Criteria & Guidelines

VOTING CRITERIA

 

In order to produce a list of finalists and eventual winners, the following points will be considered:

 

Please note we accept both third party nominations and self-submission entries

 

  1. 1.     The number of nominations received
  2. 2.     Supporting material, covering statements and evidence supplied
  3. 3.     Amount of documented activity in the last 12 months when compared to industry peers
  4. 4.     Involvement in significant deals, cases or notable work
  5. 5.     Recognised financial and/or legal expertise (by peer group)
  6. 6.     Innovation in client care
  7. 7.     Size (value) of involvement within transactions, deals and cases
  8. 8.     Previous accolades and entries within recognised financial and legal guides

 

 

NOMINATION GUIDELINES 

 

Who can vote?

 

Any firm/business/corporation can submit an entry. However, in the case of a non-financial/legal business (client) they must have had direct involvement with the firm/business/organisation that they wish to vote for.

Although we recognise the heritage of well-established firms, our primary focus will look at the achievements over the past 12 months.

 

What should I include in my submission?

 

We have provided space to for you to submit a 500 word statement to accompany your category selection. Given the word count we encourage participants to be as specific as possible when highlighting expertise and work. The statement must provide tangible examples to support the entry. Good entries tend to avoid too many superlatives and focus on measurable results – unless using direct client quotes. In short, facts and figures are always welcome as they can be easily measured.

All nominations must be entered via our online voting system - we cannot accept entries by post or any other method.

 

Which awards are available for entry?

We have detailed over 20 main financial categories and over 40 legal practice areas. This is to cater for the increasing number of niche areas which form the modern financial and legal landscape. Each award is then issued per country. A shortlist of finalists will be drawn up from which the eventual winners will be selected.

 

What happens if I win?

Each category winner will be listed in the special edition Finance Monthly Awards/ Law Awards publication 2012. Each winner will receive a personalised trophy, hard copies of the special edition and additional print and digital marketing materials.

 

Is there a cost?

There is no cost to enter the Finance Monthly Awards 2012.