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Firms by Practice Area(S) Firms by practice Corporate and M&A Insurance Cooley area(s) DLA Piper Addleshaw Goddard LLP DWF Law LLP Anthony Collins Solicitors Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Banking and Finance Cooley Hogan Lovells Womble Bond Dickinson Addleshaw Goddard LLP Dechert LLP Anthony Collins Solicitors DLA Piper UK LLP Cooley DWF Law LLP Dechert LLP Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Intellectual Property DLA Piper UK LLP Hogan Lovells Addleshaw Goddard LLP DWF Law LLP Irwin Mitchell LLP Anthony Collins Solicitors Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Kirkland & Ellis Cooley Hogan Lovells Latham & Watkins Dechert LLP Irwin Mitchell LLP Travers Smith DLA Piper UK LLP Kirkland & Ellis Trowers & Hamlin LLP DWF Law LLP Latham & Watkins Weil, Gotshal & Manges Eversheds Sutherland Travers Smith Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Trowers & Hamlins LLP Employment Hogan Lovells LLP Weil, Gotshal & Manges Kirkland & Ellis Addleshaw Goddard LLP Womble Bond Dickinson Travers Smith Anthony Collins Solicitors Womble Bond Dickinson Cooley Capital Markets DLA Piper UK LLP Addleshaw Goddard LLP DWF Law LLP Litigation and Dispute Cooley Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Dechert LLP Hogan Lovells Resolution DLA Piper UK LLP Irwin Mitchell LLP Addleshaw Goddard LLP DWF Law LLP Travers Smith Anthony Collins Solicitors Hogan Lovells Trowers & Hamlin LLP Cooley Kirkland & Ellis Womble Bond Dickinson Dechert LLP Latham & Watkins DLA Piper UK LLP Travers Smith DWF Law LLP Environment Eversheds Sutherland Addleshaw Goddard LLP Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Competition and DWF Law LLP Hogan Lovells Antitrust Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Irwin Mitchell LLP Irwin Mitchell LLP Kirkland & Ellis Addleshaw Goddard LLP Travers Smith Latham & Watkins Cooley Travers Smith DLA Piper UK LLP Trowers & Hamlins LLP DWF Law LLP Family Womble Bond Dickinson Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Hogan Lovells Anthony Collins Solicitors Irwin Mitchell LLP Kirkland & Ellis Pensions Travers Smith Addleshaw Goddard LLP Human Rights and Anthony Collins Solicitors DLA Piper UK LLP Construction Immigration DWF Law LLP Addleshaw Goddard LLP DLA Piper Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Anthony Collins Solicitors Eversheds Sutherland Hogan Lovells DWF Group plc Irwin Mitchell LLP Irwin Mitchell LLP Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Travers Smith Hogan Lovells Trowers & Hamlins LLP Irwin Mitchell LLP Trowers & Hamlins LLP Personal Injury and Shipping Clinical Negligence Addleshaw Goddard LLP Anthony Collins Solicitors DWF Law LLP DWF Law LLP Irwin Mitchell LLP Sports, Media and Private Client and Entertainment Charities DLA Piper UK LLP DWF Law LLP Addleshaw Goddard LLP Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Anthony Collins Solicitors Irwin Mitchell LLP Irwin Mitchell LLP Trowers and Hamlins LLP Latham & Watkins Private Equity and Tax Investment Addleshaw Goddard LLP Anthony Collins Solicitors Management Dechert LLP Addleshaw Goddard LLP DLA Piper UK LLP Anthony Collins Solicitors DWF Law LLP Cooley Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Dechert LLP Irwin Mitchell LLP DWF LLP Kirkland & Ellis Hogan Lovells Latham & Watkins Kirkland & Ellis Travers Smith Travers Smith Trowers & Hamlins LLP Weil, Gotshal & Manges Technology Projects and Energy Cooley Addleshaw Goddard LLP DLA Piper UK LLP DWF Law LLP DWF Law LLP Eversheds Sutherland Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Hogan Lovells Latham & Watkins Telecoms and Trowers & Hamlins LLP Outsourcing Cooley Property and Real DLA Piper UK LLP DWF Law LLP Estate Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Addleshaw Goddard LLP Anthony Collins Solicitors Cooley Dechert LLP Information Resources LawCareers.Net DLA Piper UK LLP DWF Law LLP Eversheds Sutherland Legal Education Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Providers Hogan Lovells BPP University Law School Irwin Mitchell LLP Nottingham Law School Kirkland & Ellis The City Law School, University Travers Smith of London Trowers & Hamlins LLP University of Law Womble Bond Dickinson Restructuring and Insolvency Cooley DLA Piper UK LLP DWF Law LLP Hogan Lovells Irwin Mitchell LLP Kirkland & Ellis Latham & Watkins Travers Smith Weil, Gotshal & Manges 2 .
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