Welcome to The British Legal Awards: Celebrating achievement, excellence and innovation in the legal industry

The British Legal Awards 2013
ENTRIES OPEN: TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013
ENTRY DEADLINE: FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2013

 
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The British Legal Awards 2012 - winners in full

City of London Law Society Lifetime Achievement Award
John Wotton

Law Firm of the Year: Sponsored by Zurich
Travers Smith

Editor's Award - Law Firm Leader of the Year
Peter Martyr, Norton Rose

General Counsel of the Year: Sponsored by AlixPartners
Geoff Wild, Kent County Council

Law Firm Innovation Award
Gunnercooke

In-house Award for Innovation
Virgin Money

CSR Initiative/Programme of the Year
Linklaters and Weil Gotshal & Manges

Diversity Initiative of the Year
Allen & Overy

Chambers of the Year
Thirty Nine Essex Street

Legal Counsel of the Year: Sponsored by First Advantage Litigation Consulting
Lesley Wan, Lloyds Banking Group

Legal Department of the Year: Sponsored by Lawyers On Demand (LOD)
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London Office of the Year
Edwards Wildman Palmer

Regional Law Firm of the Year: Sponsored by Towry
Boyes Turner

M&A Team of the Year
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Banking, Finance or Restructuring Team of the Year: Sponsored by AlixPartners
Hogan Lovells

Litigation & Regulatory Team of the Year: Sponsored by First Advantage Litigation Consulting
Stephenson Harwood

Property Team of the Year: Sponsored by Thames Water Property Searches
Ashurst/Eversheds

Commercial Team of the Year
Burges Salmon

TMT Team of the Year
Herbert Smith Freehills

Private Client/Family Team of the Year
Harbottle & Lewis

Assistant Solicitor/Associate of the Year
Sarah Batley, Jones Day

Education & Training Initiative of the Year
Irwin Mitchell/College of Law/ILEX

Best Use of Technology
Linklaters

Supplier of the Year
LexisNexis

European Law Firm of the Year
Magnusson

European Legal Team of the Year
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Offshore Law Firm of the Year
Maples and Calder

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With the UK and Europe battling to return to growth, competition among leading commercial law firms could not be fiercer. Meanwhile, in-house legal teams are grappling with the impact of the post-credit crunch regulatory clampdown at a time when budgets are under huge pressure. The British Legal Awards set out to recognise the achievements of those law firms, teams and individuals who are responding most successfully to the demands being placed on them in the new post-recession business environment. The awards are divided into individual, team and firm categories and have been carefully chosen to reflect the range of practice areas and skills that lie at the heart of the successful law firm or legal department. This year we have introduced an important new award - Diversity Initiative of the Year. It is designed to recognise the efforts many law firms are taking to improve social mobility within the legal profession. As ever, the shortlist and winners will be chosen by an independent panel of judges made up of senior in-house lawyers, former managing and senior partners and other senior business figures. The judges meet in person to deliberate and the decisions of the panel are final.

John Malpas
Publisher, Legal Week

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