The shortlist for The Lawyer European Awards 2018 has finally been revealed today (15 January).
The ceremony takes place on Thursday 15 March at London’s Grange Tower Bridge, where the premier European firms will be awarded and recognised for their work.
Last year, Swiss firm Niederer Kraft & Frey was crowned European law firm of the year. They contest the Swiss firm of the year and European corporate deal of the year categories this time round.
The hotly contested European managing partner of the year category includes Bryan Bourke of William Fry, Barry Devereux of McCann FitzGerald and the duo of Stefano Simontacchi and Marcello Giustiniani of BonelliErede among a stellar line-up of lawyers.
The full shortlist is below.
Law firm of the year: Austria |
bpv Hügel Rechtsanwälte |
Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati |
DORDA Rechtsanwälte |
Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners |
Schoenherr Attorneys at Law |
Wolf Theiss |
Law firm of the year: Benelux |
AKD |
GSK Stockmann Luxembourg |
Houthoff |
Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick |
Strelia |
Law firm of the year: Central Europe |
BBH, advokátní kancelář |
Kinstellar |
Lakatos, Köves and Partners |
PRK Partners |
Schoenherr Attorneys at Law |
Wolf Theiss |
Law firm of the year: Eastern Europe and The Balkans |
Gecić Law |
Karanovic & Nikolic |
Kinstellar |
Maravela Asociații |
Musat & Asociatii |
Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii |
Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii |
Wolf Theiss |
Law firm of the year: France |
August Debouzy |
De Pardieu Brocas Maffei |
Franklin Avocats |
Gide Loyrette Nouel |
Jeantet |
LPA-CGR avocats |
Law firm of the year: Germany |
Arnecke Sibeth |
Blomstein |
Gleiss Lutz |
GvW Graf von Westphalen |
Hengeler Mueller |
Noerr |
Schalast Rechtsanwälte und Notare |
Law firm of the year: Iberia |
Cuatrecasas |
GARRIGUES |
Gomez-Acebo & Pombo |
Pérez-Llorca |
PLMJ |
Uría Menéndez |
VdA |
Law firm of the year: Italy |
BonelliErede |
Chiomenti |
Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners |
Legance – Avvocati Associati |
Nctm Studio Legale |
Portolano Cavallo |
Law firm of the year: Republic of Ireland |
A&L Goodbody |
Arthur Cox |
Mason Hayes & Curran |
Matheson |
McCann FitzGerald |
William Fry |
Law firm of the year: Poland |
Domański Zakrzewski Palinka |
Drzewiecki Tomaszek & Partners |
Kochanski Zieba & Partners |
Kopeć Zaborowski Adwokaci i Radcowie Prawni (KKZ) |
Maruta Wachta |
Wolf Theiss |
Law firm of the year: Russia, Ukraine and the CIS |
ALRUD Law Firm |
Centil Law Firm |
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners |
Eterna Law |
Redcliffe Partners |
Sayenko Kharenko |
Vasil Kisil & Partners |
Law firm of the year: Switzerland |
Bär & Karrer |
Froriep |
Homburger |
Lenz & Staehelin |
Niederer Kraft & Frey |
Schellenberg Wittmer |
Walder Wyss |
Law firm of the year: The Baltics |
COBALT |
Ellex |
Sorainen |
TGS Baltic |
Law firm of the year: The Nordics |
Advokatfirmaet Thommessen |
Advokatfirman Lindahl |
Borenius Attorneys |
Kromann Reumert |
Roschier |
SANDS |
Wiersholm |
Law firm of the year: Turkey |
Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership |
Bezen & Partners |
Moral Law Firm |
Moroğlu Arseven |
European finance deal of the year |
Arthur Cox |
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners |
Latham & Watkins |
Schalast Rechtsanwälte und Notare |
Stephenson Harwood |
Watson Farley & Williams |
European corporate deal of the year |
Cuatrecasas |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
Latham & Watkins |
Nctm Studio Legale |
Niederer Kraft & Frey |
Schellenberg Wittmer |
European energy and infrastructure deal of the year |
AEQUO |
Bird & Bird |
BROSETA |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
SRS Advogados |
Watson Farley & Williams |
European specialist law firm of the year |
Blomstein |
LALIVE |
Maruta Wachta |
PUSCH WAHLIG LEGAL |
Sagardoy Abogados |
Trevisan & Cuonzo Avvocati |
UnioLex – Stucchi & Partners |
VANDENBULKE |
Global strategic initiative of the year |
BonelliErede |
Dentons |
GARRIGUES |
LPA-CGR avocats |
ONTIER |
Schellenberg Wittmer |
SRS Advogados |
Global network of the year |
First Law International |
Interlaw |
Ius Laboris |
L&E GLOBAL |
Meritas |
Multilaw |
TerraLex |
World Law Group |
European managing partner of the year |
Bryan Bourke, William Fry |
Barry Devereux, McCann FitzGerald |
Zbigniew Drzewiecki, Drzewiecki, Tomaszek & Partners |
Casper Herler, Borenius Attorney |
Piotr Kochański, Kochański Zięba & Partners |
Luís Pais Antunes, PLMJ |
Stefano Simontacchi and Marcello Giustiniani, BonelliErede |
Find out more about The Lawyer’s European Awards 2018 and book your place here.