Finalists: Allen & Overy • Ashurst • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton • Clifford Chance • Shearman & Sterling (highly commended) • Slaughter and May • Squire Patton Boggs

intralinksThe Jones Day team impressed the judges in M&A Team of the Year category, which was sponsored by Intralinks, for its work on a complex and long-running deal to sell a European conglomerate comprising a number of household brands and listed companies.