The Legal 500 UK Winners
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2014
The Legal 500 United Kingdom Awards 2014 is a brand new concept in recognising and rewarding 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 pounds to attend – the awards are handed to the elite legal practitioners, based on the most comprehensive research into the UK legal market.
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CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL
FIRMAllen & Overy LLPClifford ChanceFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLPHerbert Smith Freehills LLPLinklaters LLPSlaughter and May – WINNER
SPECIALISMRPC – commercial contractsBaker & McKenzie LLP – corporate taxThe Khan Partnership LLP – customs and exciseAshurst – equity capital marketsHogan Lovells International – EU and competitionCMS – financial servicesTravers Smith LLP – flotations: small and mid-capLatham & Watkins – investment fundsSchulte Roth & Zabel International LLP – investment fundsDechert LLP – mergers and acquisitionsFox Williams LLP – partnershipWeil, Gotshal & Manges – private equity transactions – WINNER Olswang LLP – VAT and indirect taxBird & Bird LLP – venture capital
REGIONALBirketts LLP – East Anglia – WINNERShakespeares – East MidlandsBond Dickinson LLP – NorthDWF – North WestEMW Law LLP – South EastDAC Beachcroft LLP – South WestShoosmiths LLP – West MidlandsDLA Piper UK LLP – Yorkshire and the Humber
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FIRMBCL Burton CopelandClifford ChanceCorker BinningHarris HaganKingsley Napley LLP – WINNERPeters & Peters Solicitors LLPStephenson Harwood
SPECIALISMWilmerHale – corporate crime (including fraud, bribery and corruption)Enyo Law LLP – fraud: civilBindmans LLP – fraud: white-collar crimePinsent Masons LLP – gaming and betting – WINNERJeffrey Green Russell Limited – licensing
REGIONALFosters – East AngliaCartwright King – East MidlandsDavid Gray Solicitors LLP – NorthOlliers – North WestIBB (Iliffes Booth Bennett) – South EastBond Dickinson LLP – South West – WINNERHarrison Clark Rickerbys – West Midlands
CRIME, FRAUD AND LICENSING
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION
FIRMAllen & Overy LLPBaker & McKenzie LLPClifford ChanceFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP – WINNERHogan Lovells International LLPLinklaters LLPSlaughter and May
SPECIALISMStewarts Law LLP – banking litigation: investment and retailSimmons & Simmons – competition litigation – WINNERHausfeld & Co LLP – commercial litigationClarke Willmott LLP – debt recoveryAtkins Thomson – defamation and privacyThree Crowns LLP – international arbitrationCarter-Ruck – public international lawJoseph Hage Aaronson – tax litigation and investigations
REGIONALMills & Reeve – East AngliaNelsons Solicitors Limited – East MidlandsGibson & Co – NorthWeightmans LLP – North WestClarkslegal LLP – South EastOsborne Clarke – South WestHill Hofstetter – West MidlandsStewarts Law LLP – Yorkshire and the Humber – WINNER
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FIRMAllen & Overy LLPClifford ChanceFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLPLatham & Watkins – WINNERLinklaters LLPMilbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
SPECIALISMAshurst – Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loansSquire Patton Boggs – Asset based lendingStephenson Harwood – Asset finance and leasingReed Smith LLP – Commodities: derivativesClyde & Co LLP – Commodities: physicalsWeil, Gotshal & Manges – Corporate restructuring and insolvencyCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP – Debt capital marketsSidley Austin LLP – Derivatives and structured productsNorton Rose Fulbright – Emerging marketsKirkland & Ellis International LLP – High yield – WINNERDentons – Islamic financeCadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP – SecuritisationSullivan & Worcester UK LLP – Trade finance
