The Legal 500 Awards 2019 - UK | The Legal 500 | TBA, United Kingdom

The Legal 500 United Kingdom Awards 2018 recognises and rewards the best in-house and private practice teams and individuals over the past 12 months. There are no submissions or black-tie dinners that cost thousands of dollars to attend - the awards are handed to the elite legal practitioners, based on the most comprehensive research into the UK legal market. The Legal 500 conducted over 50,000 interviews to ascertain the winners, who were invited to a free networking dinner in London to celebrate with their peers.

2018 LAW FIRM WINNERS:

CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Clifford Chance LLP

SHORTLISTED
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Clifford Chance LLP
Linklaters LLP
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Osborne Clarke (South East)

SHORTLISTED
Howes Percival LLP (East Anglia)
Austin Moore & Partners LLP (East Midlands)
Swinburne Maddison (North)
Hill Dickinson LLP (North West)
Osborne Clarke (South East)
Clarke Willmott LLP (South West)
Browne Jacobson LLP (West Midlands)
Lupton Fawcett LLP (Yorkshire and the Humber)

CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Europe) LLP (Venture capital)

SHORTLISTED
Addleshaw Goddard (Commercial contracts)
Allen & Overy LLP (Corporate tax)
RPC (Customs and excise)
Latham & Watkins (Equity capital markets)
Macfarlanes LLP (EU and competition)
Travers Smith LLP (Financial services)
Addleshaw Goddard (Flotations: small and mid-cap)
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (Mergers and acquisitions)
CM Murray LLP (Partnership)
Clifford Chance (Private equity: transactions)
Ashurst (VAT and indirect tax)
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Europe) LLP (Venture capital)

CRIME, FRAUD AND LICENSING
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Pinsent Masons LLP

SHORTLISTED
Duncan Lewis Solicitors
Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP
Hodge Jones & Allen LLP
Bark&co
Pinsent Masons LLP

CRIME, FRAUD AND LICENSING
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Cohen Cramer (Yorkshire and the Humber)

SHORTLISTED
Poppleston Allen (East Midlands)
David Gray Solicitors LLP (North)
Garstangs Cartwright King LLP (North West)
Blackfords LLP (South East)
Bobbetts Mackan (South West)
Kangs Solicitors (West Midlands)
Cohen Cramer (Yorkshire and the Humber)

CRIME, FRAUD AND LICENSING
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Brown Rudnick LLP (Fraud: civil)

SHORTLISTED
Duncan Lewis Solicitors (Crime: general)
Brown Rudnick LLP (Fraud: civil)
Rahman Ravelli Solicitors (Fraud: white-collar crime)
Kemp Little LLP (Gaming and betting)
Keystone Law (Licensing)

DISPUTE RESOLUTION
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
CMS

SHORTLISTED
CMS
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Hogan Lovells International LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

DISPUTE RESOLUTION
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Else Solicitors LLP (East Midlands)

SHORTLISTED
Else Solicitors LLP (East Midlands)
Gibson & Co Solicitors Ltd (North)
DWF (North West)
Pitmans LLP (South East)
Clarke Willmott LLP (South West)
Gateley Plc (West Midlands)

DISPUTE RESOLUTION
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Slaughter and May (Banking litigation: investment and retail)

SHORTLISTED
Slaughter and May (Banking litigation: investment and retail)
Signature Litigation LLP (Commercial litigation)
Travers Smith LLP (Competition litigation)
Simmons & Simmons (International arbitration)
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (Public international law)
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP (Tax litigation and investigations)

FINANCE
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Linklaters LLP

SHORTLISTED
Linklaters LLP
CMS
Latham & Watkins
Allen & Overy LLP

FINANCE
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Mills & Reeve LLP (West Midlands)

SHORTLISTED
Birketts LLP (East Anglia)
Gateley Plc (East Midlands)
Muckle LLP (North)
Addleshaw Goddard (North West)
Stevens & Bolton LLP (South East)
Michelmores LLP (South West)
Mills & Reeve LLP (West Midlands)
Squire Patton Boggs (Yorkshire and the Humber)

FINANCE
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP (Securitisation)

