LONDON, January 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

As World Finance announces the winners of the magazine's Legal Awards 2012, the legal community is gripped with a sense of anticipation.
 
World Finance can't take all the credit for this. Our prestigious legal awards - celebrating the best of legal firms and lawyers from around the globe - is always studied and revered by the industry. In this instance, it is the challenges of the year ahead that firms are awaiting with suspense.
 
As changes across many industries are anticipated over the coming year, World Finance has identified those firms and individuals capable of making an impact and servicing a variety of clients.
 
Commenting on the award announcement, Editor Alexander Redcliffe said: "Legal firms are the cornerstone of so many industries we feel that much of the success of economies everywhere over the next twelve months is reliant upon them. Once again, we're proud to announce to our readership this, the definitive list of firms and legal representatives for 2012."

Read the list in full in the January - February 2012 issue of World Finance, available at all good newsagents, or visit us at http://www.worldfinance.com/legal_awards.php

SOURCE World Finance