Shortlist
Congratulations to all shortlisted firms, lawyers, and teams.
If you are shortlisted, please use the below images in any communications and remember to use the hashtag #L500Awards.
Innovative firm of the year
Weightmans
Bexley Beaumont
Trowers & Hamlins
Reed Smith
Brabners
Shoosmiths
Kuits
gunnercooke
DWF
Boutique law firm of the year
Hawkswell Kilvington
Haseltine Lake Kempner
Brandsmiths
Centrefield
McDaniels Law
Tyr
Backhouse Jones
Hall Brown Family Law
Hagen Wolf
Arc Pensions Law
Provenio Litigation
Deal of the year
Addleshaw Goddard
Napthens
Pinsent Masons
Hill Dickinson
Squire Patton Boggs
CMS
Walker Morris
Muckle
In-house rising star of the year
Dina Hendrie, Asda
Matt Hartington, DAZN Bet
Delia Williams, Froneri
Stuart Mansfield, HSBC
Jayne Brayley, OneStream Software
ESG firm of the year
TLT
Addleshaw Goddard
Womble Bond Dickinson
Weightmans
DWF
Walker Morris
Marketing team of the year
Pinsent Masons
Brabners
Shoosmiths
Mills & Reeve
Irwin Mitchell
JMW
Browne Jacobson
Keystone Law
In-house diversity team of the year
Gleeds
Atom
Yorkshire Building Society Group
Boohoo Group
EG Group
Diversity and Inclusion Firm of the year
Walker Morris
Womble Bond Dickinson
Leigh Day
Slater Heelis
Brabners
Blacks
Squire Patton Boggs
Fieldfisher
Browne Jacobson
Management Partner of the year
Harold Brako, Addleshaw Goddard
Liz Bottrill, Ward Hadaway
Malcolm Simpson, Walker Morris
Marc Yaffe, JMW Solicitors
Nik White, Brabners
Suzanne Benson, Trowers & Hamlins
John Schorah, Weightmans
Jason Wainwright. Muckle
Paul Ayre, Gordons
Esther Venning, Hill Dickinson
Stuart Dench, Stewarts
Marie-Louise Hamilton, Wrigleys
In-house lawyer of the year
Helen Selby, Asda
James Langford, Endress+Hauser Group
Jonathan Jowett, Greggs
Philip Kenny, Lookers
Nicola Loose, Vertu Motors
Lawyer of the year
Elia Montorio, Shoosmiths
Emma Moody, Womble Bond Dickinson
Tom Telford, Squire Patton Boggs
Victoria Gethin, Stephensons Solicitors
Jackie Heeds, Freeths
Petra Billing, DLA Piper
Michael Lowry, Addleshaw Goddard
Julian Diaz-Rainey, Pinsent Masons
In-house team of the year
EG Group
Highgrove Group
MAG (Manchester Airports Group)
Peel Ports Group
Zenith Vehicles
Law Firm of the year
Walker Morris
Ward Hadaway
JMW
Brabners
Pinsent Masons
Weightmans
TLT
Clarion
Irwin Mitchell
Practice Area Awards
CORPORATE
Firm of the year
Addleshaw Goddard
Squire Patton Boggs
Walker Morris
Pannone Corporate
DLA Piper
Muckle
Ward Hadaway
Lawyer of the year
Debbie Jackson, Walker Morris
Hannah Kendrick, Squire Patton Boggs
Jim Truscott, Beyond Corporate Law
Peter Allen, Browne Jacobson
Lizzy Tindall, Eversheds Sutherland
James Kerrigan, DLA Piper
Alex Wilby, Swinburne Maddison
Andrew Green, Addleshaw Goddard
Rising Star of the year
Russell Naglis, Eversheds Sutherland
Rowan Uren, Gorvins
Jessica Lenham, Endeavour Partnership
Stephanie Brown, Muckle
Arshnoor Amershi , Pannone Corporate
Charlie Markillie, Eversheds Sutherland (competition)
Alice Jenkinson, Squire Patton Boggs (corporate tax)
Kirsty Adamson, Weightmans
CRIME
Firm of the year
ABR Solicitors
Howard & Byrne
O’Garra Cohen Cramer
Rahman Ravelli
Opus Law
JMW
Forbes
Olliers
Lawyer of the year
Sam Healey, JMW
Rob Rode, ABR Solicitors
John Goodwin, O’Garra Cohen Cramer
