The Lawyer European Awards was the first initiative of its kind to reward and celebrate excellence across the European legal market. The Awards scheme attracts entries from over 120 independent law firms headquartered in Europe and global firms working across the Continent.
The Lawyer’s two-day, VIP Summit brings together around 90 global, European and UK in-house general counsel and chief compliance officers to share best practice, trends and trouble-shooting tips across different sectors and geographies, focused on how lawyers can demonstrate value within increasingly risk conscious businesses.
This unique professional event is designed to optimise the skills of in-house counsel as business forecasters and strategic advisers, enabling them to support their businesses in an increasingly fast-paced and ever-changing world.
Shaping up to be the Financial Sector’s must-attend event, this 1-day conference is the perfect opportunity for in-house lawyers and compliance professionals to share their challenges in implementing the latest regulatory change, to understand how companies and industries are affected in practice by the new regulation and to benchmark with 90 of their peers.
On 25 September 2018, The Lawyer and more than 120 managing partners, CEOs and top-level business services leaders will gather at the Business Leadership Summit to spend a day focusing on defining your law firm strategy in a tech driven future. Interested in joining your peers at the top table as the future of the market is decided? Register now
The Lawyer’s In-house Counsel as Business Partner conference is an event where in-house lawyers can enhance their ability to meet the wider demands of their organisation, support their professional development needs and benchmark with their peers.
From keeping abreast of potential risks, to discussing prevention and compliance tactics as well as tackling the latest dispute resolution challenges, the event delivers an unrivalled platform for education and networking.
Hogan Lovells pro bono director Yasmin Waljee talks to The Lawyer about the impact of winning 2017’s Pro Bono Initiative of the Year prize at The Lawyer Awards, in association with Travelers. In a short paragraph can you tell us a bit more about the work that led you to win Pro Bono Initiative of the […]
Ahead of this year’s The Lawyer Awards in association with Travelers, Ashurst Partner Ru-Woei Foong talks to The Lawyer about the impact of winning restructuring team of the year in 2017. In a short paragraph can you tell us a bit more about the initiatives that led you to enter and consequently win restructuring team of […]
Ahead of The Lawyer Awards in association with Travelers, Bristows head of competition and regulatory Pat Treacy talks to The Lawyer about the impact of winning the competition team of the year award in 2017 In a short paragraph can you tell us a bit more about the initiatives that led you to enter and […]
How can general counsel contribute to their company’s commercial strategy? Funding Circle’s GC explains the challenges.
Ahead of this year’s The Lawyer Awards in association with Travelers, RPC Partner Richard Breavington talks to The Lawyer about the impact of winning the Best Client Service Innovation prize last year. In a short paragraph can you tell us a bit more about the initiatives that led you to enter and consequently win Best Client […]
Ahead of The Lawyer Awards 2018 in association with Travelers, Carey Olsen managing partner Alex Ohlsson talks to The Lawyer about the impact of winning the Offshore Firm of the Year award last year. In a short paragraph can you tell us a bit more about the initiatives that led you to enter and consequently […]
Creating a discernible and identifiable culture is no mean feat; creating one worthy of Law Firm of the Year is even harder. At a breakfast roundtable in the heart of the City, The Lawyer and Travelers spoke to those shortlisted for the top prize about how they cultivate, maintain and progress something so intangible. A […]
Today The Lawyer reveals the shortlist for The Lawyer Awards 2018, in association with Travelers, the legal industry’s biggest night of the year. This year, over 70 judges across private practice, in-house and the Bar debated entries from a record number of law firms and companies to narrow down the shortlist for the 28 categories. Our panel of judges […]
Midlands law firm Wright Hassall, a multi-disciplinary practice representing businesses and individuals locally and nationally, has won The Lawyer Awards Regional Firm of the Year 2017 for its ambitious growth strategy and cultural goal to put the customer at the heart of everything it does. About Wright Hassall Wright Hassall is one of the largest law […]
London law firm Kemp Little has won The Lawyer Boutique Law Firm of the Year award for 2017.
With legal privilege a major discussion topic for 2017, The Lawyer spoke with HFW Partner Brian Perrott during our Managing Risk and Litigation conference to get his thoughts on whether in-house lawyers are still able to rely on privilege.
FTI Consulting’s European Information Governance Leader Sonia Cheng talks to The Lawyer about making the most of an information governance system while also sharing tips on how to get the funding and necessary board level attention for this.
EY head of law, UK&I Philip Goodstone talks to The Lawyer during the recent In-house Counsel as Business Partner conference about what innovation means and how to keep your team focused on innovation.
Video interview at The Lawyer’s In-house Counsel as Business Partner conference with Michael Luckman, Partner & Head of Commercial, Employment, Pensions and Projects at Gowling WLG around the threats and opportunities for UK businesses trading internationally and what protectionism means for the GC.
Video interview with Bill Brooks, General Manager – Legal Sector at Globality Legal Services during the recent In-house Counsel as Business Partner conference, talking about what the top three criteria for hiring external law firms should be and discussing the situations when GCs are better off instructing smaller local firms.
On the 26 September 2017, The Lawyer and more than 120 senior and managing partners, CEOs and top-level business services leaders came together at the Business Leadership Summit to spend a day focusing on how to build the law firm of 2025.
Hosted by actor Rob Brydon, highlights of the night included Mishcon de Reya taking home the Law firm of the Year Award, while Dentons won International firm of the Year and Blackstone Chambers won Chambers of the year
The Lawyer’s deputy editor Matt Byrne explores the new themes and topics to be covered in this year’s jam-packed agenda for the upcoming Business Leadership Summit on 26th September.
Some of the best photographs from a fantastic night where Mishcon de Reya were crowned Law Firm of the Year 2017.
The award-winning teams from The Lawyer Awards this year have demonstrated that innovation and leadership frequently starts in the in-house legal team. Find out more about our 2017 winners below.
