LAW FIRM WINNERS
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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
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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FINANCE
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Linklaters LLP
SHORTLISTED
Linklaters LLP
CMS
Latham & Watkins
Allen & Overy LLP
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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INSURANCE
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Kennedys
SHORTLISTED
Clyde & Co LLP
CMS
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Kennedys
DAC Beachcroft LLP
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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)
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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)
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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
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NORTHERN IRELAND
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Cleaver Fulton Rankin
SHORTLISTED
A&L Goodbody
Carson McDowell
Cleaver Fulton Rankin
Mills Selig
Tughans
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OFFSHORE
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Keystone Law
SHORTLISTED
Ward Yates
Baker & Partners
Keystone Law
Carey Olsen
Bedell Cristin
AFR Advocates
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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
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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SCOTLAND
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Brodies LLP
SHORTLISTED
Brodies LLP
Burness Paull
Clyde & Co LLP
Pinsent Masons LLP
Shepherd and Wedderburn
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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
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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)
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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)
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TRANSPORT
FIRM OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Stephenson Harwood
SHORTLISTED
Clyde & Co LLP
Dentons
Ashurst
Holman Fenwick Willan
DLA Piper
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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)
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TRANSPORT
FIRM (SPECIALISM) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Osborne Clarke (Rail)
SHORTLISTED
Ince & Co (Aviation)
Osborne Clarke (Rail)
Kennedys (Shipping)
Hill Dickinson LLP (Travel)
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WALES
FIRM (REGIONAL) OF THE YEAR
WINNER
Hugh James
SHORTLISTED
Capital Law LLP
Acuity Legal Limited
Geldards LLP
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Hugh James