More senior clients join British Legal Awards judging panel
Four senior clients are to reinforce the judging line-up for the British Legal Awards as the panel prepares to cast its verdict on the top business lawyers of 2009. New members of the judging panel this year include Ferrari general counsel Massimiliano Maestretti, Bridgepoint Capital's Charles Barter, Banco Santander UK legal head Olga Garcia Gonzalez and Juan Bullon Aleman of Ferrovial Aeropuertos.
July 29, 2009 at 10:47 AM
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Four senior clients are to reinforce the judging line-up for the British Legal Awards as the panel prepares to cast its verdict on the top business lawyers of 2009.
New members of the judging panel this year include Ferrari general counsel Massimiliano Maestretti, Bridgepoint Capital's Charles Barter, Banco Santander UK legal head Olga Garcia Gonzalez and Juan Bullon Aleman of Ferrovial Aeropuertos.
The quartet join a heavyweight panel of clients and retired City lawyers including Barclays legal head Mark Harding, BAA's Carol Hui, Terry Miller of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Richard Bennett of HSBC. The 18-strong panel will once again be chaired by Bill Knight, former senior partner of Simmons & Simmons.
The judging is based on individual entries. This year Legal Week's award-winning editorial team led by Alex Novarese will help draw up award shortlists, from which the judging panel will make its choice. The judging panel is entirely independent and its decisions are final, underlining the independence and integrity of the awards.
The awards line-up this year includes a number of new categories including law firm and in-house innovation awards as well as a new international section with awards for European Law Firm and European Managing and Senior partner of the Year, European Legal Team of the Year and Middle East and African Law Firm of the Year.
Legal Week publisher and editor-in-chief John Malpas commented: "People can be cynical about awards. It is true that it is a challenge for contenders to get their message across in entries that are limited to 1,000 words. But pitches are won and lost every day on the strength of the ability of law firms to market their expertise effectively to potential clients. I can also personally vouch for the fact that the British Legal Awards judges take their duties extremely seriously. Last year we had a near-full turnout on the judging day despite the fact that it took place at the absolute height of the banking crisis."
The deadline for entries is 9 September with the shortlists announced on 28 September. The awards will take place at Old Billingsgate Market in London on 3 December.
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