REGIONALMills & Reeve LLP – East AngliaNelsons Solicitors Limited – East MidlandsWard Hadaway – North – WINNERDWF – North WestDMH Stallard LLP – South EastTLT LLP – South WestIrwin Mitchell – West MidlandsAddleshaw Goddard LLP – Yorkshire and the Humber
FINANCE
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FIRMAddleshaw Goddard LLPBird & Bird LLPCMS – WINNERLinklaters LLPLewis Silkin LLPSlater & Gordon
SPECIALISMPinsent Masons LLP – employee share schemesBrahams Dutt Badrick French LLP – employment: employers and senior executivesBCL Burton Copeland – health and safetyLaura Devine Solicitors – immigration – WINNERTLT LLP – pensions
REGIONALBirketts LLP – East AngliaCummins Solicitors – East MidlandsWard Hadaway – NorthDWF – North WestSA Law LLP – South EastLester Aldridge LLP – South WestEversheds LLP – West MidlandsGordons LLP – Yorkshire and the Humber – WINNER
HUMAN RESOURCES
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FIRMHerbert Smith Freehills LLPClyde & Co LLPDAC Beachcroft LLPDLA Piper – WINNERNorton Rose Fulbright
SPECIALISMBolt Burdon – clinical negligence: claimantHolman Fenwick Willan – insurance and reinsurance litigationAllen & Overy LLP – insurance litigation: for policyholdersWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLP – insurance: corporate and regulatoryClifford Chance – insurance: insolvency and restructuringIrwin Mitchell – personal injury: claimantDWF – personal injury: defendantLeigh Day – product liability: claimantBaker & McKenzie LLP – product liability: defendant – WINNERMayer Brown International LLP – professional negligence
REGIONALKennedys – East AngliaFlint Bishop LLP – East Midlands – WINNERArmstrong Foulkes LLP – NorthJMW Solicitors LLP – North WestDAC Beachcroft LLP – South EastIrwin Mitchell – South WestAnthony Collins Solicitors LLP – West Midlands
INSURANCE
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FIRMBircham Dyson BellCharles Russell LLPMacfarlanes LLP – WINNERMaurice Turnor Gardner LLPMay, May & Merrimans
SPECIALISMForsters LLP – agriculture and estatesFarrer & Co – art and cultural propertyBerwin Leighton Paisner LLP – charities and not-for-profitWragge Lawrence Graham & Co LLP – contentious trusts and probate – WINNERIrwin Mitchell – Court of ProtectionHughes Fowler Carruthers – familyFamily Law in Partnership Ltd – mediators (family)McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP – personal tax, trusts and probate
REGIONALMills & Reeve LLP – East AngliaHewitsons – East MidlandsBond Dickinson LLP – NorthBrabners LLP – North WestHenmans Freeth – South EastCharles Russell LLP – South West – WINNERFBC Manby Bowdler LLP – West MidlandsRaworths – Yorkshire and the Humber
PRIVATE CLIENT
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FIRMAllen & Overy LLPAshurstCMSHerbert Smith Freehills LLPNorton Rose Fulbright – WINNER
SPECIALISMBerwin Leighton Paisner LLP – infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP – mining and mineralsBracewell & Giuliani (UK) LLP – oil and gas – WINNERClifford Chance – power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)Linklaters LLP – water
REGIONALEversheds LLP – East MidlandsWard Hadaway – NorthAddleshaw Goddard LLP – North WestBond Dickinson LLP – South EastBurges Salmon LLP – South WestFreeths – West Midlands – WINNERPinsent Masons LLP – Yorkshire and the Humber
PROJECTS, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
