Winners 2026

Legal Business Awards 2026 Winners:

Winners 2026

 

Congratulations to all our winners and highly commended nominees!

AI Initiative of the Year

Winner: Ashurst Perkins Coie

Highly Commended: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Barrister of the Year

Winner: Sonia Tolaney KC, One Essex Court

Highly Commended: Nicholas Bacon KC, 4 New Square

Boutique Law Firm of the Year

Winner: SDV, Fenchurch Law

Highly Commended: Provenio Litigation LLP

Business Services Team of the Year

Winner: Early Talent Team, DAC Beachcroft

Highly Commended: Gowling WLG – Marketing Communications team

Capital Markets Team of the Year

Winner: Slaughter and May

Highly Commended: Latham & Watkins

Chambers of the Year

Winner: Fountain Court Chambers

Highly Commended: 3VB

Client Service Firm of the Year

Winner: Sidley Austin

Highly Commended: Withers

Competition Team of the Year

Winner: Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Highly Commended: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Disputes Team of the Year

Winner: Stephenson Harwood

Highly Commended: Slaughter and May

Energy/Infrastructure Team of the Year

Winner: Pinsent Masons

Highly Commended: Ashurst Perkins Coie

ESG Programme of the Year

Winner: Mayer Brown

Highly Commended: Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

Finance Team of the Year

Winner: Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

Highly Commended: DLA Piper

General Counsel of the Year

Winner: Benedict Nwaeke Soho House & Co

Highly Commended: Tom Hambrett, Revolut

Global London Law Firm of the Year

Winner: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Highly Commended: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

In-House Team of the Year

Winner: Unilever

Highly Commended: Whitbread

International Law Firm of the Year

Winner: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

IP Team of the Year

Winner: CMS, Venner Shipley and Altair IP

Highly Commended: Freshfields LLP

Law Firm of the Year

Winner: Addleshaw Goddard

Legal Technology Team of the Year

Winner: Osborne Clarke and Osborne Clarke Solutions

Highly Commended: Shoosmiths

Life Sciences Team of the Year

Winner: Freshfields

Highly Commended: Covington

M&A Team of the Year

Winner: Latham & Watkins

Highly Commended: Clifford Chance

Management Partner of the Year

Winner: Shane Gleghorn Winston Taylor

Most Transformative In-House Team of the Year

Winner: Sainsbury’s

Highly Commended: British Airways

Private Client Team of the Year

Winner: Howard Kennedy

Private Equity Team of the Year

Winner: Clifford Chance

Highly Commended: Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Public Sector Team of the Year

Winner: Burges Salmon

Highly Commended: Government Legal Department and Gowling WLG

Real Estate Team of the Year

Winner: Ashurst

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