Ranking tables
Corporate/M&A: £25 million and above | UK
South West
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 2
Band 3
Foot Anstey LLP 1 Years Ranked
Freeths LLP 1 Years Ranked- Womble Bond Dickinson UK LLP
Senior Statespeople
Chris Godfrey Burges Salmon LLP27 Years Ranked- Simon HewesWomble Bond Dickinson UK LLP
Eminent Practitioners
Conrad Davies Osborne Clarke LLP12 Years Ranked- John WoodTLT LLP
Band 1
Band 2
Camilla Usher-Clark Burges Salmon LLP11 Years Ranked
David Ferris Osborne Clarke LLP15 Years Ranked- Jonathan Morley Charles Russell Speechlys12 Years Ranked
- Mark Shepherd Burges Salmon LLP7 Years Ranked
Matthew Stoate Foot Anstey LLP11 Years Ranked
Rupert Weston Burges Salmon LLP18 Years Ranked- Andrew WebberTLT LLP
Band 3
- Adrian Mayer Charles Russell Speechlys3 Years Ranked
Chris Worrell Foot Anstey LLP12 Years Ranked- Dominic Davis Burges Salmon LLP10 Years Ranked
Duncan Sykes Foot Anstey LLP15 Years Ranked
Emily Settle Freeths LLP2 Years Ranked
Nick Graves Burges Salmon LLP20 Years Ranked- Tim Roberts Burges Salmon LLP3 Years Ranked
- Tom FitzpatrickWomble Bond Dickinson UK LLP
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Burges Salmon LLPCorporate/M&A: £25 million and above2024 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedBurges Salmon continues to garner outstanding market recognition for representing large national and international clients in complex transactional matters. It has a deep bench of lawyers with sector expertise in a wide range of industries, including food and beverage, healthcare and leisure, alongside strength in the energy field. The team continues to develop its involvement in transactions surrounding the education and training sector, as well as the transport sector.
1 Osborne Clarke LLPCorporate/M&A: £25 million and above2024 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedOsborne Clarke is a market-leading firm with a strong bench of corporate lawyers who act for national and international clients across the full gamut of corporate transactional matters. It has recognised expertise in several areas, including M&A and venture capital, as well as high-value private equity deals.
Band 2
2 Charles Russell SpeechlysCorporate/M&A: £25 million and above2024 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedCharles Russell Speechlys operates a full-service practice in Cheltenham with a strong bench of lawyers who advise across a range of transactional matters. It is able to draw on international expertise to provide a strong cross-border service to a range of corporate clients in a variety of sectors, with a notable recent focus on matters arising in the airline industry. It is also well versed in deals in the agricultural and energy and renewables sectors.
Band 3
3 Foot Anstey LLPCorporate/M&A: £25 million and above2024 | Band 3 | 1 Years RankedFoot Anstey assists national and international companies, entrepreneurs and private equity clients with a broad range of corporate transactions. It offers expertise in complex M&A, venture capital and governance work. The firm has a dedicated Islamic finance team that has expertise of equity investment structuring.3 Freeths LLPCorporate/M&A: £25 million and above2024 | Band 3 | 1 Years Ranked"They took a very pragmatic commercial approach to the deal and helped us get it all resolved. They were able to bring in members from their wider team with the knowledge needed on a specific area of the transaction; it was good to know that they had a team of experts for every eventuality."