Awards 2026

Arbitration Expert Firm of the Year

• Secretariat

Arbitration Expert Witness of the Year

• Kai Schumacher - AlixPartners

Asset Recovery Expert of the Year

• Kevin Hellard - Grant Thornton

Asset Recovery Experts Firm of the Year

• Grant Thornton

Commercial Litigation Expert Firm of the Year

• Berkeley Research Group

Commercial Litigation Expert of the Year

• Mark Bezant - FTI Consulting

Competition Economics Firm of the Year

• Compass Lexecon

Competition Economist of the Year

• Neil Dryden - Compass Lexecon

Construction Expert Firm of the Year

• HKA

Construction Expert of the Year

• Wendy MacLaughlin - gb2

Energy Expert of the Year

• Boaz Moselle - Compass Lexecon

Energy Experts Firm of the Year

• FTI Consulting

Insurance Expert of the Year

• Charles Mullin - Bates White

Insurance Expert Witnesses Firm of the Year

• FTI Consulting

Investigations Digital Forensic Expert of the Year

• Phil Beckett - Alvarez & Marsal

Investigations Digital Forensics Firm of the Year

• FTI Consulting

Investigations Forensic Accountant of the Year

• Dawna Wright - FTI Consulting

Investigations Forensic Accounting Firm of the Year

• Ankura

Mining Expert Firm of the Year

• SLR Consulting

Mining Expert of the Year

• Graham Clow - SLR Consulting

Private Client & Offshore Services - Trust and Advisory Firm of the Year

• Rawlinson & Hunter

Private Client & Offshore Services - Trust and Advisory Professional of the Year

• Marie-Thérèse Yates - J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Restructuring & Insolvency Advisers Expert of the Year

• Andrew Morrison - FTI Consulting

Restructuring & Insolvency Advisers Firm of the Year

• FTI Consulting

Tax Expert of the Year

• Humberto Ávila -  Humberto Ávila Advocaci

Tax Experts Firm of the Year

• PwC

Consulting Firm of the Year

• FTI Consulting

Arbitration

• Freshfields

Asset Recovery

• Carey Olsen

Banking - Finance

• Linklaters

Banking - Regulatory

• A&O Shearman

Business Crime Defence

• A&O Shearman

Capital Markets

• Linklaters

Commercial Litigation

• Norton Rose Fulbright

Competition

• Freshfields

Competition Plaintiffs

• Hausfeld

Construction

• Pinsent Masons

Corporate Governance

• Homburger

Corporate Immigration

• Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy

Corporate Tax

• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Data - IT

• Bird & Bird

Data - Privacy & Protection

• Fieldfisher

Data - Security

• Hogan Lovells

Employment & Labor

• Baker McKenzie

Energy

• Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Entertainment

• Dentons

Environment & Climate

• Norton Rose Fulbright

Fintech & Blockchain

• A&O Shearman

Franchising

• Baker McKenzie

Gaming

• Wiggin

Healthcare & Life Sciences - Patent Litigation

• Hogan Lovells

Healthcare & Life Sciences - Product Liability

• Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

Healthcare & Life Sciences - Regulatory

• Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

Healthcare & Life Sciences - Transactional

• Cooley

Insurance

• Clyde & Co

Investigations

• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

IP - Patents

• Hoyng Rokh Monegier

IP - Trademarks

• Bird & Bird

M&A

• Freshfields

Mediation

• Independent Mediators

Mining

• Fasken

Private Client

• Ogier

Private Funds

• Debevoise & Plimpton

Product Regulation & Liability

• Hogan Lovells

Professional Negligence

• 4 New Square Chambers

Project Finance

• Milbank

Public Procurement

• Monckton Chambers

Real Estate

• Clifford Chance

Restructuring & Insolvency

• Walkers

Sports

• Blackstone Chambers

Telecoms & Media

• Bird & Bird

Trade & Customs

• Baker McKenzie

Transport - Aviation

• Clyde & Co

Transport - Shipping

• Blank Rome

Arbitration

• Prof. Dr. Maxi Scherer, ArbBoutique

Asset Recovery

• Yves Klein, Monfrini Bitton Klein

Banking

• Yuen-Yee Cho, King & Wood Mallesons

Business Crime Defence

• Peter Binning, Corker Binning

Capital Markets

• Michael Kaplan, Davis Polk & Wardwell

Commercial Litigation

• Cavinder Bull SC, Drew & Napier 

Commercial Mediation

• Bill Marsh, Independent Mediators

Competition

• Frank Montag, Freshfields

Competition Plaintiff

• Alex Petrasincu, Hausfeld

Construction

• Sean Brannigan KC, 4 Pump Court

Corporate Governance

• Rolf Watter, Bär & Karrer

Corporate Tax

• Luís Eduardo Schoueri, Lacaz Martins, Pereira Neto, Gurevich & Schoueri 

Data

• Ruth Boardman, Bird & Bird

Employment & Labor

• Joël Grangé, Flichy Grangé Avocats

Energy

• Damien Verhoeven, Liedekerke

Entertainment

• Casey Chisick, Cassels Brock & Blackwell

Environment & Climate

• Édis Milaré, Milaré Advogados

Franchising

• John Pratt, Hamilton Pratt

Gaming

• John Hagan, Harris Hagan

Healthcare & Life Sciences - Patent Litigation

• Matthew Swinn, King & Wood Mallesons

Healthcare & Life Sciences - Product Liability

• Peter Pliszka, Fasken

Healthcare & Life Sciences - Regulatory

• Jacqueline Mulryne, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

Healthcare & Life Sciences - Transactional

• Thomas Holst Laursen, Plesner

Immigration

• Chetal Patel, Bates Wells

Insurance & Reinsurance

• Ernesto Tzirulnik, Ernesto Tzirulnik Advocacia

Investigations

• Judith Seddon, Ashurst

IP - Patents

• Cordula Schumacher, ARNOLD RUESS

IP - Trademarks

• Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete, Kasznar Leonardos

M&A

• Frank Gerhard, Homburger

Mining

• Michael Bourassa, Fasken

Pensions and Benefits

• Elizabeth Brown, Brown Mills Knlink Prezioso

Private Client

• Carlos de Serpa Pimentel, Appleby

Private Funds - Formation

• Marco Masotti, Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

Private Funds - Regulatory

• Lisa Cawley, Kirkland & Ellis

Product Liability Defence

• Rod Freeman, Cooley

Project Finance

• Pablo Sorj, Mattos Filho

Public Procurement

• Sarah Hannaford KC, Keating Chambers

Real Estate

• Marcelo Terra, Duarte Garcia, Serra Netto e Terra

Restructuring & Insolvency

• Mark Goodman, Campbells

Sports

• Michele Bernasconi, Bär & Karrer

Telecoms & Media

• Peter Bräutigam, Noerr

Trade & Customs

• Kay Georgi, ArentFox Schiff

Transport - Aviation Contentious

• Andrew Harakas, Clyde & Co

Transport - Aviation Finance

• Mark Lessard, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Transport - Aviation Regulatory

• José Elías Del Hierro Hoyos, Del Hierro

Transport - Shipping

• Leong Kah Wah, Rajah & Tann Singapore

Global Pro Bono Firm of the Year

• Clayton Utz

EMEA Pro Bono Firm of the Year

• Dentons

Latin America Pro Bono Firm of the Year

• Mattos Filho

North America Pro Bono Firm of the Year

• White & Case

Asia-Pacific Pro Bono Firm of the Year

• Clayton Utz

Law Firm of the Year

• Clifford Chance

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Philip Haberman