The crème de la crème of the European legal market will fight it out to be crowned The Lawyer‘s European Firm of the Year next month. Here is the shortlist.

Law firms, in-house teams and networks compete across 24 categories, including regional accolades and prizes celebrating best in class across a range of practice areas.

The ceremony will be held virtually on Wednesday 1 December at 2pm GMT. Register to watch here. 

Last year, Luxembourg’s Arendt & Medernach won European Law Firm of the Year after scooping the Benelux prize.

Baker McKenzie won Global Law Firm of the Year, while managing partner of Finnish firm Borenius, Casper Herler, won European Managing Partner of the Year.

The shortlist in full 

Law firm of the year: Austria
Binder Grösswang
bpv Hüegel
CERHA HEMPEL
Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners
Schoenherr Attorneys at Law (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH)
Wolf Theiss

Law firm of the year: Benelux
AKD
Arendt & Medernach
GSK Stockmann
Loyens & Loeff
STRELIA
VANDENBULKE

Law firm of the year: Central Europe
B2RLaw Jankowski Stroiński Zięba & Partners
KINSTELLAR
Maruta Wachta Law Firm
Penteris
Schoenherr Attorneys at Law (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH)
Wolf Theiss

Law firm of the year: Germany
Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Gleiss Lutz
GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB
GvW Graf von Westphalen
Hengeler Mueller
Luther Lawfirm
Noerr Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB
Oppenhoff & Partner Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater mbB

Law firm of the year: Iberia
Abreu Advogados
ECIJA
GARRIGUES
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
SRS Advogados
Uría Menéndez

Law firm of the year: Italy
BonelliErede
Chiomenti
Gianni & Origoni
Grimaldi Studio Legale
Legance – Avvocati Associati
Portolano Cavallo

Law firm of the year: Republic of Ireland
A&L Goodbody LLP
Arthur Cox
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
Matheson
McCann FitzGerald
William Fry

Law firm of the year: Russia and the CIS
ALRUD Law Firm
Centil Law Firm
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners
SIGNUM Law Firm

Law firm of the year: Scandinavia and The Nordics
Borenius
Castrén & Snellman Attorneys Ltd
Magnusson
Roschier
Simonsen Vogt Wiig
Wiersholm

Law firm of the year: South Eastern Europe
Gecić Law
KINSTELLAR
KURT & PARTNERS LAW FIRM
Popescu & Asociatii
Schoenherr Attorneys at Law (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH)
Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii
Wolf Theiss
Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners Attorneys at Law

Law firm of the year: Switzerland
Homburger
Lenz & Staehelin
Loyens & Loeff
MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep Ltd
Niederer Kraft Frey
Schellenberg Wittmer
Walder Wyss

Law firm of the year: The Baltics
COBALT
Ellex
Magnusson
Sorainen
TGS Baltic

Law firm of the year: Ukraine
AEQUO
Asters
AVELLUM
INTEGRITES
Kinstellar
Redcliffe Partners
Sayenko Kharenko

European competition or antitrust team of the year
Aequo
BonelliErede
Covington
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
SRS Advogados

European corporate team of the year
AEQUO
Arthur Cox
Bird & Bird
Eversheds Sutherland
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
VdA

European finance team of the year
Borenius Attorneys Ltd
Herbert Smith Freehills
Latham & Watkins
McCann FitzGerald
Niederer Kraft Frey
Schalast
William Fry

European litigation team of the year
Arthur Cox
BonelliErede
Brucher Thieltgen & Partners
McCann FitzGerald
Portolano Cavallo
SRS Advogados
William Fry

European specialist law firm of the year
Grimaldi Studio Legale
HabrakenRutten
Maruta Wachta Law Firm
Masouros and Partners
Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law
SAGARDOY ABOGADOS
VANDENBULKE
Zeidler Group

Most innovative technology initiative
BonelliErede
Clifford Chance
Ius Laboris
Kochański & Partners
Luminance
Norton Rose Fulbright

European managing partner of the year
Alina Popescu, MPR Partners
Bruno Ferreira, PLMJ
Denis Vandenbulke, Vandenbulke
Francesco Sciaudone, Grimaldi Studio Legale
Geoff Moore, Arthur Cox
Marcin Maruta, Maruta Wachta
Morten Goller, Wiersholm
Piotr Kochański, Kochański & Partners
Prof. Dr. Christoph Schalast, Schalast

Global network of the year
Interlaw
International Lawyers Network
Ius Laboris
Multilaw
TerraLex
unyer
World Law Group

Offshore firm of the year
Appleby
Carey Olsen
Harneys
Lennox Paton
Mourant
Ogier

Global firm of the year in Europe
Baker McKenzie
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Herbert Smith Freehills
Latham & Watkins LLP
Littler Mendelson PC

Global in-house team of the year
Ocado
HUAWEI
Babylon
Fidelidade – Companhia de Seguros, S.A.
Infosys
Nomad Foods
Siemens Energy AG