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FIRMBates Wells BraithwaiteBindmans LLPDAC Beachcroft LLPFieldfisher – WINNERLeigh Day
SPECIALISMHerbert Smith Freehills LLP – administrative and public lawDeighton Pierce Glynn – civil liberties and human rightsMaxwell Gillott Solicitors – education: individualsWeightmans LLP – education: institutionsFarrer & Co – education: schoolsCharles Russell LLP – healthcareBircham Dyson Bell – infrastructure (parliamentary)Bevan Brittan LLP – local governmentClifford Chance – public affairs – WINNER
REGIONALMills & Reeve LLP – East Anglia – WINNERWeightmans LLP – East MidlandsWard Hadaway – NorthAddleshaw Goddard LLP – North WestBond Dickinson LLP – South EastBevan Brittan LLP – South WestPinsent Masons LLP – West MidlandsCapsticks LLP – Yorkshire and the Humber
PUBLIC SECTOR
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FIRMAshurstCMSHerbert Smith Freehills LLPBerwin Leighton Paisner LLPDLA PiperKing & Wood Mallesons SJ BerwinNabarro LLP – WINNERPinsent Masons LLPWragge Lawrence Graham & Co LLP
SPECIALISMMishcon de Reya – commercial property – WINNERAddleshaw Goddard LLP – constructionTravers Smith LLP – environmentHogan Lovells International LLP – planningClifford Chance – property financeCharles Russell LLP – property litigationAllen & Overy LLP – social housing: financeTrowers & Hamlins LLP – social housing: local authorities and registered providersPowell Forster Solicitors – social housing: tenant
REGIONALMills & Reeve LLP – East AngliaHowes Percival LLP – East MidlandsMuckle LLP – NorthShoosmiths LLP – North WestBlake Morgan LLP – South EastClarke Willmott LLP – South WestEversheds LLP – West Midlands – WINNERDWF – Yorkshire and the Humber
REAL ESTATE
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FIRMBaker & McKenzie LLPBird & Bird LLPOlswang LLPBristows LLP – WINNERTaylor Wessing LLP
SPECIALISMWragge Lawrence Graham & Co LLP – brand managementCovington & Burling LLP – data protection – WINNERDLA Piper – franchisingStephenson Harwood – intellectual propertyCharles Russell LLP – IT and telecomsLee & Thompson LLP – media and entertainmentHarbottle & Lewis LLP – media financeWinston & Strawn London LLP – pharmaceuticals and biotechnologyOnside Law Limited – sport
REGIONALTaylor Vinters – East AngliaEversheds LLP – East MidlandsMincoffs Solicitors LLP – NorthGateley – North WestWhite & Black Legal LLP – South EastMichelmores LLP – South West – WINNERDWF – West Midlands3volution LLP – Yorkshire and the Humber
TMT (TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMS)
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TRANSPORT
FIRMBird & Bird LLPStephenson Harwood – WINNERClyde & Co LLPHolman Fenwick Willan
SPECIALISMHill Dickinson LLP – aviationHogan Lovells International LLP – railInce & Co – shipping – WINNERHamlins LLP – travel
REGIONALBirketts LLP – East AngliaRothera Dowson – East MidlandsMills & Co – NorthWeightmans LLP – North WestShoosmiths LLP – South East – WINNERDorade Law – South West
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CMSBrodies LLP – WINNERBurness PaullMaclay Murray & Spens LLPPinsent Masons LLPShepherd and Wedderburn
SCOTTISH
Eversheds LLPBlake Morgan LLP – WINNERGeldards LLPHugh James
WELSH
A&L GoodbodyArthur CoxCarson McDowell – WINNERCleaver Fulton RankinTughans
NORTHERN IRISH
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ApplebyBedell CristinCainsCarey Olsen – WINNERMourant OzannesOgier
OFFSHORE
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CHAMBERs3 Verulam Buildings4 Stone Buildings – WINNEREssex Court ChambersMaitland ChambersOne Essex CourtXXIV Old Buildings
