Awards

Satisfied clients and satisfied employees. That’s our aim. But if we can win a few awards along the way, then why not? It’s always nice to get the recognition you deserve from your peers. Here are some we’ve won over the last few years:

UAE Firm of the Year 2009 for securities and structured products transactions - Representative Corporate Asia Survey
Four Islamic Finance partners selected as leading lawyers in their fields by Islamic Finance news
Best Commodity/Trade Finance law firm – Trade Finance Magazine (10th consecutive year)
Best Trade Finance law firm – Global Trade Review (6th consecutive year)
Best Trade Finance law firm – Trade & Forfaiting Review (6th consecutive year)
Sena Agbayissah presented with a silver award in the Leading Partners (International) category of Decideurs' Trophées du Droit et du Contentieux 2009
Neil Griffiths picked out as one of the Lawyer's 'Hot 100' 2009
Law Firm of the Year – Global Trade Review magazine 2009 (5th consecutive year)
Best Pan-African Law Firm – emeafinance Capital Markets and Corporate Actions awards 2008
Four deals selected for Airfinance Journal's Deal of the Year awards 2008
Three deals in Jane's Transport Finance's Leasing Deals of the Year 2008
Best employer in the Middle East region in Asian Legal Business magazine's Employer of Choice 2009 survey
Syndicated Lending practice listed in Euroweek's top five law firms for syndicated loan advice 2008
Platinum award winner in the Corporation of London's 2008 Clean City Awards
Neil Nicholson chosen as one of The Time's 10 'Future Stars of the City' 2008
Heart of the City award - City of London's Dragon Awards 2007
Best Upcoming IP Team (Media and Copyright) – Décideurs' Trophées du Droit 2007

Legal directory rankings

The key legal directories Chambers and Legal 500 ranked our London practices as follows:

Legal 500 UK 2008

22 partners selected as leading individuals

First tier for Insolvency and Corporate Recovery; Trade Finance; Electricity, Nuclear and Renewables; Retail Occupiers; Commercial Litigation (Milton Keynes); Commercial Property (Milton Keynes); Local Government (Milton Keynes)
Second tier for Futures; Real Estate Development and Leisure; Planning; Social Housing Finance; IT & Telecoms; Rail; Construction (Milton Keynes); Employment (Milton Keynes); PFI (Milton Keynes)

Chambers UK 2009

81 partners selected as leading individuals

First tier for Trade Finance; Asset Finance: Rail; Real Estate (Milton Keynes); Construction (Milton Keynes)
Second tier for Corporate Finance (mid-market); Commodities: Futures; Islamic Finance; Restructuring & Insolvency; Energy & Natural Resources; Climate Change; Planning; Retail; Social Housing Finance; Rail