UK’s top insurance law firms revealed

Ever wondered who to trust if your firm runs into legal trouble? Now an independent guide believes it has come up with the definitive answer.

The Legal 500, a guide for the buyers of legal services, has revealed what it considers to be the UK’s top insurance law firms. It claims to have put together the “largest and most in-depth annual analysis of the UK’s legal market” relying on thousands of submissions from barristers’ chambers, law firms and interviews with more than 25,000 clients.

Alexander Boyes, editor of The Legal 500, said: “Pressures on the cost of capital and regulatory difficulties have continued to drive consolidation among both insurers and brokers, and lack of product development is expected to drive further consolidation within the reinsurance market.
“Regulatory changes continue to be one of the main risks facing insurers in the market. This has increased demand for advisory work.”

With that in mind here is the list of the leading insurance law firms in the UK, according to the publication.

UK’s leading Insurance: corporate and regulatory law firms according to The Legal 500

Tier 1	Clifford Chance Clyde & Co LLP Hogan Lovells International LLP Linklaters LLP Norton Rose Fulbright Slaughter and May
Tier 2	Ashurst CMS Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Holman Fenwick Willan Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Tier 3	Allen & Overy LLP DAC Beachcroft LLP Eversheds LLP Pinsent Masons LLP RPC Shearman & Sterling LLP Sidley Austin LLP Simmons & Simmons Taylor Wessing LLP
Tier 4	Addleshaw Goddard LLP Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP Cooley (UK) LLP DLA Piper Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Gowling WLG Ince & Co Mayer Brown International LLP
Tier 5	Burges Salmon LLP Carter Perry Bailey LLP DWF Dentons EC3/ Legal LLP Fieldfisher Maclay Murray & Spens LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP Steptoe & Johnson

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