Legal 500’s South East rankings cover a huge geographic region around London, and for the main practice areas, the rankings are divided up into five regions – Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx; Essex; Hampshire; Kent, Surrey, Sussex; and the Thames Valley. The many key business centres covered by these regions include Milton Keynes, Watford, Guildford, Southampton, Reading and Chelmsford; the most prominent law firms include Blake Morgan LLP, Shoosmiths LLP, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP, Cripps, Stevens & Bolton LLP, BDB Pitmans and Moore Barlow.