Finalists: Bircham Dyson Bell • Boodle Hatfield • Burges Salmon (highly commended) • Charles Russell Speechlys • Michelmores • Payne Hicks Beach

Stephenson Harwood won private client team of the year for its work advising on high-profile mandates such as the Libor investigations and the Tchenguiz brothers in their long-running legal battle over a botched Serious Fraud Office (SFO) probe.