European Awards: firms of all sizes in the running
By Joanne Harris
Niche practices are battling it out with Europe’s largest firms for this year’s European Awards. 
Whittled down from hundreds of entries, the shortlist features firms from across Europe. Quality and innovation rather than size is the key to inclusion. 
The judging panel of top in-house counsel and UK private practice lawyers selected a mixture of both large and small firms for recognition. 
The winners will be announced at a gala dinner to be held in Geneva in September, where the winner of European Law Firm of the Year will also be unveiled. 
New for this year is an award for the top law firm in Turkey, while the category of Scandinavia and the Baltic States has been split into two awards, for the Nordic and the Baltic regions. 
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Law Firm of the Year: Russia and the CIS
Arzinger 
EPAM 
Goltsblat BLP 
Gvozdiy & Oberkovych 
Magisters 
Sayenko Kharenko 
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European Law Firm Network of the Year 
Ius Laboris 
Lex Mundi 
Meritas – Law Firms Worldwide 
MSI Global Alliance 
The CIS Leading Counsel Network 
World Law Group
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