SHORTLISTED
Latham & Watkins (Acquisition finance)
Mayer Brown International LLP (Asset based lending)
Bird & Bird LLP (Asset finance)
Linklaters LLP (Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans)
Reed Smith LLP (Commodities)
Sidley Austin LLP (Corporate restructuring and insolvency)
Simmons & Simmons (Debt Capital Markets)
Fieldfisher (Derivatives and structured products)
Baker Botts (UK) LLP (Emerging markets)
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP (High-yield)
Ashurst (Islamic finance)
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP (Securitisation)
Sullivan & Worcester UK LLP (Trade finance)

HUMAN RESOURCES
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Mishcon de Reya LLP

SHORTLISTED
Clifford Chance LLP
Mishcon de Reya LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Europe) LLP
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
CMS
Hogan Lovells International LLP

HUMAN RESOURCES
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Menzies Law (South West)

SHORTLISTED
Clapham & Collinge Solicitors (East Anglia)
Cummins Solicitors (East Midlands)
Pinney Talfourd LLP Solicitors (South East)
Menzies Law (South West)
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (North)
Addleshaw Goddard LLP (North West)
Eversheds Sutherland (International) UK LLP (West Midlands)
Carter Thomas Solicitors (Yorkshire and the Humber)

HUMAN RESOURCES
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Squire Patton Boggs (Pensions)

SHORTLISTED
Bindmans LLP (Employment: employees/unions)
Fox Williams LLP (Employment: employers and senior executives)
Pinsent Masons LLP (Health and safety)
Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP (Immigration)
Squire Patton Boggs (Pensions)

INSURANCE
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Kennedys

SHORTLISTED
Clyde & Co LLP
CMS
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Kennedys
DAC Beachcroft LLP

INSURANCE
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Irwin Mitchell (West Midlands)

SHORTLISTED
Barr Ellison LLP (East Anglia)
Nelsons Solicitors Limited (East Midlands)
Nockolds Solicitors (South East)
Royds Withy King (South West)
Hay & Kilner (North)
Potter Rees Dolan (North West)
Irwin Mitchell (West Midlands)
Harrowells Solicitors (Yorkshire and the Humber)

INSURANCE
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
DAC Beachcroft LLP (Product liability: Defendant)

SHORTLISTED
Fieldfisher (Clinical Negligence (Claimant))
Capsticks LLP (Clinical Negligence (Defendant))
Dentons (Corporate and regulatory)
Kennedys (Insurance and reinsurance litigation)
Fenchurch Law (Insurance litigation: for policyholders)
Bindmans LLP (Personal Injury (Claimant))
Kennedys (Personal Injury (Defendant))
Leigh Day (Product liability: Claimant)
DAC Beachcroft LLP (Product liability: Defendant)
Bond Dickinson LLP (Professional negligence)

INVESTMENT FUND FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Goodwin

SHORTLISTED
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Goodwin
Linklaters LLP
Macfarlanes LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright
Simmons & Simmons
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP

NORTHERN IRELAND
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Cleaver Fulton Rankin

SHORTLISTED
A&L Goodbody
Carson McDowell
Cleaver Fulton Rankin
Mills Selig
Tughans

OFFSHORE
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Keystone Law

SHORTLISTED
Ward Yates
Baker & Partners
Keystone Law
Carey Olsen
Bedell Cristin
AFR Advocates

PRIVATE CLIENT
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Forsters LLP

SHORTLISTED
Family Law in Partnership Ltd
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Forsters LLP
Boodle Hatfield LLP
Farrer & Co

PRIVATE CLIENT
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Stevens & Bolton LLP (South East)

SHORTLISTED
Geldards LLP (East Midlands)
Stevens & Bolton LLP (South East)
Stephens Scown LLP (South West)
EMG Solicitors (North)
Irwin Mitchell (North West)
Shakespeare Martineau LLP (West Midlands)
Ridley & Hall (Yorkshire and the Humber)

PRIVATE CLIENT
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Family Law in Partnership Ltd (Family: mediation)

