Excellence Awards shortlist 2017
Congratulations to all the 2017 finalists.
Awards for firms or teams
Excellence in Business Development
- Carillion Advice Services
- Composite Legal Expenses Limited
- Dentons
- Duncan Lewis Solicitors
- Invicta Law Ltd
- Paradigm Family Law
- Paul Hastings LLP
- Reeds Solicitors
- Rradar Limited
- Wildings Solicitors
Excellence in Client Service
- Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP
- Bennett Griffin LLP
- Croftons Solicitors
- EMG Solicitors Limited
- esphr
- Forrest Williams Legal
- Major Trauma Service, Moore Blatch
- Rradar Limited
Excellence in Conveyancing Practice
- Arnold Greenwood Solicitors
- EMG Solicitors Limited
- Kuits Solicitors
- Wilson Browne Solicitors
Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion
- Dentons
- DLA Piper
- CMS
- Gordons LLP
- Hogan Lovells International LLP
- Latham & Watkins
- Menzies Law
- Slaughter and May
- Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Excellence In-house
- Carillion plc
- LendInvest
- Lightsource Renewable Energy Holdings Limited
- Marie Stopes International
- OPTIVO
- Oxygen House Group
- Reprieve
- Royal College of Nursing
- Softcat plc
Excellence in International Legal Services
- Addison Aaron International Lawyers
- Boyes Turner LLP
- Dentons
- EBL Miller Rosenfalck
- Pomerantz LLP
- Slig Law
- Stephenson Harwood LLP
- Shulmans
- William Grace
- Woźniak Legal
Excellence in Law Management
- Elite Law Solicitors
- Excello Law
- Gamlins Law Limited
- Gardner Leader LLP
- Goughs Solicitors
- New business intake, Herbert Smith Freehills
- Vodafone Global Enterprise Limited and Vodafone Limited
- Wollen Michelmore LLP
Excellence in Learning & Development
- Bott & Co Solicitors
- Dentons
- Hugh James
- Martin Tolhurst
- Sternberg Reed
- Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Excellence in Marketing & Communications
- April King Legal
- BLM Fraud Team
- Hillyer McKeown
- Irwin Mitchell
- Roythornes Solicitors
- SA Law
- Setfords Solicitors
- Thompsons Solicitors and Freshwater PR
- Wilson Browne Solicitors
Excellence in Private Client Practice
- Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP
- Carr & Co Solicitors
- Emmersons Solicitors Limited
- Farnfields Solicitors
- Hugh Jones Solicitors
- Randall & Phillips LLP
- Wollen Michelmore LLP
Excellence in Pro Bono
- Duncan Lewis Solicitors
- Duncan Lewis Solicitors - Housing Team Cardiff
- Employment Lawyers Association
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
- Gowling WLG LLP
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
- Legacare UK Limited
- Simmons & Simmons
- UK Collaborative Plan for Pro Bono
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP
Excellence in Technology
- Acuity Legal
- Dentons
- Durham County Council
- LHS-elXtr
- MRN Solicitors
- Osborne Clarke and Vodafone
- Paul Hastings LLP
- Saracens Solicitors
- Ward Hadaway
- Wildings Solicitors
Awards for individuals
Human Rights Lawyer of the Year
- Tayab Ali, Irvine Thanvi Natas Solicitors
- Kaweh Beheshtizadeh, Barnes Harrild & Dyer Solicitors
- Lucy Claridge, Minority Rights Group International
- Matthew Evans, AIRE Centre
- Tobias Garnett, P24 - Platform for Independent Journalism
- Peter Garsden, Simpson Millar LLP
- Rosalyn Akar Grams, Freedom from Torture
- Wendy Hewitt, Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Toufique Hossain, Duncan Lewis Solicitors
- Amjad Malik, Amjad Malik Solicitors
Junior Lawyer of the Year
- Ahmed Aydeed, Duncan Lewis Solicitors
- Ciaran Dearden, Irwin Mitchell LLP
- Jonathan Hodge, Giles Wilson LLP
- Lewis Kett, Duncan Lewis Solicitors
- Luke Morgan, Palmers Solicitors
- Ravi Naik, Irvine Thanvi Natas Solicitors
- Silvia Nicolaou Garcia, Simpson Millar LLP
- Majdi Silk, Dentons
Solicitor Advocate of the Year
- Raj Chada, Hodge Jones & Allen LLP
- Joy Merriam, GWB Harthills Solicitors
- Vicky Preece, IBB Solicitors
- Adam Tear, Howe + Co
Solicitor of the Year - In-house
- Pauline Campbell, London Borough of Hackney
- Peter Causton, ProMediate Limited
- Matthew Gingell, Oxygen House Group
- Brian Hanlon, Sky UK
- Charlotte Henderson, Abraaj Group
- Jane McLintock, Shire Leasing plc
- Bhavisha Mistry, Missguided Limited
- Swati Paul, London Luton Airport Operations Limited
- Sara Smith, Devon County Council
Solicitor of the Year - Private Practice
- Gillian Bishop, Family Law in Partnership Limited
- Rachel Carter, Wollen Michelmore LLP
- Zoe Gascoyne, Quinn Melville (& CLSA)
- Lesley Graves, Citadel Law
- Blair Gulland, Gullands Solicitors
- Terri Harman, Godiva Law
- Fiona Heald, Moore Blatch LLP
- Damian Horan, Moore Blatch LLP
- Jacqueline McGuigan, TMP Solicitors LLP
- Sue Millar, Stephenson Harwood LLP
Woman Lawyer of the Year
- Emma Brooksbank, Simpson Millar
- Louise Drew, Shakespeare Martineau LLP
- Rashmi Dubé, Legatus Law
- Lesley Gregory, Memery Crystal LLP
- Heather Iqbal Rayner, Duncan Lewis Solicitors
- Dee Kundi, VWV
- Sue Millar, Stephenson Harwood LLP
- Emma Nawaz, Blackstone Solicitors
- Pavani Reddy, Zaiwalla & Co LLP
- Elizabeth Turner, Morrison & Foerster (UK) LLP
Gazette Legal Personality of the Year
- Shirley Brookes, PwC
- Briony Clarke, Taylor Haldane Barlex LLP
- David Greene, Edwin Coe LLP
- Christopher Nott, Capital Law
- Dr Sandie Okoro, World Bank
- Clive Stafford Smith, Reprieve