Travers takes top law firm prize at British Legal Awards 2012
Travers Smith, Norton Rose and LV= were among the prize winners at last night's (22 November) British Legal Awards, which took place at London's Old Billingsgate Market. Travers saw off competition from Berwin Leighton Paisner, Clifford Chance, Latham & Watkins, Mishcon de Reya and Olswang to scoop the coveted Law Firm of the Year award.
November 22, 2012 at 07:03 PM
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Travers Smith, Norton Rose and LV= were among the prize winners at last night's (22 November) British Legal Awards, which took place at London's Old Billingsgate Market.
Travers saw off competition from Berwin Leighton Paisner, Clifford Chance, Latham & Watkins, Mishcon de Reya and Olswang to scoop the coveted Law Firm of the Year award.
The City of London Law Society awarded its Lifetime Achievement Award to ex-Law Society president John Wotton, the former head of the international public procurement group at Allen & Overy, who now serves as a consultant at the magic circle firm.
Meanwhile, Norton Rose CEO Peter Martyr won the Editor's Award for Law Firm Leader of the Year, on the back of a year that saw its fourth merger with Canadian firm Macleod Dixon, go live at the start of the year (1 January) and a combination with US firm Fulbright & Jaworski confirmed for June 2013.
The Legal Department of the Year was awarded to insurance group LV=, while Kent County Council's Geoff Wild won General Counsel of the Year.
Among practice awards, Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom picked up M&A Team of the Year, Hogan Lovells was named Banking, Finance or Restructuring Team of the Year and Stephenson Harwood won Litigation and Regulatory Team of the Year.
Burges Salmon won the award for Commercial Team of the Year, while Herbert Smith Freehills took home Technology, Media and Technology Team of the Year.
Other winners included Magnusson, which was named European Law Firm of the Year, Maples and Calder for Offshore Firm of the Year and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, which picked up European Legal Team of the Year.
London Office of the Year went to US firm Edwards Wildman Palmer, which was up against Baker & McKenzie, Dechert, Latham & Watkins, NCTM and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
British Legal Awards 2012 – winners in full
City of London Law Society Lifetime Achievement Award: John Wotton
Law Firm of the Year: Travers Smith
Editor's Award – Law Firm Leader of the Year: Peter Martyr, Norton Rose
General Counsel of the Year: Geoff Wild, Kent County Council
Law Firm Innovation Award: Gunnercooke
In-house Award for Innovation: Virgin Money
CSR Initiative/Programme of the Year: Linklaters and Weil Gotshal & Manges
Diversity Initiative of the Year: Allen & Overy
Chambers of the Year: Thirty Nine Essex Street
Legal Counsel of the Year: Lesley Wan, Lloyds Banking Group
Legal Department of the Year: LV=
London Office of the Year: Edwards Wildman Palmer
Regional Law firm of the Year: Boyes Turner
M&A Team of the Year: Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Banking, Finance or Restructuring Team of the Year: Hogan Lovells
Litigation & Regulatory Team of the Year: Stephenson Harwood
Property Team of the Year: Ashurst/Eversheds
Commercial Team of the Year: Burges Salmon
TMT Team of the Year: Herbert Smith Freehills
Private Client/Family Team of the year: Harbottle & Lewis
Assistant Solicitor/Associate of the Year: Sarah Batley, Jones Day
Education & Training Initiative of the Year: Irwin Mitchell/College of Law/ILEX
Best Use of Technology: Linklaters
Supplier of the Year: LexisNexis
European Law Firm of the Year: Magnusson
European Legal Team of the Year: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Offshore Law Firm of the Year: Maples and Calder
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