After eight successful years of awards in the United States, Canada and Asia, Benchmark Litigation is launching its first awards ceremony in Europe and the shortlist is now live.
For full details of the litigation firm and lawyer of the year shortlists, please scroll down. The nominees have been chosen using the research for the Benchmark Europe publication in the final quarter of 2018, with some supplementary surveys and research in January and February 2019.
The ceremony will be held at the luxurious Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park in London on May 15 2019.
For more details please see , or to reserve your place, please contact Melanie Petch on mpetch@euromoneyplc.com or call +44 207 779 8836
For an overview of Benchmark Europe including our research methodology and key information from the 2018 edition, please see here.
NATIONAL AWARDS
AUSTRIA
Firm of the Year
Binder Grösswang
CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati
DORDA Rechtsanwälte
Graf & Pitkowitz
Konrad & Partners
Wolf Theiss
Lawyer of the Year
Christian Dorda, DORDA Rechtsanwälte
Christian Klausegger, Binder Grösswang
Christian Konrad, Konrad & Partners
Philipp Peters, Konrad & Partners
Stefan Riegler, Wolf Theiss
Clemens Trauttenberg, Wolf Theiss
BELGIUM
Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
NautaDutilh
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Stibbe
Van Bael & Bellis
Lawyer of the Year
Stan Brijs, NautaDutilh
Joost Everaert, Allen & Overy
Françoise Lefèvre, Linklaters
Falk Schöning, Hogan Lovells
Oliver Stevens, Stibbe
Joost Verlinden, Acras Law
CROATIA
Firm of the Year
Divjack Topic & Batjarevic
Maćešić & Partners
Porobija & Porobija
Wolf Theiss
Lawyer of the Year
Miroljub Maćešić, Maćešić & Partners
Ivana Manovelo, Maćešić & Partners
Boris Porobija, Porobija & Porobija
Dalibor Valinčić, Wolf Theiss
CYPRUS
Firm of the Year
Antis Triantafyllides & Sons
Dr K Chrysostomides & Co
Elias Neocleous & Co
Ioannides Demetriou
Patrikios Pavlou & Associates
Soteris Pittas & Co
Lawyer of the Year
George Christodoulou, Chrysses Demetriades & Co
Chrysanthos Christoforou, Elias Neocleous & Co
Soteris Pittas, Soteris Pittas & Co
Costas Stamatiou, Elias Neocleous & Co
George Triantafyllides, Antis Triantafyllides & Sons
CZECH REPUBLIC
Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
BBH
Dentons
Havel & Partners
Peterka & Partners
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Lawyer of the Year
Jiří Černý, Peterka & Partners
Karolina Horakova, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Martin Hrodek, Baker McKenzie
Dušan Sedláček, Havel & Partners
DENMARK
Firm of the Year
Bech-Bruun
Bruun & Hjejle
Gorrissen Federspiel
Horten
Kammeradvokaten/Poul Schmith
Plesner
Lawyer of the Year
Christian Alsøe, Gorrissen Federspiel
Torben Bondrop, Plesner
Henriette Gernaa, Gorrissen Federspiel
Karsten Hagel-Sørensen, Kammeradvokaten/Poul Schmith
Ole Spiermann, Bruun & Hjejle
ESTONIA
Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
Cobalt
Ellex Raidla
Sorainen
TGS Baltic
Lawyer of the Year
Carri Ginter, Sorainen
Arne Ots, Ellex Raidla
Martin Tamme, TGS Baltic
Paul Varul, TGS Baltic
FINLAND
Firm of the Year
Castrén & Snellman
DLA Piper
Hannes Snellman
Roschier
Waselius & Wist
Lawyer of the Year
Anders Forss, Castrén & Snellman
Kimmon Heikkinen, Hannes Snellman
Antti Järvinen, Hannes Snellman
Gisela Knuts, Roschier
Jan Waselius, Waselius & Wist
FRANCE
Firm of the Year
Bredin Prat
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
Orrick Rambaud Martel
Shearman & Sterling
Veil Jourde
White & Case
Lawyer of the Year
Claudia Annacker, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Jean-Daniel Bretzner, Bredin Prat
Jean-Michel Darrois, Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
Emmanuel Gaillard, Shearman & Sterling
Anne Wachsmann, Linklaters
GERMANY
Firm of the Year
Freshfields Buckhaus Deringer
Gleiss Lutz
Hengeler Mueller
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Noerr
Lawyer of the Year
Daniel Busse, Allen & Overy
Uwe Hornung, Clifford Chance
Markus Meier, Hengeler Mueller
Stefan Rützel, Gleiss Lutz
Carsten van de Sande, Hengeler Mueller
GREECE
Firm of the Year
Bernitsas Law
Ioannis Vassardanis & Partners
