IFLR is part of Legal Benchmarking Limited, 1-2 Paris Garden, London, SE1 8ND

Copyright © Legal Benchmarking Limited and its affiliated companies 2026

Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Modern Slavery Statement

Cookies Settings

Osborne Clarke

United Kingdom

This law firm has not supplied any contact details or supplementary information for this country or region. For more information about profiling options please contact Prin Shasiharan.
Rankings published in 2026
Bank lending : Lender side
Notable
46 firms ranked
View full list

Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
View full profile
Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
View full profile
Linklaters
33 practice areas
View profile
Milbank
27 practice areas
View profile

Tier 2

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
View full profile
Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
View profile
Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
View profile
White & Case
30 practice areas
View full profile

Tier 3

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

Tier 4

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

Tier 5

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

Notable

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

Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
View full profile
Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
View full profile
Freshfields
30 practice areas
View full profile
Linklaters
33 practice areas
View profile
Travers Smith
24 practice areas
View profile

Tier 2

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

Tier 3

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

Tier 4

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

Tier 5

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

Notable

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

Tier 1

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

Tier 2

Linklaters
33 practice areas
View profile
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
View profile

Tier 3

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

Tier 4

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

Tier 5

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

Notable

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

Tier 1

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
View full profile
Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
View profile
Linklaters
33 practice areas
View profile

Tier 2

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

Tier 3

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

Tier 4

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

Notable

DLA Piper
23 practice areas
View profile
Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
View profile
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
View profile
Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
View profile
Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
View profile
Stephenson Harwood
10 practice areas
View profile
7 results7 results
Matthew Bodfield
Firm:
Osborne Clarke
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Rebecca Gordon
Firm:
Osborne Clarke
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Equity
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Jonathan King
Firm:
Osborne Clarke
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
James Mackay
Firm:
Osborne Clarke
Practice Area:
Private equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Tim Simmonds
Firm:
Osborne Clarke
Practice Area:
Investment funds
Real estate funds
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Industry Sector:
Investment management
Real estate
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Russell Van Praagh
Firm:
Osborne Clarke
Practice Area:
Private equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Ian Wilkinson
Firm:
Osborne Clarke
Practice Area:
Real estate acquisitions
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Industry Sector:
Real estate
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Deal Highlights
33 results33 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Bedford Consulting - M&A
2022-05-11
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Bedford Consulting
Target
Causeway Technologies Ltd. - M&A
2021-07-05
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Causeway Technologies Ltd.
Target
Foresight Group LLP - M&A
2022-06-13
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Foresight Group LLP
Buyer
Brompton Technology - M&A
2022-07-18
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Brompton Technology
Target
Tenzing Private Equity LLP - M&A
2022-09-21
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Alec Bartlett., Pippa Byrne, Tim Hewens
Tenzing Private Equity LLP
Buyer
Tenzing Private Equity LLP - M&A
2022-08-02
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Tenzing Private Equity LLP
Buyer
Volpi Capital LLP - M&A
2022-10-11
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Volpi Capital LLP
Buyer
VIXIO Regulatory Intelligence - M&A
2022-12-12
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
VIXIO Regulatory Intelligence
Target
First Intuition - M&A
2023-04-27
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
First Intuition
Target
Tenzing Private Equity LLP - M&A
2023-04-18
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Alec Bartlett., Alex Littlefield, Daliah Haughton, David Nisbet, Demi Joannides, Harry Stewart, Jaskirat Singh, Katherine Douse, Lara Flynn, Les Gray, Lottie Brewster, Matt Suter, Robert Thomas, Sarah Smith, Tim Hewens
Tenzing Private Equity LLP
Buyer
FreemarketFX Ltd. - M&A
2023-05-23
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
FreemarketFX Ltd.
Target
Direct Ferries Ltd. - M&A
2023-06-13
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Tim Hewens
Direct Ferries Ltd.
Target
Seller Group - multiple shareholders - M&A
2023-05-09
Osborne Clarke
United Kingdom
M&A
Seller Group - multiple shareholders
Seller
Previous
2
of
2
Banking
low angle view of skyscrapers in city of China.
This week’s people moves: Linklaters, Ashurst, Fieldfisher and more
New hires were made across corporate, M&A, regulatory, finance and antitrust practices in the UK, US, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Asia-Pacific
Noemi Distefano, February 05 2026
M&A
futureuncertain
What does the future hold for dealmaking in 2025?
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
Greg Leyshon, March 25 2025
ESG
Pine forest pach exploitation
Lawyers say EU Deforestation Regulation delay is ‘not surprising’
As the dust settles on this temporary reprieve, the next 12 months will be a make-or-break period for the industries involved
Olivia Adam, October 03 2024
ESG
Artboard 1@4x.png
Addressing an age-old problem in the legal sector
Osborne Clarke’s employment team explains the need to address ageism in the workplace, a subtle barrier that often gets missed in DEI strategies
September 04 2024
M&A
alessandro.villa (1).png
Five minutes with… Alessandro Villa, Osborne Clarke
The Milan-based M&A lawyer shares his views on making unpopular decisions and which legal figures he would invite as dinner party guests
Olivia Adam, July 22 2024
ESG
james.watson.jpg
Osborne Clarke targets clients’ ESG needs through lawyer secondments
International ESG co-head James Watson told IFLR that clients are increasingly seeking minute-by-minute ESG guidance as regulatory pressure mounts across Europe
Olivia Adam, July 03 2024
Banking
AI robot, Artificial Intelligence Chatbot,Chat GPT bot was tested for its ability to read, write and listen like a human.4th Industrial Revolution,AI learning concept.
FCA and BoE’s responses to AI guidelines lack specifics
While the UK financial services sector has an idea of regulators’ strategic approach to AI, further clarity on implementation is needed
Rachel Couter, July 02 2024
ESG
Untitled-11.jpg
Osborne Clarke CEO's debt finance experience key to understanding client needs
Omar Al-Nuaimi said the firm’s focus on client engagement, sector knowledge, and diversity has strengthened its competitive advantage
Olivia Adam, May 02 2024
Sponsored
Load More