Legal Week has teamed up with the City of London Law Society (CLLS) for its 2006 awards – setting the scene for a night on which Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance (CC) will battle it out for many of the top prizes.

The City of London Law Society Lifetime Achievement Award, which crowns five new categories in this year’s awards, will recognise the exploits of a senior legal figure at the ceremony in central London.