‘Elvan Hussein provides clear and unambiguous advice and is focussed on ensuring delivery of the transaction. AG fielded a diverse team with a predominantly female deal team, which was excellent.’

‘The team is highly responsive, technically excellent, and competitive on price.’

‘Chris Taylor is outstanding. He is the strongest partner on our panel, and better than his magic circle equivalents.’

‘Addleshaw Goddard have a highly skilled and professional team. The depth and breadth of experience amongst the team makes them a formidable force in the M&A market. Their transparency in billing was a welcome surprise.’

‘Charles Penney is an exceptionally safe pair of hands. Charles uses his wide experience to make clients feel at ease.’

‘Simon Wood is completely dedicated to the job at hand. Having Simon on your team, you know you will win. Simon does not rest until he has success in his grasp.’

‘Jack Edwards is refreshingly down to earth to work with.’

‘Able to blend offices and people to deliver at a sensible cost point (uses right people for right jobs rather than one size fits all). Clear and prompt billing helps us stay ahead of issues.’

‘Responsive, practical solutions, and maintain good relationship with the other party.’

‘Neil Nicholson’s team gives solid, experience-backed commercial advice in heavily regulated transactions. I trust them implicitly to guide me through uncharted territory with confidence.’

‘Neil Nicholson is a brilliant tactician with the ability to call out a bad idea or making the best of a tricky situation. It’s clear that he brings his depth of experience to the deal, giving clients the confidence to make clear decisions.’

‘Neil Nicholson is an excellent partner to work with and really understands issues from a client perspective. He is very well reasoned and commercial. He is really clear about fees and communicates well.’

‘Very sensible and commercial advice. Partners lead from the front and remain the key point person throughout the deal. Strong communication and interpersonal skills which are important for managing difficult clients. On top of everything from start to finish.’

‘Matthew Tinger was very engaged and available at any time with deep client care, knowledge, and deal experience. One key differentiator is that he “owns” a process and will guide the deal team, proactively manages the process, and push documents along. At the same time, he is very efficient in work scope and fair with regards to billing.’

‘The performance of the team and the successful result, due in large part to the quality of our legal advisers, will mean more work for Dentons in the future. The level of work and commitment from the team was exceptional – we were consistently looked after and the quality of advice was always top notch.’

‘The Eversheds team are a diverse group of people that take a genuine interest in the project.  They took time to understand me and my team as well as the business.’

‘Antony Walsh made us feel that ours was the only and most important project in the world.’

‘The Eversheds team worked hard to be collaborative with the other side’s representatives in order to find solutions to the usual assortment of blockages. In all cases, their recommendations sped the process and were accepted by the other side.’

‘Antony Walsh is a deal genius, perhaps just a genius. He breaks down the process to its simple steps and allocates the work to the best people in his business. Antony is an incredible negotiator – calmly bringing every stakeholder around the table and leading all the complex discussions where necessary and giving his team the leadership in the technical sessions around details.’

‘The team’s reach and capability is a distinct advantage for international clients operating both domestically and overseas. They understand the client’s commercial objectives and get the deal done with the minimum of fuss. A pleasure to work with.’

‘Mark Rundall is a steady hand on the tiller and a comforting presence for clients – he’s technically excellent and able to influence those around him. He works hard for his clients and is able to quickly assemble the right team for the job.

‘George Mason is technically excellent, highly communicative, understands client’s commercial drivers, and is outstanding in negotiating and focussing on getting deals done. George is a calming presence – even in the most tense of negotiations. He is solution-oriented and a pleasure to work with.’

‘We were looking for a firm to help us navigate an acquisition. We had little experience in all the aspects of buying another company. The team and Bird and Bird guided us through every aspect from negotiation of the SPA and deal execution, tax, HR, Commercial Contracts and Legal DD. Every member of the team were fantastic, responsive and extremely professional. It gave us confidence that were not going to miss any important parts of the process and made the whole deal cycle devoid of stress.’

‘We worked with a number of individuals and each and everyone of them was extremely kind, giving of their time and expertise, and tireless in their work ethic.’

‘Good co-operation between their offices across Europe – so you genuinely feel like you are dealing with a single, unified team when working on cross-border deals.

‘Pragmatic approach – finding the right balance between protecting our interests and getting a deal done.’

‘Simon Allport is our key contact and is extremely responsive as well as being a technically excellent lawyer and project manager.’

