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Joint runners-up: Linklaters (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263419) and DLA Piper (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263508)
Winner: Baker & McKenzie (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263478)
Joint runners-up: CMS Cameron McKenna (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20264347) and Allen & Overy (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263374)
Winner: RoschierRaidla (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20265331)
Joint runners-up: Mannheimer Swartling (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20273921) and Kromann Reumert (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20264299)
Winner: Baker & McKenzie (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263478)
Runner-up: Uría Menéndez (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20264757)’s network
Winner: Baker & McKenzie (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263478)
Runner-up: Herbert Smith (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263407)
Winner: Blake Dawson (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20266305)
Runner-up: Minter Ellison (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263438)
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Joint runners-up: Greenberg Traurig (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20267635), Weil Gotshal & Manges (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263466) and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263383)
Winner: Blake Cassels & Graydon (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20266299)
Joint runners-up: Borden Ladner Gervais (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20269012), Fraser Milner Casgrain (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20268836) and McCarthy Tétrault (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20270947)
Winner: Bowman Gilfillan (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20271687)
Joint runners-up: Deneys Reitz (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20266413) and Webber Wentzel incorporating Mallinicks (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20272506)
Winner: Baker & McKenzie (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263478)
Runner-up: Al Tamimi & Co (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20265596)
Winner: Maples & Calder (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20264512)
Joint runners-up: Ogier (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263695) and Conyers Dill Pearman (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20267801)
Joint winners: Baker & McKenzie (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263478) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263398)
Runner-up: Clifford Chance (www.practicallaw.com/resource.do?item=:20263368)
Over 5,500 in-house counsel from across the globe, as listed in Law Department Profiles, were invited to vote for the most exceptional law firms in each category. Voters were free to pick their own winners or choose from the nominees suggested by the PLC Which lawyer? team*. The winners are those firms with the most votes from in-house counsel in each category.
*These nominees are based on firms’ regional scores after aggregating their PLC Which lawyer? rankings for each jurisdiction, as at 31 January 2008. The exceptions are: Northern Europe, where the top firms in each jurisdiction have been nominated; Africa, where nominees are all based in South Africa, and Latin America, where affiliated groups also qualify as nominees.