Winners 2024

Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner

Barbara Mills KC

Returner of the Year
Winner

Laura Newton, Brick Court Chambers

Highly Commended

Sabra Ferhat, Clifford Chance

Unsung Hero
Winner

Kalela Mwenya, Clifford Chance

Highly Commended

Sharon Thomas, Black Counsel Forum

Innovator of the Year
Winner

Samantha Woodham, The Divorce Surgery

Highly Commended

Victoria Cromwell, BARBRI

General Counsel of the Year
Winner

Sabrina Nguyen, Danone

Highly Commended

Hannah Constantine, Smiths Group

Law Firm Leader of the Year – Large Practice
Winner

Fiona Adams, Greenberg Traurig

Highly Commended

Nadine Goldfoot, Fragomen

Law Firm Leader of the Year – Small-to-Medium-Sized Practice
Winner

Emma Wright, Harbottle & Lewis

Highly Commended

Crystal Dias , Lawyery

Woman of the Year
Winner

Caron Heyes, FieldFisher

Highly Commended

Dr Charlotte Proudman, Goldsmith Chambers

Advocate of the Year
Winner

Nageena Khalique KC, Serjeants’ Inn Chambers

Highly Commended

Grace Brown, Garden Court Chambers

Disputes lawyer of the Year
Winner

Suzanne Horne, Paul Hastings

Highly Commended

Louise Clare Taylor, Penningtons Manches Cooper

Dealmaker of the Year
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Eleni Zodiates, Brown Rudnick

Highly Commended

Alyssa Caples, Cravath Swaine & Moore

Commercial Lawyer of the Year
Winner

Elizabeth Bradley, BCLP

Highly Commended

Louise Skinner, Morgan Lewis

In-house Counsel of the Year
Winner

Lorna Gibb, Nokia

Highly Commended

Timiko Cranwell, AB InBev

Rising Star – Small-to-Medium-Sized Practice
Winner

Polly Broad, Harbottle & Lewis

Highly Commended

Micah Lee, Lawyery.co

Rising Star – Large Law Firm
Winner

Sophie Nehammer, Clyde & Co

Highly Commended

Sonia Gaddu, Penningtons Manches Cooper

Rising Star – In-house Lawyer
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Phoebe Whitlock

Responsible Leader of the Year
Winner

Rachel Holmes, Matrix

Highly Commended

Jane Colston, Brown Rudnick

Responsible Business of the Year
Winner

RPC

Not for Profit Organisation of the Year
Winner

Support Send Kids

Highly Commended

International Bar Association

Supplier of the Year
Winner

The Tall Wall

DE&I Champion of the Year in a Specialist Role
Winner

Danielle Gleicher-Bates, neurodiversikey

Highly Commended

Nina Goswami, Clifford Chance

DE&I Champion of the Year in a Legal Role
Winner

Caroline East, Penningtons Manches Cooper

Highly Commended

Sophie Garner, St Philips Chambers

Mentor of the Year
Winner

Anthony Metzer KC, Goldsmith Chambers

Highly Commended

Jane Colston, Brown Rudnick

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programme of the Year
Winner

Standard Chartered

Highly Commended

Taylor Wessing

Age and Life Stage Initiative of the Year
Winner

Farrer & Co LLP

Highly Commended

Reignite Academy

Disability and/or Neurodiversity Initiative of the Year
Winner

The Law Society of England & Wales

Environmental Sustainability Initiative of the Year
Winner

Sonnedix

Faith Initiative of the Year
Winner

Clifford Chance

Gender Equality Initiative of the Year
Winner

International Bar Association

LGBT+ Initiative of the Year
Winner

General Counsel for Diversity & Inclusion OUT@work program

Mental Health and Wellbeing Initiative of the Year
Winner

In/Fertility in the City

Highly Commended

Farrer & Co

Social mobility Initiative of the Year
Winner

Aviva

Race Equality Initiative of the Year
Winner

Reed Smith

Highly Commended

Black Counsel Forum