The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2019 rankings
Our cover feature this month looks at London-centric peer firms Macfarlanes and Travers Smith. Here we look at the two firms’ UK rankings in The Legal 500. For further information see ‘Defying gravity’.
United Kingdom, 2019
London
Corporate and commercial: Private equity: transactions – mid-market deals
Investment fund formation and management: Retail funds
Private client: Contentious trusts and probate
Private client: Personal tax, trusts and probate
Corporate and commercial: Corporate tax
Corporate and commercial: Financial services: contentious
Crime, fraud and licensing: Fraud: civil
Investment fund formation and management: Real estate funds
Private client: Agriculture and estates
Real estate: Commercial property: corporate occupiers
Real estate: Commercial property: development
Real estate: Commercial property: hotels and leisure
Real estate: Commercial property: investment
Real estate: Commercial property: retail
Corporate and commercial: EU and competition
Corporate and commercial: Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
Corporate and commercial: Flotations: small and mid-cap
Corporate and commercial: M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, 250m+
Corporate and commercial: Partnership
Corporate and commercial: Private equity: transactions – high-value deals
Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
Dispute resolution: Tax litigation and investigations
Finance: Derivatives and structured products
Human resources: Employment: employers and senior executives
Investment fund formation and management: Hedge funds
Investment fund formation and management: Private funds
Real estate: Construction: contentious
Real estate: Construction: non-contentious
Real estate: Property finance
Corporate and commercial: Equity capital markets
Dispute resolution: Banking litigation: investment and retail
Finance: Acquisition finance
Finance: Debt capital markets
Human resources: Employee share schemes
Human resources: Employment: employers and senior executives
Human resources: Pensions (non-contentious)
Private client: Charities and not-for-profit
Real estate: Environment
Real estate: Property litigation
Finance: Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
Human resources: Immigration
TMT (technology, media and telecoms): Sport
Corporate and commercial: Commercial contracts
Dispute resolution: International arbitration
Finance: Corporate restructuring and insolvency
United Kingdom, 2019
London
Corporate and commercial: Commercial contracts
Corporate and commercial: Flotations: small and mid-cap
Corporate and commercial: Private equity: transactions – mid-market deals
Risk advisory: Corporate governance
Corporate and commercial: Financial services: contentious
Corporate and commercial: Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
Crime, fraud and licensing: Fraud: civil
Dispute resolution: Banking litigation: investment and retail
Human resources: Employee share schemes
Human resources: Employment: employers and senior executives
Human resources: Pensions (non-contentious)
Investment fund formation and management: Listed funds
Real estate: Commercial property: hotels and leisure
Real estate: Environment
Corporate and commercial: Corporate tax
Corporate and commercial: Equity capital markets
Corporate and commercial: M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £250m+
Corporate and commercial: Private equity: transactions – high-value deals
Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
Dispute resolution: Competition litigation
Finance: Derivatives and structured products
Human resources: Pensions: dispute resolution
Investment fund formation and management: Private funds
Investment fund formation and management: Real estate funds
Real estate: Commercial property: corporate occupiers
Real estate: Commercial property: development
Real estate: Commercial property: investment
Real estate: Commercial property: retail
Risk advisory: Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
TMT (technology, media and telecoms): Fintech
TMT (technology, media and telecoms): Franchising
TMT (technology, media and telecoms): Media and entertainment (including media finance)
Corporate and commercial: EU and competition
Finance: Acquisition finance
Insurance: Product liability: defendant
Projects, energy and natural resources: Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
Public sector: Healthcare
Real estate: Property finance
Real estate: Property litigation
Risk advisory: Regulatory investigations and corporate crime
TMT (technology, media and telecoms): IT and telecoms
Finance: Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
Human resources: Immigration
Finance: Corporate restructuring and insolvency
To view the editorial commentary of the rankings go to: www.legal500.com/assets/pages/united-kingdom/uk.html
Submissions for London are due on 29 March 2019. For details on how to submit go to: www.legal500.com/assets/pages/submissions/uk-submissions/home.html