2008 Finalists

City of London Law Society Lifetime Achievement Award

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Law firm of the Year

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Ashurst
Baker & McKenzie
Eversheds
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters

CSR project of the year
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Clifford Chance
Cripps Harries Hall
Weightmans
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Wragge & Co

London office of the year

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Baker & McKenzie
Bingham McCutchen
Debevoise & Plimpton
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Hogan & Hartson
Uría Menéndez

Europe, Middle East and Africa law firm of the year

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Al Tamini & Company
Chiomenti
Cuatrecasas
Galadari & Associates
Garrigues
Perez-Llorca

Regional law firm of the year

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Boyes Turner
Martineau
Michelmores
Pannone
Stevens & Bolton

Offshore law firm of the year
Appleby
Carey Olsen
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Harney Westwood & Riegels
Ogier

Chambers of the year

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39 Essex Street Chambers
Blackstone Chambers
Maitland Chambers
Monckton Chambers
Serle Court
St Phillips Chambers

Legal department of the year
Abbey
AXA UK
Kimberly-Clark
Man Group
Rio Tinto

Managing/Senior partner of the year
Bill Barker, Martineau
David Gray, Eversheds
Geoffrey Green, Ashurst
Mark Jones, Addleshaw Goddard
Gary Senior, Baker & McKenzie
Dick Tyler, CMS Cameron McKenna

General counsel of the year

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Lorna Curry, GE Corporate Financial
Michelle Green, Hermes Fund Managers
Pavel Klimov, Unisys
Stephen Ross, Man Group
Tim Morris, Carphone Warehouse
Services Europe

Young corporate counsel of the year

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Sarah Drennan, Superdrug
Solomon Osagie, TSYS
Alex Thrower, Teva UK
Lesley Wan, Lloyds TSB Bank
Caitlin St Vincent Welch, Avanade

Young solicitor of the year

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Jenny Afia, Schillings
Carol Lim Apel, Hammonds
Sean Crosky, Norton Rose
Emma Higgs, Lovells
Gregor Pryor, Reed Smith
Simon Thomson, Shearman & Sterling

Cross-border M&A team of the year

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Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper
Hogan & Hartson
Linklaters
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

M&A team of the year
Allen & Overy
Freshfields Bruckhaus Derigner
Norton Rose
Olswang
Simmons & Simmons
Travers Smith

Banking and restructuring team of the year

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Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Norton Rose

Capital markets team of the year

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Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Baker & McKenzie
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Linklaters
White & Case

Property team of the year
Ashurst
Berwin Leighton Paisner
DLA Piper
Forsters
LG
Lovells

Litigation and regulatory team of the year

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DLA Piper
Debevoise & Plimpton
Olswang
Simmons & Simmons
Slaughter and May
White & Case

Employment, pensions, benefits and tax team of the year

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Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Davies Arnold Cooper
Eversheds
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker
Sacker & Partners

Private client and family team of the year

Sponsored by:

Berwin Leighton Paisner
Clarke Willmott
Forsters
LG
Mills & Reeve
Pannone

In-house team of the year
BT Global Services
BUPA
MTV
Superdrug
Tesco
Vodafone

Best use of technology

Sponsored by:

Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Eversheds
Freeth Cartwright
National Grid
Norton Rose