2017 Finalists
ORGANISATION/TEAM AWARDS
Recruiting Diverse Talent
- Menzies Law
- Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Managing Diverse Talent
- Addleshaw Goddard LLP
- Eversheds Sutherland
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Law Firm (Large)
- Gowling WLG (UK) LLP
- Hogan Lovells International LLP
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- Linklaters LLP
Law Firm (Sole practitioner or SME)
- Descartes Solicitors – Evelyn Ofori-Koree (Principal and Director)
- Fortune Law – Shainul Kassam (Founder)
Chambers
- Garden Court Chambers
- Western Circuit Women’s Forum
In-house Legal
- Barclays – BLEW Programme
- BNP Paribas
- ITV – Legal Social Mobility Partnership
Outstanding Multi-cultural / BAME Employee Network
- InterLaw Diversity Forum BAME Network
- NOTICED (UK law firm diversity network – multiculturalism)
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Diversity Champion
- Caroline Newman (African Women Lawyers’ Association)
- Rashda Rana SC (6 St James Hall Chambers)
- Macky O’Sullivan (King & Spalding LLP)
- Segun Osuntokun (Berwin Leighton Paisner)
BSN Rising Star
- Charlene Brown (BNY Mellon)
- Omosuyi Fred-Omojole (Dentons UKMEA LLP)
- Zeenat Islam (25 Bedford Row)
- Ofei Kwafo-Akoto (Proskauer Rose (UK) LLP)
BSN Lawyer of the Year
- David Ampaw (DLA Piper)
- Karen Cargill (Aon)
- Millicent Grant (CILEx)
- Ijeoma Okoli (JPMorgan Chase & Co)
BSN Lifetime Achievement
- Dr Leslie Thomas QC (Chair and Joint Head, Garden Court Chambers)
- Sarosh Zaiwalla (Founder & Senior Partner, Zaiwalla & Co)