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Clarke Willmott’s Birmingham office ranks highly in 2025 Legal 500

The Birmingham office of national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP has been ranked highly in this year’s Legal 500 guide, with numerous practice areas and individual lawyers being recognised.

The guide, which ranks the UK’s top lawyers and firms, recommended Clarke Willmott’s Birmingham office in seven practice areas: family (ranked in Tier 2); personal injury and clinical negligence – claimant; commercial property; construction; commercial litigation; corporate and commercial; employment.

Clarke Willmott Birmingham partners Philip Edwards (personal injury and clinical negligence) and Rayner Grice (family) were named as ‘Leading Partners’ while Caroline Young (family) was named a ‘Leading Associate’ and Adam Maguire (family) a ‘Next Generation Partner’.

Clarke Willmott LLP chief executive, Peter Swinburn, said: “We are delighted with our numerous rankings in the Legal 500 guide and are especially pleased to be recommended in seven practice areas in our Birmingham office.

“Having celebrated our 135th anniversary this year, these rankings are a good reflection of our position as an industry leader. They also serve to highlight the immense talent we have in our teams, something of which we are very proud.”  

Nationally, Clarke Willmott received Top Tier rankings in eight practice areas and recommendations in 54 practice areas. Three Clarke Willmott lawyers are named in the ‘Hall of Fame’, 22 are named as ‘Leading Partners’, 12 as ‘Leading Associates’ and a further ten as ‘Next Generation Partners’. A total of 168 lawyers are recommended in the guide.

The Legal 500 series is widely acknowledged as the world’s largest legal guide. It is an independent guide and firms and individuals are recommended purely on merit.

Clarke Willmott LLP is one of the UK’s leading law firms with offices in Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton and Taunton. Clarke Willmott provides support on a broad range of legal services to individuals and businesses, with a focus on the most involved and complex matters.

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