The Legal Week Innovation Awards 2018 were announced at a ceremony at The Brewery in London on 25 May. Now in their fourth year, the awards celebrate outstanding achievement within the profession. By recognising exceptional achievement and best practice, they underline the crucial role promoting innovation played by lawyers working in tandem with colleagues in other disciplines such as marketing, business development, finance, IT, project management, operations, PR and recruitment.

The Client Listening Programme is at the heart of Reed Smith’s philosophy of understanding client needs, meeting client demand and delivering value. Led by Deven Vyas, Director of Client Programmes and Roger Parker, senior counsel, the programme was newly invigorated in 2017.