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The 2022 Awards

Overview

The annual TrustLaw Awards celebrated remarkable pro bono projects undertaken by legal teams with NGOs and social enterprises around the world.

We awarded four outstanding pro bono projects, in addition to the International law firm, Regional law firm, In-house legal team, and the esteemed Lawyer of the Year award.

Winners & Nominees

Impact Award

The Impact Award recognises an outstanding legal research project that has had demonstrable change and significant outcomes for the work done by the pro bono client, for example within their community, for the beneficiaries they serve, within legal frameworks, or on the issues on which they work.

Winners

Know Your Rights’ guide published for journalists covering protests in the United States

Building Legal Understanding of Workplace Violence and Harassment: A Pro Bono Collaboration Across Latin America

Building back more equitably in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic

Collaboration Award

The Collaboration Award showcases highly effective working relationships between pro bono providers and recipients that exemplify the power and best practices of pro bono.

Winners

Offering legal support to Venezuelan migrants in the Americas

Tackling online sexual exploitation and abuse of women through a call for international standards

Using the Law to End FGM

Offering legal support to Venezuelan migrants in the Americas

Powered by Pro Bono Award

The Powered by Pro Bono Award recognises a legal team and an NGO or social enterprise for a pro bono project(s) which has enabled the organisation to scale up their operations, improve the delivery of their social mission or pivot their activities to make a greater impact on the businesses and people they support.

Winners

Powering affordable clean air in new markets through pro bono legal support

Promoting credible and sustainable standards for social enterprises

Powering affordable clean air in new markets through pro bono legal support

International Law firm of the year Award

This Award recognises an International Law Firm that has demonstrated exceptional effort and enthusiasm in supporting pro bono clients on projects undertaken through TrustLaw. We classify an international law firm as a firm with offices across multiple continents

Winners

Eversheds Sutherland LLP

Nominees

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Eversheds Sutherland LLP

Gibson Dunn LLP

Regional Law Firm of the Year Award

This Award recognises a Regional Law Firm that has demonstrated exceptional effort and enthusiasm in supporting pro bono clients on projects undertaken through TrustLaw. We classify a regional law firm as a firm with offices in one or more countries (or states) within their respective continent.

Winners

Bowmans LLP

Nominees

Altacit Global

Holland & Hart

Bowmans LLP

Lawyer of the Year Award

This Award honours an individual lawyer (or team of lawyers) who has gone above and beyond in providing exceptional pro bono support to TrustLaw
members. We will have an open call for nominations and the winner will be decided through a public vote.

Winners

Fernanda Gajardo Manríquez – Chile (Q&G Abogados)

Nominees

Fernanda Gajardo Manríquez – Chile (Q&G Abogados)

Hannah Beddard, Chris Simkins, Peter Lee (Simmons & Simmons LLP)

Nelson Goh (Debevoise & Plimpton LLP)

Julia Vikström (Dittmar and Indrenius)

Harold Callo Sanchez (Skadden)

Khushaal Ved (Hogan Lovells)

Event Highlights

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We are a small NGO undertaking ground-breaking work, forming creative cross-sectoral partnerships and successfully leveraging project data to change global policy. But we have no legal expertise. Without Trustlaw’s introduction of Milbank, our attention would have been diverted from where we are global experts, designing cross-sectoral partnership projects, to drafting a complex international agreement. By working with Trustlaw and Milbank, we were confident that our legal work was of the same standard as our international development work and our tight budgets were spent on project delivery for marginalised communities rather than legal advice. The support was invaluable.

David JohnsonMargaret Pyke Trust’s Chief Executive

Voting ends 05 May 2024

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