Manchester Legal Awards finalists named
ADDLESHAW Goddard and Pannone top the nominations for the Manchester Legal Awards, which take place in March.
National firm Addleshaw Goddard is shortlisted in nine categories, while Manchester firm Pannone, which is contesting awards in eight categories.
Organised by The Manchster Law Society for the second time, nominations wwre invited in 18 categories and more than 200 entries were received.
Pannone’s new managing partner Emma Holt is in the running for ‘Partner of the Year’. She is in the midst of a major overhaul of the firm. She vies with Deborah Johnson of Fentons and Addleshaws’ Roger Hart for the award.
Heavyweight corporate firms DLA Piper and Addleshaw Goddard lock horns along with Russell Jone s & Walker in the Large Law Firm category.
Other categories:
Corporate/commercial team: Pannone, Addleshaw Goddard, Eversheds
Property team: Pannone, Eversheds, DLA Piper
Litigation team: Hill Dickinson, Pannone, Addleshaw Goddard
Medium firm:Turner Parkinson; George Davies; Ralli
Small firm: Abney Garsden McDonald; Hilary Meredith; Roberts Jackson; Just Costs.
Trainee of the Year: Gemma Harris, Pannone; Lucy Holden, Addleshaw Goddard; Amy Wilmott, Hilary Meredith.
In-House Lawyer: David McGlennon at Daisy Group; Andrew Batchelor, Promethean World; William Gwynn, Boohoo.
Legal Aid Lawyer of the year: Peter Garsden and Paul Durkin, Abney Garsden
McDonald, and Ben Taylor, of Glaisyers.
Barristers chambers: Kings Chambers, St John’s Buildings
Legal executive: Stuart Cartwright, of JMW, Tanya Francis, Addleshaw Goddard; Peter Newstead, of Beachcroft.
Pro bono/community initiative: Addleshaw Goddard, Eversheds, Hilary Meredith Solicitors
Employment: Eversheds; Brabners Chaffe Street; Addleshaw Godddard
Associate: David McGuirk Eversheds; Zoryana Jurczyszyn, Cobbetts; Amy Chandler, Pannone
Personal injury/clinical negligence team: Pannone, Roberts Jackson, Hilary Meredith Solicitors
Corporate/commercial team: Pannone, Addleshaw Goddard, Eversheds
Crime/regulatory: Olliers, Hill Dickinson and Burton Copeland
Property team: Pannone, Eversheds, DLA Piper
Private client team: Pannone, Russell Jones & Walker, Addleshaw Goddard.
