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The editorial team behind Legal 500 surveyed thousands of law firm clients to determine the best and brightest in the legal profession. Clifford Chance led the pack, with other firms grouped into various tiers.

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CLIFFORD CHANCE

1

CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

Lovells LLP

ASHURST LLP

2

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

White & Case LLP

FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER LLP

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

ALLEN & OVERY LLP

3

DICKSON MINTO WS

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Norton Rose LLP

LINKLATERS LLP

Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

Olswang

MACFARLANES LLP

Eversheds LLP

O'Melveny & Myers LLP

SJ BERWIN LLP

TRAVERS SMITH

Jones Day

Simmons & Simmons

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES

Mayer Brown International LLP

Taylor Wessing LLP

DLA Piper UK LLP

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Hammonds LLP

Nabarro

Latham & Watkins

Hogan & Hartson

Osborne Clarke

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP

Proskauer Rose LLP

Slaughter and May

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

Wragge & Co LLP

CLIFFORD CHANCE

1

SJ BERWIN LLP

Ashurst LLP

2

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Linklaters LLP

Macfarlanes LLP

Allen & Overy LLP

3

Freshfelds Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Simmons & Simmons

Slaughter and May

Travers Smith

White & Case LLP