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List of all award nominees (www.practicallaw.com/8-384-7501)
Winner: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263398)
Runner-up: Linklaters (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263419)
Winner: CMS Cameron McKenna (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20264347)
Runner-up: White & Case (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:24977079)
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).
Winner: Mannheimer Swartling (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20273921)
Runner-up: RoschierRaidla (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20265331)
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
Winner: Baker & McKenzie (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263478)
Runner-up: Linklaters (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263419)
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)
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)
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)
Winner: Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:23880835)
Joint runners-up: Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr and Webber Wentzel
Winner: Baker & McKenzie (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263478)
Runner-up: Trowers & Hamlin (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20272452)
Winner: Walkers (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20273879)
Runner-up: Ogier (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263695)
Winner: Wolf Theiss (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20264954)
Runner-up: Dorda Brugger Jordis (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20273315)
Winner: Linklaters (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263419)
Runner-up: Stibbe (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20264530)
Winner: Salans (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263475)
Runner-up: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263398)
Winner: Gleiss Lutz (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20273593)
Runner-up: Clifford Chance (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263368)
Winner: Uría Menéndez (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20264757)
Runner-up: Garrigues (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20268113)
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
Winner: Homburger (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20273758)
Runner-up: Walder Wyss & Partners
Winner: Linklaters (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263419)
Runner-up: Slaughter and May (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:21011121)
Winner: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co
Runner-up: Fox Mandal Little (FML)
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)
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.