SHORTLISTED
Farrer & Co (Agriculture and estates)
Boodle Hatfield LLP (Art and cultural property)
Bates Wells Braithwaite (Charities and not-for-profit)
Forsters LLP (Contentious trusts and probate)
Irwin Mitchell (Court of protection)
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP (Family)
Family Law in Partnership Ltd (Family: mediation)
Forsters LLP (Personal tax, trusts and probate)
PROJECTS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

SHORTLISTED
Allen & Overy LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright
Hogan Lovells International LLP
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
CMS
PROJECTS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Burges Salmon LLP (South West)

SHORTLISTED
Mills & Reeve LLP (East Anglia)
Browne Jacobson LLP (East Midlands)
Ward Hadaway (North)
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (North West)
Burges Salmon LLP (South West)
Blake Morgan LLP (South East)
Freeths (West Midlands)
DLA Piper UK LLP (Yorkshire and the Humber)
PROJECTS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Linklaters LLP (Mining and minerals)

SHORTLISTED
CMS (Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP))
Linklaters LLP (Mining and minerals)
Baker Botts (UK) LLP (Oil and gas)
Ashurst (Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables))
Baker McKenzie LLP (Water)
PUBLIC SECTOR
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Leigh Day

SHORTLISTED
Bhatt Murphy
Leigh Day
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Pinsent Masons LLP
VWV (Veale Wasbrough Vizards)
PUBLIC SECTOR
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Capsticks LLP (Yorkshire and the Humber)

SHORTLISTED
JG Poole & Co. LLP (East Anglia)
Freeths (East Midlands)
Ward Hadaway (North)
Hempsons (North West)
Stone King LLP (South West)
VWV (Veale Wasbrough Vizards) (West Midlands)
Capsticks LLP (Yorkshire and the Humber)
PUBLIC SECTOR
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Bindmans LLP (Civil liberties and human rights)

SHORTLISTED
Kingsley Napley LLP (Administrative and public law)
Bindmans LLP (Civil liberties and human rights)
Doyle Clayton (Education: individuals)
VWV (Education: institutions)
Barlow Robbins LLP (Education: schools)
Bevan Brittan LLP (Healthcare)
Bircham Dyson Bell (Infrastructure (Parliamentary))
Browne Jacobson LLP (Local government)
REAL ESTATE
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Norton Rose Fulbright

SHORTLISTED
CMS
Clifford Chance
Dentons
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pinsent Masons LLP
REAL ESTATE
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Shoosmiths LLP (North West)

SHORTLISTED
Hewitsons (East Anglia)
Spearing Waite LLP (East Midlands)
Bond Dickinson LLP (North)
Shoosmiths LLP (North West)
BrookStreet des Roches (South East)
DAC Beachcroft LLP (South West)
Emms Gilmore Liberson Solicitors (West Midlands)
Gateley Plc (Yorkshire and the Humber)
REAL ESTATE
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Boodle Hatfield LLP (Residential property)

SHORTLISTED
Linklaters LLP (Commercial property)
Norton Rose Fulbright (Construction)
Reed Smith LLP (Environment)
Clyde & Co LLP (Planning)
Addleshaw Goddard (Property finance)
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (Property litigation)
Boodle Hatfield LLP (Residential property)
Devonshires Solicitors LLP (Social housing)
RISK ADVISORY
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
White & Case LLP (Regulatory investigations and corporate crime)

SHORTLISTED
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (Brexit)
Linklaters LLP (Corporate governance)
Pinsent Masons LLP (Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity)
White & Case LLP (Regulatory investigations and corporate crime)
CMS (Reputation management)
SCOTLAND
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Brodies LLP

SHORTLISTED
Brodies LLP
Burness Paull
Clyde & Co LLP
Pinsent Masons LLP
Shepherd and Wedderburn
TMT (TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMS)
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Hogan Lovells International LLP

SHORTLISTED
Fieldfisher
CMS
Cooley (UK) LLP
Mishcon de Reya LLP
Bird & Bird LLP
Hogan Lovells International LLP
TMT (TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMS)
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Taylor Wessing LLP (East Anglia)

SHORTLISTED
Taylor Wessing LLP (East Anglia)
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (East Midlands)
Mincoffs Solicitors LLP (North)
Gateley Plc (North West)
Boyes Turner (South East)
Ashfords LLP (South West)
Gowling WLG (West Midlands)
Shulmans (Yorkshire and the Humber)
TMT (TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMS)
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
DLA Piper (Fintech)

