Over 30 Legal Firms and Lawyers Honored At BW Global Legal Awards 2020

Namah Chawla Jan 23, 2021

A career as a lawyer is one of the most sought-after professions and there are indeed many rewards if you pursue one. But it is not a profession that comes easy and a lawyer has to go through a long and tedious educational road to finally become an advocate. Nowadays rising workloads and shrinking staffs are translating into more work hours for lawyers than ever before. The demands of global law practice also mean that some lawyers must be available to clients around the clock. India's growing and challenging legal ecosystem calls to celebrate legal firms and lawyers who have made a tangible difference to the field itself. .

BW Businessworld's community focused on the legal fraternity, BW Legal World has established BW Global Legal Summit and Legal Leader Awards 2020. The Global Legal Summit and Leaders Awards 2020 is an initiative to recognise and reward the law firms and lawyers who have made a mark in their practice areas. This is an annual initiative conceptualised to fuel excellence in the legal ecosystem by identifying and enabling law firms and individual lawyers who have the potential to lead the way.

More than 90 nominations were received across categories. These nominations were carefully analysed and winners were decided by an eminent jury panel which was chaired by Justice Dipak Misra, Former Chief Justice of India. Other jury members included names like Justice Arjan Sikri, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India; Justice Deepak Verma, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India; Justice KSP Radhakrishnan, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India; KTS Tulsi, Senior Advocate, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Chhattisgarh; Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Senior Advocate and Geeta Luthra, Senior Advocate, Vice President of the Indian Council of Arbitration FICCI.

Over 30 Awards were presented to honour excellent work done in the field. 22 Awards were given to firms and 12 awards were given to Lawyers who excelled in their areas of expertise.

BW Legal Leader Award Winners 2020:

Category	Winner
Banking and Financial Services Law Firm of the Year	SNG & Partners
Tax Law firm of the year	BMR Legal Advocates
Competition Law firm of the year	Economic Laws Practice
Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year	Singh & Associates - Advocates and Solicitors
ADR Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year	P&A Law Offices
Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year	Inttl Advocare
Restructuring and Insolvency Law Firm of the Year	Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year	LexCounsel, Law Offices
	Naik Naik & Company
Mergers and Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year	Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Litigation Law Firm of the Year	Karanjawala & Company
Private Equity Law Firm of the Year	LexCounsel, Law Offices
General Corporate Law Firm of the Year	Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Startups and Investments Law Firm of the Year	Burgeon Law
Capital Markets Law Firm of the Year	Link Legal India Law Services
Real Estate Law Firm of the Year	SNG & Partners
Oil and Gas Law Firm of the Year	Singularity Legal LLP
Insurance Law Firm of the Year	RNS Associates
Environment Law Firm of the Year	Trust Legal, Advocates & Consultants
Policy Law Firm of the Year	HSA Advocates
Legal-Tech Leaders of the Year	Lawyered
Best Service Provider to Legal Sector of the Year	Legal League Consulting
Counsel of the Year – Independent Practice (Above 50)	Gourab Banerji, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India
Pro-bono Lawyer of the Year	Vivek Narayan Sharma, Senior Legal Counsel, Supreme Court of India
Most Innovative Lawyer of the Year	Safir Anand, Senior Partner & Head of Trademarks, Contractual & Commercial IP, Anand & Anand
Best ADR Lawyer of the Year	Divyam Agarwal, Partner, J Sagar Associates, Advocates & Solicitators
Best Tech Lawyer of the Year	Puneet Bhasin, Founder, Cyberjure Legal Consulting
Best M&A Lawyer of the Year	Ajit Mishra, Partner (International & India), Harrison Clark Rickerby
Best Real Estate Lawyer of the Year	Namrata Kolar, Partner (Co-Head) Real Estate, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Best Legal Entrepreneur of the Year	Manasi Chaudhari, Founder & CEO, Pink Legal
Emerging Law Firm of the Year	Numen Law Offices
Law Firm of the Year	Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
Woman Lawyer of the Year	Pallavi Shroff, Managing Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Managing Partner of the Year	Dr. Manoj Kumar, Managing Partner, Hammurabi & Solomon Partners

These leaders were felicitated in a virtual award ceremony which was preceded by a day-long summit with topical discussions on contemporary legal issues.