The Legal 500 UK 2022

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In the recently released The Legal 500 UK 2022 directory, Squire Patton Boggs has been ranked top tier in 17 practice areas, with an additional 58 highly recommended practice areas across the UK. A total of 175 Squire Patton Boggs lawyers were recommended overall – 47 lawyers were ranked as “Leading Individuals” (of whom 13 are designated “Hall of Fame”), nine lawyers were ranked as “Next Generation Partners” and a further 19 lawyers were named “Rising Stars”.

Our UK offices received Tier 1 rankings in the following 17 practice areas:

Birmingham

  • Environment
  • IT and Telecoms
  • Licensing
  • Pensions
  • Sport

Leeds

  • Construction
  • Corporate and commercial
  • Corporate tax
  • Employment
  • Infrastructure and Energy
  • Pensions
  • Planning

London

  • Commercial litigation: Mid-market
  • M&A: Lower mid-market deals, £50M-£500M

Manchester

  • Corporate tax
  • Employment
  • Health and safety

In addition, a further 58 practices were recommended:

Birmingham

  • Banking litigation
  • Banking and finance
  • Commercial litigation
  • Commercial property
  • Construction
  • Corporate and commercial
  • Employment
  • Health and safety
  • Insolvency and corporate recovery
  • Property litigation

Leeds

  • Banking and finance
  • Commercial litigation
  • Commercial property
  • Insolvency and corporate recovery
  • Property litigation

London

  • Asset based lending
  • Banking litigation: investment and retail
  • Commercial property: development
  • Commodities disputes
  • Employers
  • Environment
  • Equity Capital Markets: small – mid-cap
  • EU and competition
  • Financial services: contentious
  • Fintech
  • Fraud: civil
  • Health and safety
  • Immigration: business
  • Infrastructure
  • Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
  • International arbitration
  • IT and telecoms
  • Licensing
  • Life sciences and healthcare
  • Oil and gas
  • Pensions: non-contentious
  • Pensions: dispute resolution
  • Power: electricity, nuclear and renewables
  • Private equity: transactions – mid-market deals (up to £250 million)
  • Product liability: defendant
  • Reputation management
  • Retail and consumer
  • Securitisation
  • Shipping
  • Sport

Manchester

  • Banking and finance
  • Banking litigation
  • Commercial litigation
  • Commercial property
  • Construction
  • Corporate and commercial
  • Energy, Project finance and PFI
  • EU and competition
  • Insolvency and corporate recovery
  • Local government
  • Pensions
  • Planning and environment
  • Property litigation

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