‘BCLP were excellent. Their M&A team understood us very quickly and were a joy to work with. The principal partner, Jinal Shah, was critical to the success of our transaction. He guided us through the transaction, was a source of a great deal of market knowledge and practice, as well as giving us unparalleled independent advice and ensuring we were well placed to make decisions etc, all within an extremely compressed time frame.’

‘Jinal Shah understood us and felt like part of our team very quickly. One of his strengths was his ability to co-ordinate many different specialisms and understand what we might need to know in order to inform our bid and positions. Ultimately we felt very supported and we could not have done it without him!’

‘The BCLP team are approachable and truly collaborative with their clients, but are also technical experts in their field. They offer a good value for money option for legal services, with a good understanding of their clients style and approach, complimented with real people that you want to work hard with and then celebrate the close of a deal with afterwards.’

‘BCLP have a diverse work force and are always willing to accommodate client requests to balance gender and diversity in the teams providing services to clients. It is refreshing to work with a law firm that enables its work force to have a work life balance and has understanding partners that appreciate their staff and clients have personal responsibilities outside of work.’

‘Andrew Hart is an exceptional corporate partner who really understands his clients and is always is available when needed. He has a very approachable and considerate manner, and becomes fully integrated into the client’s world as a key legal and business adviser. Andrew is a commercially astute and practical lawyer that offers good solutions to legal issues. He is true to his word on fee quotes and offers great value to the client.

‘Marie Johnson is an up and coming partner, who builds great rapport with her clients. She is sensible and practical in her negotiation and works well with the client team.’

‘Scarlett Evans is a very technical associate who provides sound advice to her clients. She works well with the client team and build strong relationships with different departments. She understand client concerns and provides practical solutions.’

‘Ben Lee is a very astute and robust corporate partner, who is also approachable and practical.’

‘We worked with Goodwin on the acquisition of our startup. David Mardle was a pleasure to work with – expert and knowledgeable as well as efficient. We felt in safe hands and his calm confidence made the deal much less stressful than it might have been.’

‘The collaboration, the US and English law knowledge, and technical knowledge in tech and software were excellent in all respects.’

‘We were so impressed with Goodwin’s team that we have already highly recommended them for future support and advice whenever required to our new owners. Their capability and excellence, as well as their competitive fees, mean that we will indeed return to them when and if needed for future acquisition deals and related issues.’

‘Excellent collaborators. Very fast, supportive, accurate, and diligent throughout.’

‘The management team were going through this process for the first time at this scale, and the team were quite frankly outstanding in supporting them through such a complex process. Not only did they do what needed to be done, but raised the right questions at the right times and made sure management considered every aspect.’

‘Andrew Harrow and his team were simply outstanding. Very personable, down to earth, and level headed even during the difficult parts of the process.’

‘Very good, diversified mid-market law firm.’

‘Nick Allen, Mark Yeo and Joe Abbott are all excellent, deal-oriented, and highly motivated.’

‘Great knowledge, skill, and availability. They all know what’s going on so they can each ensure issues are dealt with.’

‘I trust the partners there, and I trust their associates. They do things in the right way, they display a moral compass, and they give clear advice rather than just options.’

‘Great team who worked well together and delivered pragmatic sensible advice.’

‘Excellent advice, commercial and pragmatic, always calm, and worked hard to find solutions to any issues.’

‘Tim Stead is excellent. A terrific sounding board who is always available with pragmatic advice. Focuses on building a long-term partnership.’

‘Their relevant experience in cross-border de-SPAC merger deals was a major advantage for us.’

‘Incredible work ethic, broad capabilities, deep bench.’

‘Michal Berkner is outstanding. Smart, can-do and entrepreneurial attitude. Always available, very commercial, and a pleasure to work with.’

‘In our opinion Ben Shribman is unique at this end of the market for his ability to provide market analysis and commercial insight alongside rock-solid legal advice We’ve used ten law firms over the years; Ben and his team are by far the best, and we don’t go anywhere else if we can possibly avoid it. He will be one of the most sought after lawyers in this space in a few years. Just hoping he will still want to work with us when the time comes!’

‘Cooley has a great M&A practice and is willing to assist with jump in at any time. In the last year when legal demands were stretched, I could rely on the Cooley team to assist our in house team with our needs. The work product was high quality and responsive to our needs.’

‘Justin Stock is my go-to M&A attorney in the UK. I find him very responsive and happy to assist with custom solutions for our unique problems. He is creative and always willing to assist.’

