Hogan Lovells recognized at the Lawyer Awards

The Hogan Lovells Competition and Regulatory team was recognized for securing a major victory for Vodafone Group and Vodafone UK in the long-running Phones 4u competition law litigation, in a joint submission with Norton Rose Fulbright, Clifford Chance, Covington & Burling, Linklaters, and Mishcon De Reya. The Hogan Lovells team advising Vodafone included partner Angus Coulter, partner Alice Wallace-Wright, partner John Tillman; counsel Victoria Lindsay; senior associates Rebecca Hing and Jamie Pollock; and associates Juliette Parkinson and Thomas Evans. 

Angus Coulter, partner at Hogan Lovells advising Vodafone, commented: “We are delighted to have won the Competition and Regulatory Team of the Year award. This recognition is a testament to the hard work of our competition litigation team and quality of our litigation expertise, and a clear indication that we’re continuing to deliver excellence for our clients on their most important matters in competition litigation.”

Hogan Lovells was also commended in the Restructuring Team of the Year category for its advisory role to an ad hoc group of noteholders of Atento, a leading global business process outsourcer. The firm worked alongside Rothschild & Co as financial advisor, guiding the noteholders through the complex multi-jurisdictional financial restructuring of Atento. The Hogan Lovells team included partners Alex Kay, David Simonds, Matt Schernecke, Alex Koch and Richard Aftanas; counsels Emmanuel Lamaud and Benoît Serraf; and senior associates Alex Snell, Jonathan Morris, Edward McNeilly and Stephen Bate.

Alex Kay, partner at Hogan Lovells advising Atento, said: “Being commended in the Restructuring Team of the Year category underscores our team's dedication and expertise in navigating complex multi-jurisdictional financial restructurings and continuing to deliver outstanding results for our clients around the world.”

Additionally, Hogan Lovells was shortlisted in the following categories: "Pro Bono Initiative of the Year", "International Firm of the Year" and "Competition and Regulatory Team of the Year" for securing a key court victory for London Metal Exchange.  

For more information on The Lawyer Awards 2024, click here.