Koutalidis Law Firm
Moratis Passas
Zepos & Yannopoulos
Lawyer of the Year
Panayotis Bernitsas, Bernitsas Law
George Moratis, Moratis Passas
Christos Paraskevopoulos, Bernitsas Law
Ioannis Vassardanis, Ioannis Vassardanis & Partners
HUNGARY
Firm of the Year
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, Ormai es Tarsai
Nagy es Trocsanyi
Oppenheim
Wolf Theiss
Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year
Zoltán Faludi, Wolf Theiss
Peter Nagy, Nagy es Trocsanyi
Zsolt Okányi, CMS
ICELAND
Firm of the Year
BBA
Juris
Lagahvoll
Landslog Law Offices
Logos
Lawyer of the Year
Andri Árnason, Juris
Ólafur Eiríksson, LOGOS
Jóhann Tómas Sigurðsson, Lagahvoll
Jóhannes Karl Sveinsson, Landslog Law Offices
IRELAND
Firm of the Year
A&L Goodbody
Arthur Cox
Maples and Calder
Mason Hayes & Curran
Matheson
McCann FitzGerald
William Fry
Lawyer of the Year
Sharon Daly, Matheson
Karyn Harty, McCann FitzGerald
Helen Kilroy, McCann FitzGerald
Conor McDonnell, Arthur Cox
Owen O’Sullivan, William Fry
ITALY
Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
Bonelli Erede Pappalardo
Chiomenti
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners
Legance Avvocati Associati
Lombardi Segni & Associati
Pedersoli Studio Legale
Lawyer of the Year
Vittorio Allavena, Bonelli Erede Pappalardo
Enrico Castellani, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Ferdinando Emanuele, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Silvio Martuccelli, Chiomenti
Francesca Rolla, Hogan Lovells
LATVIA
Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
Cobalt
Ellex Klavins
Primus Derling
Sorainen
Lawyer of the Year
Lauris Liepa, Cobalt
Sintija Radionova, Primus Derling
Jevgenijs Salims, Ellex Klavins
LITHUANIA
Firm of the Year
Cobalt
Ellex Valinus
Sorainen
TGS Baltic
Lawyer of the Year
Valentinas Mikelėnas, TGS Baltic
Rimantas Simaitis, Cobalt
Andrius Smaliukas, Ellex Valiunas
LUXEMBOURG
Firm of the Year
Arendt & Medernach
Bonn & Schmitt
Elvinger Hoss Prussen
Linklaters
Loyens & Loeff
Lawyer of the Year
Marc Elvinger, Elvinger Hoss Prussen
Véronique Hoffeld, Loyens & Loeff
François Kremer, Arendt & Medernach
NETHERLANDS
Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Houthoff
NautaDutilh
Simmons & Simmons
Stibbe
Van Doorne
Lawyer of the Year
Yvo de Vries, Allen & Overy
Bart Gerretsen, Windt Le Grand Leeuwenburgh
Dirk Knottenbelt, Houthoff
Richard Le Grand, Windt Le Grand Leeuwenburgh
Paul Olden, NautaDutilh
NORWAY
Firm of the Year
BAHR
DLA Piper
Thommessen
Wikborg Rein
Lawyer of the Year
Asle Bjelland, Thommessen
Jan Jansen, BAHR
Ola Haugen, Wikborg Rein
POLAND
Firm of the Year
Clifford Chance
CMS
Dentons
Greenberg Traurig
K&L Gates
Lawyer of the Year
Andrzej Chrzanowski, Kancelaria Krassowski
Paweł Pietkiewicz, Greenberg Traurig
Wojciech Sadowski, K&L Gates
Andrzej Wysokiński, Greenberg Traurig
PORTUGAL
Firm of the Year
Cuatrecasas
Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
PLMJ
Riquito Advogados
SRS Advogados
Uría Menéndez-Proença de Carvalho
VdA
Lawyer of the Year
Fernando Aguilar de Carvalho, Uría Menéndez-Proença de Carvalho
Francisco Cortez, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados
Pedro Faria, PLMJ
Frederico Gonçalves Pereira, VdA
José Carlos Soares Machado, SRS Advogados
ROMANIA
Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
Maravela & Asociații
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
PeliFilip
Popovici Niţu Stoica & Asociaţii
Suciu Popa
Țuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii
Zamfirescu Racoti & Partners
Lawyer of the Year
Cătălin Alexandru. PeliFilip
Ioana Gelepu, Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații
Luminita Popa, Suciu Popa
Ioan Roman, Maravela & Asociatii
Sorin Stratula, Stratula & Asociatii
RUSSIA
Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Dentons
MGAP Attorneys at Law
Peterka & Partners
White & Case
Lawyer of the Year
Timur Aitkulov, Clifford Chance
Amiran Gogberidze, MGAP Attorneys at Law
Mikhail Ivanov, Dentons
Rudnitskiy Vlad, Peterka & Partners
SPAIN
Firm of the Year
Clifford Chance
Cuatrecasas
Garrigues
Gómez Acebo & Pombo
Linklaters
Pérez-Llorca
Uría Menéndez
Lawyer of the Year
Luis Ortiz Blanco, Garrigues
Marcos Araujo Boyd, Garrigues
