LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026: winners announced!

2026 winners and finalists

Law Firm of the Year
Sponsored by Maltin PR
Russell-Cooke - winner
Adam Benedict 
DMH Stallard 
Garrick Law
Glaisyers ETL
Hägen Wolf 
IMD Solicitors
Law 365

Chambers of the Year
Sponsored by AlphaBiolabs
Littleton Chambers - winner
4-5 Gray’s Inn Square 
Doughty Street Chambers 
Garden Court Chambers 
Gatehouse Chambers  
Park Square Chambers 
Quadrant Chambers
XXIV Old Buildings

In House Team of the Year
Sponsored by Cansford Labs
Klarna - winner
McDonalds Restaurants
Motorway Online - Highly Commended
Prosus Group (Operations)
Skipton Building Society
St Helens Borough Council 
NWSSP Legal and Risk Services and Welsh Risk Pool
Zodia Custody

International Team of the year
Doughty Street Chambers - winner
Eversheds Sutherland  
Expatriate Law
Linkilaw Solicitors
Tapestry Compliance
Zodia Custody - Highly Commended

Award for Knowledge Management
Travers Smith - winner
Charles Russell Speechlys 
Meta Platforms
Scots Law Talks - Highly Commended
Tenet Law

Pro Bono Award
Afghan Pro Bono Initiative (Refugee Legal Support) - winner
Astraea
Raza Halim (Garden Court Chambers)
Global Talent How To Clinic (FairGo CIC)
Lege Expertia
Mishcon de Reya
Ruby’s Law (Christina Warner)
The Social Finance Hot Desk (Prime Advocates)

Award for Diversity & Inclusion
Sponsored by RG Law
Foot Anstey - winner
Garden Court Chambers - Highly Commended
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Judge & Priestley
Narita Bahra KC, Garrick Law
Tapestry Compliance
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK)

Award for Wellbeing
Judge & Priestley - winner
Adam Benedict 
Glaisyers ETL
IMD Solicitors  
Olliers Solicitors
Pepperells Solicitors
Stephens Scown
Unit Chambers - Highly Commended

Award for Customer Focus
Medical Defence Union - winner
5 Essex Chambers
Collins Solicitors
Graphene Legal
Law 365 - Highly Commended
LegalVision 
Nockolds
Spencer Shaw Solicitors

Award for Business Development
Harbottle & Lewis - winner
Cripps - Highly Commended
ILEX Law Group
RLK Solicitors
RPC
Taylor Wessing 
Ward Hadaway 
Weightmans

Award for Legal Services Innovation
FairGo CIC - winner

360 Law Group 
AltraLaw
American Express Legal Services Team
Excello Law
LegalVision - Highly Commended
Lewis Silkin
Meta Platforms

Award for Legal Supplier Innovation
Haast - winner
BigHand
Dr Naheed Ghauri   
Karen Eckstein Limited  
TCC - Highly Commended

Deal of the year
EP Group Take-Private of International Distribution Services (Slaughter and May, Kirkland & Ellis, Paul, Weiss, Linklaters) - winner
Barclays Investment Bank and Atrato Onsite Energy (Hogan Lovells) - Highly Commended
Financing of Cleve Hill Solar Park, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (Norton Rose Fulbright)
Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, United Utilities)
Medik8 Inflexion Deal (Taylor Wessing)
Tideway Blue Bond (Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, Lloyds, Bazalgette Finance)

Employment Law team of the year
TMP Solicitors - winner
Blackstone Chambers
Brabners
Constantine Law - Highly Commended
Foot Anstey
Freshfields
Stephens Scown
Stephensons Solicitors

The Halsbury Award for Rule of Law
Debevoise & Plimpton - winner
Adam Benedict - Highly Commended
Bruce Dearling, Hepworth Browne
John Gould, Russell-Cooke
RLK Solicitors
The Animal Law Foundation
The Vavengers: King & Spalding and WilmerHale
Travers Smith - Highly Commended

Legal Personality of the Year
Voted for by the legal community
Grant Cameron, Trethowans - winner
Aisling Byrne, Nera Capital
Des Collins, Collins Solicitors
Adam Creasey, Adam Benedict
Basharat Hussain, Hussain Solicitors
Stephen Kinsella OBE, Law for Change
Christina Warner, 33 Bedford Row

Dispute Resolution Team of the Year 
RPC - winner 
Brabners
Glaisyers ETL
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK
RLK Solicitors
Stewarts Commercial Litigation
Tenet Law - Highly Commended
Thomas Mansfield Solicitors

Trainee Scheme of the Year 
RPC - winner 
Duncan Lewis Solicitors
Family Law Group
Foot Anstey - Highly Commended
RG Law

Case of the Year 
BDW Trading Ltd v URS Corporation Ltd [2025] UKSC 21 (Osborne Clarke, Blackstone Chambers, Serle Court, Falcon Chambers, Monckton Chambers, Keating Chambers) - winner 
Duncan Lewis Solicitors v Lord Chancellor (Duncan Lewis)
Merricks v Mastercard [2025] CAT 28 (Willkie Farr & Gallagher)
Ministry of Defence v Global Media and Entertainment Ltd (Afghan Super-Injunction) [2025] EWHC 1806 (Admin) (Jude Bunting KC, Doughty Street Chambers)
Municipio De Mariana v BHP Group (UK) Ltd [2025] EWHC 3001 (Pogust Goodhead)
R (National Council for Civil Liberties) v Secretary of State for the Home Dept (Public Law Project intervening) [2025] EWCA Civ 571 (Blackstone Chambers) - Highly Commended
R v Hayes, R v Palombo [2025] UKSC 29 (Karen Todner, QEB Hollis Whiteman)
SKAT v Solo Capital Partners LLP [2025] EWHC 2364 (Comm) (Keystone Law, Gatehouse Chambers, Meaby & Co)
Thatchers v Aldi [2025] EWCA Civ 5 (Stephens Scown)

Costs Law Team of the Year
Sponsored by The Association of Costs Lawyers 
Bolt Burdon Kemp - winner 
Clyde & Co - Highly Commended
Gatehouse Chambers
Glaisyers ETL
Harman GJK
HF
Irwin Mitchell

University Commercial Impact Award 
University of Edinburgh Law School - winner 
Hertfordshire Law School, University of Hertfordshire
Oxford Brookes Law School
University of Birmingham Law School
University of Glasgow School of Law - Highly Commended
University of Winchester

University Pro Bono Award
King’s Legal Clinic, King’s College London - winner
Hertfordshire Law School, University of Hertfordshire
Northumbria University Student Law Office
Southampton Solent University Law Clinic
University of Birmingham Law School
University of East London Legal Advice Centre
University of Southampton Global Legal Clinic
University of Strathclyde Law Clinic

Lifetime Contribution Award
Patrick Allen - winner