Finalists: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld • Allen & Overy • DLA Piper • Hogan Lovells • Norton Rose Fulbright • Webber Wentzel • White & Case

The Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year award was handed to Eversheds for its role advising longstanding client Eskom on a dispute relating to a hydro power plant supplying electricity to millions of Africans across three countries.