SILKRaymond Cox QC – Fountain Court ChambersAntony Zacaroli QC – South SquareDavid Foxton QC – Essex Court ChambersDavid Railton QC – Fountain Court ChambersDavid Wolfson QC – One Essex CourtJoe Smouha QC – Essex Court ChambersPhilip Marshall QC – Serle CourtRobert Miles QC – 4 Stone BuildingsSonia Tolaney QC – 3 Verulam Buildings – WINNERTim Lord QC – Brick Court Chambers
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
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CHAMBERS2 Hare Court25 Bedford Row – WINNER6KBW College Hill9 Bedford RowQEB Hollis Whiteman
SILKClare Montgomery QC – Matrix ChambersDavid Perry QC – 6KBW College Hill – WINNERJonathan Laidlaw QC – 2 Hare CourtOliver Blunt QC – Furnival ChambersRichard Whittam QC – 2 Bedford RowTimothy Langdale QC – Cloth Fair Chambers
CRIME
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CHAMBERS11KBWEssex Court ChambersLittleton Chambers – WINNERMatrix Chambers
SILKChristopher Jeans QC – 11KBWDaniel Oudkerk QC – Essex Court ChambersDinah Rose QC – Blackstone ChambersRobin Allen QC – CloistersSeán Jones QC – 11KBWThomas Linden QC – Matrix Chambers – WINNER
EMPLOYMENT
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CHAMBERS20 Essex StreetBlackstone ChambersBrick Court Chambers – WINNERMatrix ChambersMonckton ChambersOne Essex Court
SILKDaniel Beard QC – Monckton ChambersDavid Anderson QC – Brick Court ChambersDavid Vaughan QC – Brick Court ChambersHelen Davies QC – Brick Court ChambersJon Turner QC – Monckton Chambers – WINNER
EU AND COMPETITION
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CHAMBERS1 Garden Court Family Law Chambers1 Hare Court1 King’s Bench Walk29 Bedford Row Chambers4 Paper Buildings – WINNERCoram ChambersQueen Elizabeth Building (QEB)
SILK{Alex Verdan QC – 4 Paper BuildingsCharles Geekie QC – 1 Garden Court Family Law ChambersDeborah Eaton QC – 1 King’s Bench WalkJo Delahunty QC – 4 Paper BuildingsLewis Marks QC – Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB)Lucy Stone QC – Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB) – WINNERMarcus Scott-Manderson QC – 4 Paper BuildingsMartin Pointer QC – 1 Hare CourtRichard Todd QC – 1 Hare Court
FAMILY AND CHILDREN
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CHAMBERS11 Stone Buildings4 Stone BuildingsEnterprise ChambersErskine ChambersMaitland ChambersSouth Square – WINNER
SILKGabriel Moss QC – South SquareLexa Hilliard QC – 11 Stone BuildingsPhilip Jones QC – Serle CourtRichard Snowden QC – Erskine Chambers – WINNERRobin Dicker QC – South Square
INSOLVENCY
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CHAMBERS7 King’s Bench WalkAtkin ChambersEssex Court ChambersKeating ChambersThirty Nine Essex Street – WINNER
SILKAlexander Gunning QC – 4 Pump CourtColin Edelman QC – DevereuxDuncan Matthews QC – 20 Essex Street – WINNERJoe Smouha QC – Essex Court ChambersManus McMullan QC – Atkin ChambersStephen Dennison QC – Atkin Chambers
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
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CHAMBERS11 South Square5RB8 New SquareBlackstone Chambers – WINNEROne Essex CourtThree New Square
SILKAndrew Caldecott QC – One Brick CourtDesmond Browne QC – 5RB – WINNERGeoffrey Hobbs QC – One Essex CourtIain Purvis QC – 11 South SquareIan Mill QC – Blackstone ChambersJeremy Storey QC – 4 Pump CourtMichael Silverleaf QC – 11 South SquareRobert Englehart QC – Blackstone Chambers
IP, IT AND MEDIA
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CHAMBERS12 King’s Bench WalkCrown Office Chambers – WINNERDevereuxOne Crown Office RowOuter Temple ChambersSerjeants’ Inn Chambers