‘They really make sure they understand our business and our needs. They focus on what is important to us in our business while making sure the relevant legal risks are covered. They really seem to be a true team working seamlessly across geographies.’

‘We have worked with Justin Stock for years and he is an invaluable part of our team and contribution to our success. Most of the partners we worked with at the firm were not only clearly experts in their fields, giving us immediate confidence, but were also nice people. This is really helpful when working long hours. The clear message we received from them is “we are here for you”. They want to be business partners of ours not just legal advisers.’

‘Extremely responsive and provide clear and commercial advice which focuses on solutions.’

‘Excellent practical legal advice. Clear and concise guidance and solutions.’

‘Jayne McGlynn – Excellent problem solver. Practical, concise, business friendly advice. Very knowledgeable and excellent interpersonal skills. Deep domain expertise.’

‘Shawn Atkinson is a real heavyweight with outstanding industry and sector knowledge. Huge fun to work with.’

‘Their level of expertise and responsiveness is impressive.’

‘Market leaders: quick, technically very capable, with a strong and broad bench.’

‘A fantastic personal service. They take a commercial view to problem solving.’

‘Simon Smith is an excellent commercial lawyer with broad knowledge who also knows when to defer to colleagues who specialise in other technical areas.’

‘Having been though two transactions recently, my impression of working with OC has been overwhelmingly positive. Every individual we worked with carried the same ethos of total commitment and attention to detail that these transactions demanded.’

‘Excellent breadth of skills and expertise and a passion to excel for their clients.’

‘Jonathan Crowley was a standout individual on our deal. He was constantly available and had valuable insights on every element of the process that saved us both time and money.’

‘The team we generally deal with are experts in lower mid-market PE deals and therefore able to add value to the deal process through their advice on all manner of things. They are also a pleasure to deal with as a group of individuals.’

‘The knowledge, responsiveness, and quality of advice is very strong across the team.’

‘Strong continuity in the core team working with us for the past several years, with additional resources always available as and when required.’

‘They always seem available to us, even though no doubt they are busy working on other clients.’

‘Very solid and professional in approach. Pragmatic advice and good availability.’

‘Andy Savage has advised on a number of matters in the renewable energy sector. He has a very good knowledge of his sector and is able to leverage the firm’s expertise here.’

‘I have worked with Nerina Erasmus on a number of occasions. She is very dependable and efficient.’

‘Strong industry expertise, the firm works hard in finding solutions for their clients and go above and beyond in terms of hard work to achieve this.’

‘Solid industry expertise, great collaboration and trust, committed and engaged, has provided solutions and advice when negotiations are at critical/difficult point. Provides the comfort that quality of work will be delivered and in a quick manner. Hard work both from partners and associates.’

‘Excellent partner-driven service. Responsive and user-friendly.’

‘Paul Amiss is a safe pair of hands in a tricky situation. Easy to deal with, results-oriented, and good at bringing parties to the table.’

‘Depth of experience in cross-border transactions, often coordinating multiple jurisdictions.’

‘Seasoned practitioner and team leader. Calm, pragmatic and commercial.’

‘They do a great job because they apply the same level of care and attention to all deals. Smaller deals receive partner-level attention and are not viewed primarily as learning opportunities for younger lawyers, which is the unfortunate case at many of their competitors.’

‘Nick Usher is an experienced and superb M&A lawyer capable of handling deals of any size and degree of sophistication.’

‘The key is the commercial aspect of the advice given in that it goes beyond the strict legal advice and offers good commercial advice that is tailored to the business that comes from understanding the client business, its needs, and strategic objectives.’

‘Jeremy Willcocks is an excellent legal adviser who understands the client business and gives both good commercial and legal advice that enables good client decision making.’

‘The team worked hard to meet our needs. Jeremy Willcocks was outstanding.’

‘Excellent and knowledgable team led by Sean Scanlon. A&P has a great understanding of M&A work including purchase contracts, tax implications, and lease structures. They take the time to listen to his clients goals and then provides excellent counsel and advice.’

‘They demonstrate strong knowledge and understanding of our business, with depth and knowledge of the area being supported. Strong collaboration and flexibility with a proactive approach always shown. Pragmatic billing that is fair and balanced. Strong rapport with team.’

‘Strong ownership of tasks and issues, always being proactive. Jeremy Willcocks has a wide range of skills and experience and will always endeavour to provide outstanding service at a fair price. A genuine interest and understanding of our business is always demonstrated.’

