London based Full Service Law Firm Aspen Morris Solicitors have been awarded a prestigious and highly coveted award for their International Law services for the second year in a row.
The firm has been named “UK Law Firm of the Year for International Law” at the Corporate LiveWire Global Awards 2016. The firm were also awarded this award in 2015.
The Corporate LiveWire Global Awards recognise individuals and companies in the corporate world that have demonstrated great achievements in the past 12 months.
Jake Powers, Award Director of the 2016 Global Winners Guide Commented on the vigorous level of competition this year, and noted: “each individual and company had been put under great scrutiny by the Judging Panel at Corporate LiveWire, setting its sights firmly on the most client-focused and dedicated teams and individuals. Each winner was handpicked based on merit and has shown excellence, great performance and dedication over the course of the year.”
This year’s winners include Shell, PwC, Ernst & Young, Norton Rose Fulbright and Latham & Watkins.
Peter Petrou, the Managing Partner at Aspen Morris is 32-years-old and is seen as one of the rising stars of the legal and business world and has been interviewed and named by leading Business Publication Forbes, as having “formidable high level political and business contacts throughout Europe, US, Middle-East and Africa” and noted as the “go to person” when doing deals in Africa. The European publication has named Peter as “A Rising Star Lawyer, influencing Global Business.”
Peter is connected to several influential organisations including Africa 2.0 where he is UK Legal Counsel, the Advisory Board of Africa 2.0 includes H.E Olusegun Obasanjo, the Former President of Nigeria and H.E Joaquim Chissano, the Former President of Mozambique. Peter was also named to the Class of 2015 of the African Leadership Network (ALN) which is a community of the most dynamic and influential new-generation leaders in Africa and has also been named as a Mentor to Nigerian Billionaire, Tony Elumelu’s Entrepreneurship Programme which aims to promote excellent in business leadership and entrepreneurship across Africa.