SILKAndrew Ritchie QC – 9 Gough Square – WINNERElizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC – One Crown Office RowFrank Burton QC – 12 King’s Bench WalkNeil Block QC – Thirty Nine Essex StreetRobert Weir QC – DevereuxRobin Oppenheim QC – Doughty Street ChambersSarah Vaughan Jones QC – 2TG – 2 Temple GardensSimeon Maskrey QC – 7BR ChambersSir Robert Francis QC – Serjeants’ Inn Chambers
PERSONAL INJURY AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE
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CHAMBERSNew Square ChambersSerle Court – WINNERTen Old SquareXXIV Old Buildings
SILKAlan Boyle QC – Serle CourtFrancis Barlow QC – Ten Old Square – WINNERJohn Machell QC – Serle CourtNicholas Le Poidevin QC – New Square Chambers
PRIVATE CLIENT: TRUSTS AND PROBATE
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CHAMBERSAtkin ChambersCrown Office ChambersEssex Court ChambersKeating Chambers – WINNERQuadrant ChambersThirty Nine Essex Street
SILKAndrew White QC – Atkin ChambersDavid Streatfeild-James QC – Atkin ChambersHarry Matovu QC – Brick Court ChambersHelen Davies QC – Brick Court ChambersLaurence Rabinowitz QC – One Essex CourtLionel Persey QC – Quadrant Chambers – WINNERManus McMullan QC – Atkin ChambersMarcus Taverner QC – Keating ChambersPaul Key QC – Essex Court ChambersRoger ter Haar QC – Crown Office ChambersSean Brannigan QC – 4 Pump CourtStuart Catchpole QC – Thirty Nine Essex Street
PROJECTS AND ENERGY
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CHAMBERSBlackstone ChambersBrick Court ChambersGarden Court ChambersLandmark Chambers – WINNERMatrix ChambersThirty Nine Essex Street
SILKDavid Anderson QC – Brick Court ChambersDinah Rose QC – Blackstone ChambersMichael Fordham QC – Blackstone ChambersNathalie Lieven QC – Landmark Chambers – WINNERNigel Pleming QC – Thirty Nine Essex Street
PUBLIC LAW
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REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
CHAMBERS6 Pump CourtEnterprise ChambersFalcon ChambersFTB – WINNERLandmark ChambersMaitland ChambersNo5 ChambersTanfield ChambersThirty Nine Essex Street
SILKCharles Gibson QC – Henderson ChambersChristopher Katkowski QC – Landmark ChambersDinah Rose QC – Blackstone ChambersJohn Male QC – Landmark ChambersJohn McGhee QC – Maitland ChambersJonathan Seitler QC – Wilberforce ChambersMark Wonnacott QC – Maitland ChambersMartin Kingston QC – No5 ChambersNicholas Dowding QC – Falcon Chambers – WINNERPhilip Rainey QC – Tanfield ChambersSimon Bird QC – FTBStephen Tromans QC – Thirty Nine Essex StreetTim Corner QC – Landmark Chambers
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CHAMBERSDevereuxPump Court Tax ChambersTax Chambers, 15 Old SquareTemple Tax Chambers – WINNER
SILKJonathan Peacock QC – 11 New SquareKevin Prosser QC – Pump Court Tax Chambers – WINNERNicola Shaw QC – Gray’s Inn Tax ChambersRoderick Cordara QC – Essex Court Chambers
TAX
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REGIONAL AND SCOTTISH
CHAMBERSAxiom AdvocatesCivitas LawCompass ChambersDeans Court ChambersFenners ChambersGuildhall ChambersNo5 Chambers – WINNERParklane PlowdenSt Ives ChambersSt Philips BarristersTerra Firma Chambers
SILKAndrew Langdon QC – Guildhall ChambersDouglas Armstrong QC – Terra Firma ChambersIan Dove QC – No5 ChambersJames Wolffe QC – Axiom AdvocatesJohn Randall QC – St Philips BarristersLesley Anderson QC – Kings ChambersPaul Greaney QC – New Park Court ChambersPete Weatherby QC – Garden Court North Chambers – WINNERRichard Keen QC – Axiom AdvocatesRobin Tolson QC – St John’s ChambersRuth Henke QC – Thirty Park Place ChambersSimon Csoka QC – Lincoln House ChambersSusan O’Brien QC – Compass ChambersTheo Huckle QC – Civitas LawToby Hedworth QC – Trinity Chambers
