Legal Business Awards 2019 | Legal Business Magazine |

Fieldfisher, Kirkland & Ellis and Stephenson Harwood were the big winners at the 2018 Legal Business Awards in front of more than 900 people last night (18 April), as Allen & Overy’s deal star Denise Gibson was recognised as Lawyer of the Year and BT’s Dan Fitz GC of the Year.

Fieldfisher was named Law Firm of the Year after an impressive 36% revenue growth to £165m in 2016/17 – the largest rise of any law firm in the Legal Business 100 table last year. The firm scooping the most prestigious award of the night underlines the work of managing partner Michael Chissick and senior partner Matthew Lohn in turning around a firm which only in 2012 was near-crisis (as described in our recent cover feature Reversal of Fortunes .

Categories
• Boutique Law Firm of the Year
• Commercial Litigation Team of the Year
• Competition Team of the Year
• Corporate Team of the Year
• CSR Programme of the Year
• Energy and Infrastructure Team of the Year
• Finance Team of the Year
• GC of the Year
• In-House Team of the Year
• Insurance Team of the Year
• International Arbitration Team of the Year
• International Firm of the Year
• Law Firm of the Year
• Lawyer of the Year
• Legal Innovator of the Year
• Legal Technology Team of the Year
• Management Partner of the Year
• National/Regional Firm of the Year
• Private Client Team of the Year
• Private Equity Team of the Year
• Real Estate Team of the Year
• Restructuring Team of the Year
• Rising Star In-House Counsel of the Year
• TMT Team of the Year
• US Law Firm of the Year

2018 Winners

BOUTIQUE LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
• GQ Employment Law

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION TEAM OF THE YAR
• Wedlake Bell

COMPETITION TEAM OF THE YEAR
• Eversheds Sutherland

CORPORATE TEAM OF THE YEAR
• Stephenson Harwood

CSR PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR
• Weil, Gotshal & Manges

ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM OF THE YEAR
• Pinsent Masons

FINANCE TEAM OF THE YEAR
• Norton Rose Fulbright

GC OF THE YEAR
• Dan Fitz

IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR
• The Carlyle Group

INSURANCE TEAM OF THE YEAR
• Clifford Chance

INTERNATIONAL ARBRITATION TEAM OF THE YEAR
• Charles Russell Speechlys

INTERNATIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR
• William Fry

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
• Fieldfisher

LAWYER OF THE YEAR
• Denise Gibson

LEGAL INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR
• F-Lex

LEGAL TECHNOLOGY TEAM OF THE YEAR
• Squire Patton Boggs

MANAGEMENT PARTNER OF THE YEAR
• Glen Atchison

NATIONAL/REGIONAL FIRM OF THE YEAR
• Shoosmiths

PRIVATE CLIENT TEAM OF THE YEAR
• Stephenson Harwood

PRIVATE EQUITY TEAM OF THE YEAR
• Kirkland & Ellis

REAL ESTATE TEAM OF THE YEAR
• DLA Piper

RESTRUCTURING TEAM OF THE YEAR
• CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

RISING STAR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL OF THE YEAR
• Kendra James

TMT TEAM OF THE YEAR
• Hogan Lovells

US LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
• Kirkland & Ellis