Legal stars come out for The Lawyer Awards
The countdown to The Lawyer’s annual awards has begun and, having received a record number of entries, we can now reveal our stellar list of judges.
Hedley Goldberg
As ever, the judging panel is made up of a raft of industry experts, including Blackstone Chambers’ Dinah Rose QC, Music Choice general counsel Chris Johnstone, Sajid Hussein, head of legal EMEA, Bank of America and BT Retail general counsel Nigel Paterson.
This year’s judging panel benefits from decades of combined legal knowledge, with the inclusion of numerous lawyers who have just come to the end of their careers as practising solicitors. Lovells’ outgoing real estate chief Bob Kidby and former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner Graham Prentice are among them.
Chris Johnstone
The Lawyer Awards, which take place in London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on 22 June, is about the celebration of excellence in the profession across private practice, the public sector, commerce and industry, and the bar. It is unquestionably the biggest night of the year for the legal profession and, given the huge number of entries received this year, the 2010 event promises to be bigger than ever.
While the judges nominate who they believe should win each category, The Lawyer editorial team is interviewing hundreds of lawyers and their clients to supplement the nominations.
The Lawyer was the first legal magazine to put together a senior advisory judging panel taken from the great and the good in City institutions and the media. The combination of this and The Lawyer’s own research has made these awards the most comprehensive and incisive reflection of the commercial legal market.
Dinah Rose QC
THE JUDGING PANEL IN FULL
Sajid Hussein, head of legal EMEA, Bank of America
Dinah Rose QC, Blackstone Chambers
David Greene, head of litigation and dispute resolution, Edwin Coe
Chris Johnstone, general counsel, Music Choice
Jane Douglas, legal counsel for Europe and Russia, DP World
Andrew Waugh QC, Three New Square
Graham Prentice, former real estate partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf
Stephen Ashworth, former head of planning, Denton Wilde Sapte
Simon Cliff, general counsel, Manchester City FC
Karon Monaghan QC, Matrix Chambers
Gifty Edila, corporate director, legal and democratic services, Hackney Council
Nigel Paterson, general counsel, BT Retail
Gordon Moir, legal director, Glasgow Housing Association
Paul Lasok QC, Monckton Chambers
Dearbail Jordan, deputy online business editor, The Times
Mark Stewart, former London head of banking, Clifford Chance
Bob Kidby, former head of real estate, Lovells
Hedley Goldberg, managing director, Rothschild
Anjali Chhania, director, Barclays Capital
Readers' comments (2)
Anonymous | 9-Apr-2010 3:35 am
That is an excellent panel of judges.
It'll be interesting to see this years shortlist - in a recession it's harder to spot the heroes. It's important to look to different areas of the profession. What I'm trying to say is that (a) I'm surprised there has been a record number of entries and (b) I'm hoping it isn't the same big firms who get a pat on the back.
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Anonymous | 9-Apr-2010 5:12 pm
The moment the first name is announced, the grumbles about whether the amount donated to the charities by each nominator has influenced the results wil begin.
Let me pre-empt this by saying that I think the donation system is a great way for the profession to help those in a less fortunate position. I am sure the Lawyer will make sure that those who count in the donations are fully segregated from the judging panel or those who have any influence on the shortlists. This is right as the person making the application is the donor - not the person who could win the prize.
Seems better to tackle these issues before sour grapes get involved.
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