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TEAM3 Hare Court6 Pump Court6KBW College Hill9 Gough Square – WINNER9 St John StreetBrick Court ChambersEnterprise ChambersEssex Court ChambersGough Square ChambersHailsham ChambersHardwickeLandmark ChambersRadcliffe ChambersSt Ives Chambers
SENIOR CLERK/CHIEF EXECUTIVEAlex Taylor – Fountain Court ChambersDavid Barnes – Thirty Nine Essex StreetDavid Goddard – 4 Stone BuildingsGavin Herd – Compass ChambersJoe Wilson – St Philips BarristersJohn White – Henderson Chambers – WINNERLucy Barbet – 11KBWMatthew Gibbons – Deans Court ChambersNigel Jones – Pump Court Tax ChambersPaul Morecroft – St James’s ChambersSheila Westwater – Westwater AdvocatesWilliam Meade – Old Square Chambers
CLERKING/PRACTICE MANAGEMENT (UK-WIDE)
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BANKING
INDIVIDUAL WINNERRichard Givens – HSBC – Deputy General Counsel, Group Legal
TEAM WINNERVirgin Money – led by Andrew Emuss – General Counsel
EMPLOYMENT
INDIVIDUAL WINNERDavid Mercer – Balfour Beatty – General Counsel, Construction Services UK
TEAM WINNERDiageo – led by Siobhan Moriaty – General Counsel
ENERGY
INDIVIDUAL WINNERGrant Dawson – Centrica – General Counsel and Company Secretary
TEAM WINNEREDF – led by Eric Thomas – General Counsel
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ENVIRONMENT
INDIVIDUAL WINNERCelia Gough – Veolia – Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary
TEAM WINNERBristol City Council – led by Shahzia Daya – Service Manager and Deputy Monitoring Officer
FINANCE
INDIVIDUAL WINNERTim Hailes – JPMorgan – Managing Director and associate general counsel
TEAM WINNERCredit Suisse – led by Maria Leistner – Managing Director and General Counsel EMEA
HEALTHCARE
INDIVIDUAL WINNERPaul Newton – BUPA – General Counsel
TEAM WINNERThe Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust – led by Mike O’Connell – Head of Legal Services
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INSURANCE
INDIVIDUAL WINNERRobert Robinson – Amlin PLC – General Counsel
TEAM WINNERRSA – led by Derek Walsh – Group General Counsel
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INDIVIDUAL WINNERGalit Gonen – Teva – General Counsel (Europe)
TEAM WINNERBSkyB – led by James Conyers – General Counsel
LITIGATION
INDIVIDUAL WINNERWill Luker – RBS – Head of Litigation
TEAM WINNERICAP – led by Duncan Wales - General Counsel
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PRIVATE EQUITY
INDIVIDUAL WINNERSimon Cresswell – Apax – General Counsel
TEAM WINNERActis – led by Paul Owers – General Counsel
PUBLIC SECTOR
INDIVIDUAL WINNERMark Hynes – Lambeth Council – Director of Legal and Democratic Services
TEAM WINNERSefton Metropolican Borough Council – led by Jill Coule - Head Of Legal
REAL ESTATE
INDIVIDUAL WINNERVivienne King – Crown Estates – Legal Director and Company Secretary
TEAM WINNERTesco – led by Adrian Morris – General Counsel
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TAX
INDIVIDUAL WINNERKen Hardman – British American Tobacco - Head of Taxation
TEAM WINNERAmazon UK – led by Christopher North – MD
TECHNOLOGY
INDIVIDUAL WINNERJonathan Pearl – Sony Europe – General Counsel
TEAM WINNERYahoo! – led by Katherine Pawson – Legal Director, International
TELECOMS
INDIVIDUAL WINNEREdward Smith – O2 – General Counsel
TEAM WINNERLiberty Global – led by Jeremy Evans – General Counsel
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TRANSPORT
INDIVIDUAL WINNERRobert Webb – Rolls Royce – General Counsel
TEAM WINNERNetwork Rail – led by Suzanne Wise – Group General Counsel and Company Secretary