BLP, Hogan Lovells and Ashurst among firms nominated for Innovation Awards
In-house departments in the running include Unilever, Vodafone and Aon
April 07, 2016 at 05:12 AM
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Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), Hogan Lovells and Ashurst are among the firms to have been shortlisted for Legal Week's Innovation Awards.
The awards are returning for a second year after 2015′s inaugural event, which saw Dana-Denis Smith (pictured), the founder and CEO of flexible staffing service Obelisk Support, take home the award for Outstanding Legal Innovator.
BLP, which is listed in five categories, joins a list of firms including Cooley, Dentons and Reed Smith in contention for the award for International Law Firm Innovation.
Ashurst is among the nominees for the coveted Future of Legal Services Innovation award, alongside firms including DLA Piper and Kennedys, while Hogan Lovells features in categories such as Diversity Innovation and Marketing Innovation.
In-house departments in the running for awards include Unilever, Vodafone and Aon, while a number of cross-firm initiatives such as the Legal Social Mobility Partnership and the InterLaw Diversity Forum are also represented.
This year's awards, which for the first time will be supported by Law.com and The American Lawyer following ALM's acquisition of Legal Week, will be presented at a lunchtime ceremony at The Brewery, London EC1, on 27 May.
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The shortlist in full:
Future of Legal Services Innovation
asb law
Ashurst
Capital Law
DLA Piper
Kennedys
Pinsent Masons and Mercer
QuisLex UK
Wiggin
In-house legal department Innovation
Aon
Capital One
Carillion
OneSavings Bank
Unilever
Vodafone
International Law Firm Innovation
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Cooley
Dentons
DLA Piper
Magnusson
Paul Hastings
Reed Smith
Human Resources Innovation
Ashurst
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Hogan Lovells
Mayer Brown International
Obelisk Support
PLMJ
ABS Innovation
Bates Wells Braithwaite
LOD
My Home Move
Business Development Innovation
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Bircham Dyson Bell
FBC Manby Bowdler
Giles Wilson
Kemp Little
PLMJ
Taylor Wessing
Chambers Innovation
20 Essex Street
Hardwicke
Radcliffe Chambers
Serjeants' Inn Chambers
Client Management Innovation
Olswang
Paul Hastings
Pinsent Masons
PLMJ
Shoosmiths
Forum for US Securities in London
Weightmans
Diversity Innovation
Addleshaw Goddard
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Hogan Lovells
Mayer Brown
Obelisk Support
Pinsent Masons
Stephenson Harwood
The InterLaw Diversity Forum
CSR Innovation
Allen & Overy, DLA Piper, Coram Children's Legal Centre
Ashurst
Capsticks
Hogan Lovells
Legal Social Mobility Partnership
Paul Hastings
RPC
Weightmans
Knowledge Management Innovation
Ashurst
Gowling WLG
Norton Rose Fulbright
Marketing Innovation
Ashurst
Charles Russell Speechlys
Hogan Lovells
Irwin Mitchell
Obelisk Support
Reed Smith
RPC
Setfords
PR and Communications Innovation
Berwin Leighton Paisner
CMS
Gowling WLG
Pinsent Masons
PLMJ
Weightmans
Supplier Innovation – Services
Bell Pottinger
CILEx Law School
D2 Legal Technology
LexStep.com
Obelisk Support
Shilton Sharpe Quarry
AfricaLegalJobs.com
Trevor Gilbert & Associates
Supplier Innovation – Technology
BigHand
Forensic Risk Alliance
FTI Consulting
Intapp
LexisNexis
ObjectiveManager
RAVN Systems
Training innovation
Ashurst
Giles Wilson
Hogan Lovells
O'Melveny & Myers
Paul Hastings
PLMJ
For more, see:
• Forward-thinking firms honoured at first Legal Innovation Awards
• The Legal Innovation Awards as it happened: pictures, reaction and more
• Transforming the sector: all the winners at the Legal Innovation Awards
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