London

In London we have over 700 lawyers of whom 164 are partners. Clients include multinational corporations, investment banks and other financial institutions, governments and government bodies.

Our expertise in the London office includes:

• Corporate – our corporate and commercial practice is one of the firm's ‘twin engines’, alongside our world leading dispute resolution team. Our lawyers work with clients to achieve successful outcomes for their public and private M&A, capital markets transactions, corporate restructurings, and regulatory and tax matters on large, domestic and cross-border deals, across many industry sectors and, increasingly, in emerging markets.
• Dispute resolution –  our pre-eminent dispute resolution practice specialises in large, complex and high-value disputes and in minimising our clients' exposure to contentious risk. Our lawyers have broad range expertise in complex commercial litigation, international arbitration, contentious regulatory advice, investigations and specialist risk management expertise, all underpinned by ADR techniques and are often the first port of call for major corporates who find themselves in a dispute or who want advice on a matter that might become contentious.
• Finance – our finance practice extends across banking and capital markets, and covers the major debt disciplines across a wide range of jurisdictions. We work for lenders, borrowers, advisers and other intermediaries on some of the most sophisticated and high-profile deals in the international markets.
• Employment, pensions and incentives – our employment, pensions and employee incentives practice is a market leader, comprising experts in each of the three fields who work together to provide clients with seamless advice on all issues relating to employees and their employment arrangements.
• Competition, regulation and trade – the increasing complexity of both EU and national competition/regulatory law as well as the developing potential for private enforcement through the national courts means that organisations require regular expert advice. Our competition team provides imaginative solutions and strategic advice on behavioural investigations, competition litigation, merger clearance and regulatory matters.
• Real estate – our award-winning international real estate team has a reputation for executing the largest and most complex real estate deals with accuracy and at speed. We work closely with colleagues in the corporate, finance and tax teams to provide a one-stop shop for clients involved in all stages of the property cycle.
• Tax – our tax lawyers have a sound commercial understanding of the matters on which they advise, and act in partnership with clients to find workable solutions to their problems. The group has specialist knowledge in areas such as investment funds and asset management, insurance, corporate insolvency, projects and energy, real estate, outsourcing, general finance and Islamic finance, and offers cross-border tax advice.
• Intellectual property – our international intellectual property practice handles heavyweight litigation cases and also carries out major transactional and licensing work. The team is regarded by clients and legal directories as one of the strongest in the field.

We are also acknowledged as leaders in a number of industry sectors, including the energy and natural resources and financial institutions sectors.

Our lawyers work closely with colleagues in Europe and Asia to provide a seamless, global service.

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