In February 2008, Powell Gilbert LLP were delighted to be nominated to the shortlist for TMT team of the year at the Legal Business Awards 2008:

"POWELL GILBERT Simon Ayrton; Zoë Butler; Penny Gilbert; Tim Powell; Alex Wilson Having only spun off from Bristows in March 2007, this contentious IP boutique has already carved a strong name for itself. The firm has achieved rapid growth through a number of hires, and saw its ambition rewarded with an instruction to advise Human Genome Sciences on its major High Court patent dispute with Eli Lilly."