An award-winning firm

gunnercooke is a challenger law firm. It challenges the way that legal services are delivered to clients. It challenges the way that lawyers balance their lives. It challenges the way our communities are served by those of us more fortunate. Most of all, it gives lives back to our lawyers and enables them to design their life as they wish to live it – which we believe enables them to deliver a brilliant service to their clients. And it works. Today we are one of the UK’s leading commercial law firms, as measured by our clients, with a Net Promoter Score of on average +84.

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Recognised by 32 major legal awards

2021 Manchester Legal Awards Large Firm of the Year, Winner

2021 Legal Innovation Awards CSR Innovation, Finalist

2021 Legal Innovation Awards Leading PR & Communications Innovation, Finalist

2021 Business Charity Awards Project of the Year, Winner

2020 The Business Brilliance Awards UK Business of the Year, Winner

2020 The Business Brilliance Awards Business Leader of the Year, Darryl Cooke, Gold Award

2020 The Lawyer Awards Law company of the Year, Winner

2020 The Times Best Law Firms

2020 Business Culture Awards Ambassador of the Year, Lucy Hargreaves, Winner

2020 Business Culture Awards Leadership, Darryl Cooke, Finalist

2019 Business Culture Awards Overall Gold Award, Winner

2019 Lloyds National Business Awards Entrepreneur of the Year, Darryl Cooke, Finalist

2019 Lloyds National Business Awards Innovation Award, Finalist

2019 British Legal Awards Law Firm of the Year, Finalist

2019 The Lawyer Awards Law Company of the Year, Finalist

2019 North West IOD Awards Director of the Year for Inclusivity, Sarah Goulbourne, Finalist

2019 Midlands Insider Dealmaker Awards, Finalist

2018 Law Society Excellence Awards Law Firm of the Year (Large), Winner

2017 British Legal Awards Law Firm of the Year, Finalist

2017 Insider Young Professionals Awards Team of the Year, Winner

2016 Modern Law Awards ABS of the Year, Winner

2016 Director of the Year Awards SME Director of the Year, Darryl Cooke, Winner

2016 The Lawyer Awards UK Law Firm of the Year, Shortlisted

2016 British Legal Awards Law Firm of the Year, Shortlisted

2015 Modern Law Awards ABS of the Year, Winner

2015 Modern Law Awards Law Firm of the Year, Highly Commended

2012 British Legal Awards Law Firm Innovation, Winner

2012 Corporate International Global Awards Mid-Market Corporate Law Firm, Winner

2012 Law Society Excellence Awards Legal Businesswoman of the Year, Sarah Goulbourne, Winner

2012 ACQ Global Awards Boutique Corporate Law Firm, Winner

2012 The Financial Times Innovative Law Firm of the Year, Winner

2012 The Financial Times Legal Innovator of the Year, Darryl Cooke, Shortlisted

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