Press release issued: 13 April 2017
The Legal Business Awards, which celebrate the achievements of the finest lawyers in the industry, saw Charles Martin, Macfarlanes' senior partner and Law School alumnus, receive the accolade of Management Partner of the Year.
The 2017 awards were presented to 900 guests in a gala ceremony last month, hosted by renowned journalist and newscaster Alastair Stewart.
Charles graduated from Bristol University with an LLB in 1982, became a partner in Macfarlanes in 1990 and Senior Partner in 2008. He is rated in the top tiers of the most highly recommended M&A and private equity lawyers in the UK by the leading directories including Chambers.
Charles often takes part in the Law School’s Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series, inspiring a new generation of lawyers with his outspoken views on the industrialisation of the legal profession: the impact of BigLaw - increasing scale, corporate-style management - on the quality of work and type of service that clients see and on the careers of lawyers.
Charles has worked for many of the firm’s larger clients over the years including Verizon Communications, Alchemy Partners, Paul Reichmann, Saatchi & Saatchi,Candover Partners, Goldman Sachs International and Vivendi.
Charles was named Law Firm Leader of the Year at the Legal Week’s British Legal Awards 2013 and Partner of the Year 2014 by Financial News.
Further information
The winners of this years’ legal business awards were selected by an external judging panel comprising the following senior general counsel:
· Nilema Bhakta-Jones, group legal director of Ascential Group
· Claire Chapman, general counsel (GC) and company secretary of Daily Mail and General Trust
· Kate Cheetham, general counsel at Lloyds Banking Group
· Kirsty Cooper, group GC and company secretary at Aviva
· Claire Debney, director of legal strategy at Shire
· Chris Fowler, GC UK Commercial for BT
· FT GC Dan Guildford
· Geoffrey Timms, GC and company secretary at Legal & General Group
· Zoopla Property Group GC Ned Staple
· Nigel Paterson, general counsel at Dixons Carphone
· Nyeem Syed, assistant GC, financial & risk at Thomson Reuters
· Tony Williams of Jomati
More information about the awards can be found on the Legal Business website.
