bentley, TransUnion
\nHelen Selby, ASDA<\/p>\n

In-house Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Stephanie Beat, Certas Energy
\nDuncan Vaughan, Iceland Foods
\nSimon Gardiner, Utilities United
\nJames Edwards, Zenith Vehicles
\nHelen Selby, ASDA<\/p>\n

In-house Leading Associate of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Melissa Hutchinson, Castore
\nLaura Mitchell, Aldermore Bank
\nJoanna Walker, Fender
\nKris Scales, GHD
\nAmy Ross, ASDA<\/p>\n

In-house Team of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Sarah Clayton, Radius
\nKeri Devine, B&M Retail
\nTheresa Casey, JD Sports Fashion
\nIsmail Wadee, Norican Group
\nDavid Travis, Skipton Building Society<\/p>\n

Innovative Firm of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Shoosmiths
\nCMS
\nMuckle
\nAddleshaw Goddard
\nWalker Morris
\nFreeths<\/p>\n

Firm of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Addleshaw Goddard
\nBrabners
\nClarion
\nJMW
\nPinsent Masons
\nWalker Morris<\/p>\n

Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Jeff Lewis, Brabners
\nAdam Ibrahim, DLA Piper
\nIan Lewis, JMW
\nSusan Howe, Muckle
\nRichard Scorer, Slater Gordon
\nHannah Kendrick, Squire Patton Boggs<\/p>\n

Management Partner of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Nik White, Brabners
\nRoger Hutton and Ryan Millmore, Clarion
\nJason Wainwright, Muckle
\nNicola Marchant, Pannone Corporate<\/p>\n

Marketing Team of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Brabners
\nBrowne Jacobson
\nClarion
\nIrwin Mitchell
\nMuckle
\nPannone Corporate
\nShoosmiths<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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