The British Legal Awards 2009: THE SHORTLIST

Law Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clyde & Co
Kennedys
Norton Rose
Stephenson Harwood

CSR Initiative / Programme of the Year
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Halliwells
Lovells
Simmons & Simmons
Travers Smith

London Office of the Year
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Debevoise & Plimpton
Hogan & Hartson
NCTM
Paul Hastings
Weil Gotshal & Manges

Regional Law Firm of the Year
Boyes Turner
Brodies
Hill Dickinson
Keoghs
Michelmores
Stevens & Bolton

Chambers of the Year
Atkin Chambers
Blackstone Chambers
Outer Temple Chambers
Serle Court
Tanfield Chambers
XXIV Old Buildings

Managing / Senior Partner of the Year
Neville Eisenberg (Berwin Leighton Paisner)
David Kerr (Bird & Bird)
Richard Price (CMS Cameron McKenna)
Peter Martyr (Norton Rose)
Mike Francies (Weil Gotshal & Manges)

Assistant Solicitor / Associate of the Year
Ben Allgrove (Baker & McKenzie)
Sarah Rushton (Forsters)
Vanessa Wix (Geldards)
Melanie Gavin (Hill Dickinson)
Anna Mills (Lovells)
Emma Osbaldeston (Paul Hastings)

Law Firm Innovation Award
Allen & Overy
Axiom
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Clifford Chance
Nabarro
Osborne Clarke
Simmons & Simmons

M&A Team of the Year
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith
Lovells
Norton Rose
Olswang
Slaughter and May

Banking, Finance or Restructuring Team of the Year
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
Simmons & Simmons
Slaughter and May

Commercial Team of the Year
Ashurst
CMS Cameron McKenna
Field Fisher Waterhouse
Paul Hastings
SJ Berwin / SITA
Wragge & Co / Bird & Bird

Litigation & Regulatory Team of the Year
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith
Jones Day
Linklaters
Russell Jones & Walker
Weil Gotshal & Manges

Property Team of the Year
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Macfarlanes
Maples Teesdale
Olswang
SJ Berwin

Private Client / Family Team of the Year
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Boodle Hatfield
Farrer & Co
Maitland
Maurice Turnor Gardner
Taylor Wessing

European Law Firm of the Year
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
Garrigues
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Magnusson
Schoenherr
Uría Menéndez

European Managing Partner / Senior Partner of the Year
Prof. Siegbert Alber (Alber & Geiger)
Andreas Neocleous (Andreas Neocleous & Co)
Pádraig Ó Riordáin (Arthur Cox)
Dimitry Afanasiev (Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners)
Francesco Gianni (Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners)
Paolo Montironi (NCTM)

European Legal Team of the Year
Abreu
Arthur Cox
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre
Goltsblat BLP
Noerr Stiefenhofer Lutz

Middle East and African Law Firm of the Year
Al Tamimi & Company
Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs
Galadari & Associates
Hadef & Partners
Webber Wentzel
Werksmans

Offshore Law Firm of the Year
Appleby
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Harney Westwood & Riegels
Maitland
Ogier
Walkers

Legal Department of the Year
Abbey National
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Hanson
Inchcape
Virgin Media
Vodafone

General Counsel of the Year
Nick Deeming (Christie's)
Alexander Sarac (EcoSecurities Group)
Andrew Garard (ITV)
Alex Thrower (Teva)
Solomon Osagie (TSYS Int)
Manu Kanwar (Yahoo! Europe Advertiser Publisher Group)

Young In-house Lawyer of the Year
Helen Koerner (BASF)
Toby Hornett (Canon Europe)
Matthew Cavanagh (Christofferson Robb & Co)
Nailesh Rambhai (Coventry Building Society)
Alison Perry (KCOM Group)
Robert Baugh (Ring2)

In-House Award for Innovation
Asda
Barclays on behalf of the Knowledge Management and IT Group
ISS
ITV
Network Rail
Rio Tinto

Best Use of Technology
Addleshaw Goddard
Christie's
Freeth Cartwright
Halliwells
Irwin Mitchell
Lawrence Graham (LG)

Technology Provider of the Year
Ascertus
Autonomy
BigHand
ClearPeople
Recommind
RIM

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