SHORTLISTED
Allen & Overy LLP (Brand management)
DLA Piper (Fintech)
Osborne Clarke (Intellectual property)
Kemp Little LLP (IT and telecoms)
Farrer & Co (Media and entertainment (including media finance))
Hogan Lovells International LLP (Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology)
Onside Law Limited (Sport)
TRANSPORT
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Stephenson Harwood

SHORTLISTED
Clyde & Co LLP
Dentons
Ashurst
Holman Fenwick Willan
DLA Piper

TRANSPORT
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Bartons (South West)

SHORTLISTED
Ashtons Legal (East Anglia)
Rothera Sharp Solicitors (East Midlands)
Bond Dickinson LLP (North)
Weightmans LLP (North West)
Verisona Law (South East)
Bartons (South West)
DWF (West Midlands)

DLA Piper UK LLP (Yorkshire and the Humber)

TRANSPORT
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Osborne Clarke (Rail)

SHORTLISTED
Ince & Co (Aviation)
Osborne Clarke (Rail)
Kennedys (Shipping)
Hill Dickinson LLP (Travel)

WALES
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Hugh James

SHORTLISTED
Capital Law LLP

Acuity Legal Limited
Geldards LLP
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Hugh James

2018 BAR WINNERS:

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
SET OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Fountain Court Chambers

SHORTLISTED
3 Verulam Buildings
4 Pump Court
4 Stone Buildings
Brick Court Chambers
South Square
Wilberforce Chambers

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
SILK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Richard Handyside QC - Fountain Court Chambers

SHORTLISTED
Christopher Butcher QC - 7 King's Bench Walk
Jonathan Crow QC - 4 Stone Buildings
Paul McGrath QC - Essex Court Chambers
Catherine Newman QC - Maitland Chambers
Stuart Ritchie QC - Fountain Court Chambers
Simon Salzedo QC - Brick Court Chambers
Sonia Tolaney QC - One Essex Court

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER
James Willan - Essex Court Chambers

SHORTLISTED
Tim Akkouh - Erskine Chambers
Ruth den Besten - Serle Court
Laura John - Fountain Court Chambers
Michael Lazarus - 3 Verulam Buildings
Conall Patton - One Essex Court
Fionn Pilbrow - Brick Court Chambers

CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY
SET OF THE YEAR
WINNER
4 Pump Court

SHORTLISTED
Atkin Chambers
Crown Office Chambers
Keating Chambers
One Essex Court

CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY
SILK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Anneliese Day QC - Fountain Court Chambers

SHORTLISTED
Rachel Ansell QC - 4 Pump Court
Adam Constable QC - Keating Chambers
Manus McMullan QC - Atkin Chambers
Lionel Persey QC - Quadrant Chambers
Andrew Rigney QC - Crown Office Chambers
Daniel Toledano QC - One Essex Court
Sean Wilken QC - 39 Essex Chambers

CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Rupert Choat - Atkin Chambers

SHORTLISTED
Jane Davies Evans - 3 Verulam Buildings
Laurence Emmett - One Essex Court
Richard Eschwege - Brick Court Chambers
Calum Lamont - Keating Chambers
Anna Laney - Crown Office Chambers
Jern-Fei Ng - Essex Court Chambers
Luke Wygas - 4 Pump Court

CRIME
SET OF THE YEAR
WINNER
QEB Hollis Whiteman

SHORTLISTED
2 Bedford Row
2 Hare Court
5 St Andrews Hill
Garden Court Chambers
Red Lion Chambers

CRIME
SILK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Richard Whittam QC - 2 Bedford Row

SHORTLISTED
Max Hill QC - Red Lion Chambers
Judy Khan QC - Garden Court Chambers
Jonathan Rees QC - 2 Hare Court
Simon Russell Flint QC - Reform Chambers
Jim Sturman QC - 2 Bedford Row

CRIME
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Nicholas Yeo - Three Raymond Buildings

