Past winners
The Legal Business Awards – 2021 Winners
2021 Winners and Highly Commended
Boutique Law Firm of the Year
Winner: Tapestry Compliance
Highly Commended: Davitt Jones Bould
Chambers of the Year
Winner: Crown Office Chambers
Highly Commended: Wilberforce Chambers
Commercial Litigation Team of the Year
Winner: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Highly Commended: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Competition Team of the Year
Winner: Gowling WLG
Highly Commended: Cleary Gottlieb
Corporate Team of the Year
Winner: Cleary Gottlieb
Highly Commended: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
CSR Programme of the Year
Winner: Travers Smith
Highly Commended: Cleary Gottlieb
Finance Team of the Year
Winner: Latham & Watkins
Highly Commended: Dentons
GC of the Year
Winner: Maaike de Bie, easyJet
Highly Commended: Emily Reichwald, Dr Martens
In-House Team of the Year
Winner: EDF Energy
Highly Commended: easyJet
Insurance Team of the Year
Winner: Herbert Smith Freehills
Highly Commended: Clifford Chance
International Arbitration Team of the Year
Winner: Skadden
Highly Commended: Three Crowns
International Firm of the Year
Winner: Arthur Cox
Highly Commended: Noerr
Law Firm of the Year
Winner: Pinsent Masons
Highly Commended: TLT
Lawyer of the Year
Winner: Diala Minott, Paul Hastings
Highly Commended: Christina Warner, 4 Brick Court
Legal Technology Team of the Year
Winner: Shoosmiths
Highly Commended: Ashurst
Management Partner of the Year
Winner: David Patient, Travers Smith
Highly Commended: Ray Berg, Osborne Clarke
Most Transformative In-House Team of the Year
Winner: Scania
Highly Commended: Cazoo
Private Client Team of the Year
Winner: Forsters
Highly Commended: McDermott Will & Emery
Private Equity Team of the Year
Winner: Sidley
Highly Commended: Kirkland & Ellis
Real Estate Team of the Year
Winner: CMS UK
Highly Commended: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Regional/Offshore Firm of the Year
Winner: Setfords
Highly Commended: Stevens & Bolton
Restructuring Team of the Year
Winner: Kirkland & Ellis
Highly Commended: Sidley
Rising Star In House Counsel of the Year
Winner: Chris Thomas, Brewin Dolphin
Highly Commended: Rebecca Mills, easyJet
TMT Team of the Year
Winner: RPC
Highly Commended: Bristows/Gowling WLG
US Law Firm of the Year
Winner: Simpson Thacher
Highly Commended: Kirkland & Ellis
The Legal Business Awards – 2020 Winners
2020 Winners and Highly Commended
Boutique Law Firm of the Year
Winner
Sacker & Partners
Highly Commended
The Law Boutique
Chambers of the Year
Winner
Essex Court Chambers
Highly Commended
6KBW College Hill
Commercial Litigation Team of the Year
Winner
Dentons
Highly Commended
Allen & Overy
Competition Team of the Year
Winner
CMS
Highly Commended
Sidley Austin
Corporate Team of the Year
Winner
Clifford Chance
Highly Commended
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
CSR Programme of the Year
Winner
Mayer Brown
Highly Commended
Dentons
Finance Team of the Year
Winner
Clifford Chance
Highly Commended
Baker McKenzie
GC of the Year
Winner
Philip Price, TP ICAP
Highly Commended
Mark Gregory, Rolls-Royce
In-House Team of the Year
Winner
Bank of England
Highly Commended
Provident Financial
Insurance Team of the Year
Winner
Pinsent Masons
Highly Commended
Norton Rose Fulbright
International Arbitration Team of the Year
Winner
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Highly Commended
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
International Firm of the Year
Winner
BonelliErede
Highly Commended
Noerr
Law Firm of the Year
Winner
Eversheds Sutherland
Highly Commended
DAC Beachcroft
Lawyer of the Year
Winner
James Libson, Mishcon de Reya
Highly Commended
Tammy Samuel, Stephenson Harwood
Legal Technology Team of the Year
Winner
Taylor Wessing
Highly Commended
Kemp Little
Management Partner of the Year
Winner
Paul Jenkins, Ashurst
Highly Commended
David Pester, TLT
Most Transformative In-House Team of the Year
Winner
BT
Highly Commended
NetApp
Private Client Team of the Year
Winner
Baker McKenzie
Highly Commended
McDermott Will & Emery
Private Equity Team of the Year
Winner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Highly Commended
Clifford Chance
Real Estate Team of the Year
Winner
Addleshaw Goddard/Linklaters/Norton Rose Fulbright
Highly Commended
CMS
Regional/Offshore Firm of the Year
Winner
Shepherd and Wedderburn
Highly Commended
Ramsdens Solicitors
Restructuring Team of the Year
Winner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Highly Commended
Allen & Overy
Rising Star In-House Counsel of the Year
Winner
Philip Aiken, Barclays
Highly Commended
Elizabeth Hithersay, S&P Global
TMT Team of the Year
Winner
RPC
Highly Commended
Reed Smith
US Law Firm of the Year
Winner
Latham & Watkins
Highly Commended
Paul Hastings