Winners of the 2009 PLC Which lawyer? Awards

Decided exclusively by international in-house counsel, the PLC Which lawyer? Law Firm Awards are a coveted prize for law firms. For the 2009 Awards, in addition to the regional and the overall international awards, voters could elect national champions in several jurisdictions. Here are the results!
Author: Claire Plarre, PLC Cross-border

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List of all award nominees (www.practicallaw.com/8-384-7501)

 

At a glance - the winners and runners-up of the 2009 PLC Which lawyer? Law Firm Awards

Law Firm of the Year: Western Europe

Winner: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263398)

Runner-up: Linklaters (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263419)

Law Firm of the Year: Central and Eastern Europe

Winner: CMS Cameron McKenna (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20264347)

Runner-up: White & Case (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:24977079)

Law Firm of the Year: Baltics

Winner: Sorainen (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20269147)

Joint runners-up: LAWIN (consisting of Lepik & Luhaäär (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20270726) - Estonia, Klavins & Slaidins (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20270186) – Latvia, and Lideika Petrauskas Valiunas ir partneriai (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20264022) – Lithuania) and Raidla Leijns & Norcous (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263983).

Law Firm of the Year: Northern Europe

Winner: Mannheimer Swartling (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20273921)

Runner-up: RoschierRaidla (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20265331)

Law Firm of the Year: Latin America

Joint winners: Baker & McKenzie (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263478) and Uría Menéndez (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20264757)’s network

Runner-up: Bomchil Group

Law Firm of the Year: Asia

Winner: Baker & McKenzie (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263478)

Runner-up: Linklaters (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263419)

Law Firm of the Year: Australia

Winner: Mallesons Stephen Jaques (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263425)

Joint runners-up: Minter Ellison (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263438) and Allens Arthur Robinson (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20265710)

Law Firm of the Year: US

Winner: Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20904006)

Joint runners-up: Latham & Watkins (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263416) and Sidley Austin (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263454)

Law Firm of the Year: Canada

Winner: Blake Cassels & Graydon (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20266299)

Joint runners-up: Osler Hoskin & Harcourt (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20271618) and Fasken Martineau DuMoulin (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20268594)

Law Firm of the Year: South Africa

Winner: Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:23880835)

Joint runners-up: Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr and Webber Wentzel

Law Firm of the Year: Middle East

Winner: Baker & McKenzie (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263478)

Runner-up: Trowers & Hamlin (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20272452)

Law Firm of the Year: Offshore

Winner: Walkers (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20273879)

Runner-up: Ogier (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263695)

Law Firm of the Year: Austria

Winner: Wolf Theiss (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20264954)

Runner-up: Dorda Brugger Jordis (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20273315)

Law Firm of the Year: Benelux

Winner: Linklaters (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263419)

Runner-up: Stibbe (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20264530)

Law Firm of the Year: France

Winner: Salans (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263475)

Runner-up: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263398)

Law Firm of the Year: Germany

Winner: Gleiss Lutz (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20273593)

Runner-up: Clifford Chance (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263368)

Law Firm of the Year: Iberia

Winner: Uría Menéndez (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20264757)

Runner-up: Garrigues (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20268113)

Law Firm of the Year: Italy

Winner: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263398)

Joint runners-up: Bonelli Erede Pappalardo (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20264587) and Chiomenti Studio Legale

Law Firm of the Year: Switzerland

Winner: Homburger (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20273758)

Runner-up: Walder Wyss & Partners

Law Firm of the Year: UK

Winner: Linklaters (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263419)

Runner-up: Slaughter and May (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:21011121)

Law Firm of the Year: India

Winner: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

Runner-up: Fox Mandal Little (FML)

International Law Firm of the Year

Winner: Clifford Chance (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263368)

Joint runners-up: Baker & McKenzie (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263478) and White & Case (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:24977079)

 

Summary of methodology

Voting was conducted online and was open to over 5,500 in-house counsel from across the globe, as listed in Law Department Profiles. Voters were free to pick their own winners or choose from the nominees (www.practicallaw.com/8-384-7501) suggested by the PLC Which lawyer? team*. The winners are those firms with the most votes from in-house counsel in each category.

*These nominees are based on firms’ regional scores after aggregating their PLC Which lawyer? rankings for each jurisdiction, as at October 2008. The exceptions are: Northern Europe, where the top firms in each jurisdiction have been nominated, and Latin America, where affiliated groups also qualify as nominees.