Winners Of The Third Edition Of BW Legal World Global Legal Leaders Awards 2021 Announced
A total of 94 Nominations were presented to the Jury Members.
The third edition of BW Legal World Global Legal Leaders conference And Awards 2021 took place at The Lalit, Delhi on May 22, 2022.
The Awards were presented in various categories and the presentation was preceded by insightful keynote sessions and pannel discussions on various facets of charting the right course for businesses.
Out of a total of 152 entries received, 94 Nominations were presented to Jury Members.
Global Legal Summit and Leaders Awards 2021 is an initiative to recognize and reward the law firms and lawyers who have made a mark in their practice areas. This is an annual initiative conceptualized to fuel excellence in the legal ecosystem by identifying and enabling law firms and individual lawyers who have the potential to lead the way.
The winners were shortlisted through a strict jury-led process. The members of the jdistinguished ury panel included the following renowned names of the legal industry.
Jury Chair: Hon'ble Mr Justice Dipak Misra, Former Chief Justice of India
Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sikri, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
Ms Geeta Luthra, Senior Advocate
Mr Hemant Kumar, Group General Counsel, Larsen & Toubro
Ms Preeti Balwani, General Counsel, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.
Mr Deepak Acharya, Chief Risk Officer, Global Government Relations, Enterprise Cyber Security & General Counsel, Wipro Limited
Ms Pooja Bedi, General Counsel, Philips-India Sub Continent, Philips
Mr Rajeev Chopra, Managing Director - Legal, Accenture
Mr Kunal Tandon, Legal Counsel, Delhi High court & Supreme Court of India
Without further ado, here is the list of winners for BW Legal World Global Legal Leaders Awards for 2021.
S.No. | Category | Winners | Designation | Organisation |
1 | Litigation Law Firm of the Year | Karanjawala & Co | ||
Agarwal Law Associates | ||||
2 | Competition Law Firm of the Year | P&A Law Offices | ||
Economic Laws Practice | ||||
3 | Private Equity Law Firm of the Year | Veritas Legal | ||
Amicus – Advocates & Solicitors | ||||
4 | ADR Law Firm of the Year | P&A Law Offices | ||
S&A Law Offices | ||||
Singularity Legal | ||||
5 | Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year | Inttl Advocare | ||
Lall and Sethi | ||||
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan | ||||
6 | Mergers and Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year | SAM | ||
JSA | ||||
7 | Banking and Financial Services Law Firm of the Year | SNG & Partners | ||
8 | Tax law Firm of the Year | Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan | ||
9 | General Corporate Law Firm of the Year | LexCounsel, Law Offices | ||
10 | Real Estate Law Firm of the Year | SNG & Partners | ||
LexCounsel, Law Offices | ||||
11 | Oil and Gas Law Firm of the Year | Alaya Legal | ||
HSA Advocates | ||||
12 | Environment Law Firm of the Year | Trust Legal | ||
13 | Emerging Law Firm of the Year | UKCA And Partners | ||
14 | International Law Firm of the Year | Century Maxim India | ||
15 | Restructuring and Insolvency Law Firm of the Year | AZB & Partners | ||
16 | Indian Law Firm of the Year | JSA | ||
Saraf and Partners | ||||
17 | Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law Firm of the year | TMT Law Practice | ||
18 | Startups and Investments Law Firm of the Year | Thinking Legal | ||
19 | Managing Partner of the Year | Raian Karanjawala | Founder and Managing Partner | Karanjawala and Co |
Gunita Pahwa | Joint Managing Partner | S&A Law Offices | ||
Mohit Saraf | Managing Partner | Saraf and Partners | ||
20 | Woman Lawyer of the Year | Nina Gupta | Managing Partner, Bhasin & Co | |
Seema Jhingan | Managing Partner | LEXCOUNSEL Law Offices | ||
21 | Most Innovative Lawyer of the Year | L Badri Narayanan | Executive Partner | Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan |
22 | Best Tax Lawyer of the Year | Dharnendra Kumar Rana | Partner | NITYA Tax Associates |
Sandeep Chilana | Partner, Chilana & Chilana Law Offices | |||
23 | Best IP Lawyer of the Year | Safir Anand | Senior Partner | Anand and Anand |
24 | Best Tech Lawyer of the Year | Mamta Rani Jha | Senior Partner | Inttl Advocare |
25 | Best Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year | Iqbal Khan | Partner | Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas |
26 | Best Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year | Vijay K Singh | Senior Partner | S&A Law Offices |
27 | Best Environment Lawyer of the Year | Vanita Bhargava | Partner | Khaitan & Co |
28 | Best Legal Entrepreneur of the Year | Rohan Bilimoria | Founder | Law Ninjas |
29 | Special Honour and Distinction Conferred by Jury as the Senior Counsel of the Year | Sidharth Luthra | Senior Advocate | |
30 | Best Real Estate Lawyer of the Year | Shailesh Vaidya | Partner | Kanga and Company |
