In the recently released The Legal 500 UK 2021 directory, Squire Patton Boggs has been ranked top tier in 18 practice areas, with an additional 54 highly recommended practice areas across the UK. A total of 150 Squire Patton Boggs lawyers were recommended overall – 39 lawyers were ranked as “Leading Individuals” (of whom 10 are designated “Hall of Fame”), 10 lawyers were ranked as “Next Generation Partners” and a further 9 lawyers were named “Rising Stars”.
Our UK offices received Tier 1 rankings in the following 18 practice areas:
Birmingham
- Construction
- Environment
- IT and Telecoms
- Licensing
- Pensions
- Sport
Leeds
- Construction
- Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Corporate tax
- Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- 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 54 practices were recommended.
Birmingham
- Banking litigation
- Banking and finance
- Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Commercial property: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Employment
- Health and safety
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Property litigation
Leeds
- Banking and finance
- Commercial litigation: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Commercial property: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Property litigation
London
- Asset based lending
- Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Commercial property: development
- Commercial property: investment
- Employers
- Environment
- EU and competition
- Fintech
- Fraud: civil
- Health and safety
- Immigration: business
- Infrastructure (PFI and PPP)
- 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 (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Private equity: transactions – mid-market deals (up to £250 million)
- Product liability: defendant
- Reputation management
- Retail and consumer
- Securitisation
- Sport
Manchester
- Banking and finance
- Banking litigation
- Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Commercial property: Manchester
- Construction
- Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- EU and competition
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Local government
- Pensions
- Planning and environment
- Project finance and PFI
- Property litigation