GIR Awards 2022: Most Impressive Investigations Practice of the Year and Boutique or Regional Investigations Practice of the Year

GIR unveils the first shortlist for its eighth annual awards ceremony, which will be held in Washington, DC, on 17 November.

Read on for the nominees in the categories Most Impressive Investigations Practice of the Year and Boutique or Regional Investigations Practice of the Year.

The shortlists for further awards will be released in the coming days.

The black-tie event includes a drinks reception and dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in DC and is held in support of the Swawou Layout Girl’s School in Kenema, Sierra Leone, which helps disadvantaged girls in the region.

On the night, GIR will celebrate the people and firms behind the investigations and court cases that have impressed the most in the past year.

We will also unveil the GIR 30, our ranking of law firms’ investigations practices, based on our annual research for the GIR 100 – our guide to the best investigations firms.

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Most Impressive Investigations Practice of the Year

Sullivan & Cromwell

WilmerHale

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Covington & Burling

Simmons & Simmons

Clifford Chance

Sidley Austin 

Debevoise & Plimpton 

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Boutique or Regional Investigations Practice of the Year

Slaughter and May (UK)

Levine Lee (US)

Bonifassi Avocats (France)

Bär & Karrer (Switzerland)

Bottini & Tamasauskas Advogados (Brazil)

NautaDutilh (Netherlands)

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