Winners – Lawyers & Law Firms
Overall Firm of the Year 2019: Clifford Chance
We are delighted to announce Clifford Chance as WWL’s Global Law Firm of the Year for 2019.
Clifford Chance has an unrivalled 277 lawyers listed across our practice area and country guides, including dozens of practitioners in the USA, Middle East and Asia to go with its exceptional depth in the UK and Europe.
In addition to its overall award, the firm is a deserved winner in four further categories this year: Banking – Finance, Banking – Regulatory, Litigation and Project Finance.
Practice Area Awards 2019
Asset Recovery, Business Crime Defence & Investigations
Asset Recovery
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Business Crime Defence
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Investigations
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Firm of the Year PCB Litigation
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Firm of the Year Corker Binning |
Firm of the Year Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher |
Lawyer of the Year Yves Klein Monfrini Bitton Klein |
Lawyer of the Year Stephen Pollard WilmerHale |
Lawyer of the Year Joseph Warin Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher |
Competition & Trade
Competition
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Competition Plaintiffs
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Trade & Customs
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- Firm of the Year
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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- Firm of the Year
- Hausfeld
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- Firm of the Year
- Sidley Austin
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Frank Montag
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Eric Cramer
Berger & Montague
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Edwin Vermulst
VVGB Advocaten
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Construction, Government Contracts & Real Estate
Construction
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Government Contracts
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Real Estate
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- Firm of the Year
- Pinsent Masons
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- Firm of the Year
- Hogan Lovells
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- Firm of the Year
- DLA Piper
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Edward Corbett
- Corbett & Co International Construction Lawyers
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Totis Kotsonis
Eversheds Sutherland
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Jay Epstien
DLA Piper
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Corporate
Corporate Governance
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M&A
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Restructuring & Insolvency
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- Firm of the Year
- Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
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- Firm of the Year
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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- Firm of the Year
- Walkers
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Edward Waitzer
- Stikeman Elliott
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Adam Emmerich
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
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- Lawyer of the Year
- James Sprayregen
Kirkland & Ellis
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Dispute Resolution
Arbitration
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Life Sciences - Product Liability
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Litigation
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- Firm of the Year
- White & Case
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- Firm of the Year
- Hogan Lovells
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- Firm of the Year
- Clifford Chance
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Emmanuel Gaillard
- Shearman & Sterling
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Donald (Fritz) Zimmer
King & Spalding
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Martin Bernet
Bernet Arbitration/Dispute Management
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Mediation
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Product Liability Defence
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- Firm of the Year
- Independent Mediators
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- Firm of the Year
- Shook Hardy & Bacon
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Bill Marsh
- Independent Mediators
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Christy Jonesa
- Butler Snow
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Energy & Natural Resources
Energy
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Environment
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Climate Change
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- Firm of the Year
- Herbert Smith Freehills
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- Firm of the Year
- Beveridge & Diamond
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- Firm of the Year
- Baker McKenzie
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- Lawyer of the Year
- David Asmus
- Sidley Austin
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Leonard Griffiths
Bennett Jones
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Leonard Griffiths
Bennett Jones
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Finance
Banking
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Banking - Finance
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Banking - Fintech
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Stephen Lucas
- Kirkland & Ellis
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- Firm of the Year
- Clifford Chance
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- Firm of the Year
- Osborne Clarke
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Banking - Regulatory
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Capital Markets
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Private Funds - Formation
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- Firm of the Year
- Clifford Chance
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- Firm of the Year
- Allen & Overy
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- Firm of the Year
- Maples and Calder
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Thomas Reutter
Bär & Karrer
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Jason Glover
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
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Private Funds - Regulatory
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Project Finance
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- Firm of the Year
- Travers Smith
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- Firm of the Year
- Clifford Chance
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Arnold Tan
Rajah & Tann Singapore
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Cynthia Urda Kassis
Shearman & Sterling
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Franchise, IP & Life Sciences
Franchise
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Life Sciences - Patent Litigation
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Life Sciences - Regulatory
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- Firm of the Year
- DLA Piper
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- Firm of the Year
- Hoyng Rokh Monegier
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- Firm of the Year
- Sidley Austin
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Lee Plave
- Plave Koch
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Brian Cordery
Bristows
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Ian Dodds-Smith
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
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Life Sciences - Transactional
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Patents
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Trademarks
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- Firm of the Year
- Cooley
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- Firm of the Year
- Bird & Bird
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- Firm of the Year
- Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Patrick Duxbury
- Gowling WLG
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Brian Cordery
- Bristows
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Tim Golder
- Allens
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Labour, Employment & Immigration
Labour, Employment & Benefits
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Labour & Employment
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Pensions & Benefits
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- Firm of the Year
- Lewis Silkin
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Michael Burd
Lewis Silkin
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Jonathan Mort
Jonathan Mort Inc
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Corporate Immigration
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- Firm of the Year
- Fragomen
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Laura Devine
- Laura Devine Solicitors
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Tax & Insurance
Corporate Tax
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Insurance
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Private Client
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- Firm of the Year
- Ernst & Young
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- Firm of the Year
- Clyde & Co
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- Firm of the Year
- Withers
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Niklas Schmidt
- Wolf Theiss
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Nigel Brook
Clyde & Co
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Carlos de Serpa Pimentel
Appleby
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Data, Sports & Entertainment
Data
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Data - IT
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Data - Privacy & Protection
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Steven De Schrijver
- Astrea
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- Firm of the Year
- Kennedy Van der Laan
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- Firm of the Year
- Fieldfisher
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Data - Security
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Data - Telecoms & Media
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Entertainment
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- Firm of the Year
- Sidley Austin
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- Firm of the Year
- SKW Schwarz
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- Firm of the Year
- CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarr Olswang
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Michael Lipton QC
Dickinson Wright
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Transport
Aviation
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Aviation - Contentious
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Aviation - Finance
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Firm of the Year Holman Fenwick Willan
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Lawyer of the Year Peng Lim Kennedys |
Lawyer of the Year John Pritchard Holland & Knight |
Aviation - Regulatory
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Shipping
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Lawyer of the Year Laura Pierallini Studio Pierallini |
Firm of the Year Holman Fenwick Willan |
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Lawyer of the Year Gregory Nell SC New Chambers |
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