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Midlands company tops legal rankings
Midlands law firm Harrison Clark Rickerbys has been rated among the best in the country - with a premier legal guide recommending it to clients across 15 legal practice areas. The Chambers and Partners UK
Guide ranks the firm in the top tier of law firms for family and private client services, covering wills, trusts and probate. Four of its lawyers are named
Highly commended: Simon Laight
Innovative firm ranked among Europe’s best
Pinsent Masons has been ranked among the five most innovative law firms in Europe by the Financial Times - and collected an award from the same publication for its ground-breaking work in the insurance sector. The firm was recognised by the
FT for a range of work including the development of ‘Blended Products’, a solution designed by the firm to enable its insurance clients to offer customers a compelling alternative to annuities. This followed shock Government reforms to the retirement regime which ended the compulsory purchase of annuities and had a dramatic impact on a number of insurance businesses. Pinsent Masons partner Simon Laight, who led the initiative, was
singled out for commendation by the judges. The news comes after the firm was also counted among the ten
most innovative international law firms in Asia Pacific by the Financial Times earlier this year. The FT Innovative Lawyers reports series is independently and
rigorously researched and includes a significant component of client feedback by RSG Consulting. Richard Foley, senior partner of Pinsent Masons, said: “To be ranked among the five most innovative law firms in Europe
for the second year in a row is a real achievement. Our vision is to be recognised as an international market leader in the global sectors in which we operate, differentiated by our skillset excellence and approach to innovation. “The FT research is a positive validation of that approach particularly because of the significant level of client input. The positive client feedback across a wide range of disciplines demonstrates that innovation is in Pinsent Masons’ DNA.” Simon Laight, a partner and financial services specialist at Pinsent
Masons, said: “We have great clients and we have great people. True innovation happens when the two come together. “Collaboration is the key to successful innovation and I am grateful
to those clients with whom we worked for embracing the concept of Blended Products. We enjoyed collaborating with them on the birth of a new financial product.”
‘Collaboration is the key to successful innovation and I am grateful to those clients with whom we worked’
among the best in their field and a further 19 are ranked by the prestigious guide across the firm’s six offices and legal services. Harrison Clark Rickerbys’ family
law team in Birmingham, led by Kevin Harris-James, is ranked in the guide with Victoria Fellowes named as an associate to watch and Brenda Spain also recognised. The firm’s construction and
litigation teams in the Midlands are also acknowledged in the guide, along with its corporate mergers and acquisitions team dealing with SMEs and owner-managed businesses. Rod Thomas is named as a
notable practitioner in the West Midlands for his corporate and
mergers and acquisitions work, and both Richard Morgan and Elizabeth Beatty are acknowledged for their litigation skills. Demonstrating the firm’s
strength and breadth of expertise, family lawyers Jonathan Brew in Worcester, Andrew Caldicott in Hereford and Carolyn Green in Cheltenham all attract the highest accolades, along with Matthew Johnston in Cheltenham who is ranked for his specialist advice in the area of information technology. The firm’s education team, led
by Kristine Scott, was acknowledged as a UK-wide player in the field, especially with independent schools and multi- academy trusts. The licensing team’s expertise
was also recognised across UK regions, with partner Heath Thomas heading the team. Lucy Barr, head of the firm’s Birmingham office, said: “We are delighted that our family law expertise has been acknowledged in this way, confirming that we offer outstanding service which rivals the best in the country, on clients’ doorsteps.”
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