Awards
Winckworth Sherwood partner wins Sainsbury's Lawyer of the Year
Robert Botkai, head of Property & Licensing was named Sainsbury's Legal Community Lawyer of the Year at their Legal Community Conference held on 22nd May 2009 for the supermarket giant's panel of legal advisers.
The award, which was announced by Sainsbury's Head of Legal Services Nick Grant, was in recognition of Robert's role in leading the specialist team at Winckworth Sherwood, undertaking all Sainsbury's alcohol and late night refreshment licensing requirements in England and Wales.
Winckworth Sherwood has acted for Sainsbury's since 2000, undertaking an increasing range of the company's licence applications in England and Wales and this relationship was formalised by tender in 2008. The firm also handles some of Sainsbury's licensing requirements in Scotland.
Winckworth Sherwood has a significant involvement in the licensed trade, acting for leading retailers, garage forecourt operators, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, cinemas and some of London's most prestigious hotels, as well as working for other law firms on the licensing aspects of commercial transactions
Winckworth Sherwood won "Most Client-Focused Law Firm" at the Legal Technology Awards
Winckworth Sherwood's IT team reaped the prestigious award for the "Most Client Focused Law Firm" at the Legal Technology Awards ceremony held on 31 January at the Marriot hotel, Grosvenor Square.
The award was won for a project that created an extranet solution which allows our client to manage its huge property portfolio of over 18,000 owned properties.
The extranet solution is a valuable property management tool. The multi-functional features and powerful search and export facility provide immediate access to information pertaining to a single property or batch of properties. All users can see at a glance whether a current legal instruction applies to a property or properties, property type, value, tenancy type, title number, lender and charge details (where applicable).
The product is invaluable to the client and Winckworth Sherwood as it has helped to improve business relationships as a result of the close collaborative working that this extranet supports.