‘Jeremy Willcocks remains one of the unsung stars of this area and frankly an excellent resource as a result. Ably supported by Tom Wilson they are a formidable team who punch well above the size of their team, easily able to cope and perform against opposition firms who “over populate” their transaction teams!’

‘Arnold & Porter provides excellent global M&A support. We have used them extensively in the US, and for this UK transaction their support was fantastic.’

‘Rupert Weston is outstanding. His approach to structuring and negotiating deals is commercial, insightful and technically excellent.’

‘Really pragmatical and comptetent and reactive.’

‘Team leadership and members were efficient, available, courteous, easy to work with, and performed all the work without mistake or delay.’

‘There is a good structure in place to ensure each issue is dealt with at the most efficient level, whilst also ensuring the relevant expertise is used.’

‘The team has real strength in depth, with strong technical skills, considerable experience and excellent negotiating strategy.’

‘Responsive, high quality at competitive fees.’

‘The team is really competent, pro-active and reactive.’

‘This is the third deal I have used Carlton Durrant on as lead partner, which I think sums up my view. Excellent expert advice throughout the deal process and punctual delivery of high quality work. Pus, a good sense of humour – which is crucial when everyone is working silly hours.’

‘Jessica Abrahamson-Flynn is a very high quality senior associate.’

‘Carlton Durrant is incredibly responsive and provides us with knowledgeable and pragmatic advice, at all stages of the deal. He is involved and engaged throughout our deals and remains our go-to.’

‘Strong life sciences calibre and knowledge.’

‘Ian Piggin has great experience and knowledge of the health and life sciences sector but also of transactions structures from venture through to private equity buy and build. This level and breadth of experience is relatively rare and is combined with a strong attention to detail.’

‘Very hands on and bright team offering full service with the addition of healthcare expertise and a separate W&I practice. The team is very good in handling various deals at the same time and offers excellent value for money.’

‘Neil Hendron is a very hands-on and intelligent partner, very quick in grasping difficult cross-border funding mechanics.

‘Roisin Bergin is a senior associate who is very much in control of the file.’

‘We worked with the London team on two acquisitions and one sale. They are fabulous. Understood our business and worked as a true friend.’

‘Paul Tetlow is the best. He is steady, knowledgeable, willing to bring in others who know and area and is extremely trustworthy. One of the best people that I have had the pleasure to work with.’

‘The team at K&L Gates were knowledgeable, and supportive and helped me through the process. I felt informed and reassured that my best interests were being protected at all times.’

‘The team is very knowledgeable on M&A deals. The team is very responsive to needs of the client. The team is also diverse and essentially one gets the services in a one stop shop.’

‘Outstanding legal minds for the deal they represented us on. Timely responses to all matters has been very important and the team has delivered on this aspect. The charges have been well explained and within agreed budget.’

‘Paul Tetlow is clearly an expert in the field. Always available and a pleasure to work with.’

‘Mishcon are a delightful firm, deeply professional and yet a little self-deprecating. They bring a nice touch to their style and work, they are simply nice people. This makes them great to work with. However, they are very commercial and not a pushover – they apply challenge where required. We have always been able to agree appropriate fee bases and have enjoyed a long and fruitful partnership with them.’

‘The team are all quite excellent. Very professional, commercial, and above all nice people and a joy to work with.’

‘High calibre individuals on the deal team who take a very commercial approach to getting a deal done whilst protecting the interests of the buyer.’

‘They were thorough in understanding my business and what the end goal was. Always quick to reply and happy to go out of their way to make sure everything was checked and done properly.’

‘Jonathan Berman is extremely good.’

‘James Paterson, our main port of call, was exceptional.’

‘They were great at getting to understand our business and our priorities. Legal advice was spot on, well communicated and practical.’

‘Real people with personality who you actually enjoy working with.’

‘Nigel Collins is totally committed to the transaction and the client. He is always available and provides commercially minded advice, rather than just “legal” advice. Excellent team partner to work with, who has an excellent team to support him.’

‘The team led by Nigel Collins seems to be one of the very few go-to powerhouses for Japan-UK deals in the market. They are surprisingly fast, flexible and experienced.’

‘Nigel Collins is our trusted advisor for any UK matters that come from our Japanese clients. He always knows something about anything in the UK and has guided our clients to get where they wanted to head. His M&A experience and skills are superb.’

‘Warm and welcoming law firm with fantastic knowledge in my sector. Very patient and a pleasure to work with!’

‘Karen Hendy is pragmatic and capable, with excellent sector-specific knowledge.’