SHORTLISTED
Jo Cecil - Garden Court Chambers
Nicholas Corsellis - QEB Hollis Whiteman
Jennifer Dempster - Red Lion Chambers
Dean George - 2 Bedford Row
Nathaniel Rudolf - 25 Bedford Row

EU AND COMPETITION
SET OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Blackstone Chambers

SHORTLISTED
Brick Court Chambers
Matrix Chambers
Monckton Chambers
One Essex Court

EU AND COMPETITION
SILK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Jason Coppel QC - 11KBW

SHORTLISTED
Marie Demetriou QC - Brick Court Chambers
Daniel Jowell QC - Brick Court Chambers
Lord Pannick QC - Blackstone Chambers
Rhodri Thompson QC - Matrix Chambers
Jon Turner QC - Monckton Chambers

EU AND COMPETITION
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Anneli Howard - Monckton Chambers

SHORTLISTED
Nicholas Gibson - Matrix Chambers
Margaret Gray - Brick Court Chambers
Hanif Mussa - Blackstone Chambers
James Segan - Blackstone Chambers

EMPLOYMENT
SET OF THE YEAR
WINNER
11KBW

SHORTLISTED
Blackstone Chambers
Littleton Chambers
Matrix Chambers

EMPLOYMENT
SILK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Karon Monaghan QC - Matrix Chambers

SHORTLISTED
John Cavanagh QC - 11KBW
Paul Epstein QC - Cloisters
David Reade QC - Littleton Chambers
Dinah Rose QC - Blackstone Chambers

EMPLOYMENT
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Stuart Brittenden - Old Square Chambers

SHORTLISTED
Catherine Casserley - Cloisters
Mathew Purchase - Matrix Chambers
Amy Rogers - 11KBW

FAMILY AND CHILDREN
SET OF THE YEAR
WINNER
1 Garden Court Family Law Chambers

SHORTLISTED
1 Hare Court
1 King's Bench Walk
4 Paper Buildings
29 Bedford Row Chambers
Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB)

FAMILY AND CHILDREN
SILK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Teertha Gupta QC - 4 Paper Buildings

SHORTLISTED
Deborah Bangay QC - 1 Hare Court
Jo Delahunty QC - 4 Paper Buildings
Nigel Dyer QC - 1 Hare Court
Deirdre Fottrell QC - 1 Garden Court Family Law Chambers
Timothy Scott QC - 29 Bedford Row Chambers

FAMILY AND CHILDREN
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Marina Faggionato - Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB)

SHORTLISTED
Michael Bradley - 1 Hare Court
Catherine Cowton - Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB)
Dorothea Gartland - 4 Paper Buildings
Michael Glaser - Fourteen
Dafydd Griffiths - 29 Bedford Row Chambers

IP, IT AND MEDIA
SET OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Three New Square

SHORTLISTED
4 Pump Court
5RB
Blackstone Chambers
Matrix Chambers

IP, IT AND MEDIA
SILK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Manuel Barca QC - One Brick Court

SHORTLISTED
Richard Meade - 8 New Square
David Streatfeild-James QC - Atkin Chambers
Hugh Tomlinson QC - Matrix Chambers

IP, IT AND MEDIA
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Stuart Baran - Three New Square

SHORTLISTED
Tom Cleaver - Blackstone Chambers
Matthew Lavy - 4 Pump Court

INSOLVENCY
SET OF THE YEAR
WINNER
3 Verulam Buildings

SHORTLISTED
4 Stone Buildings
Erskine Chambers
Serle Court
South Square

INSOLVENCY
SILK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Alan Steinfeld QC - XXIV Old Buildings

SHORTLISTED
Adrian Beltrami QC - 3 Verulam Buildings
Michael Crystal QC - South Square
Philip Jones QC - Serle Court
Ewan McQuater QC - 3 Verulam Buildings

INSOLVENCY
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER
James Mather - Serle Court

SHORTLISTED
Stuart Adair - XXIV Old Buildings
Timothy Collingwood - Serle Court
Edward Cumming - XXIV Old Buildings
Hugo Groves - Enterprise Chambers
Sebastian Prentis - New Square Chambers

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
SET OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Essex Court Chambers

SHORTLISTED
4 Pump Court
20 Essex Street
39 Essex Chambers
Atkin Chambers
Brick Court Chambers
Crown Office Chambers
One Essex Court

