Today, the finalists of the 2010 British Legal Awards were announced. The winners will be announced at the event hosted by Legal Week the night of December 2nd in London. Here is a little background on the awards according to Legal Week…
"Business lawyers have played a key role helping to lead Britain out of recession. They face an equally important task helping to ensure that the recovery does not falter. The British Legal Awards will celebrate the achievements of those law firms, teams and individuals who have performed outstandingly, despite operating in the most challenging business environment for a generation. 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. 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."
2010 FINALISTS
The City of London Lifetime Achievement Award
This award will be announced on the night
Editor’s award: Managing/Senior Partner of the Year
This award will be announced on the night
Law Firm of the Year
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Clyde & Co
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hogan Lovells
Sullivan & Cromwell
Travers Smith
General Counsel of the Year
Liz Kelly, Nationwide Building Society
Tom Kilroy, Misys
Tony McDonald, National Express Group
Leon Shelley, Westfield
Roger Wiltshire, BAE Systems
Law Firm Innovation Award
Addleshaw Goddard
Berwin Leighton Paisner
CMS Cameron McKenna
Eversheds
Geldards
Pinsent Masons
In-House Award for Innovation
Associated British Foods
BAE Systems
Barclays Bank
HSBC
Legal Services Lincolnshire
Lloyds Banking Group
CSR Initiative/Programme of the Year
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Goldman Sachs
Osborne Clarke
Simmons & Simmons
Weightmans
Chambers of the Year
3 Verulam Buildings
Fountain Court Chambers
Guildhall Chambers
Hardwicke
Matrix Chambers
XXIV Old Buildings
Legal Department of the Year
BAE Systems
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Commodities legal team
Legal & General
Investment Management
Man Group
MTV Networks International
Teva
London Office of the Year
Baker & McKenzie
Chadbourne & Parke
Greenberg Traurig Maher
Latham & Watkins
Paul Hastings
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Regional Law Firm of the Year
Birketts
Boyes Turner
Flint Bishop
HBJ Gateley Wareing
Loch Associates Employment Lawyers
McGrigors
M&A Team of the Year
Dewey & LeBoeuf
Herbert Smith
Norton Rose
Travers Smith
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Banking, Finance or Restructuring Team of the Year
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Slaughter and May
Litigation and Regulatory Team of the Year
Addleshaw Goddard
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Bird & Bird
Herbert Smith
Hogan Lovells
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Property Team of the Year
Burges Salmon
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper
Linklaters
Nabarro
Taylor Wessing
Private Client/Family Team of the Year
Boodle Hatfield
Forsters
Lawrence Graham (LG)
Maurice Turnor Gardner
Stephens Scown
Withers
Commercial Team of the Year
Ashurst
Berwin Leighton Paisner
CMS Cameron McKenna
DLA Piper
Lawrence Graham (LG)
Wragge & Co
Young In-House Lawyer of the Year
Shareen Gault, Student Loans Company
Joanne Morgan, IMI
Stephanie Pagni, Barclays Bank
Assistant Solicitor/ Associate of the Year
Philip Antcliffe, Reed Smith
Paul Groves, Harbottle & Lewis
Laura Kearsley, Weightmans
Stephen Parker, Paul Hastings
Katie Price, Baker & McKenzie
Jennifer Pringle, Eversheds
Education and Training Initiative of the Year
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Nabarro
Shoosmiths
Simmons & Simmons
TLT
Best Use of Technology
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Clifford Chance
Field Fisher Waterhouse
Freeth Cartwright
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Technology Provider of the Year
Autonomy
Canotec
FWBS
LexisNexis
Recommind
Rekoop
International awards
European Law Firm of the Year
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Legance
Magnusson
NCTM Studio Legale Associato
Noerr
Schoenherr
European Legal Team of the Year
Abreu Advogados
Alber & Geiger
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Integrites
Kirkland & Ellis
Salans
European Managing Partner/Senior Partner of the Year
Cornelius Brandi, CMS Hasche Sigle
Luca Failla & Francesco Rotondi, Lablaw
Manuel Martin Martin, Gomez-Acebo & Pombo
Paolo Montironi, NCTM Studio Legale Associato
Alexander Muranov, Muranov Chernyakov
and Partners
Florentin Tuca, Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii
Middle East and African Law Firm of the Year
Al Tamimi & Company
Anjarwalla & Khanna
Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs (ENS)
Galadari & Associates
Hadef & Partners
Oxford & Beaumont
Webber Wentzel
Offshore Law Firm of the Year
Appleby
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Harneys
Mourant Ozannes
Ogier
Walkers
For all enquiries or to reserve a table for the event, call Steve Hands on +44 (0)20 7004 7460 or email.