Awards
In the last three years we have won and been shortlisted in both of the main industry awards, the Legal Business Awards and the Lawyer Awards. The awards include Senior Partner of the Year, Managing Partner of the Year, Planning Team of the Year, PFI/Projects Team of the Year, Property Team of the Year, Finance Team of the Year, Best Recruitment Initiative, Best Marketing Initiative and Most Innovative Law Firm. Please see below for a list of these and other awards.
- Client Service Award - FT Innovative Lawyers Awards 2008
- Best Client Initiative - MPF European Practice Management Awards 2008
- LawWorks Pro Bono award for Best Contribution by a Partnership 2008 - the partnership being between St Hilda's East Community Centre, BLP and DLA Piper for providing free legal advice in an area of Tower Hamlets where no such service was previously available.
- Best Internal Communications Initiative - Legal Marketing Awards 2008
- Ranked as one of the Sunday Times Best 100 Companies To Work For 2008
- UK Law Firm of the Year - Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence 2008
- AIM Lawyer of the Year - Growth Company Investor Awards 2008
- Janet Day - IT Director of the Year - Legal IT Awards
- HR Team of the Year - The Lawyer HR Awards 2008
- Excellence in training - The Lawyer HR Awards 2008
- Most effective internal communications - The Lawyer HR Awards 2008
- Property Team of the Year - The British Legal Awards 2007
- We topped the 'Top Legal Employers in the UK' Guide for 2007 ahead of other major London law firms. BLP has been ranked overall number one in the Sweet & Maxwell and CRF Top Legal Employers online guide for 2007/08.
- HealthInvestor Magazine - Deals of the Year Awards 2006/7 - Legal Award
- HR Team of the Year - The Lawyer HR Awards 2007
- Private Client Team of the Year - The Legal Business Awards 2007
- Ranked top for management and highly commended for client service in FT Innovative Lawyers Report. We won top place in the management category in the Financial Times's Innovative Lawyers Report and were also highly commended in the client service category for 'The BLP', our training programme for in-house counsel
- Project Finance Team of the Year 2006 - Legal Business Awards
- Best HR Initiative -the Managing Partner's Forum Awards 2006
- Managing Partners Forum Best Use of Working Capital award 2005
- Property Team of the Year 2005 – Legal Week
- Management Partner of the Year 2005 – Neville Eisenberg – Legal Business
- Marketing Director of the Year 2005 – Gillian Khan – LEMA’s
- UK Law Firm of the Year 2005 – Chambers Global Awards
- Lawyer of the Year 2005 – Hilary Stewart-Jones – World Online Gambling Law Report
- Legal Forum IT Department of the Year 2004
- UK Law Firm of the Year 2004 – The Lawyer
- Planning & Environment Team of the Year 2004 – Legal Business
- Best knowledge management/information portal 2004 – LOTIES
- Merit award - biggest contribution to the online legal services market 2004 - Janet Day
- Best Use of Technology 2004 – MPF – European Practice Management Awards
- Best IT Director 2004 – Janet Day – British Computer Society
- Partner of the Year 2004 – Neville Eisenberg – Legal Week