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
SILK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Manus McMullan QC - Atkin Chambers

SHORTLISTED
Sean Brannigan QC - 4 Pump Court
Zachary Douglas QC - Matrix Chambers
Siobán Healy QC - 7 King's Bench Walk
Dominic Kendrick QC - 7 King's Bench Walk
Duncan Matthews QC - 20 Essex Street
Laurence Rabinowitz QC - One Essex Court
Joe Smouha QC - Essex Court Chambers

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Christopher Harris - 3 Verulam Buildings

SHORTLISTED
Sean Aughey - 11KBW
Siddharth Dhar - Essex Court Chambers
Lucy Garrett - Keating Chambers
Karen Gough - 39 Essex Chambers
Edward Ho - Brick Court Chambers
Alexander MacDonald - 7 King's Bench Walk
David Peters - Essex Court Chambers

PERSONAL INJURY AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE
SET OF THE YEAR
WINNER
9 Gough Square

SHORTLISTED
12 King's Bench Walk
Hailsham Chambers
Serjeants' Inn Chambers

PERSONAL INJURY AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE
SILK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Howard Stevens QC - 3 Hare Court

SHORTLISTED
Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC - 1 Crown Office Row
Angus Moon QC - Serjeants' Inn Chambers
Michael Mylonas QC - Serjeants' Inn Chambers
Paul Russell QC - 12 King's Bench Walk
Robert Weir QC - Devereux

PERSONAL INJURY AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Laura Begley - 9 Gough Square

SHORTLISTED
Jane Tracy Forster - Hailsham Chambers
Marcus Grant - Temple Garden Chambers
Stuart McKechnie - 9 Gough Square

PRIVATE CLIENT: TRUSTS AND PROBATE
SET OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Maitland Chambers

SHORTLISTED
Radcliffe Chambers
Serle Court
Ten Old Square
Wilberforce Chambers

PRIVATE CLIENT: TRUSTS AND PROBATE
SILK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Eason Rajah QC – Ten Old Square

SHORTLISTED
Gilead Cooper QC – Wilberforce Chambers
Catherine Newman QC – Maitland Chambers
Simon Taube QC – Ten Old Square

PRIVATE CLIENT: TRUSTS AND PROBATE
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Elizabeth Weaver – XXIV Old Buildings

SHORTLISTED
Judith Bryant – Wilberforce Chambers
Emily Campbell – Wilberforce Chambers
Edward Cumming – XXIV Old Buildings
William Henderso – Serle Court
Barbara Rich – 5 Stone Buildings

PUBLIC LAW
SET OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Blackstone Chambers

SHORTLISTED
11KBW
Brick Court Chambers
Doughty Street Chambers
Matrix Chambers

PUBLIC LAW
SILK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Karen Steyn QC – 11KBW

SHORTLISTED
Martin Chamberlain QC – Brick Court Chambers
Gerry Facenna QC – Monckton Chambers
Jonathan Hough QC – 4 New Square
Ben Jaffey QC – Blackstone Chambers

PUBLIC LAW
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Tom Cross – 11KBW

SHORTLISTED
David Blundell – Landmark Chambers
Shu Shin Luh – Garden Court Chambers
Maya Sikand – Garden Court Chambers
Iain Steele – Blackstone Chambers

REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
SET OF THE YEAR
WINNER
39 Essex Chambers

SHORTLISTED
Cornerstone Barristers
Henderson Chambers
Landmark Chambers
Six Pump Court

REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
SILK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Jonathan Seitler QC – Wilberforce Chambers

SHORTLISTED
Nathalie Lieven QC – Blackstone Chambers
James Pereira QC – Francis Taylor Building
Paul Stinchcombe QC – 39 Essex Chambers
James Strachan QC – 39 Essex Chambers

REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Christopher Badger – Six Pump Court

SHORTLISTED
Charles Banner – Landmark Chambers
Megan Thomas – Six Pump Court
William Upton – Six Pump Court
Ned Westaway – Francis Taylor Building

