Finalists: Ashurst • CMS Cameron McKenna • DLA Piper • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer • Linklaters • Shearman & Sterling • Shoosmiths

Allen & Overy (A&O) advised on the $2.2bn (£1.4bn) restructuring of steel trader Stemcor, thereby helping to secure the future of one of the UK’s largest privately owned companies.