Brabners caps busy season of growth with real estate partner appointment
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The Legal 500 UK 2027 rankings are out now — and we’re proud to have achieved the highest number of ranked individuals in the North West (73), as well as the joint highest number of practice area rankings in the region (30).
This success reflects the talent and dedication of our teams and lawyers across the firm — and we owe a big ‘thank you’ to all our clients and partners who provided references to the research team.
Practice area rankings
In total, we have 43 practice area rankings this year, up from 41 last year.
13 of our practice areas have achieved Top-Tier status:
- Agriculture & Estates.
- Charities & Not-For-Profit.
- Commercial Litigation.
- Corporate & Commercial.
- Employment.
- Family.
- Immigration.
- Intellectual property (new ranking).
- Licensing (new ranking).
- Media & Entertainment.
- Personal Tax, Trusts & Probate.
- Social housing.
- Sport.
We’ve seen upwards movement across:
- PATMA: Trade Mark Attorneys (London) — up from Tier 4 to Tier 3.
- Health & Safety (North West) — up from Tier 3 to Tier 2.
- Contentious Trusts & Probate (North West) — up from Tier 3 to Tier 2.
- Corporate & Commercial (Yorkshire) — up from Tier 5 to Tier 4.
- Pensions (Yorkshire) — up from Tier 4 to Tier 3.
- Professional Negligence (Yorkshire) — moved from Firm to Watch to Tier 3.
- Family (Yorkshire) — moved from Firm to Watch to Tier 3.
We’ve also retained our Firm to Watch ranking in Professional Discipline (London) and secured a new Firm to Watch ranking in Employment (Yorkshire).
Individual rankings
Huge congratulations to our ten individuals recognised in The Legal 500’s prestigious Hall of Fame:
- Andrew O’Mahoney.
- Graeme Hughes.
- Helen Marriott.
- Jeff Lewis.
- Mark Feeny.
- Nick Campbell.
- Nick McAleenan.
- Paul Lunt.
- Rupert Jackson.
- Tony Harper.
We also have 35 individuals listed as Leading Partners, 13 as Next Generation Partners, 14 as Leading Associates and even more as Recommended Lawyers.
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