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Brabners Chaffe Street LLP’s nine-partner team mainly acts for owner-managed businesses and plcs on mid-market transactions. Corporate head Denise Walker handles transactional and non-contentious insolvency matters, and Mark Rathbone has energy sector expertise.

DLA Piper UK LLP has ‘specialists for all areas and provides excellent service’ to corporates, start-ups and private equity houses. ‘A superb lawyer, with immense patience, integrity and technical strength’, Paul Rimmer leads the team, which hired corporate partner Gareth McIntegart from DWF LLP. David Cadwallader became a consultant to the firm.

Hill Dickinson LLP’s ‘excellent’ team is led by ‘quality operatorJonathan Brown, and includes Sue Russell and Craig Scott. All three are noted for their ‘commercial acumen, technical ability, negotiating skills’, and Sally Wightman gives ‘superb M&A advice’. The firm advised on Stobart Group’s £120m LSE listing and £20m acquisition in a biomass joint venture, and on Kuehne & Nagel’s acquisition of Rennies Freight Services. Its strong plc client base includes CRH, Johnson Service Group and Carr’s Milling Industries.

DWF LLP has a strong food sector focus, with corporate head Peter Allen recently advising on First Milk’s cross-border joint venture and David Clay acting for shareholders on the Tritech Group disposal. Commercial partner Paul Attwood has advised Burton’s Foods and Liverpool City Council. The practice lost Gareth McIntegart to DLA Piper UK LLP.

Commercial and proactive’, Weightmans LLP continues to cement its profile, and is particularly noted for its commercial expertise. John Schorah is ‘highly commercial, with great expertise in the digital sector’, and handled a range of mid-market corporate transactions, as well as advising Cybertill Limited on a contract with Cancer Research UK. Ian Vicary is also recommended, and is experienced in advising SMEs.

O’Connors LLP provides ‘high-quality advice, with a refreshing approach to understanding and interpreting client needs’. Mark O’Connor is ‘a heavyweight whom clients want on their side’. Paul O’Connor leads on commercial insurance advice. Clients include owner-managed businesses, law firms and investment fund sponsors.

Bermans hired practice head Kieran Donovan from DWF LLP and corporate finance lawyer Jonathan Davage from Lockett Loveday McMahon (LLM). It acted for various SMEs on transactional matters, and advised Kenny Dalglish/Seven Images on commercial contract negotiations with Liverpool FC.

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