The Lawyer European Awards celebrate the very best of the legal industry from across the Continent. But who is up for a coveted trophy this year?

As with all other events this year, the ceremony will be held virtually. The awards will take place online on the afternoon of Tuesday 1st December. Visit the awards website to register.

2019’s top winner was German firm Noerr, which features again this time around in the German firm of the year category. Other prizes include antitrust team of the year, in-house team of the year and managing partner of the year.

Law firm of the year: Austria

Binder Grösswang Rechtsanwälte GmbH
bpv Huegel
CERHA HEMPEL
DORDA Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners
Schoenherr Attorneys at Law
Wolf Theiss

Law firm of the year: Benelux

AKD
Arendt & Medernach
Bird & Bird
Houthoff
Lydian
Strelia
VANDENBULKE

Law firm of the year: Central Europe

B2R Law Jankowski Stroiński Zięba
BBH, advokátní kancelář, s.r.o.
Kochanski & Partners (K&P)
Lakatos, Köves & Partners
PRK Partners attorneys at law
Szecskay Attorneys at Law

Law firm of the year: Eastern Europe

Gecic Law firm
Karanovic & Partners
POPESCU & ASOCIATII
Schoenherr Attorneys at Law
Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii
Wolf Theiss

Law firm of the year: France

August Debouzy
DE PARDIEU BROCAS MAFFEI
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Latham & Watkins

Law firm of the year: Germany

Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Gleiss Lutz
GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB
GvW Graf von Westphalen
Hengeler Mueller
Latham & Watkins
Noerr LLP
Oppenhoff

Law firm of the year: Iberia

Abreu Advogados
CUATRECASAS
ECIJA
Garrigues
Pérez-Llorca
PLMJ
Uría Menéndez
VdA

Law firm of the year: Italy

BonelliErede
Chiomenti
Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners
LABLAW – Studio Legale
Legance – Avvocati Associati
Nctm

Law firm of the year: Republic of Ireland

A&L Goodbody
Arthur Cox
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
William Fry

Law firm of the year: Russia and the CIS

ALRUD Law firm
Centil Law Firm
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
GRATA International
Rybalkin, Gortsunyan and Partners
SIGNUM Law Firm

Law firm of the year: Switzerland

Homburger AG
LALIVE
Lenz & Staehelin
Niederer Kraft Frey
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Walder Wyss Ltd.

Law firm of the year: The Baltics

COBALT
Ellex
Sorainen
TGS Baltic

Law firm of the year: The Nordics

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS
Bech-Bruun
Dittmar & Indrenius
Krogerus
Simonsen Vogt Wiig
Wiersholm

Law firm of the year: Turkey

Akol Law
Bezen & Partners
Moral & Partners
Moroğlu Arseven

Law firm of the year: Ukraine

AEQUO
Asters
INTEGRITES LAW FIRM
Redcliffe Partners
Sayenko Kharenko

European Competition or Antitrust team of the year

AEQUO
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Gecić Law firm
Latham & Watkins
SRS Advogados

European corporate team of the year

A&L Goodbody
AEQUO
Arthur Cox
Herbert Smith Freehills
Latham & Watkins

European finance team of the year

Garrigues
Herbert Smith Freehills
Latham & Watkins
Stephenson Harwood AARPI
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Paris) LLP
William Fry

European litigation team of the year

BonelliErede
Clifford Chance LLP
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Latham & Watkins
Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners Attorneys at Law

European real estate team of the year

Latham & Watkins
Niederer Kraft Frey
Penteris
PLMJ
VdA

European managing partner of the year

Casper Herler, Borenius
Hugo Écija, ECIJA
Marcin Maruta, Maruta
Mårten Knuts, Krogerus
Morten Goller, Advokatfirmaet Wiersholm

European specialist law firm of the year

ECIJA
Kopec & Zaborowski
LABLAW – Studio Legale
Maruta Wachta
Trevisan & Cuonzo
VANDENBULKE
Zeidler Group

Global firm of the year in Europe

Baker McKenzie
DAC Beachcroft
Greenberg Traurig
Latham & Watkins
Littler Mendelson PC

Global network of the year

First Law International
Interlaw
Ius Laboris
L&E GLOBAL
Lex Mundi

Most innovative technology initiative

Accenture
Clifford Chance, The Netherlands
ECIJA
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Garrigues
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Simonsen Vogt Wiig

Global in-house team of the year, sponsored by Lex Mundi

Babylon Health
Cubico Sustainable Investments in-house Legal team
Fidelidade Legal Team
International Olympic Committee
Just Eat Legal Team
LDC Legal
Legal Services Department of the Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited
Liberty Global legal team
NOVABASE LEGAL TEAM
Pillarstone