Ranking tables
Corporate/M&A: £5 million and above | UK
Yorkshire
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Clarion 2 Years Ranked- Gordons LLP
Band 2
Freeths LLP 2 Years Ranked
Shoosmiths LLP 2 Years Ranked- Lupton Fawcett
- Schofield Sweeney
Band 3
Mills & Reeve LLP 2 Years Ranked
Womble Bond Dickinson UK LLP 2 Years Ranked- Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP
- Hill Dickinson LLP
Band 1
- Paul Johnson Mills & Reeve LLP12 Years Ranked
Richard Moran Clarion19 Years Ranked- James FawcettGordons LLP
Band 2
Andrew J Francey Freeths LLP10 Years Ranked
Jonathan Simms Clarion10 Years Ranked- Adrian BallamWard Hadaway
- David M StrachanSchofield Sweeney
- Duncan FirmanGordons LLP
- Jonathan AsquezGordons LLP
- Marcus ArmstrongBrabners LLP
Band 3
Dahren Naidoo Freeths LLP3 Years Ranked- Simon Pilling Womble Bond Dickinson UK LLP7 Years Ranked
- Alistair Scott-SomersProgeny Corporate Law
- Andrew FunnellAndrew Jackson Solicitors LLP
- Daniel J McCormackLupton Fawcett
- Giles J CleggLupton Fawcett
- Jonathan OxleyLupton Fawcett
- Martin SweeneySchofield Sweeney
- Sandip KhroudHill Dickinson LLP
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 ClarionCorporate/M&A: £5 million and above2025 | Band 1 | 2 Years RankedClarion has a proficient corporate practice which excels in lower mid-market transactional and governance work across Yorkshire. It calls upon additional resources in its commercial teams to offer a full complement of services in complex deals. The firm is particularly esteemed for its strengths in the digital media, manufacturing and logistics sectors.
Band 2
2 Freeths LLPCorporate/M&A: £5 million and above2025 | Band 2 | 2 Years RankedFreeths is a respected corporate practice advising clients on M&A, private equity, restructuring and reorganisation, MBOs and MBIs, and due diligence. The Yorkshire team is noted for its work on private acquisitions and disposals, particularly for owner-managed businesses.2 Shoosmiths LLPCorporate/M&A: £5 million and above2025 | Band 2 | 2 Years RankedShoosmiths has an increasingly established corporate practice in Yorkshire advising clients on transactional matters in private equity and venture capital, M&A and corporate restructuring both domestically and internationally.
Band 3
3 Mills & Reeve LLPCorporate/M&A: £5 million and above2025 | Band 3 | 2 Years RankedMills & Reeve offers excellent advice across a broad range of transactional matters out of its Leeds office. Its clientele of public and private companies and private equity houses look to the firm for advice in complex domestic and cross-border M&A. Areas of particular strength include the technology, retail and insurance spaces.3 Womble Bond Dickinson UK LLPCorporate/M&A: £5 million and above2025 | Band 3 | 2 Years RankedWomble Bond Dickinson is a prominent national firm with particular expertise in corporate/M&A work involving the retail, manufacturing and real estate sectors. Its lawyers are also strong in private equity and venture capital work, acting on behalf of a series of prominent private equity houses. The team in Yorkshire draws from its significant US presence to assist clients on deals with international aspects.