2019 Finalists
ORGANISATION/TEAM AWARDS
Recruiting Diverse Talent
- Ashurst LLP
- Bird & Bird LLP
- Strive Consultants
Managing Diverse Talent
- 1 Crown Office Row Chambers
- Bird & Bird LLP
- Latham & Watkins LLP
Law Firm Diversity & Inclusion Initiative
- DAC Beachcroft LLP
- Duncan Lewis Solicitors
- Kingsley Napley LLP
- Milbank LLP
- Reed Smith LLP
Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Initiative
- 1 Crown Office Row Chambers
- Doughty Street Chamber
In-house Legal Diversity & Inclusion Initiative
- Accenture (UK) Limited
- RBS
- Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd
BSN Sole Practitioner / Small Law Firm
- Josiah-Lake Gardiner (David Josiah-Lake)
- McKenzie Beute & Pope (Jacqueline McKenzie)
Outstanding Multi-cultural / BAME Employee Network
- Bird & Bird LLP
- Burges Salmon
- eBay
- Reed Smith LLP
Access to Justice
- Duncan Lewis Solicitors
- Garden Court Chambers
- Labrums Solicitors
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- Linklaters LLP
- Paul Hastings LLP
Mental Health & Wellbeing (Law Firm)
- Freeths Solicitors
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
- Irwin Mitchell
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- Paul Hastings LLP
- Squire Patton Boggs
Mental Health & Wellbeing (In-house Legal)
- Anxiety UK
- eBay
- Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Diversity Champion (Law Firm)
- Arun Birla, Partner, Paul Hastings LLP
- Harold Brako, Partner, Addleshaw Goddard LLP
- Vanessa Harvey, Recruitment Manager, Milbank LLP
- Charles Jacobs, Senior Partner, Linklaters LLP
- Chinwe Odimba-Chapman, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP
- Daniel Winterfeldt, Partner, Reed Smith LLP
Diversity Champion (In-house Legal)
- Kate Bright, MD, UMBRA International
- Bridget Deiters, MD, InCloudCounsel
- Sonia Janday, Senior Legal Counsel, Aviva Investors
- Mulika Sannie, VP-Business Affairs, Kobalt Music Group Limited
BSN Rising Star (Private Practice)
- Ahmed Aydeed, Public Law Director, Duncan Lewis Solicitors
- Hope Levy-Shepherd, Trainee Solicitor, Linklaters LLP
- Chidi Onyeche, Associate, Latham & Watkins LLP
- Tara Smith, Trainee Solicitor, Trowers & Hamlins LLP
BSN Rising Star (Chambers)
- Ruth Reid, Barrister, 3 Temple Gardens
- Vida Simpeh, Barrister, 25 Bedford Row
- Kawsar Zaman, Pupil Barrister, 2 Hare Court
BSN Rising Star (In house legal)
- Omosuyi Fred-Omojole, Head of Legal, Anergi Holding Company
- Nana Prempeh, formerly Associate with Goldman Sachs
BSN Rising Star (Entrepreneurship)
- Ayesha Casely-Hayford, Solicitor, Wainwright & Cummins
- Milambo Makani, Trainee Solicitor, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Lauren Riley, Founder, The LinkApp
- Ola Sanni, Trainee Solicitor, White & Case LLP
BSN Lawyer of the Year (Private Practice)
- Macky O’Sullivan, Senior Associate, King & Spalding LLP
- Jason Parker, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
- Trevor Sterling, Partner, Moore Blatch LLP
BSN Lawyer of the Year (Chambers)
- Zacharias Miah, Barrister, 9 Bedford Row
- Laurie-Anne Power, Barrister, 25 Bedford Row
BSN Lawyer of the Year (In-house Legal)
- Rashida Abdulai, CEO, Strand Sahara
- Sharon Blackman, Director, Citibank
- Sonia Janday, Senior Legal Counsel, Aviva Investors
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