Europe Innovative Lawyers Awards 2023: the winners

We are pleased to reveal the winners of the FT Innovative Lawyer Europe Awards 2023, celebrating innovation in the legal industry.

The awards event took place online on September 21, hosted by FT Live in association with research partner RSGI.

There are three strands: individuals, law firms and in-house legal teams.

Individuals

Innovative Practitioner

Rachel Kent, Hogan Lovells

Intrapreneur

Nicky Leijtens, NautaDutilh

Special achievement

Wim Dejonghe, Allen & Overy

Law firms

Most innovative law firm in Europe

Pinsent Masons

Most innovative law firm in Europe (outside the UK)

Cuatrecasas

(Joint) Most Digital Law Firm in Europe

Addleshaw Goddard

(Joint) Most Digital Law Firm in Europe

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Supporting Refugees and Migrants

Uría Menéndez

Responsible Business

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Government & Policy

Covington

Deals & Financing

CMS

Disputes

Travers Smith

Energy Security & Transition

Pinsent Masons

Impact & ESG

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

Private Capital

Paul Hastings

Technology

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Cyber Security & Data Protection

Mayer Brown

Digital Assets & Blockchain

Ashurst

Client Delivery

CMS

Knowledge & Data

Dentons

People Management

Ontier

Innovation in skills development

Abreu Advogados

Digital Solutions

Travers Smith

Adjacent Services

DLA Piper

In-house

Most Innovative In-house Legal Team in Europe

Accenture

Legal Department: Innovation in Responsible Business

Iberdrola

Legal Department: Innovation in Commercial & Strategic Advice

OneWeb

Legal Department: Innovation in ESG

Nasdaq

Legal Department: Innovation in Enabling Business Growth

Octopus Energy

Legal Department: Innovation in Risk Management

The World Bank

Legal Department: Innovation in Operational Efficiency

GSK

Legal Department: Innovation in Transformation

Bupa

Legal department: innovation in People & Skills

Accenture

Legal Department: Innovation in New Products & Services

The World Bank