Awards and accreditations

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 successes.

2025

Wins

Firm
- Legal 500 ESG Awards 2025: Best Initiative to Attract and Retain Talent.
Individual
- Nottinghamshire Law Society Annual Awards 2025: Barrister of the Year (Fiona Butler).
- Legal 500 ESG Awards 2025: Social Mobility Champion award (Caroline Green, Senior Partner).
- The Lawyer Hot 100: Laura Hughes featured in The Lawyer Hot 100 2025.

Shortlisted

Sector / Team
- EducationInvestor Awards: Legal Advisor of the Year - to Education Institutions.
- HealthInvestor Awards: Legal Advisors of the Year – Private.
- HealthInvestor Awards: Legal Advisors of the Year – Public.
- Managing IP EMEA Awards: Trademark Disputes (Law Firms).
- Managing IP EMEA Awards: Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms).
- Real Deals Private Equity Awards: Legal Adviser of the Year (National/Regional).
- Chambers and Partners: UK firm of the Year.
- Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards: BD and Marketing Team of the Year.
Individual
- The Lawyer: Associate of the Year - Victoria Hatton.
- Managing IP EMEA Awards: Soft IP Practitioner of the Year (Law Firms) – Giles Parsons.

Firm

Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards 2024: Public Sector Firm of the Year
The Legal 500 ESG Awards 2024: Social Mobility: Best Initiative to Attract and Retain Talent (outside London)
East Midlands Chamber Nottinghamshire Business Awards: Outstanding Growth Award
Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion 2024 Inclusivity Excellence Awards: Innovative Approach to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion

Sector / Team

Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards 2024: BD and Marketing Team of the Year
Insider North East Dealmakers Awards 2024: Deal of the Year (£5m to £20m)
East Midlands Property Awards 2024: Property Deal of the Year
East Midlands Rainmakers Award 2024: Legal Team of the Year
East Midlands Rainmakers Award 2024: Private Equity Exit of the Year
East Midlands Rainmakers Award 2024: Medium Deal of the Year
Insurance Times Awards: Bronze award for Business Partner of the Year

Individual

The Bar Council Employed Bar Awards 2024: Employed Barrister of the Year in a Law Firm (Fiona Butler)
British Diversity Awards: Highly Commended for Head of Diversity of the Year (Oliver Holmes)

Social Mobility Employer Index 2023 - ranked ‘one of UK’s top five employers’.
European Diversity Awards 2023 - Social Mobility Initiative of the Year.
People in Law Awards 2023 - winner of Best Social Mobility Initiative.
People in Law Awards 2023 - winner of Grand Prix award.
Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2023 - winner of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programme of the Year (FAIRE).
The Times Best Law Firms 2023 - rated as one of the UK’s leading law firms.
Made in Manchester Awards 2023 - winner of Lawyer of the Year category (Rebecca Hainsworth).
East Midlands Dealmakers 2023 - winner of Law Firm of the Year.
East Midlands Dealmakers 2023 - winner of Dealmaker of the Year (Sandra Wong).
East Midlands Dealmakers 2023 - winner of Deal of the Year (Under £10m) - Management buyout of Swann Systems.
East Midlands Dealmakers 2023 - winner of Deal of the Year (£10m+) - Secondary buyout of Littlefish to Bowmark Capital from LDC and management.
Insider Midlands Dealmakers - winner of SME Deal of the Year.
Insider Midlands Dealmakers - winner of Deal of the Year.
Insider Midlands Young Professionals Awards nominations - Young Lawyer of the Year (Sonia Kaur Bains, Jack Milnthorpe)
Real Deals Private Equity Awards - winner of regional legal adviser of the year.
EducationInvestor Awards 2023 - winner of Legal Advisor of the Year to - Education Institutions.
West Midlands Rainmakers 2023 - winner of Private Equity Exit - Palatine exit from CTS investment.
Exeter Property Awards 2023 - winner of the Legal category.
British Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2023 - regional winner of the Equality Trailblazer, Diversity and Inclusion Award.
Nottinghamshire Law Society - winner of the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award (Peter Ellis).
Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2023 - highly commended for the DE&I Champion of the Year in a Legal Role category (Grace Woolford).
Insider East Midlands Property Dinner Awards - commended in the Regeneration and Restoration Project of the Year category.
Wales Legal Awards 2023 - Winner of Public Law Team of the Year.
Personnel Today Awards 2023 - Winner of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award (Smaller employers) category.
European Diversity Awards 2023 - Winner of Social Mobility Initiative of the Year for FAIRE.