Correna Platt, Stephensons Solicitors
Aziz Rahman, Rahman Ravelli
Paul Schofield, Farleys
Paul Gallagher, MSB
Laura Baumanis, Olliers
Rachel Fletcher, Slater Heelis
Rising Star of the year
Lucy Ryczany, Brabners
Beth Mantel, Reeds Solicitors
Lauren Wilson, Markel
Lauren Bowkett, Shoosmiths
Charlotte McRae, Brabners
Ed Youlton, GT Stewart
Meghan Waldron, Lupton Fawcett
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Firm of the year
Addleshaw Goddard
Stewarts
Freeths
Eversheds Sutherland
Brabners
Hill Dickinson
Gibson & Co
DLA Piper
Lawyer of the year
James Berry, Freeths
Ralph Gilbert, Rollits
Geraldine Ryan, CMS
Andrew Little, Hill Dickinson
David Low, Swinburne Maddison
Martin Walsh, Stewarts
Fiona Parry, Hill Dickinson
Paul Lunt, Brabners
Rising Star of the year
Laura Scott, Hill Dickinson
Rebecca Smith, Fieldfisher
Sunny Patel, FS Legal
James Craddock, Endeavour Partnership
Alex Speirs, Muckle
Kate Howard, Stewarts
Catherine Woodward, Gordons
Gary Duffy, Freeths
Ciaran Dearden, Freeths
EMPLOYMENT
Firm of the year
Walker Morris
DLA Piper
Brabners
Forbes
Lewis Silkin
Leigh Day
Kuits
Ward Hadaway
Lawyer of the year
Louise Bloomfield, DAC Beachcroft
Matthew Lewis, Squire Patton Boggs
Sarah Tahamtani, Clarion
Gurpreet Duhra, DLA Piper
Rachel Uttley, Addleshaw Goddard (pensions)
Nick Campbell, Brabners
Rising Star of the year
James Pike, Squire Patton Boggs
Amy Anderson, Shoosmiths
Vikki Cunliffe, Trowers & Hamlins
Carly Mather, Lewis Silkin
Siobhan Howard-Palmer, Brabners
Jessica Daniel, Markel Law
Charlotte Smith, Walker Morris
David Williams, Eversheds Sutherland
FINANCE
Firm of the year
Shoosmiths
Addleshaw Goddard
Freeths
Walker Morris
DLA Piper
Gateley
Ward Hadaway
Lawyer of the year
Paul Castle, Eversheds Sutherland
Anna Robson, Shoosmiths
Andrew Buchanan, Gateley
Robert Russell, DLA Piper
Ben Slack, Clarion
Gawain Moore, Walker Morris
Kirstie Allerton, DLA Piper
Claire Shepherd, Squire Patton Boggs
Ryan Millmore, Clarion
Rising Star of the year
Laura Lister, Walker Morris
Kat Raanan, Shoosmiths
James Whittaker, Bermans (insolvency and corporate recovery)
Catherine Donnelly, Pinsent Masons
Samuel Jackson, Kuits
Hannah McAdam, Eversheds Sutherland
INSURANCE
Firm of the year
Irwin Mitchell
Switalskis
DAC Beachcroft
Sintons
JMW
Leigh Day
Slater and Gordon
Serious Injury Law
Forbes
Clyde & Co
Fletchers
Weightmans
Lawyer of the year
Sarah Coles, Irwin Mitchell
Emily Senior, DAC Beachcroft
Gary Boyd, Gorvins
Bridget Collier, Fieldfisher
Kelly Darlington, Farleys
Mickaela Fox, Weightmans
Gill Edwards, Hugh James
Mark Slater, Price Slater Gawne
Neil Howes, Mills & Reeve
Matthew Reynolds, DWF
Sahida Patel, Minton Morrill
Emma Spencer, Keoghs
Rising Star of the year
Ross McWilliams, Irwin Mitchell
Amy Clowrey, Switalskis
Carol Purang, Irwin Mitchell
Colin Murphy , Leigh Day
Hannah Fitzgerald, DWF
Rachel Barnes, Clyde & Co
Samuel Harland, Weightmans
Guy Pomphrey, Minton Morrill
PRIVATE CLIENT
Firm of the year
Wrigleys
Mills & Reeve
Taylor Emmet
Hall Brown Family Law
Stewarts
JMW
Stephensons Solicitors
EMG Solicitors
Schofield Sweeney
McAlister Family Law
Lawyer of the year
Neil Franklin, Rollits
Carmelita Ardren, Raworths
Teresa Davidson, Winston Solicitors
