Law Firm of the Year 2019: GvW Graf von Westphalen nominated at The Lawyer European Awards
GvW Graf von Westphalen has been nominated as law firm of the year in Germany at "The Lawyer European Awards 2019". The international magazine The Lawyer has now announced this and included the law firm for the fourth time in a row in the list of best German independent law firms.
The independent jury, consisting of general counsels of large companies and attorneys, is honoring with the Awards excellent services for the tenth time in the implementation of the law firm's strategy as well as in the capacity as attorneys and an employer. In addition to GvW, the Irish partner law firm from the SCG legal network Mason Hayes & Curran has been nominated, among others. The international network SCG Legal includes worldwide at the present time 140 independent law firms with a total of 12,000 attorneys.
This year's award will be handed out on 19 March 2019 in London. You can get more information about the event at http://thelawyereuropeanevent.com/.
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