High-flying firms in focus at industry awards
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The Australasian Law Awards is returning soon, bringing with it a celebration of leading legal professionals, firms, and in-house teams for their contribution to the industry in Australia and New Zealand over the past year.
Nominations are open until 8 February. Firms are encouraged to enter the following categories:
Specialist firm categories:
- Excellence in Employee Health & Wellbeing
- Excellence in Technology & Innovation – new category
- Employment Law Specialist Firm of the Year
- Insurance Specialist Firm of the Year
- FTI Boutique Firm of the Year
- State/ Regional Firm of the Year
- Corporate Citizen Firm of the Year
Categories by firm size:
- Law Firm of the Year (1-100 lawyers)
- Law Firm of the Year (101-500 lawyers)
- FTI Law Firm of the Year (>500 lawyers)
Individual and team categories:
- Australian Deal Team of the Year
- NZ Deal Firm of the Year
- Australian Dealmaker of the Year
- NZ Dealmaker of the Year
- Young Private Practice Lawyer of the Year (30 or under)
- Law Firm Leader of the Year (≤ 200 employees)
- Law Firm Leader of the Year (≥ 200 employees)
The Excellence in Technology and Innovation category focuses on scope of innovation; impact on the firm’s legal and business processes; success of the change-management and implementation process; and evidence the technology has supported business objectives and is open to firms operating in Australia that can demonstrate innovative use of technology in legal service delivery.
Click here to view the full list of award categories.
The Australasian Law Awards, supported by event partner FTI Consulting for the fifth consecutive year, will be held at The Star Sydney on 23 May.