Andrea Jones, Irwin Mitchell
Lucy Williams, Vardags
Emma Saunders, Sintons
Emily Cannell, Mincoffs
Helen Tavroges, Womble Bond Dickinson
Nazia Nawaz, Schofield Sweeney
Justine Osmotherley, Clarion
Angus Hunter Smart, Wrigleys
Rising Star of the year
Maisie Huynh, Irwin Mitchell
David McGuire, Weightmans
Richard Wilson, Kuits
Paul Caslin, Aaron & Partners
Charlotte Patterson-Ryan, Muckle
Emelie Rowell, Sintons
David Allen, Stowe Family Law
Orlando Bridgeman, Wrigleys
Stephanie Ewan, Myerson
Jenny Bowden, Stewarts
PROJECTS
Firm of the year
Pinsent Masons
Ward Hadaway
CMS
DLA Piper
Squire Patton Boggs
Lawyer of the year
Mark Whitehead, Ward Hadaway
David Harries, Aaron & Partners
Sara Gilmore, Addleshaw Goddard
Melanie Grimmitt, Pinsent Masons
Fraser Askham, CMS
Ben Sheppard, Walker Morris
Rising Star of the year
Matthew Overton, Addleshaw Goddard
Emma Hutchinson, CMS
Hayley Mason, DLA Piper
Adam Bertram, Walker Morris
Lauren Fisher, DLA Piper
PUBLIC SECTOR
Firm of the year
Eversheds Sutherland
Mills & Reeve
Bevan Brittan
Capsticks
DAC Beachcroft
Hill Dickinson
Browne Jacobson
Forbes
Lawyer of the year
Ben Wood, Eversheds Sutherland
Adam Hartrick, Capsticks
Martin Vincent, Weightmans
Joanne Davison, Muckle
Dai Durbridge, Browne Jacobson
Rising Star of the year
Tina Morris, Schofield Sweeney
Charles Stent, Bevan Brittan
Morris Hill, Weightmans
Victoria Douglas, TLT
Peter Cantwell, Womble Bond Dickinson
REAL ESTATE
Firm of the year
Pinsent Masons
Walton & Co
CMS
Devonshires
DLA Piper
Gowling WLG
Muckle
Deloitte
Swinburne Maddison
Lawyer of the year
Prew Lumley, Squire Patton Boggs
Lindsay Texel, Clarion
Daniel Silberstein, Hawkswell Kilvington  (construction)
Jonathan Riley, Pinsent Masons
Lee Gordon, Weightmans (planning)
Chris Drabble, Devonshires
Nancy McGuire, Addleshaw Goddard
Mark Gaffney, Squire Patton Boggs
Rising Star of the year
Sophie Wheeldon, Rollits
Natalie Hughes, Pinsent Masons
Alec Cropper, Walton & Co
Lucy Benton, Temple Heelis
Mohassan Mehmood, Forbes
Stephanie Gray, Napthens
Richard Nichols, Squire Patton Boggs
Camilla Waszek, Trowers & Hamlins
TMT
Firm of the year
Addleshaw Goddard
McCormicks
Walker Morris
Brabners
Fieldfisher
DWF
Pannone Corporate
Brandsmiths
Muckle
Centrefield
Lawyer of the year
Richard Kempner, Haseltine Lake Kempner
Esther Kirwan, Clarion
Alistair McHenry , Tyr
Samantha Livesey, Pinsent Masons
Harald Loeffler, DAC Beachcroft
Andy Booth, SAS Daniels
Antony Hall, Mincoffs
Georgina Powling, Addleshaw Goddard
Paul Fletcher, Fletcher Sports Law
Rising Star of the year
Sarah Williams, Walker Morris
Sarah Molloy, Clarion
Priscilla Hetherton, Addleshaw Goddard
James Ruane, Eversheds Sutherland
Charlotte Smith, Walker Morris
Joe McMorrow, Pinsent Masons
Tom Grant, Fletcher Sports Law
Rustam Sethna, Mills & Reeve
Oliver Sadler, Centrefield
TRANSPORT
Firm of the year
Addleshaw Goddard
Clyde & Co
DWF
Andrew Jackson
Backhouse Jones
Dyne Solicitors
Lawyer of the year
Vikki Woodfine, DWF
Paul Hirst, Addleshaw Goddard
Dominic Ward, Andrew Jackson
Jonathon Backhouse, Backhouse Jones
Emma Rice, Clyde & Co
Adrian Marsh, Hill Dickinson
Rising Star of the year
Laura Tetlow, Pinsent Masons
Ntsakisi Baloyi Rigby, DLA Piper
Lauren Slater, DWF
Joanne Witheford, DWF