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With roughly 150 firms included across more than 300 rankings, Legal 500's human resources section includes a wide variety of firms of different shapes and sizes. The section ranks law firms for employee share scheme advisory work, as well as their representation of employees/unions, employers and senior executives in disputes. In addition to traditional employment work, the section also encompasses rankings for health & safety; immigration and pensions - both contentious and non-contentious. Firms with multiple rankings include national firms Womble Bond Dickinson, Osborne Clarke and Pinsent Masons, transatlantic player Squire Patton Boggs, as well as City leaders such as Macfarlanes and Mishcon de Reyna.

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