
Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe


Celebrate Legal Innovation
The Financial Times are delighted to host the Europe Innovative Lawyers Awards in-person in London for the first time since 2019!
Joined by law firms and clients, in-house legal teams and legal service providers alike, attend to find out more about what makes an innovative lawyer in the current climate.
The Awards will provide a critical touch point for the industry after time apart. Join and experience the buzz of a live event again, network with lawyers and business people across the region, and celebrate success with your peers - not just for the award winners, but for everyone who is passionate about driving innovation in the legal sector to bring good to business and society.
2021 Award Winners
Most innovative law firm in Europe - DLA Piper
Most innovative law firm in Europe (Non-UK) - Gide Loyrette Nouel
Most innovative In-House Legal Team in Europe - Amazon UK
Innovation in Sustainability and ESG - AXA
Innovation in Social Justice - Uría Menéndez
Innovation in Sustainable Finance - Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Most Innovative Sustainable Lawyer - Anna-Marie Slot, Ashurst
Innovation in Sustainability & ESG - Hausfeld
Innovation in Strategic and Risk Advice - GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance
Innovation in Digital Law - Allen & Overy
Moving the Market Forward - Travers Smith
Innovation in the Aviation Industry - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Innovation in Enabling Resilient Business - Slaughter and May
Innovation in Rescue, Restructuring and Recovery - Sidley Austin
Innovation in Dispute Resolution - Herbert Smith Freehills
Most Innovative Legal Practitioner - Diala Minott, Paul Hastings
Innovation in People and Skills - Aviva UK
Innovation in People and Skills - Simmons & Simmons
Innovation in Diversity and Inclusion - Browne Jacobson
Innovation in New Business Solutions - Dentons
Most Innovative Change Maker - Caroline Firstbrook, Clifford Chance
Most Innovative Law Firm Transformation - DLA Piper
Most Innovative Leader - Simon Levine, DLA Piper
Innovation in Legal Operations - Bayer
"The awards matter. Nascent law firm innovation has been encouraged and the importance and credibility of these awards are embedded amongst firms and legal counsel alike."
Justin D'Agostino, Herbert Smith Freehills
Why Attend?

Understand
How companies in the industry are approaching legal innovation

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And build relationships with some of the biggest names in the legal industry

Celebrate
Success across the industry through awards, a drinks reception and dinner
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Research Partner
RSGi
RSGi Limited is a think-tank for the legal industry that focuses on resilience, sustainability, growth and innovation for law firms, in-house legal teams and law companies around the globe. With unique insights, intelligence and frameworks built up over thirty years, the four founders (Reena SenGupta, Yasmin Lambert, Tom Saunders and Mary Ormerod) help the industry think more clearly about the future, charting and analysing evolutions in the business and practice of law.
The team runs training and development programmes, inspirational workshops and delivers strategic advice to leadership teams, extensive client listening and merger broking as well as stand-out content for partnership conferences and other events.
Managing Director, Reena SenGupta, has deep experience in assessing and rating legal teams and businesses globally, setting up the research methodology and running the Chambers & Partners Guides in the 1990s, founding the FT Innovative Lawyers programme in 2006 and the RSG India programme in 2008.
The RSGi team have authored countless thought-leadership studies and are currently developing a ‘GreenPrint’ to guide law firms in becoming more sustainable. They are highly networked within the legal industry and continue as the research and content partner to the FT Innovative Lawyers programme globally, actively support the Digital Legal Exchange and curate the Innovative GC Club.
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