Which area of law interests you?
See what each practice area actually involves day-to-day.
Corporate & Finance
If you're interested in deals, big business and how money moves.
Banking & Finance
Negotiating the loans banks and companies use to borrow large sums of money.
Capital Markets
Guiding companies through selling shares or bonds to raise money.
Corporate/M&A
Structuring the deals when companies buy, sell, or merge with each other.
Private Equity & Investment Management
Advising funds that buy stakes in companies, or manage investments on clients' behalf
Tax
How much tax is owed and how to structure things legally.
Pensions
How retirement savings are managed and protected.
Insurance
Interpreting policies and resolving disputes over unpaid claims.
Technology, Telecoms & Outsourcing
The legal side of tech companies, phone networks and outsourced services.
Restructuring & Insolvency
Untangling a company's debt when it's struggling to survive.
Litigation & Regulatory
If you're interested in resolving disputes and making sure people and companies play by the rules.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Representing clients in court, or resolving disputes without a trial.
Competition/Antitrust
Stopping companies from fixing prices or blocking out rivals.
Crime
Defending or prosecuting people accused of criminal offences.
Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence
Helping injured people, including by medical mistakes, get compensation.
Intellectual Property
Protecting ideas and brands and fighting copycats.
Property & Infrastructure
If you're interested in how things get built, owned or moved.
Real Estate
Handling the legal side when property gets bought, sold, leased or developed.
Construction
Sorting out contracts, delays and disputes over building defects.
Projects & Energy
Delivering major infrastructure and energy projects, including renewables.
Infrastructure/PPP
Setting up public projects built through long-term partnerships between government and business.
Shipping
Settling disputes over cargo and vessels at sea.
Environment
Keeping companies within pollution rules and climate-related regulation.
People & Society
If you're interested in how the law affects people's everyday lives.
Employment
Managing disputes and dismissals between employers and staff.
Family
Working through divorce, child custody and other family disputes.
Human Rights & Immigration
Pursuing visas, asylum claims and human rights cases.
ESG
Steering companies toward the environmental and ethical standards investors expect.
Government & Public Law
Advising government or challenging government decisions.
Specialist Sectors
If you're interested in a specific industry, rather than a particular type of legal work.
Fintech
Making sense of the legal side of financial technology, from payments to crypto.
Sports, Media & Entertainment
Championing clubs, broadcasters, and creative businesses through contracts and disputes.
Fashion
Protecting fashion brands and their designs from copycats.
Art Law
Music Law
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