RESULTS 2019
Presented by barrister and TV personality (ITV’s The Chase), Dr Shaun Wallace, the UK Diversity Legal Awards (a BSN initiative) recognise and promote excellence and good practice in the areas of equality, diversity and inclusion across the legal profession.
Congratulations to our inspirational winners:
UK Diversity Legal Awards 2019 ceremony highlights
BSN Lifetime Achievement Award winner’s speech – Gina Miller
WINNERS
Recruiting Diverse Talent
Strive Consultants
Managing Diverse Talent
Latham & Watkins LLP
Chambers Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year
1 Crown Office Row
Law Firm Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year
Duncan Lewis Solicitors
In-house Legal Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd
BSN Small Law Firm of the Year
McKenzie Beute & Pope (Jacqueline McKenzie)
Access to Justice
Duncan Lewis Solicitors
Mental Health & Wellbeing (Law Firm)
Freeths Solicitors
Mental Health & Wellbeing (In-house Legal)
eBay
Outstanding BAME Employee Network
Bird & Bird LLP
Diversity Champion (Law Firm)
Daniel Winterfeldt, Partner, Reed Smith LLP
Diversity Champion (In-house Legal)
Sonia Janday, Senior Legal Counsel, Aviva Investors
BSN Rising Star (Chambers)
Vida Simpeh, Barrister, 25 Bedford Row
BSN Rising Star (Private Practice)
Ahmed Aydeed, Public Law Director, Duncan Lewis Solicitors
BSN Rising Star (In-house Legal)
Omosuyi Fred-Omojole, Head of Legal, Anergi Holding
BSN Rising Star (Entrepreneurship)
Milambo Makani, Trainee Solicitor, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
BSN Lawyer of the Year (Chambers)
Laurie-Anne Power, Barrister, 25 Bedford Row
BSN Lawyer of the Year (Private Practice)
Trevor Sterling, Partner, Moore Blatch LLP
BSN Lawyer of the Year (In-house Legal)
Rashida Abdulai, CEO, Strand Sahara
BSN Lifetime Achievement
Gina Miller
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Mental Health & Wellbeing
Irwin Mitchell
Diversity Champion (Law Firm)
Vanessa Harvey, Recruitment Manager, Milbank LLP
Diversity Champion – (In-house Legal)
Mulika Sannie, VP - Business Affairs, Kobalt Music Group Limited
BSN Rising Star (Private Practice)
Hope Levy-Shepherd, Associate, Linklaters LLP
BSN Rising Star (In-house Legal)
Nana Prempeh, Legal Counsel, Gazprom Marketing and Trading
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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