Winner: DLA Piper

With more than 120 lawyers including 35 partners, DLA Piper may have one of the largest TMT groups, but size alone was never going to put the firm ahead of its rivals in these awards. As well as being impressed with the sheer breadth of the firm’s practice, the judges latched on to client references that demonstrated that DLA Piper was not only technically proficient, but also a firm people like working with.