2007 Winners & finalists

City of London Law Society Lifetime Achievement Award: Tony Angel, Linklaters

International firm of the year: Allen & Overy

• Clyde & Co
• DLA Piper UK
• Eversheds
• Salans
• White & Case

UK firm of the year: Travers Smith

• Ashurst
• LG
• Mishcon de Reya
• Nabarro
• Stephenson Harwood

Regional firm of the year: Mills & Reeve

• Anderson Fyfe
• Brodies
• Michelmores
• Pannone
• TLT

Legal department of the year: ASDA

• Accenture
• Barclays
• The Carphone Warehouse
• Goldman Sachs
• Kimberly-Clark

Chambers of the year: Wilberforce Chambers

• 3 Verulam Buildings
• Essex Court Chambers
• Maitland Chambers
• Monckton Chambers
• Serle Court

Offshore firm of the year: Cains

• Appleby
• Carey Olsen
• Mourant
• Ogier

Managing/senior partner of the year: David Pester, TLT

• Peter Crossley, Hammonds
• Kevin Gold, Mishcon de Reya
• Moira Gilmour, Field Fisher Waterhouse
• David Gray, Eversheds
• Joy Kingsley, Pannone

Deal lawyer of the year: Alan Paul, Allen & Overy

• Peter Charlton, Clifford Chance
• Iain Fenn, Linklaters
• Gary Howes, Fasken Martineau
• Guy Norman, Clifford Chance
• Todd Schafer, Hogan & Hartson

General counsel of the year: Josh Bayliss, Virgin Group

• Justine Campbell, O2
• Sabine Chalmers, InBev
• Simon Dodds, Deutsche Bank
• Rufus Ogilvie-Smals, GKN
• Stephen Ross, Man Investments

Young corporate counsel of the year: Beverley Robertson, 02

• Joanne Cross, BP
• Helen Moyes, ABN Amro
• Ed Rash, Burberry
• Mark Smith, Convergys
• Duncan Wales, ICAP

Young solicitor of the year: Nicole Kar, Linklaters

• Andrew Campbell, Withy King Solicitors
• Sophie Chandauka, Baker & McKenzie
• Matthew Giles, Hammonds
• Peter Hughes, Salans
• Louise Lamb, Lovells

M&A team of the year: Herbert Smith

• Allen & Overy
• Ashurst
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• Linklaters
• Macfarlanes

Mid-market M&A team of the year: Travers Smith

• DLA Piper
• Eversheds
• LG
• SJ Berwin
• Stephenson Harwood

Banking team of the year: Allen & Overy

• DLA Piper
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• Herbert Smith
• Jones Day
• Linklaters

Securities team of the year: Linklaters

• Allen & Overy
• Dewey & LeBoeuf
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• Norton Rose
• White & Case

Property team of the year: Berwin Leighton Paisner

• Clifford Chance
• Davies Arnold Cooper
• DLA Piper
• Eversheds
• SJ Berwin

Litigation and regulatory team of the year: Clifford Chance

• Baker & McKenzie
• Herbert Smith
• Irwin Mitchell
• Linklaters
• Nabarro

TMT/IP team of the year: DLA Piper

• Denton Wilde Sapte
• Lovells
• Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
• Shoosmiths
• Wragge & Co

Employment, pensions, benefits and tax team of the year: Sacker & Partners

• Blackstone Chambers/Lewis Silkin
• Hammonds
• Lovells
• Russell Jones & Walker
• TLT

Private client team of the year: Withers

• Allen & Overy
• Baker & McKenzie
• Harcus Sinclair
• LG
• Mishcon de Reya

Corporate counsel deal team of the year: Royal Bank of Scotland

• 3i
• GE
• Macquarie
• Rio Tinto
• Royal & SunAlliance

Corporate counsel commercial team of the year: Avanade

• HSBC
• National Grid
• Pfizer
• Sky
• VT group

Best use of technology: Lovells

• Bird & Bird
• Eversheds
• Norton Rose
• Reynolds Porter Chamberlain
• Simmons & Simmons