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
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Samantha Woodham, The Divorce Surgery
Highly Commended
Victoria Cromwell, BARBRI
General Counsel of the Year
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Sabrina Nguyen, Danone
Highly Commended
Hannah Constantine, Smiths Group
Law Firm Leader of the Year – Large Practice
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Fiona Adams, Greenberg Traurig
Highly Commended
Nadine Goldfoot, Fragomen
Law Firm Leader of the Year – Small-to-Medium-Sized Practice
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Emma Wright, Harbottle & Lewis
Highly Commended
Crystal Dias , Lawyery
Woman of the Year
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Caron Heyes, FieldFisher
Highly Commended
Dr Charlotte Proudman, Goldsmith Chambers
Advocate of the Year
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Nageena Khalique KC, Serjeants’ Inn Chambers
Highly Commended
Grace Brown, Garden Court Chambers
Disputes lawyer of the Year
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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
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Elizabeth Bradley, BCLP
Highly Commended
Louise Skinner, Morgan Lewis
In-house Counsel of the Year
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Lorna Gibb, Nokia
Highly Commended
Timiko Cranwell, AB InBev
Rising Star – Small-to-Medium-Sized Practice
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Polly Broad, Harbottle & Lewis
Highly Commended
Micah Lee, Lawyery.co
Rising Star – Large Law Firm
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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
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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
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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
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Caroline East, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Highly Commended
Sophie Garner, St Philips Chambers
Mentor of the Year
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Anthony Metzer KC, Goldsmith Chambers
Highly Commended
Jane Colston, Brown Rudnick
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programme of the Year
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Standard Chartered
Highly Commended
Taylor Wessing
Age and Life Stage Initiative of the Year
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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
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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