SHIPPING
SET OF THE YEAR
WINNER
7 King's Bench Walk

SHORTLISTED
20 Essex Street
Essex Court Chambers
Quadrant Chambers

SHIPPING
SILK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Luke Parsons QC – Quadrant Chambers

SHORTLISTED
Michael Ashcroft QC – 20 Essex Street
Robert Bright QC – 7 King's Bench Walk
Graham Dunning QC – Essex Court Chambers
Jonathan Gaisman QC – 7 King's Bench Walk
Dominic Kendrick QC – 7 King's Bench Walk
Lionel Persey QC – Quadrant Chambers
Simon Rainey QC – Quadrant Chambers

SHIPPING
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Marcus Mander – 7 King's Bench Walk

SHORTLISTED
Daniel Bovensiepen – 20 Essex Street
Stewart Buckingham – Quadrant Chambers
Ruth Hosking – Quadrant Chambers
Jern-Fei Ng – Essex Court Chambers
Luke Pearce – 20 Essex Street
Nevil Phillips – Quadrant Chambers

TAX
SET OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Monckton Chambers

SHORTLISTED
11 New Square
Devereux
Essex Court Chambers
Pump Court Tax Chambers

TAX
SILK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Melanie Hall QC – Monckton Chambers

SHORTLISTD
Philip Moser QC – Monckton Chambers
Jonathan Peacock QC – 11 New Square
Kevin Prosser QC – Pump Court Tax Chambers
Patrick Way QC – Field Court Tax Chambers

TAX
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Michael Jones - Gray's Inn Tax Chambers

SHORTLISTD
Edward Brown - Essex Court Chambers
Marika Lemos - Devereux
Hui Ling McCarthy - 11 New Square

REGIONAL/SCOTTISH
SET OF THE YEAR
WINNER
St John's Chambers

SHORTLISTED
3PB
9 Park Place
30 Park Place Chambers
Axiom Advocates
Ampersand
Guildhall Chambers
Lincoln House Chambers
New Park Court Chambers
Pallant Chambers
Parklane Plowden

REGIONAL/SCOTTISH
SILK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Elizabeth Isaacs QC - St Ives Chambers

SHORTLISTED
Leslie Blohm QC - St John's Chambers
Bryan Cox QC - St Paul's Chambers
Roddy Dunlop QC - Axiom Advocates
Nageena Khalique QC - No5 Barristers Chambers
Christopher Quinlan QC - Guildhall Chambers
Kathryn Skellorn QC - St John's Chambers
Mark Stewart QC - Compass Chambers
Paul Tucker QC - Kings Chambers

REGIONAL/SCOTTISH
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Jack Smyth - No5 Barristers Chambers

SHORTLISTED
Gordon Balfour - Arnot Manderson Advocates
Mona Bayoumi - Civitas Law
Ewen Campbell - Axiom Advocates
Lorraine Cavanagh - St John's Buildings
Francesca P Gardner - Kings Chambers
Jennifer Josephs - St Philips Chambers
Adem Muzaffer - St Ives Chambers
Jonathan Nosworthy - St Philips Chambers
Tim Pole - No5 Barristers Chambers

CLERKING/PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
TEAM
WINNER
4 Pump Court

SHORTLISTED
2TG – 2 Temple Gardens
11KBW
Keating Chambers
Kings Chambers
Monckton Chambers
QEB Hollis Whiteman

CLERKING/PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
SENIOR CLERK/CHIEF EXECUTIVE
WINNER
Alex Taylor – Fountain Court Chambers

SHORTLISTED
Stephen Ball – Furnival Chambers
Julian Campbell – 2 Hare Court
James Donovan – 3 Hare Court
Matthew Gibbons – Deans Court Chambers
Michael Goodridge – 9 Gough Square
Nicholas Hill – Three New Square
Gavin Herd – Compass Chambers
Carolyn McCombe – 4 Pump Court
Sue Medder – XXIV Old Buildings
Michael Reeves – 4 Paper Buildings
James Shortall – 29 Bedford Row Chambers

THE CLIENT AWARD FOR COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION
SET
WINNER
Hardwicke

SHORTLISTED
2TG – 2 Temple Gardens
Matrix Chambers
Monckton Chambers

2018 IN-HOUSE WINNERS:

BANKING
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Kate Cheetham
General counsel, Lloyds

