PEOPLE IN LAW AWARDS 2025 SHORTLIST

We're delighted to reveal the shortlist for the People in Law Awards 2025. The winners will be announced on Thursday 1st May.


EXCELLENCE IN LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT

Ampa

BCLP

Burges Salmon

Clarion Solicitors

Cripps

Eversheds Sutherland

Goodwin

Kennedys

Milbank

Mishcon de Reya

Taylor Wessing

Watson Farley & Williams


BEST CSR INITIATIVE

Ashurst

Matheson


BEST ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE INITIATIVE

Clarke Willmott

DLA Piper

Kennedys

London Law Collective


BEST SOCIAL MOBILITY INITIATIVE

Bates Wells

Clyde & Co

Norton Rose Fulbright


EXCELLENCE IN ED&I

Sponsored by: Clyde & Co


BCLP

Clyde & Co

DLA Piper

Foot Anstey

Shoosmiths


BEST INNOVATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY

Sponsored by: Performance Leader



Burges Salmon

Clyde & Co

Kennedys

Mayer Brown

Milbank

Norton Rose Fulbright


EXCELLENCE IN RECRUITMENT

Sponsored by: Yurtle



Clarion Solicitors
Clyde & Co
Hill Dickinson
Norton Rose Fulbright

BEST EARLY TALENT RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN

Sponsored by: GTI


A&O Shearman

Goodwin

Hogan Lovells

Milbank

Mishcon de Reya

Norton Rose Fulbright


BEST INTERNAL ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN

Sponsored by: Chambers and Partners



Kennedys

Mishcon de Reya

Watson Farley & Williams


MOST INNOVATIVE PEOPLE INITIATIVE

Sponsored by: Howden Employee Benefits 



BCLP

Clyde & Co

Hogan Lovells

Lewis Silkin

Mayer Brown – Job Architecture

Mayer Brown – New Era

Shoosmiths


BEST PEOPLE PROFESSIONAL

Sponsored by: Gallagher


Rebecca Harding – A&O Shearman

Kirsty Shippin – Clarion Solicitors

Naomi Crozier – Watson Farley & Williams


RISING STAR

Sponsored by: Lockton



Neve Barr – BCLP

Nadia Hemmings – Clarion Solicitors

Ria Clarke – Kennedys

Abby Ford – Mayer Brown

Stacey Davidson – Norton Rose Fulbright

Katie Dacre – Taylor Wessing

Luke Rolls – Trowers & Hamlins


BEST PEOPLE LEADER

Sponsored by: Totum


Sasha Hardman – A&O Shearman

Helen Saunders – Clarion Solicitors

Rebecca Wardle – Trowers & Hamlins

Yvonne McKee – Withers & Rogers


HR TEAM OF THE YEAR 

Sponsored by: Accurate



A&O Shearman

DAC Beachcroft

HFW

Mayer Brown

Mishcon de Reya

Norton Rose Fulbright

Shoosmiths

Three Crowns

Trowers & Hamlins

Withers & Rogers


GRAND PRIX

Sponsored by: Blackbridge


The champion of champions – join us on the night when we reveal the winner of one of legal HR's most coveted prizes, the Blackbridge Communications Grand Prix award.