Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner: The Client’s View

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Lawyers and Team Quality 81.93 Quality of partners 84.52 Quality of associates 74.14 Partner availability and engagement 83.99 All scores are global and /100. What do clients really think about the service they receive from law firms? At Legal 500, we hear from hundreds of thousands of clients every year, rating firms …

Herbert Smith Freehills: The Client’s View

Herbert Smith Freehills Lawyers and Team Quality 82.30 Quality of partners 85.21 Quality of associates 78.16 Partner availability and engagement 83.46 All scores are global and /100. What do clients really think about the service they receive from law firms? At Legal 500, we hear from hundreds of thousands of clients every year, rating firms on …

Latham & Watkins: The Client’s View

Latham & Watkins Lawyers and Team Quality 85.21 Quality of partners 88.73 Quality of associates 81.14 Partner availability and engagement 86.01 All scores are global and /100. What do clients really think about the service they receive from law firms? At Legal 500, we hear from hundreds of thousands of clients every year, rating firms on …

‘A true win’ – Baker McKenzie on record Ecuador $1.6bn debt-for-nature swap and winning Finance Team of the Year

Baker McKenzie won Finance Team of the Year at the Legal Business Awards for representing project manager Oceans Finance Company in structuring and implementing the government of Ecuador’s $1.6bn debt-for-nature swap and providing $300m for the Galápagos Islands – the largest marine conservation debt conversion to date. LB spoke with partners Matthew Cox and James Tanner (pictured, …

‘Deals like this act as a catalyst’ – Gowling WLG on its Legal Business Award-winning work for AstraZeneca

Gowling WLG won this year’s LB Award for Life Sciences Team of the Year for its role in advising AstraZeneca on a collaboration and license agreement with biopharmaceutical company Quell Therapeutics worth more than £2bn. LB spoke with two of the partners who worked on the deal to discuss why it’s important and what it means for …