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Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

The Legal 500 2019 London rankings

Ashurst and Hogan Lovells are the subject of this month’s cover feature – both firms that underwent large mergers in the last few years. Here we look at the firms’ London rankings in The Legal 500. For further information see ‘Inflection point’.

Corporate and commercial

❸ Commercial contracts
❸ Commercial contracts
❷ Corporate tax
❷ Equity capital markets
❷ EU and competition
❷ Financial services: contentious
❷ Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
❷ Flotations: small and mid-cap
❸ M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £250m+
❸ Private equity: transactions – high-value deals
❶ Private equity: transactions – mid-market deals
❷ VAT and indirect tax

Crime, fraud and licensing

❸ Fraud: civil

Dispute resolution

❷ Banking litigation: investment and retail
❷ Commercial litigation
❸ Competition litigation
❸ International arbitration
❷ Tax litigation and investigations

Finance

❷ Acquisition finance
❸ Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
❷ Commodities: derivatives
❸ Commodities: physicals
❸ Corporate restructuring and insolvency
❷ Debt capital markets
❷ Derivatives and structured products
❹ Emerging markets
❶ Islamic finance

Human resources

❺ Employee share schemes
❺ Employment: employers and senior executives
❺ Pensions (non-contentious)
❸ Pensions: dispute resolution

Insurance

❷ Insurance: corporate and regulatory
❹ Professional negligence

Investment fund formation and management

❹ Private funds
❸ Real estate funds

Projects, energy and natural resources

❶ Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
❷ Mining and minerals
❶ Oil and gas
❶ Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)

Real estate

❶ Commercial property: corporate occupiers
❶ Commercial property: development
❹ Commercial property: hotels and leisure
❶ Commercial property: investment
❸ Commercial property: retail
❸ Construction: contentious
❷ Construction: non-contentious
❸ Environment
❷ Planning
❷ Property finance
❷ Property litigation

Risk advisory

❶ Brexit
❷ Regulatory investigations and corporate crime

TMT (technology, media and telecoms)

❷ Fintech
❸ IT and telecoms
❹ Media and entertainment (including
media finance)
❹ Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology

Transport

❶ Rail


Corporate and commercial

❶ Commercial contracts
❷ Corporate tax
❹ Equity capital markets
❷ EU and competition
❷ Financial services: contentious
❷ Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
❸ Flotations: small and mid-cap
❸ M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £250m+
❹ Private equity: transactions – high-value deals
❶ Private equity: transactions – mid-market deals
❸ VAT and indirect tax

Crime, fraud and licensing

❶ Fraud: civil
❹ Fraud: white-collar crime

Dispute resolution

❶ Banking litigation: investment and retail
❶ Commercial litigation
❶ Competition litigation
❷ International arbitration
❷ Public international law
❷ Tax litigation and investigations

Finance

❹ Acquisition finance
❸ Asset finance and leasing
❸ Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
❷ Corporate restructuring and insolvency
❸ Debt capital markets
❷ Derivatives and structured products
❷ Emerging markets
❸ High yield
❸ Islamic finance
❷ Securitisation
❶ Trade finance

Human resources

❷ Employee share schemes
❷ Employment: employers and senior executives
❶ Pensions (non-contentious)
❶ Pensions: dispute resolution

Insurance

❷ Insurance and reinsurance litigation
❶ Insurance: corporate and regulatory
❷ Insurance: insolvency and restructuring
❷ Product liability: defendant
❷ Professional negligence

Investment fund formation and management

❷ Listed funds
❺ Private funds
❷ Real estate funds

Projects, energy and natural resources

❶ Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
❷ Mining and minerals
❶ Oil and gas
❷ Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
❷ Water

Public sector

❶ Administrative and public law

Real estate

❶ Commercial property: corporate occupiers
❶ Commercial property: development
❷ Commercial property: hotels and leisure
❷ Commercial property: investment
❷ Commercial property: retail
❷ Construction: contentious
❷ Construction: non-contentious
❸ Environment
❷ Planning
❷ Property finance
❶ Property litigation

Risk advisory

❶ Brexit
❶ Corporate governance
❶ Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
❶ Regulatory investigations and corporate crime

TMT (technology, media and telecoms)

❷ Brand management
❶ Fintech
❷ Intellectual property
❷ IT and telecoms
❸ Media and entertainment (including media finance)
❷ Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
❺ Sport

Transport

❸ Aviation
❷ Rail

To view the editorial commentary of the rankings go to: www.legal500.com/assets/pages/united-kingdom/uk.html