Jose Antonio Caínzos, Clifford Chance
Jaime Folguera, Uría Menéndez
Alfonso Iglesia, Cuatrecasas
Patricia Vidal, Uría Menéndez
SWEDEN
Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Lindahl
Mannheimer Swartling
Roschier
Setterwalls
Lawyer of the Year
Fredrik Andersson, Mannheimer Swartling
Stefan Bessman, Baker McKenzie
Olle Flygt, Mannheimer Swartling
Rikard Wikström-Hermansen, Roschier
SWITZERLAND
Firm of the Year
Bär & Karrer
Homburger
Lalive
Lenz & Staehelin
Niederer Kraft Frey
Pestalozzi Law
Schellenberg Wittmer
Walder Wyss
Lawyer of the Year
Peter Burckhardt, Schellenberg Wittmer
Felix Dasser, Homburger
Daniel Eisele, Niederer Kraft Frey
Harold Frey, Lenz & Staehelin
Balz Gross, Homburger
Michael Kramer, Pestalozzi Law
Andreas Länzlinger, Bär & Karrer
Stefan Leimgruber, Schellenberg Wittmer
TURKEY
Firm of the Year
Erdem & Erdem Law Office
Gurkaynak Attorneys at Law
Gün + Partners
Moroğlu Arseven
Paksoy
Pekin + Pekin
Lawyer of the Year
Orçun Çetinkaya, Moroğlu Arseven
H Ercüment Erdem, Erdem & Erdem Law Office
İsmail Esin, Esin Attorney Partnership
Gönenç Gürkaynak, ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
UKRAINE
Firm of the Year
Asters
Arzinger
Dentons
Evris
Ilyashev & Partners
Redcliffe Partners
Vasil Kisil & Partners
Lawyer of the Year
Oleg Alyoshin, Vasil Kisil & Partners
Oleksiy Didkovskiy, Asters
Sergiy Gryshko, Redcliffe Partners
Markian Malskyy, Arzinger
Dmytro Marchukov, Integrites
Sergey Pogrebnoy, Sayenko Kharenko
UNITED KINGDOM
Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Kirkland & Ellis
Herbert Smith Freehills
Slaughter and May
Mayer Brown
Signature Litigation
White & Case
Lawyer of the Year
Steven Baker, White & Case
Roger Best, Clifford Chance
Damien Byrne Hill, Herbert Smith Freehills
Simon Davis, Clifford Chance
Rob Fell, Travers Smith
Lord (Peter) Goldsmith QC, Debevoise & Plimpton
Graham Huntley, Signature Litigation
PRACTICE AREA FIRM AWARDS
Commercial & Transactions Firm of the Year
Ashurst
Debevoise & Plimpton
Garrigues
Gleiss Lutz
Hengeler Mueller
Herbert Smith Freehills
Loyens & Loeff
McCann Fitzgerald
Competition Firm of the Year
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Cuatrecasas
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Uría Menéndez
White & Case
Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Simmons & Simmons
Taylor Wessing
International Arbitration Firm of the Year
Castrén & Snellman
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Gleiss Lutz
Hengeler Mueller
Homburger
Kirkland & Ellis
White & Case
White Collar Crime Firm of the Year
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Homburger
NautaDutilh
Schellenberg Wittmer
Stibbe
Uría Menéndez
White & Case
PRACTICE AREA LAWYER AWARDS
Commercial & Transactions Lawyer of the Year
Jean-Daniel Bretzner, Bredin Prat
Simon Davis, Clifford Chance
Jean-Yves Garaud, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Lord (Peter) Goldsmith QC, Debevoise & Plimpton
Damian Byrne Hill, Herbert Smith Freehills
Olivier Stevens, Stibbe
Competition Lawyer of the Year
Simon Baxter, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Jean-Francois Bellis, Van Bael & Bellis
Olivier Billard, Bredin Prat
Cani Fernández, Cuatrecasas
Jaime Folguera, Uría Menéndez
Craig Pouncey, Herbert Smith Freehills
Patricia Vidal, Uría Menéndez
Sven Volcker, Latham & Watkins
Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year
Laëtitia Bénard, Allen & Overy
Bas Berghuis van Woortman, Simmons & Simmons
Yves Bizollon, Bird & Bird
Martin Kohler, Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Steffen Steininger, Hogan Lovells
International Arbitration Lawyer of the Year
Claudia Annacker, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Yas Banifatemi, Shearman & Sterling
Rajinder Bassi, Kirkland & Ellis
Christopher Colbridge, Kirkland & Ellis
Felix Dasser, Homburger
Balz Gross, Homburger
Phillipp Hanfland, Hengeler Mueller
Stefan Leimgruber, Schellenberg Wittmer
White Collar Crime Lawyer of the Year
Peter Burckhardt, Schellenberg Wittmer
Éric Dezeuze, Bredin Prat
Joost Everaert, Allen & Overy
Jean-Yves Garaud, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Jane Shvets, Debevoise & Plimpton
Hans Van Bavel, Stibbe