The Lawyer Awards 2022: Winners revealed

After a virtual event last year, The Lawyer Awards returned last night for a long-awaited in-person event at JW Marriott Grosvenor House London.

Hosted by comedian Jason Manford, 27 organisations and individuals won top prizes in their respective categories.

Taking home the coveted Law firm of the year award was Eversheds Sutherland. And it was a double win for the organisation as Law company of the year went to its consulting, contract lawyer and managed legal services division Konexo. The pair was commended for its long-term vision, execution and ability to spot promising opportunities.

Other key awards went to Addleshaw Goddard for City firm of the year, and to 3 Verulam Buildings for Chambers of the year.

As for personnel, this year’s Barrister of the year went to Cloisters’ Jason Galbraith-Marten QC after taking on a high-profile case for Uber taxi drivers in their battle to be classified as employed workers. General counsel of the year was awarded to Alexis Alexander at Liberis.

A full list of winners is below.

The winners

In-house banking and financial services team of the year

WINNER
Worldpay

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Jefferies International

COMMENDED
WorldRemit

FINALISTS
Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Liberis
SoftBank Investment Advisers
Simply Business
Wise

Energy and infrastructure team of the year

WINNER
Dentons

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Slaughter and May

COMMENDED
Ashurst

FINALISTS
Bird & Bird
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
Covington & Burling
Pinsent Masons
Travers Smith

Competition and regulatory team of the year, sponsored by Bench Walk Advisers

WINNER
Shearman & Sterling

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Morgan Lewis & Bockius

COMMENDED
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

FINALISTS
Covington & Burling
Dechert
Norton Rose Fulbright

Most innovative use of technology

WINNER
Paul Hastings

HIGHLY COMMENDED
TLT

COMMENDED
PGMBM Law

FINALISTS
Addleshaw Goddard
Clyde & Co
Osborne Clarke Solutions and Superdry
Pinsent Masons
Reed Smith
Watson Farley & Williams

Funds team of the year

WINNER
Macfarlanes

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Ashurst

COMMENDED
Travers Smith

FINALISTS
Addleshaw Goddard
Eversheds Sutherland
Paul Hastings
Proskauer Rose (UK)
Stephenson Harwood

Boutique firm of the year

WINNER
Signature Litigation

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Bellevue Law

COMMENDED
Fox & Partners Solicitors

FINALISTS
Fragomen
GQ|Littler
Hughes Fowler Carruthers
PGMBM Law
Zaiwalla & Co

City firm of the year, sponsored by Saunderson House

WINNER
Addleshaw Goddard

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Latham & Watkins

COMMENDED
Paul Hastings

FINALISTS
Cooley
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Reed Smith
White & Case

Real estate team of the year

WINNER
Simmons & Simmons

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Pinsent Masons

COMMENDED
Burges Salmon

FINALISTS
Addleshaw Goddard
Birketts
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
Macfarlanes

Corporate team of the year, sponsored by Datasite

WINNER
Slaughter and May

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Macfarlanes

COMMENDED
Ashurst

FINALISTS
Addleshaw Goddard
Baker McKenzie
Burges Salmon
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hill Dickinson

Best talent and inclusion initiative, sponsored by LTN & Partners

WINNER
Pinsent Masons

HIGHLY COMMENDED
O Shaped Lawyer

COMMENDED
Flex Legal

FINALISTS
Clifford Chance
InterLaw Diversity Forum
Norton Rose Fulbright
Shearman & Sterling
TLT

In-house commerce and industry team of the year FTSE

WINNER
Croda International

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Anglo American

COMMENDED
Hyve Group

FINALISTS
Centrica
Made.com
Petrofac Limited
Superdry
SSE
Trainline

General counsel of the year, sponsored by Axiom

WINNER
Alexis Alexander, Liberis

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Tom Brown, Worldpay

COMMENDED
Will Bloomer, Howden Group Holdings

FINALISTS
Ruth Daniels, Superdry
Helen Selby, Asda
Jessica Hyde, Booking.com
Thomas Loest, Kraft Heinz
Nicola Lucas, New Look

Chambers of the year

WINNER
3 Verulam Buildings

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Essex Court Chambers

COMMENDED
3 Hare Court Chambers

FINALISTS
Littleton Chambers
Quadrant Chambers
Red Lion Chambers
St Philips Chambers
Wilberforce Chambers