TEAM OF THE YEAR
Barclays
Led by Simon Croxford, general counsel, group centre legal

ENERGY
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Euan McVicar
Head of transaction structuring , Green Investment Bank

TEAM OF THE YEAR
EDF
Led by Angela Hepworth, corporate policy and regulation director

ENVIRONMENT
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Matthew Owen Gingell
General counsel, Oxygen House Group

TEAM OF THE YEAR
Land Securities
Led by Tim Ashby, general counsel

FINANCE
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Rushad Abadan
General counsel, Standard Life Aberdeen

TEAM OF THE YEAR
CME Group
Led by Adrienne Seaman, executive director legal EMEA

HEALTHCARE
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Jasy Loyal
Executive director and vice president of legal services, HCA Healthcare UK

TEAM OF THE YEAR
GlaxoSmithKline/Galvani Bioelectronics
Led by Gwynedd Warren, vice president and head of legal and intellectual property

INSURANCE
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Rhic Webb
General counsel for Europe, Asia and Latin America, XL Group

TEAM OF THE YEAR
Aviva
Led by Kirsty Cooper, general counsel

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Wayne Spillett
Head of legal – partner markets, commercial operations and intellectual property group legal, Vodafone

TEAM OF THE YEAR
BAE Systems
Led by Matt McBrien, head of patents

LITIGATION
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Matt Matule
Head of litigation, VEON

TEAM OF THE YEAR
ThermoFisher Scientific
Led by Alasdair Moodie, general counsel, Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)

PRIVATE EQUITY AND ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Heather Mitchell
Global general counsel for investment, The Carlyle Group

TEAM OF THE YEAR
OakTree Capital

PUBLIC SECTOR
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Nick Olley
General counsel, Government Legal Department

TEAM OF THE YEAR
ClientEarth
Led by Doug Ruley, general counsel

REAL ESTATE
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Rob Booth
General counsel, The Crown Estate

TEAM OF THE YEAR
CBRE Global Investors
Led by Manu Chopra, general counsel and senior director

TAX
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Ruth Hopkins
Director of tax and treasury, Dyson

TEAM OF THE YEAR
GE/PwC

TECHNOLOGY
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Trevor Callaghan
General counsel, DeepMind Technologies

TEAM OF THE YEAR
PayPal UK
Led by Tom Brown, director and head of legal UK and Ireland

TELECOMS
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Scott Dresser
General counsel, VEON

TEAM OF THE YEAR
BT
Led by Chris Fowler, general counsel, UK commercial legal service

TRANSPORT
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Ahsan Gulabkhan
Senior counsel, Virgin Atlantic

TEAM OF THE YEAR
Transport for London
Led by Howard Carter, general counsel

IN-HOUSE TECHNOLOGY
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Sarah Rosser
Head of the enterprise legal team, Vodafone

TEAM OF THE YEAR
John Lewis Partnership
Led by Keith Hubber, general counsel

M&A
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Craig Harris
Senior M&A counsel, BAT

TEAM OF THE YEAR
Johnson Controls
Led by David Symonds, VP and regional general counsel EMEA

SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSFORMATION
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
David Dobbie
Deputy general counsel, VEON

TEAM OF THE YEAR
Kingfisher
Led by Elizabeth Messud, Group legal director

TEAM DEVELOPMENT
WINNER
Ricoh
Led by Tina Smith, Vice president, EMEA group legal

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT/SERVICES TO THE IN-HOUSE PROFESSION
WINNERS
Bjarne Tellmann
General counsel, Pearson

Maaike de Bie
General counsel, Royal Mail

Siobhan Moriarty
General counsel, Diageo

Dan Fitz
General counsel, BT

Donny Ching
General counsel, Shell

Rosemary Martin
General counsel, Vodafone

Tim Hailes
General counsel, JP Morgan

Alison Kay
General counsel, National Grid

DATA PROTECTION
INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR
Nina Barakzai
Head of data protection & privacy, Sky

DIVERSITY CHAMPION
WINNERS
Patrick Rowe
Deputy general counsel, Accenture
Ritva Sotamaa
Chief legal officer, Unilever