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Awards & Recognition

We value the external recognition that we have gained through receiving awards and rankings for our client service, individual offices, and the region as a whole.

Notable awards and rankings include:

 

Regional Awards

  • Foreign Policy Association: The first law firm to receive the Foreign Policy Association’s Award for Corporate Responsibility
  • BTI Consulting: Named to BTI Consulting’s Power Elite rankings of the 13 law firms deemed to "capture some of the highest levels of customer satisfaction."

2012

  • Chambers Europe 2012: European Law Firm of the Year
  • Legal Business Awards 2012: Private Equity Team of the Year
  • Managing IP Global Awards 2012: European Copyright Firm of the Year 

2011

  • Chambers Global 2011: Band 1 in 23 practice areas in Europe and the Middle East
  • Euromoney Real Estate Poll 2011: Best for Legal Services - Global, with top rating in three regions, including the Middle East and North Africa
  • Chambers Global 2011: Band 1 in 23 practice areas in Europe and the Middle East
  • Chambers Global 2011: Band 1 - European Employment and Technology & Communications practices
  • Environment PLC Which Lawyer? Super League 2011: No. 1 for environment and climate change in 12 separate jurisdictions across four continents, including Belgium, UK, France, Germany, Hungary, Russian Federation and Spain
  • Financial Times Innovative Lawyer Awards 2011: Ranked 11th in the FT Law 50. We were "highly commended" in the Dispute Resolution, Efficiency and Strategy Categories
  • Bloomberg League Tables 2011: No. 2 EMEA Equity IPO Issuer Adviser by deal count
  • Mergermarket League Tables 2011: No. 2 Legal Adviser to Central and Eastern European M&A by volume and No. 7 Legal Adviser to European M&A by volume
  • Thomson Reuters 2011: No. 2 Legal Adviser to Mid-market M&A and No. 3 Legal Adviser to Small Cap M&A Eastern Europe Involvement
  • IFLR's European Women in Business Law Awards 2011: Mirjam de Blecourt (Partner, Amsterdam) was named "Best in Labour and Employment" and Malgorzata Pietrzak-Paciorek (Partner, Warsaw) was named as "Best in Real Estate"
  • The Sunday Times Best 100 Companies to Work For - 2011: Ranked at number 59 - one of only five law firms to be ranked in 2011
  • ITR European Tax Awards 2011: Tax Firm of the Year in The Netherlands

2010

  • Financial Times Innovative Lawyer Awards 2010: Ranked 12th in the FT Law 50. Four of our 24 submissions were highly commended, including the categories of "Law Firm Branding" (for the Fluency campaign) and "Innovation in Client Service" (for Cross-border pro bono teaming)
  • Euromoney/Project Finance Magazine 2010 Deals of the Year: Egyptian Refining Company - African Downstream Oil & Gas Deal of the Year
  • Euromoney/Project Finance Magazine 2010 Deals of the Year: New Cairo Wastewater - African PPP Deal of the Year
  • The Lawyer Awards 2010: Awarded UK Employment Team of the Year
  • PLC Which Lawyer 2010?: Awarded Russian Law Firm of the Year
  • Chambers Europe Award for Excellence 2010: Awarded Ukraine Law Firm of the Year
  • Legal Business Awards 2010: Awarded UK Employment, Pensions & Benefits Team of the Year
  • Managing Intellectual Property Awards 2010: UK Trade Mark Contentious IP Firm of the Year
  • Managing Intellectual Property Awards 2010: Russian Law Firm of the Year
  • ITR European Awards 2010: Transfer Pricing Team of the Year, Germany
  • ITR European Awards 2010: Transfer Pricing Team of the Year, Italy
  • ITR European Awards 2010: Transfer Pricing Team of the Year, The Netherlands
  • Euromoney's 2010 Real Estate Awards: "Best for Legal Services - Global" (based on a poll of all companies involved in the real estate sector - advisors, investors, banks, developers, investment managers and end-users)

2009
  • BTI Power Ranking: Awarded Power Law Firm for the past two years (2009, 2008)
  • Chambers Europe: Awarded with The Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence, Russia
  • Euromoney Real Estate Awards: Awarded as Best for Legal Services - Global
  • Euromoney: Awarded as Project Finance Magazine Middle East Islamic Deal of the Year
  • ITR European Awards: Awarded as European Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
  • MultiCultural Law magazine: Top Law Firm on Diversity
  • New Energy and Carbon Finance Awards: Top Legal Advisor of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) Projects
  • PLC Which Lawyer Global 50: No. 1 for the past five years (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005)
  • PLC Which Lawyer?’s Law Firm Awards: Awarded Law Firm of the Year for the Middle East and runner up, International Law Firm of the Year 
  • Vault’s Top 100 Law Firm Survey: Ranked in Top 50 Law Firm for four consecutive years in Vault’s Top 100 Law Firm Survey (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006)
  • ITR European Awards: Tax Firm of the Year, Poland (2009, 2007, 2006, 2005)

2008
  • Affärsvärlden: Awarded as Law Firm of the Year in Sweden
  • BTI Consulting: Ranked as one of the world’s top 10 transaction law firms in The BTI Transactions Series: Law Firm Leaders and Contenders. 
  • Environmental Finance: Awarded Best law Firm: EU Emissions, Kyoto Project Credits - GHG Emissions
  • Financial Times: FT Law 50 Firm 
  • Financial Times: Awarded as Financial Times Innovative Lawyers European Project 
  • IFLR: Awarded Egypt office as IFLR Law Firm of the Year for the past three years (2008, 2007, 2006)
  • International Law Office: Winner of the Client Choice Awards in Poland 
  • PLC Which Lawyer?’s Law Firm Awards: Awarded Law Firm of the Year for Central & Eastern Europe and the Middle East and nominated for Western Europe 
  • Project Finance International, Islamic Finance News Awards and IFLR: Awarded Deal of the Year Award for Ma'aden Phosphates Project 
  • The Financial Times Innovative Lawyer: Highly Commended for Diversity and Commended for Marketing & PR - Client Business Forum, Management - Fit for Life and Client Service - leadership of European Corporate Practice Groups
  • ITR European Awards: Tax Firm of the Year, The Netherlands

2007
  • Euromoney Awards: Awarded Best global firm for inheritance and succession planning and for trust services 
  • LawCareers.Net/Trainee Solicitors' Group Training & Recruitment Awards: Awarded as Best Trainer - Large City Law Firm - London for the past four years (2007, 2006, 2005, 2004)
  • The Financial Times and Mergermarket European M&A Awards: Law Firm of the Year for Central and Eastern Europe 
  • The Times: Ranked as Top 100 Graduate Employer, the only non UK law firm on the list (2007, 2006, 2005, 2004)
 
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We started with a vision of going global and were in eight countries before our 10th anniversary. Today we have 69 offices in 42 countries -- including the emerging markets so important to the growth of your business.
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