our awards

As a firm, we believe in being judged by what our people have achieved and not what we say, so we thought we’d share with you just some of our recent awards.

2008
 

• Investors In People accredited (IIP)
• Recognised as one of the top ten law firms to train with in the UK, for the last four years running
• Chambers 2009 – listed 30 of our lawyers as leading individuals and ranked the firm first or second for the 11 practice areas in which it is listed
• Legal 500 2008 - overall ranked 1st or joint 1st in 15 sectors, more than any other law firm in the East Midlands
• MPF top 100 ‘best professional firms to work for’ 2008
• Best Companies ‘one-to-watch’ 2008
• Birmingham Law Society Awards 2008 ‘commercial lawyer of the year’
• East Midlands Insider Dealmaker Awards 2008 ‘Corporate law firm of the year’
• Nottinghamshire Law Society pro bono firm of the year 2008
• Personnel Today magazine - top 40 best places to work in HR 2008
• Winners of the ‘best graduate recruitment campaign’ at The Lawyer HR Awards 2008

2007
 

• IIP reaccreditation across all three offices 2007
• Institute of IT training 2007 ‘gold’ accreditation
• MPF 2007 European Practice Management Awards ‘best marketing campaign’
• Jobcentre Plus Disability Accreditation ‘two ticks’ rating 2007
• Tommy’s Pregnancy Accreditation 2007

2006
 

• 47th in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work for 2006
• Top honours at the Managing Partners Forum 2006 European Practice Management Awards - joint first prize for 'best managed firm'
• Winner of the Business In The Community ‘pro-bono support award 2006’
• Legal Marketing Awards 2006, ‘best law firm rebranding’ (2nd and highly commended)
• Legal Marketing Awards 2006 ‘UK regional marketing team of the year’

…and most importantly, in our 2008 client reviews, 100% of the clients asked stated they were happy with our relationship with them.