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Rankings published in 2026
Bank lending : Lender side
Notable
46 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
8 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 5

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Bracewell
9 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Notable

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Sullivan & Worcester
2 practice areas
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Financial services regulatory
Notable
44 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Tier 2

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 4

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Tier 5

Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Notable

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Private equity
Tier 5
48 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Tier 2

Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
2 practice areas
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Tier 5

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Notable

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
10 practice areas
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Real estate funds
Notable
26 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
14 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Jones Day
17 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Tier 4

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Notable

DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
10 practice areas
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7 results7 results
Deal Highlights
33 results33 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Ambienta Sgr SpA - M&A
2021-02-16
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Ambienta Sgr SpA
Buyer
Media Sense Communications Ltd. - M&A
2021-08-12
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Media Sense Communications Ltd.
Seller
Investis Digital Ltd. - M&A
2021-03-30
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Investis Digital Ltd.
Target
Adey Innovation LLP - M&A
2021-02-10
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Adey Innovation LLP
Target
JoinedUp Group Ltd. - M&A
2021-05-06
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
JoinedUp Group Ltd.
Target
Western Global Holdings Ltd. - M&A
2021-02-10
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Alex Farrell-Thomas, Alisdair Livingstone, Andrew Massey, Ashley Morris, James Hamon, James Taylor, Jon Round, Nick Haywood
Western Global Holdings Ltd.
Target
Excell Group Ltd. - M&A
2021-11-08
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Mike Freer
Excell Group Ltd.
Target
LDC (Managers) Ltd. - M&A
2021-03-05
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
LDC (Managers) Ltd.
Buyer
Ludlow Wealth Management Group Ltd. - M&A
2021-05-26
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Tim Hewens
Ludlow Wealth Management Group Ltd.
Target
Davies Group Ltd. - M&A
2021-03-16
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Davies Group Ltd.
Target
Venatus Media Ltd. - M&A
2021-09-28
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Venatus Media Ltd.
Seller
Meet Recruitment - M&A
2021-09-09
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Alistair Francis, Matthew Bodfield
Meet Recruitment
Target
Hopkins Homes Ltd. - M&A
2022-01-20
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Hopkins Homes Ltd.
Target
TTC Group (UK) Ltd. - M&A
2021-05-20
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
TTC Group (UK) Ltd.
Target
Redstor Ltd. - M&A
2022-01-11
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Redstor Ltd.
Target
Lucid Group Communications Ltd. - M&A
2021-03-10
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Lucid Group Communications Ltd.
Target
Reward Gateway Ltd. - M&A
2021-05-04
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Reward Gateway Ltd.
Target
Connect Assist Ltd. - M&A
2021-11-08
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Anna Mattingley, Robert Pook, Tim Hewens
Connect Assist Ltd.
Target
Research Partnership Ltd. - M&A
2022-03-09
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Ben Doeh, Dan Sharman, David Nisbet, Greg Leyshon, Harshna Patel, Jonathan Falconer, Lara Flynn, Mathew Oliver, Matthew Edwards, Robert Pook
Research Partnership Ltd.
Target
Paradigm - M&A
2022-04-27
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Paradigm
Seller
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New hires were made across corporate, M&A, regulatory, finance and antitrust practices in the UK, US, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Asia-Pacific
M&A
Despite uncertainties around the US economy, the availability of funding and business-friendly policies are expected to drive M&A deals in the US and beyond
ESG
As the dust settles on this temporary reprieve, the next 12 months will be a make-or-break period for the industries involved
ESG
Osborne Clarke’s employment team explains the need to address ageism in the workplace, a subtle barrier that often gets missed in DEI strategies
M&A
The Milan-based M&A lawyer shares his views on making unpopular decisions and which legal figures he would invite as dinner party guests
ESG
International ESG co-head James Watson told IFLR that clients are increasingly seeking minute-by-minute ESG guidance as regulatory pressure mounts across Europe
While the UK financial services sector has an idea of regulators’ strategic approach to AI, further clarity on implementation is needed
ESG
Omar Al-Nuaimi said the firm’s focus on client engagement, sector knowledge, and diversity has strengthened its competitive advantage
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