Social Mobility Employer Index 2022 – ‘ranked UK’s number one employer’
The Times Best Law Firms 2022 – ‘rated as one of the UK’s leading law firms’
Franco British Business Awards — ‘Diversity & Inclusion Award’
Education Investor Awards — ‘Legal Advisor to Education Institutions’
British Diversity Awards 2022 – ‘Social Mobility Initiative of the Year’
National Insurance Awards 2022 – ‘Inclusion and Diversity Award’
Lexis Nexis Awards – ‘Award for Diversity and Inclusion’
Lexis Nexis Awards – ‘Legal Personality of the Year’ (Tom Lyas)
Manchester Young Talent Awards 2022 — ‘Legal Professional of the Year’ (Holly Quirk)
Birmingham Black Lawyer (BBL) Excellence Awards – ‘Lawyer of the Year’ (Bridget Tatham)
Genius Within – ‘Celebrating Neurodiversity Awards’ – ‘Community Choice category’ (Lynette Wieland)
WeAreTheCity Rising Star Awards 2022 - 'Law' (The Lynne Freeman Award) category (Lynette Wieland)
WeAreTheCity Rising Star Awards 2022 - 'All Other Industries' category (Laura Mahoney)
Nottinghamshire Law Society Awards – ‘Junior Lawyer of the Year’ (Hannah Collins)
East Midlands Dealmakers Awards 2022 – ‘Corporate Law Firm of the Year’
East Midlands Dealmakers Awards 2022 – ‘Emerging Dealmaker of the Year’ (Sandra Wong)
South West Dealmakers Awards 2022 – ‘Large Deal of the Year’ (More than £25m)
Northern Ireland Dealmakers Awards 2022 – ‘Private Equity/Venture Capital Deal of the Year’ - Buyout of investors and investment in Selazar by a global private equity firm
Insider Midlands Dealmakers Awards - ‘Refinance Deal of the Year’ - the £40m refinancing of Construction Testing Solutions
Insider Midlands Dealmakers Awards - ‘Mid-Market Deal of the Year’ – the MBO of Kingswood Corporation
Insider Wales Dealmakers Awards – ‘Deal of the Year’ - Highly Commended - Acquisition of Tillery Valley Foods by Joubere Food Group (Grant Thornton, Browne Jacobson, Addleshaw Goddard)

Social Mobility Employer Index 2021 - ranked UK’s number one employer
FT Innovative Lawyers Europe 2021 – Innovation in Diversity and Inclusion
British Legal Awards 2021 - D & I Initiative of the Year
UK Social Mobility Awards 2021 - Innovation Award
The Lawyer Awards - Best Talent and Inclusion Initiative
Laing Buisson Awards 2021 – Private Legal Advisor
The Private Equity Awards - Regional Legal Adviser of the Year
Midlands Dealmakers Awards 2021 - Corporate Law Firm of the Year
Midlands Awards - International Deal of the Year
First Hundred Years – The Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2021- Champion of the Year (Lynette Wieland)
OUTstanding LGBT+Role Model Lists 2021– listed as making a significant contribution to LGBT+ inclusion in the workplace (Hannah Collins)
POC in Play SAHM Games 2021 - ranked among the Top 100 in the South Asian Heritage Month Games (Kulpreet Virdi)
Nottingham Law Society Awards 2021 – Solicitor of the Year (Sam Sharp)
Accredited as a Living Wage Employer by the Living Wage Foundation

Double win at Legal 500 ESG Awards

Caroline Green, Senior Partner

"When I became Senior Partner, I put diversity, equity and inclusion at the forefront of my manifesto. My message was simple – that I wanted everyone at Browne Jacobson to be able to thrive and succeed."

Honoured for innovation at enei’s 2024 Inclusivity Excellence Awards

Bridget Tatham, Partner and Executive Sponsor for Race and Ethnicity

"We have as a firm been committed to promoting equality and diversity through our work for a number of years, so it is great to see that this is recognised both nationally and in the local communities we operate in."

Top ranked law firm in Social Mobility Employer Index 2024

Tom Lyas, Head of Resourcing and Social Mobility

"Our approach has always been about setting new standards in the legal sector, and this recognition inspires us to push even further in ensuring the law is accessible as a career to everyone with the talent and ambition to succeed."